Out of our many blends of Tea created by Jayme, we have one particular blend that seems to have leaped in popularity. It’s called ProductiviTEA! So popular is this blend of tea, that we actually ran out of stock before we could get more blending components ordered in! To some of our regulars, it’s become the tea blend that they faithfully order and in one customers words, “Can’t do without”. We should really call it “populariTEA”, ha ha!
ProductiviTEA is a tea that has been created to make its drinker feel more alert and energized while calming nervous energy and increasing “on task focus”. The herbs in this tea boost your energy levels far greater than a cup of coffee and without the ‘crash and burn’ that caffeine has. Its taste is unique… with a rich and spicy aroma, full bodied depth, light dancing tones and a tingle on the tip of the palate. This effect is accomplished by a very unusual combination of ingredients and a very meticulous preparation method on Jayme’s part. The best tea bases are carefully selected to start with. Yerba Mate comes from a plant in the holly family and has a taste similar to but with more depth than green tea or black tea depending on whether you are drinking it green or roasted. It contains 3 xanthines: mateine, theobromine and theophylline which have the stimulating and anti oxidant effects of caffeine without the unwanted side effects. We use roasted mate in this blend to give it a smooth and rich essence. Holy basil (a powerful adaptogen) and gotu kola are added to aid the body and mind in decreasing the physical side effects of stress and fatigue while helping concentration levels and avena sativa clears “mental clutter”. Red Rooibos lingers as a natural sweetness and is known to cure head aches and digestive worries while providing copious amounts of minerals. A toss of guarana (the most potent herbal stimulant known) is added to give the “kick” that we need to get our day going (and going and going….) and then joined by freeze dried banana (which when steeped, tastes just like fresh!), fresh toasted jumbo coconut flakes, large pieces of mekong spicy cinnamon bark and freshly ground whole green cardamom pods. If that’s not enough, we also add raw cacao pieces (yes! you CAN have chocolate that is healthy and loaded with anti oxidants!) and the reason we can’t keep it in stock; fresh ground whole vanilla beans. Rather than use flavoring, we keep a limited supply of vanilla beans, why? Because if they are kept around too long, they go hard and loose their plumpness, thus loosing flavor. When they are fresh, vanilla has a “juiciness” to it that you can only understand once you have tried this addictive blend.
Come find out why ProductiviTEA has become our best selling artisan blend! Purchase a weeks worth and try it at home… but I must warn you… it has converted coffee lovers everywhere!
I got creative on this one… I thought it would be different if I made the background of this tattoo full color instead of the objects in it. Using reserve as an artistic device in this piece, all of the subjects are done in black and greywash and the background is a dark and reddish war sky. The end result being that the subject matter ‘pops out’ at you even though there is no color involved in the subject matter! Many elements representing Italy can be found here… Julius Caesar, the Colliseum and a Roman Soldier. Other elements in the tattoo would be the hand above in the form of a Cornuto gesture and a horn. Also there is a roman eagle coloured to blend into the background sitting on a plaque with intitials representing the soldiers of Rome.
Just how big should a tattoo be if it’s a dedication to your sons? Mo’s client felt that maybe it should take up an entire rib cage for each son! How much more dedicated can a man be to his sons?!?!? A lot of hours went into these two pieces considering their size and the fact that they are full color. It takes will power, endurance and patience to sit through the many sessions it took to complete both tattoos… and wow, that alone shows his love for his children! … did I mention that these are his first tattoos? … just wow! Much respect!
Mo just added this completed tattoo to his black and grey tattoo section of his portfolio. The client chose this tattoo based on a dream he had. He dreamed of flying in a zeppelin through the clouds of a moonlit sky. His dream had made such a great impact that he dedicated it to his arm. Although it’s been a while since he had this dream, he still remembers it vividly and remembers how alive he felt through the experience… This is what Mo has tried to capture in this tattoo.
