Move over acai and goji berry, here comes JUJUBE

Move over acai and goji berry, here comes JUJUBE! Tg Green Tea wins Great Taste Award Gold Stars….including 1 blend containing an exciting new superfruit.

The world’s most coveted blind-tasted food awards, Great Taste, has just released the Great Taste stars of 2015 and Hua and Sophia, co-founders of a new London-based beverage company Tg Green Teas, are amongst the producers celebrating Gold star wins.

Tg Green Teas recently won a gold star for two of its hot blends, namely Green Tea and Green Tea with Jujube & Osmanthus. The Great Taste Award judges also noted their discovery of a tasty new fruit, the JUJUBE, during their feedback.

So just what is this delicious new superfruit – the jujube?

Jujube fruit or Chinese red date (hong zao 红枣) – pronounced “joo-joob” – has been cultivated in China for more than 4,000 years.
Having the texture and flavour of an apple when eaten ripe, the jujube tastes of sweet dates or plums when left to dry, the latter being the more common way folks enjoy these fruits in many food dishes & drink cocktails.
Considered the “King of Vitamin C”, Jujubes have been used over centuries to help enhance health and vitality in so many ways it’s earned the title of “super fruit” across Asia.
Collagen-laden “beauty drinks” don’t do much for you apart from loading you up with more sugar as the collagen in the drink will never reach the skin but be broken down in the stomach as more energy – better to consume food & drink naturally containing vitamin C and drink lots of water.
We say “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. The Chinese say “ 3 jujubes a day keeps the medicine man at bay”.

So banish those stale bags of bitter green tea dust and say no to pricey plant sap or high sugar drinks. This is Tg. Hot and iced green tea as it’s meant to be i.e. smart! sassy! social! and full of delicious goodness just right at mealtime or anytime pick-me-up. Inspired by ancient wellness traditions from the Middle Kingdom, designed and developed in London.

Hua and Sophia look forward to welcoming you into the refreshingly delicious world of Jujube and Tg Green Teas. Available soon in the USA, the Middle East, and in food & drink shops right here in the UK. Click here for more info drinktg.com

In the meantime, you can try Tg hot & iced green teas via their e-shop shop.drinktg.com before the rest of the world begins to discover them. You’ll always be able to say to your friends “I tried them before you”.

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