Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - Earth Day in the Roots of Tea

- Hello friends. Sorry, I'm a Hello friends. Sorry, I'm a little late today really little late today really exciting Earth Day for me, but exciting Earth Day for me, but I got myself into a little bit I got myself into a little bit of trouble. My brother was of trouble. My brother was showing me all these really showing me all these really incredible ways that I could incredible ways that I could utilize live stream magic to utilize live stream magic to teleport around the world and I teleport around the world and I got myself stuck in the roots got myself stuck in the roots of some tea trees and Union. I swear in time, I'm gonna I swear in time, I'm gonna figure this out, I will become figure this out, I will become a professional and I will be a professional and I will be able to move myself into other able to move myself into other environments freely you know. I environments freely you know. I think we're gonna have a lot of think we're gonna have a lot of fun once this happens today. fun once this happens today. I'm a magical unicorn who knows I'm a magical unicorn who knows what it'll be tomorrow, but I what it'll be tomorrow, but I hope you enjoy my form and my hope you enjoy my form and my place of being right now, which place of being right now, which is in the soil. Such a is in the soil. Such a beautiful place to be to beautiful place to be to celebrate Earth Day. Happy celebrate Earth Day. Happy Earth Day everybody. I hope you Earth Day everybody. I hope you are all doing something to give are all doing something to give respect and love to the Earth. I know I am I found myself in I know I am I found myself in some deep tea tree roots. so some deep tea tree roots. so yeah, I'm gonna be here for a yeah, I'm gonna be here for a second. It's been a lot of fun. second. It's been a lot of fun. I can do a little dance while I can do a little dance while I'm here. Now, you guys can still talk to Now, you guys can still talk to me. I know I know I I look like me. I know I know I I look like a cartoon and I look like I'm a cartoon and I look like I'm not real but I'm right here. not real but I'm right here. I'm right here with you. Let's see if there's any Let's see if there's any questions about how I turned questions about how I turned into a unicorn and why I'm. Not drinking tea right now. So, yeah, I'm I'm not gonna be So, yeah, I'm I'm not gonna be able to move you know my able to move you know my brother told me. I can tell a brother told me. I can tell a port and do all these magical port and do all these magical things here, but unfortunately, things here, but unfortunately, I'm kinda stuck right here in I'm kinda stuck right here in this clay soil, but this is a this clay soil, but this is a good place to be and this is a good place to be and this is a good place for for us to talk good place for for us to talk about. The roots of tea, which is The roots of tea, which is perhaps one of the most perhaps one of the most important aspects of the tea important aspects of the tea plant. You know, I know we love plant. You know, I know we love to brew the leaves and when we to brew the leaves and when we think of tea, we always think think of tea, we always think of the two leaves and a bug of the two leaves and a bug leaf sets. but I always like to leaf sets. but I always like to think about the roots here. Let think about the roots here. Let me see if I can, I can point to me see if I can, I can point to some some roots for you. Well, some some roots for you. Well, it looks like my. Aren't it looks like my. Aren't working right now. I'm just I'm getting I'm just I'm getting comfortable in this new form. comfortable in this new form. you know it's not every day you you know it's not every day you get to turn into a unicorn and get to turn into a unicorn and immediately travel to you non immediately travel to you non hangout and some tea roots. Yeah, I might as well. talk Yeah, I might as well. talk about something knowledgeable about something knowledgeable while I'm here. so this this while I'm here. so this this photo was actually taken. watch photo was actually taken. watch and say it's a photo. I'm here and say it's a photo. I'm here now you're watching the live now you're watching the live video but I I'm here in the video but I I'm here in the very high parts of non Sean and very high parts of non Sean and Shawn Bana you so this is a Shawn Bana you so this is a very famous poor tea growing very famous poor tea growing region of United, some of our region of United, some of our most favorite teas are coming most favorite teas are coming from this mountain now this. from this mountain now this. Cross section of the soil was Cross section of the soil was cut. It's usually not like cut. It's usually not like this. we usually don't get to this. we usually don't get to enjoy to see the tea tea tree enjoy to see the tea tea tree roots like this but a road was roots like this but a road was constructed and they had to cut constructed and they had to cut into the soil to make room for into the soil to make room for the roads. So we're lucky the roads. So we're lucky enough now that we get to check enough now that we get to check out these roots. So let me see if I can. Up this tree a little bit so Up this tree a little bit so that you can see what I'm that you can see what I'm talking about. Okay, here we go here we go Okay, here we go here we go now. you can see a little bit now. you can see a little bit more. I'm I'm I'm not so much more. I'm I'm I'm not so much in the soil anymore. I'm a in the soil anymore. I'm a little higher up in the soil so little higher up in the soil so you can see the terrorist that you can see the terrorist that was cut for constructing this was cut for constructing this road a little bit better. Now road a little bit better. Now you see that rich soil the top you see that rich soil the top layer of soil where the tea layer of soil where the tea tree is happily residing. tree is happily residing. that's the good stuff, but not that's the good stuff, but not to say that the stuff below is to say that the stuff below is not good either. but the the not good either. but the the the. The tea trees on the top the. The tea trees on the top just just right above my head just just right above my head just Justice here you see those just Justice here you see those trees. Yeah those tea trees. trees. Yeah