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2007 WAS a great year for The Jasmine Pearl.
We celebrated our third year of business!
Below are some of the highlights of this successful year at JP:

Expansion:
People are finding us more easily on the web. As a result, our teas are
being served and sold in more locations across the country than ever
before. We emerged from mainly supplying coffee shop and retail gift
shops this year to adding grocery stores, and gourmet kitchenware stores to our list of customers.

Our online sales have been growing steadily for the past year as people all over the world have been ordering our teas and loving them.

New Additions
One of the most exciting changes here at JP is the addition of Tait Christensen, our new partner in tea blending and a huge asset to our team. We are thrilled to have him join us!

We added many new selections to out tea line this year, including; Golden Monkey, Cranberry Sencha, Orange Spice Black, Lemon Hibiscus, Lavender Rose White, Tangy Grapefruit White and the ever popular Matcha Latte. These new teas have all gotten off to a great start with enthusastic customer feedback.

What is in store for The Jasmine Pearl in 2008

Organic Certification Update: 04/28/08
Our top priority for 2008 is completing the organic certification process for our tea blending facility. As many of our customers know, over half of our tea selection and nearly all of our herbs and spices are organically grown. The last step to acquiring the USDA Organic seal for our teas is to submit the paperwork and get our blending facility inspected.

We are about 90% with the paperwork. The plan was to complete the process in summer of 2007. Things were delayed by the need to attend to a substantial increase in new customers. Additionally, the introduction of new teas, increased the amount of paperwork to complete for this process.

After the holidays are over, our goal is to finish attending to these details, and to complete the final inpsection. We look to have our facility certified by early Spring of 2008. We are very happy to support organic growers around the world, and we all look forward to being able to assure customers and consumers of the organic integrity of our products at the Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants.

Events
The World Tea Expo is coming up this June and we look forward to attending for our fourth year. One of the highlights of our year is connecting with others in our indusrty, learning about the new discoveries of tea and health, and tasting samples of the newest crops. The expo always gets us really jazzed about our company mission and it helps to maintain realtionships with our colleagues from around the world.

We are very excited about exhibiting and demonstrating at the Lavender Festival in Sequim, WA this July. This will be our third year participating in the festivities at the Purple Haze Lavender Farm. The amazing support we have recieved from their staff as well as the enthusiasm of the visitors keep us coming back again and again!

New Teas
Oolongs - A new shipment of oolongs are came ealy this year, and we are eager to share some of our recent discoveries. One is a beautiful green oolong from Vietnam that is reminiscent of our now discontinued Green Heart. We are also hoping to bring back some new Tie Kuan Yins and reintroduce the Velvet Oolong to our customers.

Pu-erh - In partnership with Paul Rosenberg of Heaven's Tea, we are more widely expanding our pu-erh selections to include rarer and more diverse styles of this precious type of tea. Stay tuned for our updated Pu-erh page on this site.

The Jasmine Pearl is happy to announce they are working in partnership with Purple Haze Lavendar in Sequim, Washington. In the spring of 2006, they worked with the farm to re-develop their line of four loose-leaf teas. The new Purple Haze tea line features 1oz. packages of loose-leaf tea, 10 paper infusers, and one infuser pick. Each package makes 10 - 14 cups of tea. They can be purchased at www.purplehazelavender.com.

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In Autumn 2006, The Barefoot Sage foot spa, located in Portland, Oregon, introduced its line of privately labeled teas from The Jasmine Pearl as a complement to their other retail products. Two of the new featured blends in this line are: 'The Barefoot Sage Blend' (a fusion of vanilla black tea, cardamom, and lavender) and 'Amaretto Spice' (Indian black tea, cinnamon, and amaretto). Tea service is available at both Barefoot Sage locations. For more information about The Barefoot Sage, go to www.thebarefootsage.com.