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Yogi Tea is a brand of organic [[tea]] headquartered in [[Portland, Oregon]], and is a division of the Golden Temple Company. It is based on [[ayurvedic medicine]] which uses [[cardamom|cardamom seed]], [[cinnamon|cinnamon bark]], [[clove|clove bud]], [[ginger root]] and [[black pepper]] as basic ingredients in most of its teas.
{{Infobox_Company |
  company_name  = Yogi Tea |
  company_logo  = [[Image:Yogi Tea Logo.png|center|150px|Yogi Tea logo]]|
  company_type  = Private|
  num_employees  = 300|
  foundation    = [[1984]]|
  location      = [[Eugene, Oregon]]|
  industry      = [[Beverage]]|
  products      = [[Tea]]|
  homepage      = [http://www.yogitea.com Yogi Tea]|
}}
'''Yogi Tea''' creates and manufactures a wide variety of premium teas, including green, herbal, black and red tea. Yogi Tea is part of Golden Temple of Oregon, LLC, which also manufactures Peace Cereal, Sweet Home Farm, and Golden Temple bulk granola. Golden Temple employs about 300 people in the United States and Europe, with offices in Eugene and [[Portland, Oregon]], and in [[Hamburg, Germany]].


==History==
==History==
The Yogi Tea Company was founded in 1984 as an outgrowth of the Golden Temple Vegetarian Restaurants in Portland, Oregon. The restaurant was opened by students of Yogi Bhajan, a Mahan Tantric and master of [[Kundalini Yoga]]. After his classes Yogi Bhajan would prepare a blend of tea containing cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger and black pepper which the students dubbed “Yogi tea”. The tea was so popular at Golden Temple Vegetarian Restaurant that they started packaging it.
[[Yogi Bhajan]], an Indian spiritual teacher who brought the Sikh religion to the West, began teaching [[Kundalini Yoga]] in America in 1969. After each yoga class, he served a special spice tea to his students, which they affectionately named "Yogi Tea". The tea was a blend of five traditional [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] spices: [[cardamom]] seed, [[cinnamon]] bark, [[clove]] bud, [[ginger|ginger root]] and [[black pepper]]. Ayurvedic medicine holds that this combination of spices has unique, healthful properties, so they are still included in many current Yogi Tea formulas.


Over time the company introduced new blends and lines, such as Healing Formula teas in 1991. Also in 1991, the company started making its teas from organic ingredients. The company eventually expanded from [[herbal tea]]s to include blends of [[black tea|black]] and [[green tea|green]] teas, too.
In the 1970s, students of Yogi Bhajan opened Golden Temple Vegetarian Restaurants in the United States, Canada and Europe. Through these restaurants, the first batches of Yogi Tea were sold to the public, and by 1984, the Yogi Tea Company was born. Over the next couple of years, the business grew to nationwide distribution, with three flavors of finely ground spices packaged in teabags. Then in 1988, Yogi Tea’s team of herbalists expanded the line to include a number of formulas developed to address specific health needs.
 
Since 2000, the boxes have featured illustrations by Seva Kaur. The illustrations are based on a devotional poem or prayer found on the inside of the box. The illustrations found on the Chai, Woman's, and Exotic Teas, are done by Latvian artist Anita Kreituse. The boxes use vegetable based inks and dyes, and non-irradiated recycled carton materials.
 
==Product==
The company produces over 50 blends of tea. These include 22 blends in their Healing Formulas line, 11 green teas, 9 exotic teas, 5 Women’s Healing Formulas, 3 organic chais, and 2 black teas. All the blends contain organic ingredients, but due to a lack of availability for some organic ingredients not all blends are entirely organic. The blends that are 95% organic have the USDA [[Organic certification|organic seal]]. Yogi Botanicals, who has a prohibition on [[Genetically modified organism|GMO]]s, organizes the growing and distribution of the organic herbs and spices required for the teas and [[Quality Assurance International]] acts as a third party certifier. The tea bags are 100% oxygen bleached and recyclable. The bags are placed in a heat-sealed envelope which is then placed into a cellophane-wrapped box.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.yogitea.com/ The Yogi Tea Company]
*[http://www.goldentemple.com Golden Temple]
*[http://www.yogibotanicals.com/ Yogi Botanicals]
*[http://www.yogitea.com/ Yogi Tea]
*[http://www.goldentemple.com/ Golden Temple Company]
*[http://www.yogitea.nl/ Yogi Tea Europe]


[[Category:Tea brands]]
[[Category:Tea brands]]
[[Category:Companies based in Eugene, Oregon]]
[[cs:Yogi čaj]]
[[de:Yogi-Tee]]

Latest revision as of 08:58, 24 December 2009

Yogi Tea
Yogi Tea logo
Yogi Tea logo
Type Private
Founded 1984
Headquarters Eugene, Oregon
IndustryBeverage
ProductsTea
Employees300
WebsiteYogi Tea

Yogi Tea creates and manufactures a wide variety of premium teas, including green, herbal, black and red tea. Yogi Tea is part of Golden Temple of Oregon, LLC, which also manufactures Peace Cereal, Sweet Home Farm, and Golden Temple bulk granola. Golden Temple employs about 300 people in the United States and Europe, with offices in Eugene and Portland, Oregon, and in Hamburg, Germany.

History

Yogi Bhajan, an Indian spiritual teacher who brought the Sikh religion to the West, began teaching Kundalini Yoga in America in 1969. After each yoga class, he served a special spice tea to his students, which they affectionately named "Yogi Tea". The tea was a blend of five traditional Ayurvedic spices: cardamom seed, cinnamon bark, clove bud, ginger root and black pepper. Ayurvedic medicine holds that this combination of spices has unique, healthful properties, so they are still included in many current Yogi Tea formulas.

In the 1970s, students of Yogi Bhajan opened Golden Temple Vegetarian Restaurants in the United States, Canada and Europe. Through these restaurants, the first batches of Yogi Tea were sold to the public, and by 1984, the Yogi Tea Company was born. Over the next couple of years, the business grew to nationwide distribution, with three flavors of finely ground spices packaged in teabags. Then in 1988, Yogi Tea’s team of herbalists expanded the line to include a number of formulas developed to address specific health needs.

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