It’s always nice to be recognized and when it’s by a prestigious journal like Sierra Magazine, it’s even better. Makaibari has a lot of fans and Diana Rosen, author, journalist, is one of them. Sierra magazine did a piece on teas that focused on a sustainable ethic and eco-friendly practices and asked several people to [...]
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Not that easy going Green..
We really wanted a new bamboo floor for our Tea Room. In investigating our options, we learned the pros and cons of all kinds of floors – cork, bamboo, vinyl, laminate, hardwood and the adhesives that go into each as well as their suitability in a restaurant. For one thing, we mop our floors everyday. That [...]
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Iced Tea
One of our objectives is to educate our customers on tea and related issues such as organic, fair trade and sustainability. We’ve often extolled the praises of our friend, Samuel Fromartz, author, journalist and blogger extraordinaire. His blog ‘Chewswise‘ has been on our recommended resources list since we started our blog. It is current, informative, [...]
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Green Power Certificate
We opted for Green Power last year at the Tea Room. It came from a combination of wind and low-impact hydro energy. Last week, we received an official looking certificate from the electric company that informed us we had purchased 14,376 kWh in 2008. Not bad! This is clean, emission-free electricity and in our case it includes [...]
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