We were delighted to have Chris Cason, Tavalon Tea Connoseiur and Tea Sommelier, come to Coffeewiz Headquarters to shoot this video.

In this Tea 101 video, you will learn the benefits of loose leaf green tea, black tea, white tea and herbal tea, and how each loose leaf tea is made.

Tea 101 is a good primer for beginners to loose leaf tea, and it will introduce you to Tavalon Tea's wonderful product line. And you will soon learn why Coffeewiz carried Tavalon for its customers!

In this video, Tea Sommelier Chris Cason gives us unsight into the history of tea, and shows us some of the popular varieties of our new Tavalon Tea product line. Learn the four different loose leaf tea varieties, including green tea, black tea, herbal tea, oolong tea.

Chris opens a jar of Crimson Punch, already one of our most popular tea varieties. The tea is an herbal variety, made of chunks of dried fruit and hibiscus flowers.

The Lemongreen loose leaf tea variety is also discussed, one of the popular loose leaf tea varieties Coffeewiz chose to offer in the loose tea product line.

Did you know that the 'tea' spoon originated from the actual measurement for tea?

We are excited to carry the Tavalon Loose Leaf Tea for our customers.

Here is our latest press release on the topic:

Coffeewiz Introduces New Line of Gourmet Tavalon Loose Leaf Tea to E-Commerce Website, Offers Customers New Multiple Health Benefits

Coffeewiz.com, a leading e-commerce retailer of single serve coffee and loose leaf tea, announced today the addition of the Tavalon Loose Leaf Tea product line to their current selection of gourmet loose leaf tea products.

“The decision to carry the Tavalon product line was easy,” says Jim Evans, Vice President of Coffeewiz.com. “I taste all of our tea products and from my first cup of this rich tea I knew I wanted to share this experience with our customers.”

Tavalon Tea has received much media attention over recent years. Most recently, it was featured on NBC News (December, 2009) in a segment on recommended culinary gifts for food lovers for the holidays.

Evans and Coffeewiz staff sampled different Tavalon varieties to see which products they felt would suit their customers best. It was unanimously decided that a wide variety of teas would be best suited. Coffeewiz will carry a Tavalon tea product in each anti-oxidant rich tea leaf variety, including black tea, green tea, white tea, and oolong tea. In addition, selections were chosen of rooibos and other herbal teas. The new Coffeewiz line of Tavalon Loose Leaf Tea varieties includes Earl Grey Reserve, NYC Breakfast, Kama Chai Sutra, Jasmine Dream, Summer Fruits, Lemongreen, Tropical Peony, Peachy Oolong, Serenity and Crimson Punch.

Tavalon presents a fresh, new, accessible face for tea while educating the general public about its many health benefits. The multiple health benefits of drinking tea, as concluded by numerous studies and reported by publications such as the Harvard Health Watch, include anti-cancer properties, increasing metabolism, fighting diabetes, boosting mental alertness and aiding the immune system.

“We are proud to announce our partnership with Coffeewiz.com,” says Tavalon Founder and CEO, John-Paul Lee. “Tea and coffee go hand-in-hand and we believe that there is a strong symbiotic relationship between the two businesses. We are looking forward to the new venture.”

The addition of the Tavalon loose leaf tea product line comes on the heels of the success of Coffeewiz’s introduction of the loose leaf tea infuser mug and loose leaf tea infuser teapot, developed as a single serve solution to brewing tea. “Coffeewiz Facebook Fans and our single serve coffee community is used to the touch of a button and thought that brewing loose leaf tea would be a hassle,” says Vickie Smith-Siculiano, Coffeewiz Social Media Coordinator. “We realized we needed to offer a single-serve solution to brewing an individual serving of tea so our community could take advantage of loose leaf tea’s many health benefits.”

Coffeewiz.com was founded by coffee lovers and specializes in single serve products, including Keurig, Tassimo, Senseo, Dolce Gusto, Coffee Pods, Lavazza and Gourmet imported Loose Leaf Tea. The privately held corporation is headquartered in Moonachie, NJ and can be found on the web at http://www.Coffeewiz.com.

Did you know that there are health benefits to drinking green tea? Even if you are a devout coffee drinker, you can still take advantage of anti-oxidant-rich green tea...maybe in between your favorite caffeinated java brew...Did you know that while caffeine can be dehydrating, tea is hydrating. Tea's chemical structure protects the brain from caffeine.

Green Tea is loaded with rich health benefits - weight loss, reducing cholesterol, reducing the risk of diabetes and cancer, increasing your stamina, and lots more.

