Tag Archive for 'organic'Page 2 of 7

Lovely Oh’s

Vegan, fair-trade and organic chocolate-coated sandwich cookies pretty much summarizes what Leafygreen.info is all about. People out there can produce amazingly awesome cookies with green ingredients and practices. Yes, these cookies are more expensive then the traditional Oh cookies but they are 100% worth it.

liz lovely ohs

Dark chocolate that just melts in your mouth reveals a vegan stuff crème inside surrounded by more chocolate (as in the cookie). Such a treat! Maybe you should purchase some, send them as gifts, eat them yourself or just glance at their beauty.

The attention to detail and green is what separates Liz Lovely from other companies. Their packaging is green either by design or by reusability.

Can’t wait to have more!



Leafygreen Related Reviews
  • method aroma ring review
  • The New Jersey Jackals Baseball Food Menu
  • Weekend Update
  • Radiant by Nutrisoda
  • HTnaturals Bamboo Sweat Pants
  • Leafygreen Related Reviews

    Steaz Energy Beverage

    Organic Fuel for the mind, body and soul is Steaz‘ tag line and I feel it’s totally appropriate. The lightly carbonated beverages are filled with green tea, yerba mate, acai and guarana, gives me the energy that I need on those slow days or before a long bike ride. Partnering up with Guayaki and Sambazon for instance provides fair trade and organic ingredients in this energyrific can.

    steaz energy drink reviews

    Not only does the can provide 80mg of natural caffeine, but it also tastes great too. Check out Steaz all over the place like Wegmans, Whole Foods and your local health food stores too.

    Try the plain and if you feel adventurous, the lime and orange are wonderful as well.


    Leafygreen Related Reviews
  • function drinks Review Part 1
  • Zico Coconut Water
  • Drink Up! Guayaki Yerba Mate Review.
  • ONE Amazon Açai Review
  • White Grape Sparkling Beverage
  • Leafygreen Related Reviews

    Equal Exchange Chocolates

    Equal Exchange offers a lot of fair trade products such as coffee, tea and chocolate. I recently sampled the Organic Milk Chocolate with Hazelnuts and the Organic Dark Chocolate with Almonds.

    equal exchange

    Both chocolate bars are wonderful. The smooth chocolate blends really well with the other flavors. The hazelnut bar is not overly full of hazelnut. It is actually just a hint of hazelnut for a super chocolately flavor. The almonds are abundant and tasty, that’s for sure. The crunchy, gluten-free chocolate bar is a keeper!

    Equal Exchange redesigned their website’s store and made it more web friendly, so go check it out.


    Leafygreen Related Reviews
  • Equal Exchange Ceylon Green Tea
  • Equal Exchange Cranberries and Pecans
  • Leafygreen Related Reviews

    Nau Denim

    Nau’s Loose But Not Slutty Jeans right off the bat have an office look. They are very casual with clean lines and no trendy holes or scrapes. Nau chooses their materials very carefully which can be seen in every piece of clothing they make. These jeans are made of organic cotton with raw denim produced in Turkey. The material is twice dyed with an indigo for the beautiful blue color saturation. Mike thinks the color is too dark, but for me, it is perfection. Without any tags to take away from the design of the jeans, there are no distractions and no snagging when putting a belt on. The natural, organic denim is stiff. This helps in the office as it will not crease and wrinkle that easily during daily wear but can also take the abuse of labor intensive jobs. The hardware is nickel free as to help people whom are highly allergic to some materials.

    nau_mensloosejeans.jpg

    My favorite part of the jeans must be the wide belt loops. Usually it is hard to find nice jeans that will accept the abnormally wide belts, but these have no problems. In fact, it is actually better for your hip having the wide belt loops as it removes pressure sometimes felt. Inside the jeans is a small hanging band just in case you are in a changing room and need to hang up your pants. The right pocket contains a smaller insert for keys, change or a small cell phone.

    Nau’s instructions state to wash inside out with cold water and line dry and never use bleach! However, I have been washing these on tumble low in my dryer and the jeans are holding up well. I have only one complaint with these jeans… sizing. The length is standard and may need to be tailored as do other premium denims. Premium denim costs more (obviously), but these jeans can take a beating and still look perfect.

    Unfortunately Nau is closing shop. This makes me very sad, but you never know what can happen in the future!



    Leafygreen Related Reviews
  • Sling & Stones Organic Denim Review
  • Green Apple Cleaners
  • Leafygreen Related Reviews

    Ecotech Mohave Backpack by Ecogear

    Finding a really good backpack is a difficult process. Many bags are filled with plastics that contain PVC and other toxic chemicals. Some have certain features that are amazing and then unnecessary features as well.

    Ecogear’s Ecotech line is a PVC free line of backpacks designed for common folk but with a green twist to it. I really like the Mohave Tui bag. The inside is large; the bag is sturdy and somewhat compact as well. I do like the small outer bottom pocket, it’ very convenient for keys or business cards. The main compartment is spacious; in fact, I’ve stuffed a MacBook, two days of clothing and a SIGG bottle in the external pockets of the bag. The top of the bag has a small compartment featuring pen sleeves and other useful separators. Finally, on the outside there is a large, water resistant zippered area perfect for things you need quickly. One feature that I love, but could use a slight modification is the music player pocket and port.

    ecogear ecopack

    The full sized iPod (Classic) fits into the pocket, but it is VERY tight and the headphone jack is extremely difficult to insert into the iPod through the fabric-covered port. You physically cannot fit the iPod into the pocket if it’s inside a case, so forget about it. Other than that small (literally) issue, the backpack looks and feels great. The pockets are sized to accommodate many goodies for an overnight trip or a hike up the mountains and the padded shoulders are 100% comfortable. My arms and shoulders did not ache after wearing the bag for 4 hours straight. I have now brought this bag to a few green expos as well as my overnight bag and it will continue to stay with me as my backpack of choice. I really like the color and the design.

