http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wwwdsmbuzzcom/2008/04/22/The-business-of-Te...
Link to Blog Talk Interview. (We will add it here soon!)

Now Serving in San Diego, CA

See our product at Wholefoods Market in Tustin, CA in May 2008. Stay tuned for more information.

HAPPY HOUR:
$1 drinks - any hot or iced featured with $.50 shots / texture or kombucha.
NOW: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 4 to close, Dana Point.
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 4 to close, San Clemente.

Refill your tins in store for $2 off in-store anytime.

New Hours:
Dana Point 949 481 3730
Monday - Closed until further notice,sales by appointment

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/322621/1/.html Green tea's reputation as the drink of choice for its rich antioxidant properties has just gone up a notch.

house at Dana Point or San Clemente 6 to 15 people.

Includes:
• Short discussion/lesson on differences of teas and herbals and their health benefits.
• Custom blended tea with components picked and named by your group (DP only) prepared and demonstrated.
• How to steep your tea at home.
• You keep your custom tea and bring it home to share with family and friends.

San Clemente and Dana Point, CA -- Toxic ash and smoke make now the time to remedy your daily grind and flush out the toxins with Organic White Monkey Tea, Organic Peacock Green Tea, or PuriTea (blend of organic green and Darjeeling tea). Not to mention any of the other 85 plus teas and herbals on the shelves at your local Lavender Lounge Tea Company. The fires in 2003, when the coastal communities were hit with ash storms, was a time members of the community in San Clemente and surrounding cities found themselves looking at healthy remedies to flush out toxins and help with scratchy throats due to poor air quality.

Tea Certification Overview
The Specialty Tea Institute’s Foundations of Tea: Level One & Level Two, and newest addition, Professional Series: Level Three, were developed by a team of industry experts in response to numerous requests for a standardized education program that offers an industry wide, recognizable accreditation. This educational program is part of the most significant STI initiative ever undertaken and represents the major learning tool and achievement program in the specialty tea industry. If you are an aspiring tea sommelier, tea specialist, want to make better buying decisions for your business or need more information on Tea, these classes are for you!

We are featured in the story about our town the "Spanish Village by the Sea". http://www.lavenderloungetea.com/video/abc.html

Recently the FDA denied a health claim for green tea.

Governmental health claims communicate information about reduction of disease state. Therefore to qualify for such a claim, the research must show disease reduction through epidemiological and clinical studies on the disease state.

While there is a great deal of evidence suggesting that dietary flavonoids, including those found in both green and black tea, contribute to cardiovascular health , what is currently missing from the literature is epidemiological research on green tea consumption in the US population and clinical human studies showing that drinking green tea reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by reducing risk of specific measurable endpoints associated with the disease, such as lowering cholesterol or blood pressure. Read on...