January
2008
Green Tea for Green Living?
Um… does drinking green tea qualify for green points? Do we get green points for being green? I think we should.
1/2 a point to me for drinking green tea.
I like green tea. I’ve heard it’s healthy for you. I’m not quite sure how, but it’s what I’ve heard.
So this morning I decided to make some green tea - Tazo green tea, actually, in the little filter bag.
Also, I was a little, um, hungover this morning. (Note to self: research organic liquor.) I thought some green tea would be the perfect pick me up. Mellow caffeine. (If there was such a thing, I would say this is it.) Easier on the tummy than coffee.
While I was waiting for the water to heat up, I read the back of my Tazo paper cover for the green tea.
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Very cute. “… of this lifetime…” I dig it. So, naturally, I went to their website to see what other clever things Tazo had to say.
(High fives to the marketers all around. Nice work.)
I checked out their “Wheel o’ Tazo” and saw that they full leaf tea, too. If I ever brew full leaf tea, I will keep that in mind.
Then I saw the little tab “Social Responsibility.” They have all kinds of neat things listed under there! I don’t know what it all meant, but it sounded very socially responsible.
For example, Tazo buys renewable energy certificates. They participate in CHAI (Collaboration for Hope and Advancement in India). Tazo is a member of the Ethical Tea Partnership. (Who knew?) They also give to local non-profit organizations.
Another 1/2 point for drinking a brand of green tea that is trying to be green.
I think that’s one of the things that makes it hard to “buy green”. Most companies want to claim that they are green now, because that will make or break the deal for many consumers. How do we know what the best choices are? (You’re probably thinking, yeah, aren’t you supposed to tell us?)
I’m going to try to provide more and more information that I discover along the path to a cleaner greener life.
