URL: Montinore Estate

We cracked open the wine we received from Karen & Perry for Christmas last night for our fish dinner :-) The bottle is Montinore Estate 2006 Riesling Semi Dry Wine from Oregon, and it has their beautiful logo on the label! The logo is done in watercolor with Montinore's "M" merged with the image of a root growing underneath. The logo was so pretty that I had to look them up and check what other types of wine they have...

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URL: KOOTS GREEN TEA Japan | Seattle
* We just discovered that this place was out of Business at the Narita Airport :( (Checked on November, 12th 2007)
At the Narita Airport, we found this cool Japanese cafe called "KOOTS GREEN TEA". They specializes in serving high quality green tea along with delicious Japanese sweets and small portion (easy to eat) Japanese tea food. It is like Japanese version of Starbucks. You can pretty much find green tea in many variety of forms (It is like my dream cafe!!). They even have Matcha Americano :D

I talked to the guy at the counter, and he told me they opened 2 stores in Seattle, and they are planning on expanding more in the U.S. Very cool :D I'm really hoping to see them in LA soon.

URL: REED's, Inc.
SHOP@: Trader Joe's | Bristol Farms | Whole Foods
RELATED LINKS: Health Benefits

REED'S Ginger Beer is one of my favorite store bought soda drinks. They are so tasty and refreshing! I've been drinking their ginger beer for a long time, but I've never thought to check bottom of the packaging until recently. They have 6 different kinds of ginger beer, 4 different kinds of ginger juice, 3 different kinds of ginger ice cream, and other ginger candies and drinks!!

Maccha | Macha | Matcha | 抹茶
RELATED LINKS: Wikipedia

ORIGIN: JAPAN
MAIN NUTRITIONS: Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, L-Theanine, Mineral, Amino Acid, Tea Catechin, Cellulose, Caffeine
BENEFITS:
• Burn more fat when drinking before exercise.
• Preventing/treating cancer
• Treating arthritis
• Prevent cavity
....and more benefits!!

There are about 12 different types of traditional Japanese green tea. Each kind is made from different parts of green tea leaves, and they are all processed differently. The flavor and nutritious contents are also different for each type of green tea. However, Maccha has the most L-Theanine, Vitamin A, and Caffeine compared to all the other green teas. It is the most powerful, the king of green tea family, and a wonderful drink to start your morning :)

URL: Evolution Fresh
SHOP@: Whole Foods | Gelson's Market | Ralphs

Evolution is awesome and tastes the freshest!! They currently sell about 40 different kinds of juices, and we've tried maybe around 5 so far. We've liked every single one we've tried. Why? Because we can definitely taste the real flavor of either fruits or vegetables in their drinks. It truly feels like drinking veggies like it says on the label!