those tea trees. Yeah, those tea trees. They Yeah, those tea trees. They they're kind of old. They're they're kind of old. They're not that old. They're only not that old. They're only about 60 years old. for for you about 60 years old. for for you non tea standards. that's not non tea standards. that's not very old sometimes you can go very old sometimes you can go hiking in this mountain here hiking in this mountain here and you'll see tea trees that and you'll see tea trees that are 60 feet tall. Tea tree is are 60 feet tall. Tea tree is big enough to climb. Of course, big enough to climb. Of course, you know I could climb one of you know I could climb one of these trees right now, but I these trees right now, but I don't know how to. To to don't know how to. To to operate my limbs, just yet I operate my limbs, just yet I can do a little dance now just can do a little dance now just like sway and dance with the like sway and dance with the trees. While I'm here, I swear trees. While I'm here, I swear I'm gonna get a lot better at I'm gonna get a lot better at this. come back tomorrow. I'll this. come back tomorrow. I'll be a lot better. So, yeah, these tea trees are So, yeah, these tea trees are only about 60 years old. You only about 60 years old. You can see the the size of the can see the the size of the trunks that's gets one good way trunks that's gets one good way to see how old it Tea tree is to see how old it Tea tree is looking at a tea tree. Height looking at a tea tree. Height is kind of a deceiving way of is kind of a deceiving way of seeing how old a tree is seeing how old a tree is because farmers often times because farmers often times prune the trees so. They prune the trees so. They they're they're growth is kind they're they're growth is kind of stunted because every year of stunted because every year the farmer will keep the tea the farmer will keep the tea tree cut down but the trunk tree cut down but the trunk will continue to grow and will continue to grow and girth. so if you really wanna girth. so if you really wanna look at the age of a tree, you look at the age of a tree, you could look at the the the girth could look at the the the girth of the tea trunk at the base of of the tea trunk at the base of the of the tree closest to the the of the tree closest to the soil. so you can see these tea soil. so you can see these tea trees. let's see if you don't trees. let's see if you don't right right right next to my right right right next to my head. That's one. there's head. That's one. there's another one right here. So, another one right here. So, yeah, you can see I I can move yeah, you can see I I can move my head to signal where I'm my head to signal where I'm going so those are tea trees going so those are tea trees there. Everything else is just there. Everything else is just wonderful beautiful biodiverse wonderful beautiful biodiverse soil enriching love and we soil enriching love and we wanna love and support those wanna love and support those things just as much as we love things just as much as we love and support the tea that we and support the tea that we drink. So I started this drink. So I started this adventure in the soil with the adventure in the soil with the roots and I said that that's my roots and I said that that's my favorite part of the tea tree favorite part of the tea tree even though there's so much even though there's so much wonderful good-looking stuff wonderful good-looking stuff going on up here but if you going on up here but if you look down at the roots now, you look down at the roots now, you can see how did they go and can see how did they go and that's important for tea trees that's important for tea trees that are grown from a seed when that are grown from a seed when the THC is Germany it it grows the THC is Germany it it grows very. Tap room and actually you very. Tap room and actually you can see that tap root here. I can see that tap root here. I can't reach it. I gotta reach can't reach it. I gotta reach it. Let me move over a little it. Let me move over a little bit. Oh technology. I'm gonna bit. Oh technology. I'm gonna figure this out. I'm gonna move figure this out. I'm gonna move over just so I can show you over just so I can show you that tap root and also so I can that tap root and also so I can get some practice on. That's not enough, I can't That's not enough, I can't reach still can't reach. Oh dear. To practice some more I'll just To practice some more I'll just reach over you see that you see reach over you see that you see that the the thick root you can that the the thick root you can actually see it on the other actually see it on the other tree. that's on the the right tree. that's on the the right side of the of of the frame you side of the of of the frame you see that one deep root that's see that one deep root that's going down from the tree. going down from the tree. That's the very important tap That's the very important tap room and that tap room is gonna room and that tap room is gonna grow just as deep as the tree grow just as deep as the tree is tall and you can kinda see is tall and you can kinda see that in this in this in this that in this in this in this frame of where I am of how frame of where I am of how deep. Roots are and why it's deep. Roots are and why it's important for us to value the important for us to value the condition of this deep soil, condition of this deep soil, not just the lush groovy you not just the lush groovy you know, step up here that I'm know, step up here that I'm dancing around it but below it dancing around it but below it is also a lot of really is also a lot of really incredible good stuff. Let me incredible good stuff. Let me go back down in the image so we go back down in the image so we can see all that good stuff. So can see all that good stuff. So yeah, you can see here some of yeah, you can see here some of that still the tea room. That's that still the tea room. That's the tea tree roots still going the tea tree roots still going down and I'm sure if we dug down and I'm sure if we dug around, we could see even more around, we could see even more roots going around. so you can roots going around. so you can see that this soil looks a lot see that this soil looks a lot different than the stuff up different than the stuff up there right the different there right the different color. the stuff up. There is color. the stuff up. There is like really nutrient rich. It's like really