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This Winter, Cold Press to Warm Up. (Recipes!)

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Recipes. We gots recipes, Bees. With sprits. Oh, it’s gonna be fun.

Betcha didn’t even CONSIDER how awesome a nut milk would be all warmed up, did you. Course not. It’s Vegas. And with weather that’s more Truman Show than Polar Express, sometimes it’s hard to remember winter exists. (Don’t be hatin’, Colorado. We’re sorry about your early storms, and for so much more.)

But (hand to forehead, in gorgeously dramatic fashion)…as Las Vegans, do we not get cold?

Does our skin not sting with December air’s brisk chill like the rest of the country’s?

Do we not pine for a fire’s gentle glow…even if it’s an electric one on someone’s plasma?

steamy-squareLook, we can crave warmth and cuddles as much as a cat in an ice bucket. We’re human. And when we do, here’s what we do, and what we want you to do, too: Take your fave nut milk (or pick from a few choice juices) and warm ‘em the eff up. For real! Do it in 20- second increments in a microwave, or gently on the stove as you whisk your elixir to its optimum temp. You’ll fall in love with a flavor all over again in its same-yet-ante-upped state.

Pointers:

Not every cold-pressed juice flavor plays nice with heat. But if you like mulled cider and wine, or even broth, a few work better than others:

• Bee Royal rocks out when hot. Think all-natural Theraflu, and then forget about Theraflu and just concentrate on the awesomeness of drinking Bee Royal warm. Lemon can really withstand heat, so if you’re sick or just want something soothing at night, go ahead and spike your Royal or keep it G-rated by warming it up in a mug and calling it a night. (Insider Intel: To turn it into a party-worthy pseudo-hot toddy, see our recipe below the post.) 

• Bee Grateful is sublime when the chill’s taken off, and if you heat it gently, you’ll maintain the nuance of the effort that Marcella and Jamie put into making the recipe. (Insider Intel: For a warm and wintry nightcap for grownups, see our recipe below for some sweetly spiced love-in-a-mug.)

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…This could be you.

• And, of course, heat any of our nutmilks and you’ll achieve Confection Perfection…but don’t stop there. Bee creative! A few drops of peppermint oil (which we happen to like buying from here) in Bee Happy becomes minty hot chocolate; warmed-up Bee Legendary becomes the fastest golden milk recipe in all the land (and we alllll know how kickass turmeric is for us from what we learned last month, right?); and Bee Magnificent…well, she plays nice with others and is damn perfect on her own two feet. As every woman should be.

So, Bees. If you wanna feel like you’re insulated with kitten fur, raise your internal comfort quotient and gentlyheat these cold-pressed beauties. Don’t bee wasting time waiting for the sun to shine. Beecause even though in this neck of the woods it’ll be high in the sky come March, seize our wintry days.

Now read below and grab some ingredients to play with. And don’t forget  your parka. We know you hate the cold.

 

The Royal Treatment

For generations, a solid hot toddy has been a go-to cap after a long, cold night…but it’s also superb if you’re under the weather. This mixture will relax a cough as much as your body, and Angostura Bitters can be excellent for soothing and upset belly. Makes one drink.

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…Winter warmer or nature’s NyQuil? You bee the judge.

In a mug or heat-safe glass, add the ¼ cup of Bee Royal to 2 ounces of  high-quality bourbon (High West, W.L. Weller, Blantons work well). Then, add raw local honey, one teaspoon at a time, until it hits your sweet spot. If using, top with a healthy dash of bitters. And if the drink’s cooled off too much since you started making it, microwave in 20-second increments before serving.

The Gussied-Up Grateful

There’s something special about getting dressed for the holidays, and our Bee Grateful feels the same! Accessorized in scents of allspice, cinnamon and clove, our humble little juice turns party ready on a moment’s notice with some pantry staples and super good rum. Makes one drink. (Hint: For your next soiree, buy a Singleton Six-Pack of Bee Grateful, up the proportions and keep this recipe warm in a crock pot all night long.)

In a small saucepan, combine 2 ounces of your favorite spiced rum with ¾ cup of Bee Grateful, 1/2 teaspoon of St. Elizabeth’s Allspice Dram, one cinnamon stick, one whole clove, and a healthy dash of Angostura Bitters. Heat until just under a boil, strain out the clove and serve with the cinnamon stick.grateful

Families Who Juice: The Webbs

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Is it true that a family that juices together stays together? We suppose juice may help, but if there’s one thing the Webb family doesn’t need is an extra way connect. Henderson-based Ruth and Ryan Webb’s decision to parent by example provides a strong backbone for their three young sons, and their united dedication to good health (and to incorporating juice into their sons’  Littleton lives) is why they’re our first family in the “Friends Who Juice” format.

And “family time”… in Las Vegas? It can be done and done well. You just need the right song in your heart. And these folks do.

Meet the Webbs.

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The Webbs! Pictured left to right: Ruth, Ayden, Spencer, Ryan, and Emmett.

Hi! 

Our family has…5 family members: Ryan (dad), Ruth (mum), Spencer (son), Ayden (son), and Emmett (son). And the names of all the people in our house who drink cold-pressed juice are…Ryan, Ruth, Spencer (age 6), and Ayden (turns 3 this December).

We used to live in…St. George, Utah, and we moved here to stay in… February 2013.

What brought our family to “Las Vegas” with our residence in Henderson was…Ryan’s job opportunity in public accounting. What has kept us here…are the career opportunities for both of us; the great restaurants and endless things to do; the warm weather; and that we love the proximity to our family in Utah along with being closer to California’s beaches and theme parks without the California taxes.

