let's go meet nailah. nailah? >> hi, j.j. >> so nice to meet you! >> good to have you. >> 29-year-old nailah is a 29-year-old detroit beverage entrepreneurer. she started the company eight years ago brewing tea in her mother's house and distributing it out of her car. now, she has her own bottling facility. >> this is it? this is where it happens? >> yes, this is my operation. we do not use tea syrups or concentrates. once we get it to the right color, we take the herbs out and add the sweeteners. >> she's taken a treasured family recipe, developed by her jamaican grandfather. he served this brew on the black star line passenger ships back in the roaring '20s. today, she sells it as ellis island tropical tea and in several retail locations like whole foods and meijers and more to come. >> i have business in airports. i have a distributor as big as u.s. foods. >> when you give the list, it sounds fantastic. >> it's brought her lots of attention. she was on "forbes" 30 under 30. she's had a number of national and local tv appearances. looks like every