Stimulates mental clarity. Promotes the production of body fluids to relieve thirst. Eliminates fatigue. Benefits the heart. Improves blood flow throughout the body

Tea – The World’s Most Popular Tonic Herb

Tea has long been considered a tonic herb. Tea has acquired a universal recognition in Asian culture for its health benefits, and that is the main reason it is consumed. 

Here are some of the traditional health benefits associated with the drinking of tea: 

• Stimulates mental clarity
• Promotes the production of body fluids to relieve thirst
• Eliminates fatigue
• Benefits the heart
• Improves blood flow throughout the body
• Detoxifies the body, clearing away heat and toxic material
• Boosts immunity
• Calms the mind and heart
• Reduces weight by metabolizing body fat
• Aids digestion
• Brightens the eyes
• Preserves young looking skin
• Prolongs life span
• Induces diuresis (urination) and arrests diarrhea
• Promotes micturation
• Arrests cough and opens the lungs

Most botanicals are woody and fibrous. The woody fiber (cell walls) generally makes most botanicals difficult to digest. Thousands of years ago, humans discovered that cooking, making teas, decoctions and soups with water and/or alcohol improved the potency and efficacy of the foods, beverages, tonics and medicines they consumed. 

When a botanical is boiled in water or extracted in alcohol or other solvent, the constituents of the botanical are released from the fiber that contains them and are dissolved into the liquid medium. The resulting “tea,” or paste is highly assimilable. Also, it is much easier to consume because the material has been “reduced” to a much smaller volume and yet the potency is higher. Without the extraction, the body would have to do a digestive “extraction” of the materials bound to the fiber, adding much stress to our GI tract. Since we do not have the digestive tract of a ruminate, this “extraction” method is not very effective, nor is it efficient. 

Of course, the technology back then was primitive, relying on simple stove boiling to break down cell walls. Amazingly, extraction technology has not changed much even during the industrial-scientific era - it is just performed on a much larger scale. We still rely on the application of heat to a tank of solvents such as water or alcohol for several hours until the constituents of the raw herbs have been released into the hot solvents. 

However, the traditional heated extraction has its downsides besides its benefits.

• It is not suitable for extracting heat sensitive substances such as protein, amino acids, essential oils and enzymes.
• Starch and saccharides of low molecular weight can gelatinize and become cohesive under heat, preventing the effective release and extraction of active ingredients.
• Substances with no or few pharmacological effects can be released simultaneously.
• The heated process accelerates the oxidation process.
• It can result in polymerization and decomposition of active constituents.

FITT, the technology of the next generation

Now for the first time, a cutting edge extraction technology is available for commercial extraction of botanicals. Dragon Herbs’ new Fingerprint Identical Transfer Technology™ (FITT™) is a patented green extraction technology of the 21st century. It is the most advanced commercial extraction technology in the world. 

How does the FITT™ process work?

FITT™ is a proprietary process that utilizes mechanical forces to break the raw materials down to micron level. The materials are “shaken” loose at tremendous speed, resulting in instantaneous extraction of both water-soluble and alcohol-soluble components from the raw material into the solvent. The entire process is performed at a low to moderate temperature that never exceeds 40°C (104° F), thus eliminating the drawbacks of a heated extraction.

Really “Raw” extracts

Many people now understand that the raw, natural constituents of plants and other edible substances have special value in our bodies, but only if they are bio-available. Eating a raw herb is often futile because many herbs are indigestible by humans unless cooked, fermented or extracted. FITT™ accomplishes something very important for those who appreciate the value of raw foods and herbs. With the entire process’s temperature controlled under 104° F, FITT™ extracts are really “raw” extracts. FITT™ extracts the raw constituents without damaging them in any way. In fact, far more constituents are released than are released by conventional extraction. 

Identical

FITT™ technology captures the original phyto-chemical profile (the fingerprint) of a botanical and transfers it safely and almost identically into the final extract, perfectly preserving the aroma, color and taste of the freshly collected botanical. The result is an instant granule that tastes and smells just like its original plant. Traditionally, a truly full spectrum release of the water and alcohol soluble components would have required a water extraction plus an alcohol extraction. With FITT, the water extraction alone is close to full spectrum. When a botanical is boiled in water or extracted in alcohol or other solvent, the constituents of the botanical are released from the fiber that contains them and are dissolved into the liquid medium. The resulting “tea,” or paste is highly assimilable. Also, it is much easier to consume because the material has been “reduced” to a much smaller volume and yet the potency is higher. Without the extraction, the body would have to do a digestive “extraction” of the materials bound to the fiber, adding much stress to our GI tract. Since we do not have the digestive tract of a ruminate, this “extraction” method is not very effective, nor is it efficient. 

Effective

With the extraction ratio usually exceeding 95%, you can enjoy virtually all of the health benefits of the botanicals without missing a beat. 

• The raw materials are processed to micron level for maximum extraction efficiency.
• Starch and saccharides of low molecular weight can gelatinize and become cohesive under heat, preventing the effective release and extraction of active ingredients.
• The entire extraction process does not exceed 104° Fahrenheit (boiling is 212° F). This relatively low extraction temperature ensures that all of the active constituents, including volatile components such as essential oils and enzymes, are preserved. During a heated extraction, some active ingredients are either destroyed or broken-down into different compounds.
• For example, our lab tests show that 95-98% of green tea’s active ingredients, such as the polyphenols - EGCG, ECG, EGC - and caffeine are safely transferred to the extract powder, significantly higher than the 28-38% in home brewed teas. That’s almost 3 times as much!

Easy

• FITT™ powder extracts dissolve completely, making a clear beverage in seconds, even at room temperature.
• You can now truly enjoy premium tonic elixirs with ease! Just add, shake or stir and drink. It is that easy.
• No mess, no clean up, and nothing to throw away. eeTee™ takes all the hassle out of making a first class cup or bottle of tonic elixir.

Ecological

FITT is a very green technology. 

• FITT™ technology uses 33% less energy than traditional extraction methods.
• FITT™ technology produces 1/20 the waste of home brewing, and about 1/7 the waste of the conventional extraction. This means FITT™ technology needs much less raw materials to produce the same result, hence a much smaller carbon footprint.
• TZero waste of the production residue. With FITT™, the particles of the residue reach micron level, which makes them perfect animal feed or organic fertilizer. Most of our production residue is donated to local farms.
• Most of the production water is recycled and only clean, filtered water is discharged.
• eeTee™ instant granules made with FITT™ technology save you trouble while saving the earth. eeTee granules are ready to serve within seconds. No more shipping water or heavy glass bottles. No more plastic bottles filling up the landfill. Very “GREEN” teas indeed!

Economical

Less raw materials, less energy consumption, recycled production water and automation of the entire production flow all contribute to a lower cost to produce the same amount of active ingredients, making FITT™ products very economical and affordable.