    As I stated at the top of the review, not many bags are perfect and when you find one, you can’t let it go. Though this bag could use a few improvements it really is great.

    Ecogear also has cute backpacks for little kids and other more eco-friendly bags like organic cotton messenger bags.

    We Add Up - Get Counted

    Leafygreen Related Reviews
  • No related posts
  • Leafygreen Related Reviews

    Sunfood Heirloom Peanuts

    Organic and raw peanuts deep from the Ecuadorian Jungle have a strong resemblance to our peanuts, but taste much different. These nuts are woodsier and heartier. They take some time to get used to, but I do like them. They are heart healthy too and help to support a local tribe of farmers whose lands are being destroyed to mine for oil.



    Leafygreen Related Reviews
  • Goji Berries from Sunfood Nutrition Review
  • Award winning Fire Dancer Nuts Review
  • Koeze Company Cream-Nut Review
  • The Complete Package aka 360 Vodka Review
  • Natural Products Expo East – Saturday in Review
  • Leafygreen Related Reviews

    Equal Exchange Ceylon Green Tea

    Fair Trade is Equal Exchange’s primary mission along with offering high quality foods and beverages. Equal Exchange products range from teas and coffees to nuts and chocolate.

    equal exchange

    The loose, organic Ceylon Green Tea is a perfect example of fair trade tea. Picked in Sri Lanka, the green tea is sweet and fruity. I tried the tea both hot and cold and I actually prefer making it cold. Here’s my trick, if you are interested. Add a tablet or two of sweetener such as Stevia or agave to freshly brewed hot tea and cover with cold filtered water and shake it up a while. Let the sugars mix in and wait a day. Enjoy the iced tea and your all set. I use maybe three tablespoons of tea for 64 ounces of water.

    Sweet, antioxidant-rich green tea with a hint of sweetness is just what the doctor ordered.

    Be on the lookout for more Equal Exchange reviews. As an update, since I wrote this review, Equal Exchange is discontinuing their loose tea line and replacing it with eco-tea bags.

    Leafygreen Related Reviews
  • Equal Exchange Cranberries and Pecans
  • Equal Exchange Chocolates
  • LOCAL Green Expos
  • Green Maven
  • Green News
  • Leafygreen Related Reviews

    Carpe Diem Water

    Flavored waters are gaining popularity and Carpe Diem is doing it the all natural and herbal way. Carpe Diem’s Harmonizing Water adds herbs that are meant to refresh your body with subtle berry and herb flavor flavors. Did it harmonize my spirit? Well, not right away and I’m not sure if it actually harmonized anything. The flavors were decent but too subtle for my tastes. The light carbonation is a bonus. Carpie Diem seems to use the carbonated water as a base for all their drinks.

    The Vitalizing Water is refreshing beverage with mellow hints of pear, lemongrass, ginger and many more herbs. It’s a good taste overall, very smooth, fruity. It is an eclectic blend. The unique combination really works well together.

    Carpe Diem uses PET bottles and traditional methods for their products, though they are not organic, they do use some green practices.

    Their website is not too user friendly, so if you want more info, you are better off checking out BevNET.


    Leafygreen Related Reviews
  • Hint Pear Water Review
  • Sigg Water Bottle
  • Ayala Herbal Water
  • Zico Mango Coconut Water
  • Iceland Spring Water
  • Leafygreen Related Reviews

    Bumblebar Review Part 1

    Bumblebar’s organic energy bars come in so many flavors that I will need at least three separate reviews for all of them. However, here is some background history first. Bumblebar has been around for more than 10 years and today there are over 10 flavors to choose from. Bumblebars are designed to be energetic, as well as vegan, gluten-free and ethically sourced.

    Go visit BumbleBar.com for more information on the company. Now, let’s get down to the flavors.

    Chai with almonds is up first. It’s full of almond slivers and mildly flavored with the usual chai ingredients; ginger, vanilla, cardamam, cinnamon, and tumeric. I really liked this and I’m glad it was my first choice. Good source of protein too.

    Chocolate Crisp was an even better second choice. It was like a healthy chocolate bar but with sesame seeds and brown rice for that crispy pop.

    bumblebar

    Original Mixed Nut contained lots of nuts. Both roasted almonds and cashews, as well as sesame and flax seeds. It contains lots of fiber and is high in fat due of the nuts. I liked this bar, but it was very nutty, maybe a drop too nutty. You have to expect that, though, it is called Mixed Nut after all.

    Original Almond was very good as well, and I enjoyed it more than the Mixed Nut. I like cashews, but without the cashews in the mix, the roasted almonds flavor really comes out making this a really good bar.

    The Cherry I did not care for. It was too chewy and gooey. It seemed like it was melting. The use of organic cherries did not work so well for me.

    Overall, I’m enjoying Bumblebar’s energy bars. I’m eating them for lunch and it’s keeping my hunger down and giving me some extra energy. Bumblebar does not dd caffeine or synthetic chemicals, but rather takes advantage of the Earth and what she has to offer.

    Check back for a few more reviews of the rest of their line.

    We Add Up - Get Counted