About 80% of the world’s almond supply come from California. Being both a gourmet delicacy and a nutrient-dense food, the almond provided Michael and Jun Sanders the inspiration to create LUPHIA and SPIRIT Almond.
In 2017, Jun, who was born in Japan, and Michael, who spent his teenage and early adult years there, discovered a passion for artisanal luxury sweets and launched LUPHIA, a brand based on the Omiyage culture — Japan’s unique gift-giving tradition which often involves local food specialties: “The almond was the perfect fit to create a signature California gift.” Serving celebrity and executive clients by special order, LUPHIA, whose Milk Chocolate Almond Toffee recently won the Gold Award in the International Chocolate Awards’ World Final competition, only sells their exclusive, locally crafted sweets to the general public once a year during the Winter holiday season via their online shop.
In 2021, the couple decided to expand their line of artisanal almond products. On a mission to create the ultimate iterations of California almonds, they launched SPIRIT Almond, a plant-based…
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Thank you to all of our sponsors this past race at Tempe, Arizona, for the 18th Annual Dragon Boat Festival!!
As a two-day race, our paddlers needed a lot of energy to get through multiple races and hours of harsh weather. Thanks to chargelusa powercrunch spiritalmond minutemaid peacetea wekapo_official powerade we were able to power through and tackle each race head-on! As a fully student-run organization, these sponsor donations support our athletes immensely and have become an integral part of race-day experiences.
We are appreciative of each and every sponsor connection, and hope we can continue supporting each other throughout the seasons.
Thank you, all!
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We wanted to dedicate this post towards thanking SPIRIT ALMOND, one of our team`s longest and most generous sponsors!
For nearly two years, Spirit Almond has kindly donated their delicious snacks to UCLA Dragon Boat. All of our paddlers have become familiar with Spirit Almond, and always look forward to snacking on the variety of flavor options they provide during race day. We even have favorites!
Thank you, Spirit Almond, for supporting our team at the recent 18th Annual Arizona Dragon Boat Festival, and for your continuous support, on and offline, to our paddlers and dragon boat family. UCLA Dragon Boat will always have Spirit Almond in their hearts, and are forever grateful for such a connection.
We love you, Spirit Almond!! 💙
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