Olive Leaf Tea
Herb of Choice

Olive Tree History

the Tree of Life - Olive trees have had their place in human life since the beginning of time in the Mediterranean and beyond.

Our tea leaves are hand picked from mature Manzanillo and Mission olive trees, washed, dried, cured, ground and shipped directly from the orchard to you. Our herbal tea is guaranteed to be organic, pesticide free and full of flavor.

According to Greek mythology, the goddess of wisdom, Athena, taught people to use the olive tree. Both Athena and Poseidon, the god of the sea, wanted to be the patron of Attica, the section of Greece that includes the city of Athens.  The other gods on Mount Olympus devised a contest for them, specifying that the winner would be the one that could provide the best gift to the people of Attica.  Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a horse sprang forth; Athena did likewise with her spear, and an olive tree grew up.  The gods decided that the olive tree, as a symbol of peace and agriculture, was a much better gift than Poseidon's horse, a symbol of war.  So Athena became the patron of Attica, and its principal city, the city of the olive tree, was named after her.

The Olivus Story It all started for me in 1998. I always got a nasty case of strep throat in the winter since a young age and had to take antibiotics to recover.   In 1998 I felt it coming on and mentioned it to my 83 year old neighbor Bill. We both lived among his olive tree orchard and he said I should try some tea made from the dried leaves.   He said it has helped keep him and his wife Jean healthy for 50 years. Well, no strep throat and I loved the taste!   I was sold and began researching the history of the olive leaf and found a a lot of data on the benefits of the tea. I began growing, harvesting, curing and giving tea away to friends and family, everybody likes it for different reasons and asked for more.   It has grown from there and now is available here at OliveTea.com. Olivus is tasty and has helped many people, I'm glad to be able to offer the tea and other products made from the olive tree. Jeff, Olivus Teas Note: We use only leaves from trees that are NOT used for olive fruit production, no growth additives, pesticides or herbacides ever used on our trees.

Throughout the Mediterranean the olive tree is revered for its many qualities. It has traditionally symbolized peace and harmony and the fruit and oil it bears have long formed a staple part of the regions diet. Drinking olive leaf tea has been a method employed for thousands of years by various cultures to treat such disorders as colds, flu, coughs, sore throat, feaver and many more, a sort of cure-all.

In keeping with the myths, olives and olive oil were used for these purposes for thousands of years. They still hold merit today. Researchers have claimed for some time that Mediterranean's have healthier hearts, lower cholesterol levels and less incidences of heart disease due to their consumption of olive oil. Some have even gone as far as to say olive oil may also reduce the incidence of breast cancer in women.

It should come as no surprise that another part of the olive tree, the leaf, is a beneficial and powerful tool in keeping and regaining health. Lauded in the Bible as a healing agent, olive leaf is again enjoying increasing attention for its ability in helping to prevent and treat an extensive range of infections. Olive trees were key players in the early development of economics, and even the Bible refers to this ancient, hardy plant as "the king of trees," and even "the tree of life." Thomas Jefferson extolled the virtues of the olive as such; "The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven."

In the early 1800s olive leaves came to the attention of the medical establishment. A French colonel by the name of Etiene Pallas, M.D., took note of the healthful effects that olive leaf tea had on those who consumed it. He examined the leaf's constituents and isolated a compound he named vauqueline, a bitter substance to which he credited most of the febrifuge (fever-reducing) properties. Yet even back then, with limited knowledge and scientific instruments, Pallas acknowledged that the fever-reducing characteristics of olive leaves represented only a small portion of its therapeutic components.

There are studies in Israel that found the leaf effective against disease by damaging the cell membrane of the virus or bacteria, and thus allowing intercellular substances like potassium, phosphorus, and glutamate to leak out, disabling the infection and letting the immune system restore a healthy balance.

While subsequent olive leaf investigations never ceased entirely, few researchers embarked on serious studies into the herb for long periods of time. This apparent lack of interest is perhaps due to the development of potent antibiotics such as penicillin, which up until this past decade seemed like panaceas for every microbe under the sun. In recent decades there has been an over use and abuse of such antibiotics. The growing number of resistant diseases which seem to mutate and become more virulent with each new generation is growing, a vicious circle. Smart people are taking responsability for finding natural appriaches to fighting infections . . .
Olive leaf has healed for 5000 years and continues to heal today!

Olive leaves has been reported to: Enhance the immune system Increase energy Have an internal cleansing action Act as an anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-parasitic Lower blood pressure, fats, and reduce blood sugar Olive Leaf Tea, a natural herbal antibiotic and antioxidant that can help or prevent many diseases.