In our family’s experience, the biggest misconception about living in Las Vegas is…that the Las Vegas Strip, with its gambling and night life, seems to define Las Vegas as not being family friendly.

…Yet the thing we love most about living here is…the abundance of family-friendly activities and events. For example, our community of Inspirada has ongoing community events, three community pools and four parks. We have a pass to the Discovery Museum for hot summer days but really enjoy exploring all the wonderful outdoor parks scattered across the Las Vegas and Henderson areas.

If we had to pick a daily mantra or a quote our family tries to live by, it would be…“Forever and For Always, No Matter What.” To us this means we are in the good times and the rough times together. Spencer and Ayden especially like to round up in a family football-style huddle, put our hands together in the middle of the huddle and scream, “Team Webb!”

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If we had to pick a theme song for our family, it would be…Singing in the Rain,by Gene Kelly. YouTube it and you’ll feel the fun and energy of getting through life’s challenges with a smile, some singing and [some] dancing. Everyone needs that.

Something we strive to instill in our children is…the value of each person as a child of God.

Something our parents did with us as kids that we swore we’d NEVER do (and we don’t!) is…drink a lot of soda pop.

The greatest thing about raising a family in the desert is…not having to live in the snow but still being able to travel and play in it. It is a real blessing during busy times of year at work to have weather that allows us to be able to still play outside in the evenings.

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On staying a healthy family in Las Vegas...

When people ask me (Ryan) where I work and what I do, I tell them…I work for Stewart, Archibald & Barney, a local public accounting firm as a certified public accountant (CPA) performing mostly audits.

When people ask me (Ruth) where I work and what I do, I tell them…I work for Dr. Kenneth Hill, DDS, as a dental hygienist and help individuals have a confident smile.

foodNo matter how busy we get as a family, this is what we do to make sure we eat healthy meals during the week: We plan ahead on the weekends, make a run to Trader Joe’s and Costco, and gab a few juices from TJS. We make it a point to eat packed lunches, which we fill with the right choices during the school/work week rather than eating out.

The fruit and vegetable you’ll always find in our kitchen are…apples and broccoli.

The lead-by-example things we do to teach our kids the import of good health are…letting them help us make smoothies and juice on weekends. They love picking out the fruits and vegetables and watching the whole process. We have also recently joined an athletic club that has a day care for the kids. They know that while they are playing in the kids room, we are working out. We hope this will create a workout culture in our family over the years.

 

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(l-r): Spencer, Ryan, Ayden, Emmett, and Ruth.

The Webb family on juice…

The reason we drink cold-pressed juice is because…we know we need it for our health; plus, the more we drink it the more we have acquired a taste for it. (Some of our friends don’t believe us when we say it’s yummy!)

The reason we drink TJS’s cold-pressed juice is because…the company uses ingredients we can trust. TJS makes juicing more convenient in our busy and crazy lives. Oh yeah: We really enjoy thenut milks like Bee Happy and Bee Excellent along with the smoothies, so those really keep us coming back for more.

This is how our family incorporates cold-pressed juice into our lifestyle: The boys like watching us make juices at home, so that’s how we started. We really only have time for that on weekends. Since finding TJS, we have made it part of our family outings to do taste testing at TJS and let the boys pick a juice to bring home. Once we are home we open one at a time and all share them over the next couple days until they are gone and then we start over. We (Ryan and Ruth) will take TJS’s drinks with us to work. So that’s how we do it.

The first time our kids drank green juice…Spencer thought it was interesting and he was very curious. He started liking it very quickly. Ayden thought it was gross and we had to ease him into it, especially the ones with ginger.

The only person in our house who won’t drink green juice is… well: Emmett, of course, because he is only 6 months old.

True or false: Making juice at home is a royal pain in the butt. TRUE!

The funniest thing that ever happened to one of us while drinking juice OR when one of us was doing a juice cleanse, was…well, we won’t go there: we had one child in diapers and one potty training when we started juicing. (Need we say more?)
Our family’s advice to a newbee juicer is…to drink small amounts, often, until you acquire a taste. That combined with the way you feel as you juice and live healthy will fuel your passion for more.

(Did someone say “passion?”)

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Is TJS Kitchen Manager Shad MacDonald Our ‘King Bee?’

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ShadBeeauty. It’s logically the first thing we seeing beeings notice about a person, but it’s decidedly not skin deep and hardly a way to judge someone. Yet a lesser soul giving TJS’s Shadrach MacDonald a sideways glance might dismiss his intricate facial tattoos (the kind worn by New Zealand’s wholehearted Māori people) as some weirdo thing that makes MacDonald something he’s not. Uneducated? Scary, maybe? A punk? Fill in the blank.

If they did judge, that lesser soul would be the loser…and not in the snarky sense, but in the truest. They’d lose out on getting to know the passion, ingenuity and heart behind MacDonald’s ink; ink he tenderly chose to face the world with to honor the people he’d met as a boy and marveled at. And it’s MacDonald’s heart that The Juice Standard (TJS) co-founder and CEO Jamie Stephenson was drawn to when they met.

“His clear eyes,” says Stephenson. “When I hired him, that’s what I saw. He’s our artist. And when I think of him, and how he works with us, I think of the word ‘synergistic.’ I’ve been working with some of the team for year, and to have the ability to have a group of people working in a 660-square-foot-kitchen—smiling and laughing—he’s just a synergistic, creative force. He’s wonderful.”

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Since MacDonald manages TJS’s daily 5 a.m. juice and nut milk pressing, does that synergy go straight into your Singletons? If you beelieve that energy transmutes from one place to another—if his vibes are in our juice—we’re a lucky hive to have MacDonald among our King Bees.

