Tea Party Time

Looking for a good excuse for a road trip after tax time? Check out the week-long tea party that is being held not in protest but to celebrate this long-honored beverage – and positive vibes.

The Blue Tea Company is having a tea party the week of April 20 at its San Luis Obisbo headquarters at 793 Higuera St., adding a slightly different twist to the recent tax-protest tea parties.

Blue Tea, which is brewed from the blue heart wood from a tree grown in Mexico and known for its medicinal properties, has been the tea of choice at L.A. galas and fundraisers for the LAPD, the Screen Actors Guild and L.A.'s Best afterschool program. The tea is comprised of a blend of malva, cyanus, lavender and palo azul (which gives the tea its blue hue).

“This is a wonderful way to get the benefits of our tea to the public,” says Dave Reyes, one member of the brother team who founded the herbal tea company. “My brother John and I are family men and were always involved in programs to help kids. Our goal is to help create a colorful but incredibly healthy product that gets young people away from junk food and drugs and violence and channeled towards a good-tasting beverage for their health.”

I'll drink to that.