Dedicated to Hawaii and Hawaiian Spirulina. Cyanotech is the world premium producer and world authority in micro-algae. The author is proud to be associated with Cyanotech has dedicated his life to learning about and promoting spirulina since 1993

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Kona Green Spirulina Green Tea

A specialty spirulina product has just been launched last Friday in the ExpoWest and Nutracon Exhibition that has just taken place at Anaheim Convention Centre in Los Angeles. It is an instant spirulina green tea. It is made with Hawaiian spirulina and organic green tea powder. The brand name is aptly called Kona Green. Kona Green gets its name from Kona, where the spirulina is grown, and Green is named after the green products, ie. spirulina and green tea.

Kona Green spirulina green tea is packed in a handy 2gm (0.07 oz) sachet.It is really instant. All one has to do to enjoy this refreshing, nourishing, and thirst- quenching spirulina tea is to add 7 oz. hot or cold water to it.

Kona Green was conceptualised and developed with the founder of Cyanotech Corporation. The R&D team spent more than a year to test and blend green tea from various sources : China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand just to achieve the balanced taste and nutritional profiles with Hawaiian spirulina. The company does a good job in producing in balancing the taste profile of spirulina and green tea.

In this product, one can enjoy the double benefits that can be derived from Hawaiian Spirulina and green tea. Hawaiian Spirulina is high in digestible proteins, carotenoids, minerals and vitamin. Green tea is good known to contain high level of antioxidant : Catachin or EGCG. EGCG has been known to retard the grown of harmful cells. Drinking green tea also help to lower total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol. Wow, sometime you can have your cake and eat it too.

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