Since We Opened With The Tattoos…

“I got them when I was barely 18,” says MacDonald of his tā moko tattoos. Calling the Māori some of the nicest people you’ll meet (“if you’re walking, and their door is open, they will invite you to sit at their table to eat with them”) MacDonald was a rare youth propelled toward body art to emulate, not retaliate.

With swirls, dots and lines even more pronounced than his eyes, MacDonald “practiced” being in public with facial stencils to gauge how people would react. “They’re what everyone calls a ‘job killer’,” he says lightly.

Undeterred, at Chicago’s Harold Washington College, if professorial inclination was to prejudge, it was squelched by MacDonald’s academic creds: dean’s list; Phi Theta Kappa; a major in addiction studies, and a minor in psychology.

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“I’ll be the first to tell you that people judge you every day,” he says of his tattoos. But they’re not a regret. Not even close.

Talents That Surprise Behind Those Eyes

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Hello…from one Renaissance man to another.

“Lots of people are surprised I’ve golfed since I was 4 and that [members] of my family are junior-pro or pro-[amateur],” shares MacDonald, who the day of this interview was enjoying quiet time at the home he shares with longtime friend and love, Rowan.

“I was a contractor for a while…a plumber, a carpenter. I’m a certified forklift operator. We owned our own bike-rebuilding company, and we turned it into [rebuilding] motorcycles and cars. It’s just one of those things where I feel guys should be able to do this stuff.”

All that Renaissance man stuff has in fact come in handy at TJS, where co-founders Stephenson and COO Marcella Williams marvel at his tackling everything from screwy plumbing to resealing floors. “Working on stuff—breaking stuff and rebuilding stuff—is pretty much what I’d rather be doing than watching TV or playing video games.”

Ask Not What TJS Can Do For You…

Along with Williams and Stephenson, MacDonald’s the guy you want in the TJS kitchen. He’s a master recipe developer who loves learning from the ladies the health bennies of different fruits and vegetables, and then tinkering with ingredients to create the new bites and sips you Bees have come to love. And from homemade kimchi and coming-soon hummus and tahini sauces to alchemizing the company’s juice pulp—ALL that pulp!—into WHealthy™ pastries and muffins, MacDonald’s previous kitchen manager/sous chef experience garnered in Chicago and California restaurants is put to delicious use, daily.

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As you read this newsletter, Shad’s kimchi ferments away in a secret, undisclosed location, preparing itself to be eaten for your dining pleasure.

What Free Time?

MacDonald and Rowan prefer nights at home tinkering in the kitchen (he cooks her breakfast and lunch every day, and by night they cook together…natch) and hikes suggested by fellow avid hikers Williams and Stephenson. Whether he’s working on menus and juice recipes or playing Mr. Fixit around the store, for MacDonald, “It’s nice to have an entire group of people working [together]. It’s nice to have all of their knowledge….I am truly blessed to be a part of the TJS family.”

‘Tis The Season…to Win the Gift of Giving Juice

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Holiday-Image-Whealthy3If there’s one thing our co-founder Jamie loves, it’s gifting; and if you’re like her, you can probably relate. To Jamie, there’s a natural high that can come from finding the most perfect just-so item that speaks something from the heart that words sometimes can’t. Maybe it’s finding that one thing you know someone already wants. Maybe it’s sheer intuition. But the fine art of mindful gifting has nothing to do with dollars and everything to do with the thought behind the act. At least that’s how Jamie rolls.

ExcitementWomanIs that how you roll? If so, The Juice Standard is giving away a double…no, a TRIPLE whammy of a gift this month by letting you win the chance to gift TJS juice to two peeps who deem improving their WHealth™ and glowing self as highly as you do. In this month’s Wake The Buzz Up! promo, we hope you’ll enter to win a Singleton Six-Pack of juice for yourself…plus two more to give away to friends. So that’s a six-pack for you, and a six-pack for two family members, two kids, two BFFS, two strangers, a friend and a stranger, two spouses (no judgment)…or whomever else in your life likes TJS juice as much as well all do.

Here are the deets, Bees. (And actually, it’s just one deet):

Visit www.WakeTheBuzzUp.com and enter the code T11Z15.

That’s pretty much it. Do that, and you’ll be automatically entered and on your way toward winning three six-packs of juice. Or, 18 bottles. Or three, one-day cleanses. Or one three-day cleanse. (‘Cause maybe you have no friends worthy of your generosity. Could happen.) Winner will be announced Dec. 21, just in time for the big ho-ho-ho.

We seriously love doing shite like this, Bees, and we know you love it, too. And if you’re a self-professed gift-giving lover, please enter and enjoy the excitement of knowing that this time, your giving will allow you to receive even more than you usually do. And that’s totally what this time of year is all about.

That, and this. Always always  this.

(Got Littletons around? Grab ’em some earmuffs and enjoy this throwback, tear-up, grown-up moment.)

 

Mission I’m Possible+TJS=Juice and Jogging Success

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MIP-FOHFor the second time since our young company’s inception, The Juice Standard paired with the Las Vegas chapter of Mission I’m Possible Worldwide (MIP) to show folks just how easy it is to achieve maximum WHealth™ and glowing self when what you do with your bod, head and heart matches what you put into it.


On Saturday, Oct. 10, a gaggle of like-minded juicer-joggers gathered at The Rose for a 10k race organized by MIP, a foundation that brings together spirit-filled, community-minded people who work to cross social barriers (think race and economics) to advocate change and meet the social needs of disparate communities through fitness, career development and community outreach programs.

