While I am in book editing
hell hard at work editing, Carolyn offered to post on one of my editing crutches and new favorite drinks.
Lauren and I both have our morning
coffee rituals -- though hers currently includes coconut oil and mine a cute
Aussie barista, we can caffeinate with the best of them. As the day progresses our office
transitions into a tea zone. Green and white teas are our staples but we also pu-ehr
and matcha (I attempted to get into matcha… still acquiring that taste).
But there's officially a new guy in
town or in our glasses. Guayusa (“gwhy-you-sa”) has become our midafternoon
revitalizer. The leaves contain the caffeine content of coffee, double the
antioxidants of green tea but no tannins or bitterness. Most importantly, guayusa
contains a miraculous little compound called theobromine which is also found in dark
chocolate. When caffeine and theobromine
unite, the result is a balancing effect which means you get a stimulant sans
the shaky jitters or crash.
We first met guayusa in a cup of DAVIDS tea’ Jungle JuJu which promises to leave you “swinging from the vines and
hanging from the trees”…
We are loving RUNA’s unsweetened Lime and Guava iced teas for spring and summer – have you tried guayusa? If you can't nap (our ideal afternoon plan), what's your upper of choice? When you try this fun drink, please tweet us or come back and let us know if their was any chandelier swinging and I'll try to snap a photo of my barista.