Ahmed Rahim is the speaker for EcoTuesday in San Francisco in August. Please join us on Tuesday, August 25th.

Numi Organic Tea is a leading purveyor of premium-quality, full-leaf organic and Fair Trade Certified teas, as well as an innovative line of flowering teas. Numi is now pioneering a new line of organic Puerh Teas, an ancient healing tea packed with antioxidants. In 2007, NUMI increased its Fair Trade Certified teas to 13 product SKUs. Numi’s organic and Fair Trade Certified blends use real freeze dried fruits, fresh herbs and spices. Numi’s full leaf teas are never treated with added flavors, colorings or essences common to the market, and thus possess a rich and pure flavor. Numi is committed to global consciousness and sustainability through packaging and business practices.

Numi Tea recently celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a wonderful party at its headquarters in Oakland, California. Congratulations!

Please RSVP for the San Francisco EcoTuesday in August.

Here's more info on Ahmed:

Ahmed Rahim is the master blender, alchemist, CEO and Co-Founder behind Numi Organic Tea. Before starting the Numi business in 1999 with his sister, Reem, Ahmed lived and worked in Europe for ten years. In the early part of the 1990’s, Ahmed lived in Paris working as a professional filmmaker and photographer. Ahmed continued traveling throughout Europe and ended up in the German Alps where he continued his artistic expression in the music scene. Ahmed was led to Prague where he spent the next 6 years in filmmaking and photography. During his stay in Prague, Ahmed was asked to help create and design teahouses.

He then became a partner in a teahouse and helped expand and grow the business. Ahmed is fluent in English, Arabic, French, German and Czech. He holds a BA in Psychology and Theatre, from New York University, and has studied Film and Photography at various universities in NYC, Paris and in Prague. He is currently studying Architecture to create a sustainable future.