As if those notions weren’t lofty enough, all that connectedness happens through long-distance running. As in, while people are running. Multitasking at its finest.

Founded for all the goodly folks who can walk and chew gum at the same time, MIP was launched by Samantha Jo Alonso (founder of retail boutique Fruition Las Vegas). Last month’s running route and its periodic exercise drills were led by MIP race leader Christian Walker, who kept runners on their toes and encouraged participants to remember that human empowerment, through togetherness, is really the only way to connect.

And what did runners get as they finished? Besides the satisfaction of clocking another six or so miles, they were handed a Singleton of TJS’s Bee I’m Possible, one of our signature nut milks blended from organic raw cashew, vanilla, lemon, lavender, local honey and alkaline water.

(And did we mention all that connecting and empowering stuff happens while running? Yep.)

Here are the pics to prove the awesomeness that comes from great minds thinking alike. Thinking, while jogging at the same time. Which even a few weeks later still amazes us….

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Turmeric: First Word in Alzheimer’s, Inflam and Good Health

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Turmeric for blogTurmeric. She’s a knobby little root. All versatile and orange (except when she hits your fingers and becomes the most brilliant shade of stuck-on yellow), come fall this lassie enjoys her moment as seasonal produce since she’s most abundant right now.

(But, Shh: We hardly love her beecause she won’t play hard to get.)

This popular and comforting flavoring for curries is one of the most healing roots in rootdom thanks to turmeric’s curcumin, a powerful compound that has been long heralded for its ability to boost brain health. It’s well cited—documented in articles like these by the National Institutes of Health and the Alzheimer’s Society—that turmeric positively effects cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease patients; and from Parkinson’s to glioblastomas, it’s a diet addition on the lips of neurologists and oncologists alike.

turmeric-benefits-for-dog-arthritisFor better or worse,  more than a few TJS Team Bees have been told to feed it to ailing family members, and while it’s a hard metaphorical pill to swallow, knowing there’s something natural to combat disease that causes more sadness than smiles can be a life preserver amid a sea of bad diagnoses…the needle in the haystack when you need to sew your favorite button back on.

But as if it weren’t enough that it helps salve issues in the brain, turmeric is revered even more for being an everyday inflammation tamer. Research by the Cleveland Clinic (and aren’t we lucky to have our very own campus right here in Las Vegas?) and University of Maryland’s Medical Center shows that when taken for things like aches, pains and arthritis—inflammation that’s not caused by serious secondary condition or disease but the kind we can feel when the barometer drops or as we grow old gracefully (right?)—turmeric can be as effective as ibuprofen.

If you ever have the pleasure of talking with TJS co-founder and CEO Jamie Stephenson about the far-reaching benefits of one of TJS’s darling ingredients, you’ll hear her wax poetic about turmeric juice’s beeautiful ability to easily deliver its prized curcumin beecause drinking it makes it so easy to absorb into our system. It gets into our bloodstream even faster when paired with a pinch of cracked black pepper: The curcumin in turmeric acts as a bodyguard against molecules that aim to cause chronic inflammation, and black pepper increases our ability to absorb it by 1000 percent.

Throwback! Our signature green never goes out of style.

Throwback! Our signature green never goes out of style.

At home, it’s easy to inject your diet with turmeric (though take care when handling it: root and powder will turn everything it touches a stubborn gold). Doctors who prescribe it (as in this reference from the New York Times) often recommend a 1000 mg/day dose, available in capsules, though intense ones can hit 2000 mg. But for the sake of cold-pressed juicy convenience, try the delish products into which Marcella and Jamie have already integrated turmeric for you. (WELLcome!)

  • BEE ON POINT (a blend of cucumber, celery, carrot, apple, kale, beet, dandelion, radish, lemon, ginger, turmeric and black pepper);
  • BEE TRUE TO YOU (a sweet-yet-spicy juice with cucumber, lemon, ginger, turmeric, honey, and cayenne);
  • BEE WHEALTHY™ (our signature recipe featuring cucumber, celery, romaine, kale, apple, dandelion, parsley, lemon, ginger, and turmeric); and
  • BEE LEGENDARY (our eggnog-inspired nut milk made with raw cashew, raw Brazil nut, raw walnut, turmeric, ginger, vanilla bean, cardamom, nutmeg, clove, pink Himalayan salt, cracked black pepper, and raw local honey).

turmeric-milkAlso on the menu are turmeric shots—strong doses of the big “T” combined with oregano oil, ginger and apple cider vinegar—that combine just the right ingredients to promote full absorption of curcumin.

And though this has nada to do with turmeric, we’re shouting out just one little thing, oh, in the name of something else that’s seasonal and kind of orange and sorta yellow. For a limited time (i.e., until organic pumpkin leaves for another year), coffee lovers can spice up their typical Bee Invincible with our favorite fall flavors. Our newly released Harvest Spice Bee Invincible includes organic espresso, house-made pumpkin pureé, cinnamon, clove, vanilla, ginger, raw agave, cardamom, coconut oil, and your choice of grass-fed butter or ghee.

To know TJS is to know we’re all about the flavor base (no: not that kind, but she’s got a rockin’ message). If healthy stuff doesn’t taste good it’s hella harder to slog it down. But rarely, if never, do Marcella and Jamie make a decision that’s not based in the betterment of improving your WHealth™ and glowing self. And having turmeric in your ingredient arsenal is just one more way to keep yourself healthy so you can enjoy living the the fullest as long as we all shall live.

Sing it, Girl.

 

The True Price of Organics: Pay today, play later.

