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Nespresso & Nunshen: Socially Conscious Coffee and Teas

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Did you know? Aroma Coffee offers Nespresso pods for your office coffee service.  Thanks to Nespresso’s high standards of quality and great selection, this amazing coffee will be the newest subject of conversation around the office coffee machine. Nespresso’s vast selection of pods range from the mild blends like the Lungo Forte to robust blends like the Ristretto Intenso. Flavored blends like Espresso Vanilla and Espresso Caramel are also available for those who have a sweet tooth.  We love that Nespresso works with farmers to produce their premium blends using sustainable methods.

 

In addition to carrying Nespresso coffee products, Aroma Coffee now carries Nunshen Tea. Nunshen Tea is prepared in the most traditional way to preserve the aromas and flavors of the leaves. These teas are entirely made from biodegradable natural materials with no artificial additives. Even the sachets are also handmade using 100% cotton to allow the teas to express their aromas. The tea selection ranges from flavorful black teas to delicate green teas infused with jasmine. Nunshen’s selection of Black or Rooibos teas are great for a quick afternoon pick-me-up.

 

These fine teas, like Nespresso, also work towards a sustainable environment. Nunshen has certified packaging by the Forest Stewardship Council and participates in environmental programs worldwide. Both of these socially responsible products are made in sustainable ways and can now be delivered to your company’s door. Try Aroma Coffee’s Nespresso pods to start your day and relax with a cup of Nunshen tea in the afternoon. Order Nespresso pods and Nunshen’s fine teas with your smiling Aroma Coffee representative today.

3 Asia-Pacific Tea Traditions

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China

For the Chinese culture, tea is synonymous with life. As the first people to discover the tea leaf, it has evolved into the beverage of choice and a lifestyle.

Long before the celebrated discovery, it was considered a medicinal staple. Tea was a general health tonic, said to promote long life and vitality, as well as a treatment for individual ailments. Even today, in traditional Chinese medicine, green teas are prescribed to relieve a variety of symptoms, especially as research continues to support many of the age-old healing claims.

For some time, only people of high standing in the imperial courts and select priests had the means and ability to drink tea on a regular basis. Over time, tea grew to become more accessible to all people, and the lower classes were finally able to enjoy tea more frequently.

Eventually, tea became a significant part of daily life and is now enjoyed solely for its own pleasures. Tea houses are all over China, and people of all ages visit at all hours of the day to drink tea and enjoy the company of fellow tea tasters. In this way, tea is not confined to a strict time of the day.

In China, green tea is consumed the most, with oolong tea a close second.

Japan

The spread from China to Japan took some time, but it’s widely believed Japanese culture perfected the art of the tea ceremony, or Cha-no-yu. Many tea ceremony schools were established, with influences ranging from samurai warriors to monks.

Humility and respect are expected of the guests and the host in a tea ceremony. The door to the sukiya, or tea house, is a low crawl space requiring all who enter to bow and humble themselves before entering the sacred space. Once inside, the first observation is a simple flower arrangement and a scroll of artwork or poetic calligraphy. The transitory nature of the flower serves to help guests understand the temporary nature of the present time and the forthcoming experience.

Every element of the tea ceremony exudes simplicity and balance. Nothing in the tea room is excessive or lavish, to not distract from the moment. Furthermore, the guest will notice neutral colors and modest design in clothing, art and floral arrangements. The ceremony can take hours to complete and a lifetime to learn.

India

India produces and consumes more tea than any other country in the world. Chai is the national drink in India and it is served on just about every street corner.

Tea in India gained recognition as a national beverage in the 19th century after the British began to create large scale tea plantations to ensure adequate supplies for their own growing thirst.

Due to its relatively young involvement in the Indian culture, tea has not had time to develop intricate rituals like in Japan or China. Although not ritualized, tea is a huge part of daily life at home, work, on the streets and while traveling.

Cha-ya is the favored style of tea throughout the country. Cha-ya is strong black tea, spiced with fennel, cardamom, cloves or other spices. It is mixed with milk and sweetened with sugar for a creamy and sweet beverage that many Americans recognize as Chai tea.