This video takes a brief, creatively visual look at the health benefits of this ancient brew. It is a good primer for those who may not know that tea comes from the same plant...

While Coffeewiz is known as THE place to come for your single serve coffee needs, we carry a full lines of whole leaf teas, too. The green tea collection has a variety of traditional blends, such as gunpowder tea, but also fruit blends with real pieces of natural fruit, that also add their own health benefits. We have even included green tea images for our customers that have asked - here is the new look of our green tea product line.

Whole leaf tea's popularity has taken off, and Coffeewiz wants to fulfill our customer's needs, so our whole leaf teas selection be growing in the coming months.

Please share your thoughts and let us know if you find this interesting - we do!

Watch this video and learn of some of those benefits, which we will dive into in the coming weeks.

For Tea Time Tuesday, we shot this new video for you single serve coffee fans...

If you are a K-Cup fan and have a Keurig brewer, it's very simple to make your own loose leaf tea brew. Coffeewiz has a delectable assortment variety of loose leaf tea and now wants to show you a very elegant simple solution for enjoying the experience of your own whole leaf tea personal brew.

This month, I have been sampling the loose leaf tea product line that Coffeewiz carries on their website. I tested the Coffeewiz Glass Tea Cup With Glass Strainer in the Keurig Home Brewer.

I brewed the Kings Earl Grey loose leaf tea in the glass tea cup, and pressed the large cup button. I am mainly avid coffee drinker, and a single serve fan, with both a Keurig and Tassimo brewer at home, but I like to keep an open mind and try something new - a little variety.

The Keurig dispensed the perfect amount for a single serve cup. Although the aroma of the fresh loose leaf brew was intoxicating, I closed the glass tea cup with the glass cover and let the brew steep for a minute, as I like my tea on the lighter side. But you can brew the tea to your personal taste - it's your choice.

I then took the glass tea strainer out of the glass and a perfect cup of loose leaf tea remained, with the leaves unfurled in the strainer. I saw lavender blossoms on top of the green tea leaves. While it was a beautiful sight, I prefer to keep my leaves separate from the tea I drink, so the strainer is a nice solution. The strainer has tiny glass slits that allow the water to pass, but keep the leaves behind in the neat little strainer.

The Single Serve Glass Tea Cup Loose Leaf Tea Experiment was a success. Please share your thoughts and comments with us, as we plan to roll out a Coffeewiz sample pack that includes A Glass Tea Cup and 4 FREE loose leaf tea samples! What do you think?

Sure, Coffeewiz is in the single serve coffee market, but did you know that we have an exclusive selection of imported Loose Leaf Teas?

You've tried tea bags, but have you ever brewed a cup of fresh whole leaf tea?

We know that you enjoy your single serve brew, whether it's K-Cups, Tassimo, Dolce Gusto, Lavazza and a wide variety of Coffee Pods, but have you indulged in the simple pleasure of whole loose leaf tea?

You might have heard of some of the health benefits this miracle plant has to offer, such as lowering cholesterol, or maybe even the benefits of weight loss and overall wellness. There's no doubt that we single serve coffee and tea lovers can't resist the temptation of the easy push of a button for a single serve brew, but did you ever wonder if these methods fall short in delivering the best tea has to offer? What can we be missing?

Coffeewiz Jaf loose leaf tea is imported from Sri Lanka.

Each region and elevation in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) provides teas of distinct taste, flavor and appearance. Every tea product within the Jaf Tea brand assortment is specially selected by master tea tasters who appraise almost 12,000 lots of tea weekly to find the ideal ones.

It is the supreme skill of the tea taster that ensures a consistent quality tea, regardless of weather patterns or seasonal variations at origin, every time the consumer buys a product. Within days of manufacture teas are packed at source to preserve the quality and freshness of the fine quality tea product.

I tried the Gunpowder Ceylon Green Tea recently, and even posted a video on Youtube of the brewing process, and how I did it. I had never brewed a cup of whole leaf tea before and was surprised at how easy it was. And how good it tasted. It was very different than the usual green tea bag experience I was used to, and I want to open your world to the experience of trying whole leaf tea.

DID YOU KNOW? Cinnamon was the first crop to receive government sponsorship in Ceylon, while the island was under Dutch control in the 1700s?

There's a whole tea story rich with culture and history. Please subscribe to our blog and check out Tea Time Tuesdays for our newest feature! And check us out on Facebook to join the discussion forums and to share your thoughts, comments and suggestions with our community!