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The jig is up.

Give up the ghost.

Stop the madness.

(Your turn to share your fave phrase for calling bullshit.)

Bees, it’s official. Hate to say it, but we know what you think. What you really think. And not all of you, but many. Actually, a lot of you….and you of the Collective You know who you are, always lamenting on Insta and FB about why organic juice is so frigging expensive.

It’s a fact that seems to confound you. Leaves you totally perplexed. Some of you even feign shock that the cost of our cold-pressed juice, nut milks, smoothies, espresso drinks and chewables like salads and fruit leathers and nut butters—all made from the best ingredients that money can buy—is unrealistically high despite taking the very best of something (organic produce) and turning it into the very best of something else (our menu of deliciousness).

Really, Bees. We ask you: Would you not expect two gorgeous copulating people to create a beautiful baby? Don’t other amazing things—chocolate and peanut butter, Parmigiano-Reggiano and a crisp pear, stripes and florals, wine and everything—come together to make the best of the best? That’s what happens when juiceries like The Juice Standard (TJS) decide to commit to using organic produce in their products. The math seems simple: When we use the best, we get the best. And though it’s sometimes a little sad for your wallet, it’s baller for your health.

See, we know our juice is spendy compared to others in the Great Juicy Las Vegas Landscape. TJS’s cold-pressed stuff made from sumptuous, 100-percent organic ingredients is in fact more than the $6, $7 or $8 bottles sold outside our walls. Honestly? As a full-fledged member of Ye Mighty Planet-wide Coalition Of Companies That Sell Organic Ingestibles*, for the life of us we cannot figure out how to politely defend our pricing to all y’all without seeming defensive. And since in our defenselessness our safety lies, instead of flat-out coming off as whiny bitches who just wanna be understood, hows about we use a real-life example of the unabashed price differential between organic food and its conventional cousin?

Real World Example
So last week, TJS’ fearless COO Marcella priced conventional romaine lettuce at $11 a case. Know the price of the very same variety, grown and harvested organically? Between $30 and $40 per case. For the same product!

Same.product.

So for a pile of delicate greens that most assuredly soaked up every blessed pesticide a conventional farmer doused ‘em with to make ‘em grow, TJS paid nearly double for the naked stuff, just to ensure that your bod (and the bods of those you love) stayed healthy and undeniably pesticide free. And beelieve it: With no tough skin to scrub or peel, if the lettuce was fed something like, oh, Roundup, everyone who ate it would eat it, too.

Marcella paid double for your naked lettuce. And it’s a choice she and Jamie make with every order.

If you superstar mathletes out there multiply that kind of price point difference by all the produce we use in our juices, nutmilks and chewables, by now it must be easier to see why every organic product a juicery sells  is going to be more expensive than conventional. But we figure it’s worth it, since our products run no risk of getting Roundup into your system.

(Roundup. You know Roundup, right? The stuff that yet again was outed by Reuters to have another lawsuit against it for allegedly causing cancer in the farmers who have long sprayed it on their plants, among others.)

Conventional products, conventionally speaking, aren’t unheard of on conventional farms…but you’ll never have to worry about that with TJS’s organic partner farms. Want proof? Here’s a handful of the as-local-as-we-can-find-‘em farmers we partner with to buy organic produce for your juice:

Thanks to our info graphic-making friends at The Organic Center, we can get a pretty clear visual of how far reaching the choice to buy organic really is.

Thanks to our info graphic-making friends at The Organic Center, we can get a pretty clear visual of how far reaching the choice to buy organic really is.

 

 

Nevada Fresh Pak 

Cal-Organic Farms

Viva Tierra Organic

Something Good Organics

Grimmway Farms

Del Rey Avocado Company

 

 

 

 

 

Jamie and Marcella say this all the time and it bears repeating: You can pay for your health now, or you can pay for your sickness later. Our organics-believing customers respect our choices. We hope you do, too.

So when you see that our juice costs more than the average bear’s, know that we’re not pressing for the Benjamins. We’re pressing for values…and that value is twofold for us: We press for the value of filling our bodies with the most nutrient-dense liquid we can, and we press for the value that today’s care is tomorrow’s prevention.

What are your values?

*not a real coalition. We just have a flare for the dramatic.

Can there BEE such a thing as ‘unhealthy salad?’ Not at TJS!

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HOW on Earth is it that a well-known staple food in our healthy food lexicon has gotten a bad rap? Why, by piling it with a bunch of unhealthies that render its produce a nutritional no-no…unless, of course, the salad you eat is ours. Introducing…the TJS “Chewing Menu.”

 

So, a recent health headline that kinda made us take a step back was about how overrated salad is (or at least according to the venerable Washington Post). It was in this opinion piece by Tamar Haspel, a thoughtful journey who is well versed in writing about food, food supply issues, farming, and the like, and it made some freaking good points about how there are better ways to get our fruits and vegetables than the salad that society has taught is good for us.

Now. As with all opinion articles it’s important to absorb info with a colossal grain of pink Himalayan sea salt. But Haspel’s point was beeyond interesting: What we throw on a salad can weigh it down so much that our well-intentioned base of veggies we use for this so-called “healthy meal” get lost ‘neath a mountain of animal-based protein, processed add-ons and the crunchy, empty-calorie goodies that often come from factories, not nature. 

supersupper_saladHaspel even goes on to say that even without all the tasty bits and dressings that can cause more harm than good, the basis of our salads is often a pile of leafy greens with little to no nutritional value. It’d be one thing if we consistently veered toward spinach, kale and chard; but most folks build bowls with a pile of non-organic iceberg, which on the healthy-veg scale is low-low-low.

