More Monkeys!

More monkey business!  First I brought you PicMonkey, some online photo editing goodness (if you haven't already checked it out read about it here ) and now I bring you Wize Monkey!!
I just received my pre-order of Wize Monkey Coffee Leaf Tea and assorted samples. Carefully packed with a handwritten thank-you note, some samples of Mango Party and Minty Marvel teas (not yet released) and a coffee leaf cookie baked by Max's (one of the founders) mom!.
Coffee leaf tea is not a coffee substitute, but rather a tea made from the leaves of the coffee plant. The infusion has less then half the amount of caffeine in a cup of green tea (or roughly the same amount of caffeine in a cup of decaf coffee) and 20% more antioxidants than green tea. The really cool part is, by cultivating the leaves for tea, coffee farmers now have year round work instead of the very short 3 month growing season of coffee beans resulting in sustainable and continual work for farmers and their families.

Read more about this new venture here.  I steeped Armando's Original Blend as pictured above. Loved it!  If you are a tea drinker, it is the ultimate taste mash-up of a green, black and herbal tasting tea all mixed into one taste experience! Very pleasant, distinct tasting infusion.
I really hope Wize Monkey takes off.  Love the taste, love the nutritional benefits, love the sustainable model.  From the time of order, I received several updates (loved the photo of the arrival of tea leaves to the warehouse!) from the company as to where the tea was in terms of processing, arrival to Vancouver, packaging and delivery and it arrived to me responsibly packaged with very little waste in a fun, informative box with facts, a picture of Armando the farmer, brewing and nutritional information.  Wizeley done Monkeys :D