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==History== | ==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 | In the 1970’s, 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 purposefully blended herbal formulas developed to address specific health needs. | ||
Today Yogi Teas are sold in the US, Canada, and Europe, with nearly 60 teas offered in the US alone. Yogi Teas are developed and produced at the company’s modern manufacturing facility in Eugene, Oregon. There the highest-quality herbs and spices, expert knowledge of the health benefits of each ingredient and the wisdom of Ayurveda are incorporated into every tea. | |||
==Product== | |||
Yogi Tea’s dedication to provide the finest teas can be found in the highest-quality ingredients it sources and the wisdom it applies when combining herbs and spices, while also protecting the earth’s natural resources. All Yogi teas contain organic ingredients in variable proportion. Yogi Tea’s third-party organic certifier is Quality Assurance International, Inc. (QAI). | |||
In addition, Yogi Tea uses 100 percent recycled and recyclable non-irradiated paperboard in its packaging, as well as vegetable-based inks and dyes. Tea bags are 100 percent oxygen bleached and use pure cotton strings and staples made of inert metal. | |||
Each of the 59 teas is formulated for a specific purpose, and are designed for good taste as well as good health. While each tea is created based on ancient yogic wisdom, the blends incorporate herbal knowledge from around the world. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.yogibotanicals.com/ Yogibotanicals] | *[http://www.yogibotanicals.com/ Yogibotanicals] | ||
*[http://www.yogitea.com/ The Yogi Tea Company] | *[http://www.yogitea.com/ The Yogi Tea Company] | ||
[[Category:Tea brands]] | [[Category:Tea brands]] | ||
Revision as of 00:15, 12 December 2008
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. The company is privately held.
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 1970’s, 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 purposefully blended herbal formulas developed to address specific health needs.
Today Yogi Teas are sold in the US, Canada, and Europe, with nearly 60 teas offered in the US alone. Yogi Teas are developed and produced at the company’s modern manufacturing facility in Eugene, Oregon. There the highest-quality herbs and spices, expert knowledge of the health benefits of each ingredient and the wisdom of Ayurveda are incorporated into every tea.
Product
Yogi Tea’s dedication to provide the finest teas can be found in the highest-quality ingredients it sources and the wisdom it applies when combining herbs and spices, while also protecting the earth’s natural resources. All Yogi teas contain organic ingredients in variable proportion. Yogi Tea’s third-party organic certifier is Quality Assurance International, Inc. (QAI).
In addition, Yogi Tea uses 100 percent recycled and recyclable non-irradiated paperboard in its packaging, as well as vegetable-based inks and dyes. Tea bags are 100 percent oxygen bleached and use pure cotton strings and staples made of inert metal.
Each of the 59 teas is formulated for a specific purpose, and are designed for good taste as well as good health. While each tea is created based on ancient yogic wisdom, the blends incorporate herbal knowledge from around the world.