Harumph.

Does Haspel say we should all stop gettin’ our inner Peter Rabbit on as we graze on raw, gardeny goodness? No. But might the occasional salad of garden-grown greens with richly homemade buttermilk blue cheese dressing and thick-slab, non-hormoned bacon crumbled on top become something of a treat? It might. Beecause if we’re talking pure nutrition here—if we’re really trying to eat for fuel and energy, say, 80 percent of the time and maybe just for “fun” the other 20—there are better ways to get produce into your pretty little system.

Naturally, we’re about to offer up two winning ways to beat the conventional salad backlash. (And in case you were wondering, this absoLUTEly is the point in this post where TJS’s advice swoops in and saves the nutritional day. Ready? ‘Cause it’s happening now….)

1) DRINK your veggies via TJS cold-pressed juice.Guy With Green Juice In Beard 2

2) Eat a salad…as long as it’s ours.

Fo’ sho’ you saw #1 coming. We’re pretty overt about reminding that you can drench your system with 2-3 pounds of organic produce any time you crack open a bottle of our cold-pressed juice. But our salad, you say? Wha?

Yes, Bees. We now have a new “Chewing Menu” that features among other items a field greens salad you may enjoy with a fork or make portable in the most delicious sun dried tomato wrap we’ve ever laid our lips on. Marcella’s and Jamie’s move toward a well-curated chewing menu is to help satisfy Bees’ needs for a nosh to go with a TJS juice. And an organic, thoughtfully crafted salad or wrap turns into near-Nutrition Perfection when washed down with even more produce.

Did ymicrogreensou see we mentioned “field greens?”  Our salad and wrap do in fact have lettuce, which Haspel
says is, in fact, a banner way to get water into your diet. And when topped with things like raw and organic hemp or chia seeds; raw nuts; and salad dressings with an ingredients list that doesn’t read like the dictionary, a TJS Field-Greens Salad gets clean, organic roughage into your body very easily…and chewing roughage is as important as knowing when to give your digestion a rest by drinking your produce.

When it comes down to it, Bees, nutrition’s about balance. Just like knowing when to hold ‘em. When to fold ‘em. When to walk away and when to run like a mofo. So as you start seeing more and more salads on the farmers table at The Rose, or see folks leaving The Hive with takeaway containers that will give them a healthy lunch, if you find yourself hungry and you’re close by, grab a salad or wrap–maybe some banana leathers or dates filled with Marcella’s kickass cashew-walnut butter—and see how a clean, organic salad can make you feel as light and delicious as it tastes.

Sing it, Kenny.

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TJS Fall Menu Debut

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Anyone who knows anything about juiceries that press only organic produce has likely come down with a case of the OSF.

We call it the Oh Shit Feeling.

Ring a bell? It’s the overwhelming sensation of your world crashing to a screeching halt disappointment when you realize your favorite juice or nut milk is out of stock, or otherwise predisposed and can’t be served for whatever lame-o reason a juicery’s doling out that day.

Happens to the best of us. It sucks. But.

Sometimes it happens beecause a new flavor is so hot, a company hasn’t had the chance to nail the right production sked. Sometimes, it’s beecause a produce shipment hasn’t arrived. As some of you may know, for us here at The Juice Standard, California’s summer weather was tough on watermelons which really effed our ability to press pinky-hued juices until crops did better. Then, pineapple was lousy. 

And ‘round and ‘round the cold-pressed carousel goes….

Yet, you stayed with us. Even during your dark and ashen OSF days (oh, we hope they were infrequent). So now, as summer languidly turns to fall, there are exciting things to tout on our steady, yet-ever-changing menu.

 

BEE CHILL and BEE KIND are BEE GONE

It’s time to wave bye to BEE KIND ’til next season (carrot, watermelon, lemon, ginger) and grab BEE CHILL while you can (watermelon, cucumber, lemon) until we officially break up with one of our favorite seasonal sweethearts (watermelon) to make room for other bottles of awesomeness. Since we have no plans to torch the recipes, don’t fret. Like Ahnold (The Donald’s replacement on The Apprentice, we hear?), they’ll bee back. Next season.

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BEE GRATEFUL is BEEYOND BEE-AUTIFUL

Yep: BEE GRATEFUL is once again gracing lips thanks to the happy return of organic pineapple that doesn’t make us pucker. We’d yanked it from the lineup; now, we’re re-pressing this sun-in-a-bottle combo of carrot, pineapple, apple, lemon, and ginger. And with cold and flu season on approach, this is a mighty tasty way to get extra vitamin C.

 

JUICE DEBUT: BEE THE [SOUL]UTION

Mark your calendars, Bees: In the next two weeks we’ll be debuting a brand new flavor that we’ve been itching to share. Cool name, right? Recipe’s even cooler. Check Facebook and Insta for news in weeks to come.

 

HARVEST SPICE BEE INVINCIBLE ANSWERS FALL’S COFFEE-SWIGGING PRAYERS

Starbucks may have set the standard for our clockwork, seasonal coffee cravings, but it sure doesn’t have the corner on the healthiest way to fill them. If you ever wondered how to get all the fall fancy your mouth desires—sweetness and spice and all ingredients nice—Marcella’s HARVEST SPICE BEE INVINCIBLE fits the bill with zero artificiality. Come sip for yourself: organic espresso, cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla, ginger, raw agave, house-made pumpkin puree and coconut oil with your choice of grassfed butter or ghee. Launching Oct. 3.

 

HOW ‘BOUT THAT CHEWING MENU?

