Numi Pu’erh – Products Worth Reviewing and Giveaway

I’ve been drinking tea for as long as I can remember. It’s not only a tradition in our family, but we drink it almost like drinking water. Just as much as I am a chocolate “snob”, I’m quite particular about the tea that I drink as well. I drink mostly green tea for its health benefits and taste, but occassionally I’ll venture out to other flavors and varieties. One of the varieties that I’ve tried and come to enjoy is called, “Pu’erh”. Pu’erh tea is an ancient fermented tea from China that was discovered many hundreds of years ago. It was once revered as a “healing tea” with more benefits than green tea. However, because it’s also a rare tea and hard to find one that’s truly pure Pu’erh, it is not as well known as other tea varieties. One company, Numi Organic Tea has captured the true essence of Pu’erh tea and in their iced-tea version, the flavors are even more delightful and enjoyable.

Although drinking hot, freshly brewed tea is best for its health benefits, somehow Numi’s got the science down in producing a high-quality, fermented iced tea version in their Numi Pu’erh Bottled Tea. Perhaps it’s because they source their tea from Pu’erh’s origin of Yunnan, China that they are able to produce such a high-quality, organic tea. Or simply perhaps they put great care in the selection of their Pu’erh tea. Numi Pu’erh Bottled Tea are definitely a unique blend of deep flavors with a fruity aftertaste. And that’s because in their bottled tea version, they infuse natural fruits and herbs with the Pu’erh tea to make it an exceptional new way of enjoying “iced” tea. And their organic Pu’erh teas contain more antioxidant than other teas and their bottled version is a delight to the taste buds. In an independant ORAC test, Numi’s Organic Pu’erh tea yields 32% higher in antioxidant properties than one serving of hot green tea. Although to me, green tea has a much sweeter taste, the iced version of Numi’s Organic Pu’erh tea definitely has a delectable flavor to it rather than the bitter taste that I was used to when I first drank Pu’erh tea.

Currently, Numi Organic Pu’erh bottled tea comes in 6 different varieties/flavors and they are:

Invigorate – Classic Pu’erh Black Tea.

Renew – Mint Pu’erh Tea, which is an infusion of green Pu’erh and Numi’s Moroccan Mint.

Shine – Jasmine Pu’erh Tea, which is an infusion of green Pu’erh tea and Numi’s Jasmine Green Tea.

Rejuvenate – Peach Pu’erh Tea, which is an infusion of green Pu’erh tea, real peach puree, and fresh ginger (this one is my favorite!)

Clarify – Earl Grey Pu’erh Tea, which is a blend of Numi’s Aged Earl Grey tea and black Pu’erh tea.

Enliven – Mango Pu’erh Tea, which is blend of black Pu’erh tea, real mangoes and passionfruit.

The company Numi Organic Tea has been around for over 10 years and started humbly in a little studio in Oakland, California. In wanting to create a high-quality, organic, and pure version of tea for tea connoisseurs and beginners all around, the brother and sister team founded Numi Organic Tea and soon the company’s tea became a household staple. They searched all over the world for tea leaves that they could proudly serve their customers and family and friends and developed a great partnership with tea farmers in China, India, and South Africa among a few other smaller countries. Numi produces a large selection of tea for every kind of tea lover (or beginner). Their tea ranges from Pu’erh tea to green tea, to black tea, to flavored tea, to herbal tea, and to white tea. All of their tea are made from organic tea leaves grown in protected organic fields and no toxic pesticides or fertilizers are used or allowed. Their leaves are gently plucked by tea experts on the field and processed minimally to ensure the highest quality.

Numi is also a fair-trade and fair-labored certified company. And this is always good news since their tea are sourced from farms directly. It’s important that companies are being more aware of the equality of smaller farms because this also ensures a better relationship between product growth and company growth. Numi takes great pride in what they do and it shows in their tea products.

So I encourage you to drink more tea – tea of all sorts produce immense health benefits. And you don’t have to take my word for it. For more info on the health benefits of tea, please visit Numi’s website: http://www.numitea.com/pure-tea/health-benefits/.

Numi has also kindly offered 1 LUCKY reader of Happymomblogger an opportunity to receive a prize package of their assorted bottled iced tea. The winner will receive a case of their assorted bottled iced tea (2 bottles each of their 6 different flavors). So how do you win this cool prize? Read below to find out! 

Here’s how to enter in the Numi Pu’erh Bottled Iced Tea giveaway:

MANDATORY ENTRY:

#1 entry – “Like” Numi Organic Tea on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/numitea and write on their wall that you are entering the contest at Happymomblogger: http://www.happymomblogger.wordpress.com/. Please put Happymomblogger as the heading.

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES: 

#2 entry – Become a follower:  https://twitter.com/#!/happymomblogger and “Tweet” me @happymomblogger that you are entering the Numi Pu’erh Tea giveaway. Become a follower of Numi: https://twitter.com/#!/NumiTea and “Tweet” that you are entering the contest at Happymomblogger.

#3 entry – Visit http://www.numitea.com/ and tell me what flavor/variety you would like to try.

#3 entry – Subscribe to my Blog.

#4 entry – Enter in my other contests.

#5 entry – Vote for me at Top Mommy Blogs using the link provided below.

You can enter as many times as you like but you MUST enter in the Mandatory entry to qualify. The more you enter, the more chances your name will be drawn.  You can enter by telling me the 5 entries in the LEAVE A COMMENT box. Please be sure to give me your name and email address so that I may contact you if you win. Contest is open to residents of US only. 18 years and older please. Please be sure to provide a physical address and not a P.O. Box.

Contest Start Date: September 19, 2011

Contest End Date: October 3, 2011 – CONTEST CLOSED. WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.

Only 1 winner will be chosen at random and I will post the winner’s names on my blog.

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!

Disclaimer: The product(s)were sent to the author for review by the manufacturer/PR. All reviews on “Happymomblogger” remain unbiased and unpaid and are the sole decision of the author. The opinions of these product(s) were not influenced in any way, shape, or form. As always, please read the ingredients carefully when trying new products. 

Please read the labels and ingredients carefully and follow all manufacturer’s instructions (if any). The products selected for the giveaway were generously donated by the companies/PR to help readers learn more about their products. The winner’s choice in using/consuming these products are entirely up to the winner and will not hold the author and her family liable nor the companies/PR liable. These products are made with non-toxic ingredients but always be safe with what you use and consume.

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