{"id":594,"date":"2019-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/2019\/08\/20\/avocado-leaf-tea-made-a-strong-debut\/"},"modified":"2019-08-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:00:00","slug":"avocado-leaf-tea-made-a-strong-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/2019\/08\/20\/avocado-leaf-tea-made-a-strong-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Avocado Leaf Tea Made a Strong Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TEMECULA, CALIF. made a strong debut earlier this year. The new company won a bronze medal in the competition in Feb. 2019 in the Single Serve\/Herbal category, and then went on to win first place in its category in the People\u2019s Tea Choice Awards at the in Las Vegas in June. Co-Owner Sharon Colona delved into what makes this tea special.<\/p>\n

Discovering the Avocado Leaf<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Avocado Leaf Tea Temecula, California avocado grove (Photo courtesy of Scott Wibbenmeyer) <\/p>\n

In Dec. 2017, Colona and her husband, Scott Wibbenmeyer, who are from St. Louis, Mo., purchased property in Temecula, Calif. to have a second home closer to their Los Angeles-based son. The Temecula property happened to have an avocado grove with 550 trees. While studying about how to take care of a grove, Colona learned about the health benefits of avocado leaves and the history of how they were prepared and consumed by the Aztecs and used in folklore medicine. She loved the taste of the leaves and noticed that no one else was selling them as tea. She then sent the leaves off to be chemically analyzed and learned they contain nearly three times the catechins as green tea. \u201cOnce I figured out how healthy the leaves were, we decided to start a tea company,\u201d Colona said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very healthy leaf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Studies show avocado leaves have additional healthful properties. reported that the aqueous extract of leaves of Persea Americana Mill (Lauraceae) (avocado leaves) possess analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, based on tests on mice. A conducted by the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil investigated the hypoglycemic properties of the leaf and results showed \u201cThe hydroalcoholic extract of the leaves of Persea americana reduced blood glucose levels and improved the metabolic state of the animals.\u201d And these are only a few of the leaf\u2019s benefits. Additional information regarding the leaf\u2019s properties can be found on .    <\/p>\n

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Preparing the Leaves for Market<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Avocado leaves (Photo courtesy of Scott Wibbenmeyer) <\/p>\n

Colona and Wibbenmeyer spent a year perfecting the maturation, drying and processing methods for the large, fibrous avocado leaves and achieved their goal of a tasty tea in Oct. 2018, then formed their company in Feb. 2019. \u201cIt\u2019s very smooth; it\u2019s less astringent than a green tea, it has a nice smooth finish,\u201d Colona said. \u201cThe aroma is the same aroma that I get when standing in our grove and the wind is going through the trees. It\u2019s fresh.\u201d Colona and Wibbenmeyer have not used pesticides or herbicides on their grove and are currently in the process of working towards organic certification. The avocado leaves are processed on the Temecula property through a patent-pending method. The avocados from their grove are harvested and sold locally.<\/p>\n

The company offers five Avocado Leaf Tea blends in biodegradable pyramid tea sachets: Natural, Chamomile, Peach, Lemon and Black Tea. The Black Tea Blend, which is mixed with organic Camellia sinensis<\/em>, is the only one that contains caffeine. The flavors added to the other blends are organic compliant. The blends are currently sold on the company\u2019s website, on Amazon and at select specialty stores in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, California and Washington. Their food broker is currently working on getting the products into more stores, and Colona provides samples and sell sheets to new retailers to introduce them to and educate them about the new tea.<\/p>\n

Avocado Leaf Tea Iced (Photo courtesy of Scott Wibbenmeyer) <\/p>\n

Word of this unique and healthy tea has spread quickly, as Colona has already been contacted to provide Avocado Leaf Tea for the Television Academy\u2019s Emmy Awards gift bags this September.  <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve now put something out there that people have not had before and know the health benefits are so extraordinary. If nothing else, I feel really good about that,\u201d Colona said.<\/p>\n

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