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Maker. >> absolutely. and if it's certified organic, it's your guarantee to cleanliness and purity. it basically forces suppliers and importers to be really responsible. so it's a great safety net for you. >> i know, it's so sad. we think of tea as something that's therapeutic. like you said, botanical. it can give you a great result. it can relax you. and now we have to worry about what makers are putting into teas that can poison us. >> but there are so many that are doing it right. and when i found -- you know, my book "life by the cup," when i went to the tea fields for the first time and ...

Cart. eventually, it took off. now the product is in 20,000 stores. >> congratulations. you said botanicals. >> yes. >> you call tea botanicals. why? >> well, because tea, i don't just use tea leaves. i use herbs and flowers and roses and berries. just about anything. so i infuse it all together. >> can you use a tea to get a specific result? >> absolutely. all teas have a specific result. i mean, the teas here are great for leeching toxins out of the intestines. green tea, as you know s great for collagen production and thermogenic. >> all right. one of the reasons i wanted to do a segment on...

>> you're basically going to have safe, but you want it at 165, if you boil the water and open the lid and let the steam come out for a couple minutes. >> why do you have to do that with white tea? >> white tea is the least processed of all teas. what you want to do -- it's so delicate that you don't want to actually burn it. so with white and green tea, you want it to be much less than boiling. 165 to 175. >> am i going to get a cup of tea here? >> you're going to get jasmine pearl. >> which is one of my favorites. >> i'm afraid to drink it. but now i understand how i can protect myself. >> e...

It could look the same, smell the same, but it just isn't the same. you have to really be careful to check with each individual teamaker. >> absolutely. certified organic, cleanliness and purity. it basically forces suppliers and importers to be really responsible. and so it's a great safety net for you. >> i know. it's so sad because we think of tea that is something that is therapeutic and botanical, give you a great cult. it relax you and now we have to worry about what makers are putting into teas that can poison us. >> so many that are doing it right. what i found in my book "life by the ...

Harvest because it comes from the earth, it changes, you know, with the weather. it's like wine. so, with jasmine pearls, this is a grade one. and it's fairly, tightly rolled and it's infused with jasmine petals so it's not flavored. so, what we were talking about earlier with lead and pollution leading to tea having chemicals in it, what happens is if you have a nonorganic flavoring, usually they use a proep pa lean gli kol base which is basically antifrfreeze. >> again, anything with propylene is patrolian. >> certified organic, they're not allowed to use that. with a jasmine pearl certified...