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Metolius Artisan Tea, the Bend-based purveyor of loose leaf, chai, matcha and other tea products, says its beloved chai product is now certified organic. The company received word in September that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had officially certified its chai.

“While we have always used organic ingredients, it’s nice to have the official stamp of approval,” Kylee Corliss, Metolius’ operations and marketing manager, told the Source. Metolius was launched in 2011, but it wasn’t until 2018 that it began making chai. As the company describes on its website, its chai is an “all organic, creamy elixir of cardamom, fresh ginger, and cracked pepper, velvety sweet, handsomely caffeinated, with warming notes of cinnamon and cayenne.”

Find where to get it at metoliustea.com.

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Metolius Chai, Certified Organic

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 6, 2021

<h1>Metolius Chai, Certified Organic</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 6, 2021</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">M</span>etolius Artisan Tea, the Bend-based purveyor of loose leaf, chai, matcha and other tea products, says its beloved chai product is now certified organic. The company received word in September that the <a href="https://www.usda.gov/topics/organic" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Agriculture</a> had officially certified its chai. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/lilb2.1-47c32a87bf472724.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/lilb2.1-47c32a87bf472724.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-53698" /></a></figure> <p> "While we have always used organic ingredients, it's nice to have the official stamp of approval," Kylee Corliss, Metolius' operations and marketing manager, told the <i>Source</i>. Metolius was launched in 2011, but it wasn't until 2018 that it began making chai. As the company describes on its website, its chai is an "all organic, creamy elixir of cardamom, fresh ginger, and cracked pepper, velvety sweet, handsomely caffeinated, with warming notes of cinnamon and cayenne." </p> <p> Find where to get it at <a href="http://metoliustea.com" target="_blank">metoliustea.com</a>.</p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/metolius-chai-certified-organic-15506386/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=53693&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/metolius-chai-certified-organic-15506386/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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