Typically, Indian Cha-ya is sold in small clay cups that are only used once, then smashed. Whether prepared by a street vendor, train station or personal tea kettle, enjoying Cha-ya is the perfect break from the chaos of daily life.

Return to America

Dreaming of an Asia-Pacific tea tour? So are we. Take a break from your daily work grind to turn your break room into a Chinese tea house. Aroma Coffee offers a full selection of green, black, white and herbal teas in bag, loose leaf and single cup offerings. Give us a call today at 800-448-9139 and let our teas take you around the world.

Aroma Coffee’s Office Supplies Include Paper & Janitorial Products

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Running a business can sometimes feel a lot like running a circus. Performing to the best of your ability for customers, jumping through hoops to keep employees happy, and balancing finances are just a few of many acts the manager performs daily. Juggling toilet tissue and paper towels should not be on the list of business administration tasks to manage!

We’re here to handle it for you.

Aroma Coffee not only offers coffee and tea services, but also carries a full line of paper and janitorial products. Your Aroma Coffee representative will check your inventory on each scheduled delivery date and restock items as necessary. You no longer have to worry about keeping up with office supply inventory… and did we mention, we deliver?

As your one-stop-shop for office supply needs, we understand the importance of accessibility. You will have one service representative to maintain your water filtration equipment, manage your inventory of sugar packets, coffee K-cups, paper towels and everything in between. We offer a friendly, convenient, time-saving service with only one point-of-contact and one invoice for all your office supply needs.

Listed below are some of the most frequently used products. We carry over 10,000 products and will be happy to give you a price. Please contact your local representative to receive a price quote.

Paper Towels

Toilet Tissue

Dispenser Tissue

Multifold Towels

C-Fold Towels

Single Fold Towels

Center Pull Towels

Dispenser Rolls Towels

Facial Tissues

Styrofoam Plates

Paper Plates

Napkins

Plastic Cutlery

Cups (paper, plastic, and styrofoam)

Can Liners

Soap (dispenser, bar dishwashing)

…and more than 10,000 additional janitorial and other paper products

We’d love to send you a catalog!  Fill out this quick form, and our sales team will send a price book with our office supply product selection right away.

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Lavit Cooler Water Cooler – refresh your office break room!

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Are you tired of simple, boring water? At the touch of a button, choose from chilled, filtered, or sparkling water and delicious better-for-you beverages. With the revolutionary countertop Lavit Cooler Water Cooler, you can add variety and flavor to your office’s water.

Lavit gives you the option of both flat and sparkling water in a variety of flavors with state of the art Lavit flavor capsules. The products are 100% recyclable, have low or no sugar, 10 calories or less, natural flavors, gluten free options and they are preservative free.

Enjoy Arizona Teas, energy drinks and healthy sugar-free beverages with the option of flat or sparkling. Of course, if you want plain still water or sparkling water, you can still have that too.  The choices are almost limitless.

There are three flavor categories:

Originals: a flavor for every taste.

 

 

Supernaturals: lightly sweetened with Stevia.

Unsweetened Supernaturals: a hint of flavor for still or sparkling water.

Lavit also partnered with Juice Press, the East Coast’s fastest growing organic food and beverage retailer, to create two infused water capsules for Lavit’s Cooler Water Coolers.

The partnership includes Juice Press’s highly popular Rose Water, as well as a new functional energy offering, Cinnamon Guarana Water, which debuted exclusively for Lavit’s patented, single-serve cold beverage water coolers.

Lavit was conceived in the Swiss Alps where the water you drink is as pure as the air you breathe. Lavit set out to create an alternative to the massive trucking of water and bottled beverages and were committed to offering only healthy drinks. By design, no beverage in the Lavit system can be high in sugar.

Try it still, try it sparkling or even add more water to get it just as you like it – that’s refreshingly personal! All we do is hook up your Lavit to your water source and add the filter system of your choice (Carbon Filter or Reverse Osmosis) and you’re ready to enjoy a limitless supply of cold refreshing drinks.

Contact your Aroma representative about a free trial of this incredible cold beverage system or simply send an email to: phil@aromacoffee.net