Today, while looking for pictures to include in a presentation that I'll be giving at the annual American Sociology Association conference next week, I came across a campaign to help raise money for a small business in Rhode Island. Here is a link to the indiegogo project: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sharing-liquid-sunshine-turmeric-ginger-chai-tea#/story
Jessica Filkins, from Rhode Island, first learned about jamu while traveling through Indonesia. She learned that if she drank a mixture of turmeric and ginger everyday, she could reduce her own symptoms of chronic inflammation and IBS. After sharing her learned jamu recipe with family and friends, and getting positive feedback, she decided to start her own business, here in the U.S. Here is the business website: https://jamujuice.com/
I was able to find one other company in the U.S. which distributes jamu: http://www.sajenjamu.com/Our_Story.html
This company is run by a woman, named Morsinah Katimin, from Indonesia, who is also a scholar (she received her masters from Columbia) and worked for the World Health Organization. For more information about Morsinah, go here:
http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Healer-s-brew-for-Eat-Pray-Love-hits-market-3179811.php
I am surprised there are not more businesses selling jamu here in the U.S., especially with trends to eat whole foods and use food as medicine. Most people have still not heard about jamu. Perhaps this will change soon.
- Carolyn Szuter
Jessica Filkins, from Rhode Island, first learned about jamu while traveling through Indonesia. She learned that if she drank a mixture of turmeric and ginger everyday, she could reduce her own symptoms of chronic inflammation and IBS. After sharing her learned jamu recipe with family and friends, and getting positive feedback, she decided to start her own business, here in the U.S. Here is the business website: https://jamujuice.com/
I was able to find one other company in the U.S. which distributes jamu: http://www.sajenjamu.com/Our_Story.html
This company is run by a woman, named Morsinah Katimin, from Indonesia, who is also a scholar (she received her masters from Columbia) and worked for the World Health Organization. For more information about Morsinah, go here:
http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Healer-s-brew-for-Eat-Pray-Love-hits-market-3179811.php
I am surprised there are not more businesses selling jamu here in the U.S., especially with trends to eat whole foods and use food as medicine. Most people have still not heard about jamu. Perhaps this will change soon.
- Carolyn Szuter