What is Guayusa?
How Guayusa Helps You Get In the Flow
Caffeine + L-Theanine
The combination of these two compounds has been found to increase alertness, attention, and focus while reducing anxiety and jitteriness.
Long Lasting Energy
A study published in Food Research International in 2017 found that guayusa tea had a longer half-life of caffeine in the bloodstream compared to green tea and yerba mate.
Antioxidants
Guayusa has been found to have a high ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) score, with studies showing that it contains more antioxidants per serving than green tea and blueberries.
Guayusa farms contribute to the reforestation of the Amazon Rainforest.
Clear-cutting and mono-cropping practices are commonplace for many crops grown in the Amazon rainforest, which has devastating impacts on the environment.
Guayusa trees, however, grow well in the shade of large canopy trees, meaning that these trees may remain intact within guayusa farms (i.e., no clear-cutting).
Guayusa Farm
Coffee Plantation
Since guayusa trees can grow up to 75 feet tall, the expansion of guayusa farms into areas that were previously clear-cut is contributing to the reforestation of the Amazon. Most other crops do not contribute to reforestation (e.g., coffee plants grow only a few feet in height and most plantations are clear-cut and mono-cropped).
Economic support for Kichwa communities enables them to preserve the rainforest and Kichwa culture.
Since guayusa trees grow best within Kichwa-owned areas of the rainforest, guayusa sales give their communities greater financial independence so they can refuse government and corporate initiatives to use their land for oil production and environmentally harmful agriculture operations.
We seek to support Kichwa communities' future generations through partnerships and fundraising initiatives and to help them preserve the rainforest and Kichwa culture.
