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New Website

Sage

It’s that time of Year

Featured Items

Gingerbread

House

Just in time for cooler

temps – smooth and

aromatic – Caffeine

Free

We have lots of

great, personal

gifts for the tea

 Tea Tools Basket

 
This kit has all

the tools needed to

dive into the world

of tea

 Be our Fan!

Cold Chaser 

 Savory and soothing

this German Blend of

herbs can naturally

boost one’s immunity

and shorten a cold

What’s New?

Just as we are updating our physical presence, we have updated our virtual one this month!  We launched our new website this week with:

• Our 2010 Class Schedule for Phoenix
• More Tea and Products
• New look with easier navigation

Take a look and tell us what you think! 

Check out the events section below for the tea sale, free back rubs and music.

Trick or Tea has come and gone.  However, for a Limited time we can get it by the pound.  It will take about 6 business days from time of order – Can only be ordered in one of the stores.

Cranberry-Peach (black), Nutcracker Suite, Gingerbread House(rooibos), and Harvest Moon(green) are in the stores.  Look for Ambrosia White in December.

Tea Word of the Month:  High Tea [hy tee]  –noun :    a meal usually with breads, meats and cheeses served after 6pm often confused with Afternoon Tea but more of a meal than a social diversion

Herbal Corner – Sage – “all is well”

Sage (Salvia Officinalis) was the first herb my grandmother introduced me to. I still remember the honey sweetened, aromatic tea she gave me to soothe my sore throat when I was sick.

The generic name for sage, salvia, is Latin and means “to heal” and in ancient Rome and Greece Sage was believed to heal everything, from snakebites to colds. It was also attributed to have memory enhancing properties. Every country’s herbal healers, from China to Europe, recommended Sage and, because of its many medicinal properties, it became known as the herb that could extend life to the point of immortality.

It is true that sage has very powerful antibacterial and antioxidant properties, and was therefore used by the Greek and Romans as a meat preservative. Even today, it is no accident that we are so fond of adding a little sage to that Turkey stuffing!

Medicinally, sage is a wonderful digestive remedy. It stimulates the flow of digestive enzymes and bile and helps settle the stomach and relieves indigestion.

Sage is also known to be a tonic to the nervous system, enhancing the body’s strength and vitality.

Its antiseptic properties have been relied on in wound healing and the mild estrogenic effect may help relieve menopausal problems, especially hot flashes.

The French call this herb “toute bonne”, which means “all is well”. Indeed, Sage has many healing properties and should not be missing from your herbal remedy kit.

It’s that time of year!

No, we’re not putting up Christmas decor just yet but we are thinking about it.  Some upcoming events -

• We will have our “after Thanksgiving sale” on Friday and Saturday, November 27th and 28th – In Phoenix, we will have free chair massages for everyone spending $20 or more
• We’ll open Sundays, 12pm-5pm on December 6th, 13th and 20th
• On Fridays – December 4th, 11th, and 18th , music returns to Souvia from 4pm-6pm with some soothing Recorder to de-stress for the Holiday
• Keep up with all that is going on – Become a Fan of Souvia  or Follow us on Twittter

In January, “Souvia Saturdays Community Forum” begins.   These will be held in the Phoenix location from 10am-12pm on certain Saturdays.  We have three speakers already lined up,  See the topics on the calendar or Blog. Ideas?  Send them to info@souvia.com

It was great to see so many of you at the Local First Festival – If you missed it, pencil in the first Saturday in November for next year.  For those with an eye for detail or design, please send us feedback on the new website – I will draw two names to receive 50 grams of any of our Holiday teas!

We hope to see you in the stores but if not, remember we ship everyday, locally and nationwide!

Meet the Author

Meet Author and Speaker Greg Petersen at the Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe on Monday, November 16th at 7pm.  Greg  will be talking about a new and unique series of mini books designed for the busy, fast-paced life we live.  The series, called The Urban Farm’s Simple Sustainability Series – The first two are out My Extraordinary Yard and Fowl Play