Marcella and Jamie thought it high time to add chewables to accent TJS’s selection of sippers. If you haven’t been to the shops yet, here they are:

 

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CHIA SEED PUDDINGS

TJS’s best-selling nut milks are combined with organic chia seeds—ancient grains filled with amino acids and clean protein—for your chewing pleasure. Grab a juice and a pudding, and enjoy a healthy snack or meal replacement with your BFF (that’s Bees’ Friend Forever). 

Flavors include ChocoChia (made with Bee Happy); ChaiChia (made with Bee Legendary); and HorCHIAata (made with Bee Magnificent)

 

SALADS, WRAPS + SNACKS

How does it get any better than pairing a TJS drink with a healthy, organic nosh? Whether your chewable produce is plated (salad), portable (wrap), or something to satisfy your sweet teeth…fill up with us any time.

  • Fresh Field Greens Salad (or the salad packed in a sun-dried tomato wrap) includes your choice of three dressings and add-ons of power-packed hemp or chia seeds.
  • Greek Yogurt Parfait combines vanilla yogurt, granola and seasonal fruit.
  • Banana Leathers with Cashew-Walnut Butter make chewy strips of organic banana the main event; then they’re spread with our in-house, made-with-love nut butter for a sweet, satisfying protein-packed brain food snack. Finally: “Real” leather that’s fit for vegans.
  • Dates with Cashew-Walnut Butter showcase the same house-made nut butter as the leathers for an ooey, gooey, nutty, and chewy treat that’s actually good for you. Mother Nature’s candy.

 

WATERS

ALKALINE WATER

Purified alkaline water. Enough said.

CHLORO-WATER

chlorowaterWe gently marry 9.5pH alkaline water with immunity-building chlorophyll for a fresh, purifying, body-balancing beverage. Emerald in color with a soft grassy taste, our Chloro-Water is pure liquid energy and fit for all-day, any-time drinking. Life…in a bottle!

So there you have it. Come see us in the flesh or check back at our outlets for more info to come on the tastes you love and new ones we know you will.

 

TJS Welcomes Mix 94.1 FM For First Radio Remote

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If all press is good press we gots great press since it ain’t just any press.
On Friday, Oct. 2, from 3-5 p.m., Mercedes from KMXB Mix 94.1 FM’s “Mercedes in the Morning” show will keep her gorge eyes open late into the day as she visits us at The Rose (2530 St. Rose Parkway in Henderson).
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We’re thrilled for her visit: Mercedes recently completed a three-day TJS cleanse and lived to tell the tale, documenting her favorite juices and just how easily she maintained her normal daily activities. We loved watching her glow! During her broadcast Friday we’ll be giving away three, one-day cleanses. Come visit
 TJS In The News
We’re proud of our media love. Here’s a smattering of clips featuring TJS from around the Internets:
April
(VegasNews.com)
May
(Las Vegas Sun Times)
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June
(VegasInc.com)
August
(Top10Vegas.com)
(KTNV.com)
(LasVegasWeekly.com)
(GirlNextScore.com)
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(702 Rox Show)
September
(JuicingRadio.com)

Friends Who Juice: Tim Hancock

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Folks who juice are sexy, no? So are our Friends Who Juice. Which means so is Tim Hancock, a Vegas-based photog/creative director who makes magic behind the lens while ensuring what passes his lips is pure. (We’re talking juice, People. Or are we…?)  

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In my experience, the biggest misconception about living in Las Vegas is…that all the young professionals here are party animals or conditioned to habits that revolve around, sex, drugs, alcohol, and gambling. That morals and discipline just don’t exist. I am proof of the contrary: I’m focused on an active and healthy lifestyle while staying creative in my line of work.

(…but, the thing I secretly love most about living here is…) that we live in a city that is curated for hospitality. The benefits of that include that retail shops are open late, and there are top-notch spa and dining experiences and unlimited choices in entertainment. So there is never a dull moment on a day off.

My daily mantra or “quote to live by” is…”Put good in and you’ll get good out.” Eating healthy, staying spiritually active, and finding ways to enhance the lives of people around me are ways that I daily contribute to “putting in the good.”

Don’t get me started talking about…The Juice Standard! It is so, so very good (especially since I hate the idea of chomping down on lettuce and veggies). I’d much rather drink a Bee WHealthy™ every day!

Every day I strive to…plant seeds ahead of present day. So many people are out there looking for instant gratification. Not me. I have found the favorable life looking toward future gratification. By nurturing relationships, habits, and projects that pay off in the months or years to come.

Something people would be shocked to know about me is…I am actually adopted into a family that is a totally different ethnicity than me! No matter how different we are, I couldn’t have asked for a better home and parents.

A fave Vegas spot that never gets old is…the movies! I’m so into production, scripts and escaping the world through film.

The health habit I get teased about the most is…no fish. I just cannot stand the smell of fish, let alone bring myself to eat one. But give me a lobster and butter sauce and I’ll inhale it! It’s odd, I know.


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I’m both a creative director and a photographer. When people ask about my job and what I do every day, this is what I say: Brands are a visual experience, and I build the elements that make a brand recognizable to consumers through art design and photography.

Some of the most exciting projects I’ve ever worked on are…the television show Global Beauty Masters on the Discovery Fit and Health network; and Billionaire Couture USA’s  Las Vegas and Miami clothing stores.

The thing about my personality, or the capability I possess that I’m most thankful for as it relates to my ability to do my job is…listening to someone’s idea and then creating a visual body of work based on my translation of their words.

Being on a red carpet to photograph people makes me feel…as if I have great responsibility to connect the audience of the famed individual with his or her fans. Ultimately, people are people no matter how huge their following is. I am rarely starstruck.

The perk I enjoy most about my work is…the fact that photos build relationships, and when it’s a job well done, the relationships keep growing!

Last year I launched my first magazine called DLXVRSN. Its purpose is to…take the readers into the ultimate version of finer living with over-the top-editorial and celebrity features. At the same time, the publication unravels the talented people and brands that make luxury even possible, with stories about high-caliber professionals and fashionable leaders who are on the rise.

The number one thing I’d tell my younger working self is…“It’s all so worth the person you’re becoming!”

The thing about my work that makes me most proud is…seeing my clients overwhelmed with complete satisfaction! I am good to my clients, and they are constantly looking for the next big project where they can use me.

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The fruit or vegetable you’ll always find in my pantry is…TJS’s Bee Grateful. It’s my favorite one that I always try to get!

The first time I drank green juice I thought it was…horrible! But I was lying [to myself], and shocked that it was actually delicious!

The first time I realized I loved cold-pressed juice was…when I had the opportunity to film a series of videos with the founders of TJS!

Today, I drink cold-pressed juice because…I feel amazing when my nutrition is amazing, clean and wholesome!

This is how often I drink juice OR do cleanses and when I like to do them:I drink cold-pressed juices weekly to supplement veggies in my diet.

The thing I love about TJS juice is…that it’s mixed just right every time, so it genuinely is the best tasting option!
My advice to a newbee juicer is…You have options. With all the flavors out there, try them all and work them consistently into your daily life!

Who Are The Bees In Our Hive? Meet Annsley Naturals Southwest

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In the last 5 years there’s been a huge uptick in people caring about where their food comes from. The more we learn, the more we realize that the fewer miles ingredients travel between where they were harvested and where they’re cooked, the more nutritious they are.

Coupled with a renewed effort to return to how food was harvested in the olden-golden days (read: wAnnsleyHoneyNEWithout pesticides), people are also seeking out ingredients grown as organically as possible. So we’re rolling out a new feature format called “Who Are The Bees In Our Hive?” with tidbits and tales about the farmers and purveyors who help us do the good work that we do, like maintaining our No. 1 standard: Stay committed to sourcing organic. Period.

This month, we bring you an interview with our honey supplier, local honey distributor Annsley Naturals Southwest, and some insights shared by its affable, passionate and Renaissance woman-of-an-owner Dee Drenta.

Us (The Humble Bee): Many a honey convo turns to whether honey is organic or not…yet the U.S.D.A. doesn’t really have a protocol for designating honey as such (since those little bees can’t exactly be strapped with GPS’ to track there whereabouts). So putting aside the raw/organic issue, let’s turn to why it’s important to buy honey locally. 

Them (Dee Drenta): In the case of honey, the term “local” means it comes from the same region in which one resides so as to reap the health benefits of the pollination process of the indigenous plants in that region.

In our case, we live in the Mojave Desert and Annsley Naturals Southwest honey, from our desert, offers a flavorful bouquet, texture and color as a result of the pollination of numerous wildflowers…[which] is also why many use it for airborne allergies.

I proudly support our local beekeepers by purchasing regular amounts of bulk honey and constantly boast about their ecological and sustainable practices. In regard to other consumer items, “local” may mean it comes from one’s own town or city, state, region of the country, or country itself. As a small business, I quickly learned the importance of others supporting my local products. I realized it was my responsibility first to provide consistency in my service and product line to prove to them they could rely on me. As a result, sales increased consistently since I became the company owner in 2008 for which I am most grateful, and I have been able to employ both of my grown sons, teaching them while also learning about entrepreneurship, customer service, and the importance of understanding one’s own products as well as packaging and marketing. This education is priceless!

So…buying local creates and maintains jobs!. My family’s individual and collective incomes allow us to circulate our money within our own community, further supporting other jobs, and so on. And, buying local as in the case of Annsley Naturals Southwest local Desert Honey, supports positive ecological philosophies, health and wellness, and financially benefits many local ancillary businesses, further circulating the prosperity and abundance.

Menu-Slider US: Besides allergies, what else can local honey help alleviate?

THEM:  There are a myriad of health benefits from using [local] honey….These benefits also include the facts that honey contains vitamins (all of the B-complex, A, C, D, E and K); minerals and trace elements (magnesium, sulfur, phosphorus, iron, calcium, potassium, iodine, sodium, copper and manganese); and proteins, amino acids, carbs, and organic acids. The live enzyme content of honey is one of the highest of all foods.

US: Since we are The Juice Standard, what’s been a guiding gold “standard” for Annsley?

THEM:  I always make it a point to promote family-owned health food stores. Being a small, family-owned business, [and] with Annsley Naturals Southwest specializing in local honey, I understand and appreciate what the independently owned stores regularly provide their customers. They recognize the importance of outstanding customer service and repeat business by building a rapport with their customers based on trust, education and consistency. They take the time to learn about each and every product they carry so that their customers reap the benefits of that knowledge. (Let’s face it, they wouldn’t bring in products that won’t hold their own by selling well!)

I am also very pleased to share how supportive of local vendors some of the more corporate stores are: Whole Foods, Sprouts, Glazier’s and Smith’s. Most often, our products are not only in the honey section, but are also cross-marketed in actual LOCAL sections in these stores. I believe this is a most positive and supportive gesture on their part to strengthen our community in many ways.

sugar-scrubUS: Last one. What’s one way honey has personally improved your life?

Here’s a little secret: I keep a jar of my honey in the refrigerator to purposely crystallize it so I can use it as the most divine sugar scrub on my face and body!