nutrient rich. It's got a lot of living or newly got a lot of living or newly decomposed material. That's decomposed material. That's really great for feeding the really great for feeding the tea tree and keeping it alive tea tree and keeping it alive and full of all its and full of all its nourishment. but it's this nourishment. but it's this stuff down. Here that's very stuff down. Here that's very important and plays a very important and plays a very important role in one of the important role in one of the main medicinal qualities of tea main medicinal qualities of tea and that's the cheap and if we and that's the cheap and if we were to go deeper, deeper, were to go deeper, deeper, deeper and deeper and deeper deeper and deeper and deeper into the soil. I'm sure it into the soil. I'm sure it would look a lot different to would look a lot different to us almost looking metallic. us almost looking metallic. I've never been that deep I've never been that deep before, but now that I'm a before, but now that I'm a magical unicorn. I'm sure I magical unicorn. I'm sure I could figure it out and I can could figure it out and I can and go see what's what's really and go see what's what's really going on deep down there cuz going on deep down there cuz this tea tree? These they're this tea tree? These they're only 60 years old, but when only 60 years old, but when they get hundreds of years old, they get hundreds of years old, their root systems are gonna be their root systems are gonna be very deep much deeper than this very deep much deeper than this underneath the the The mountain underneath the the The mountain where the mineral contents are where the mineral contents are a lot higher. You could see a lot higher. You could see this. This is much more like this. This is much more like clay. then up there up there. clay. then up there up there. It's it's much more like a It's it's much more like a lively, soft and rich, and this lively, soft and rich, and this is this is more minerally and is this is more minerally and metallic so. You know the the metallic so. You know the the tea tree root roots when they tea tree root roots when they come down in this area, they come down in this area, they get exposed to a lot of get exposed to a lot of powerful mineral energy, and powerful mineral energy, and that's the cheese that we get that's the cheese that we get to enjoy when we drink teeth to enjoy when we drink teeth and that's why I love the Earth and that's why I love the Earth and I love the soil and today and I love the soil and today is Earth Day. so we get to be is Earth Day. so we get to be silly and we get to play in the silly and we get to play in the soil and I hope that we all got soil and I hope that we all got to learn something new. I know to learn something new. I know I'm learning something new. I'm I'm learning something new. I'm learning how to to. Around learning how to to. Around next, I'm gonna learn how to next, I'm gonna learn how to walk I can't I can't walk but I walk I can't I can't walk but I will I'm gonna get really good will I'm gonna get really good at this and we'll have a lot of at this and we'll have a lot of fun together playing around fun together playing around learning about tea and fun new learning about tea and fun new ways. So yeah with that, I ways. So yeah with that, I think I'm going to move out of think I'm going to move out of this soil and back to my tea this soil and back to my tea table so that we can have. table so that we can have. Interactive tee time cuz I Interactive tee time cuz I think we have some tea friends think we have some tea friends that want to join us for a that want to join us for a little party. so I appreciate little party. so I appreciate you humoring my fun little you humoring my fun little experiments to celebrate Earth experiments to celebrate Earth today in the Earth learning today in the Earth learning something about how the Earth something about how the Earth plays a role in the tea that we plays a role in the tea that we love. Alright, I'm transporting back Alright, I'm transporting back making my way back. Let's see anybody wanna see me Let's see anybody wanna see me can anybody see me. I know you can anybody see me. I know you can still hear me. I'm can still hear me. I'm transporting through the ether transporting through the ether making my way back to my desk. Let's see Oh I'm back now. Wow, Let's see Oh I'm back now. Wow, That was amazing. I swear I'm That was amazing. I swear I'm gonna get better outside. Oh Super silly. Yeah. We're all Oh Super silly. Yeah. We're all getting really silly here in In our our our our private time In our our our our private time our solitude isolated private our solitude isolated private time where finding ways to help time where finding ways to help the time pass. So I appreciate the time pass. So I appreciate that you guys get to enjoy that that you guys get to enjoy that with me. It's a lot of fun. with me. It's a lot of fun. yeah. being a unicorn is a hard yeah. being a unicorn is a hard thing, especially a unicorn thing, especially a unicorn that can't really move or do that can't really move or do anything so I'll have to to get anything so I'll have to to get some more practice with that. Alright, so the the TV room is Alright, so the the TV room is open so if you want to join open so if you want to join please come on in let's let's please come on in let's let's get the link up. so you guys get the link up. so you guys can see I I got a message from can see I I got a message from Adam. He said He wanted to come Adam. He said He wanted to come in so here we are come join the in so here we are come join the fun. Join the fun. Here's the fun. Join the fun. Here's the link. I will remain in my human form I will remain in my human form for the duration of this the for the duration of this the Tea party. so if you come join Tea party. so if you come join me in at the table, you don't me in at the table, you don't have to worry about me going have to worry about me going off and turning into a unicorn off and turning into a unicorn I I've done that already not to I I've done that already not to say I won't do it again and I say I won't do it again and I won't do it better next time won't do it better next time because you know that should because you know that should always be the goal always. Get always be the goal always. Get better. Let me let me message better. Let me let me message Adam and let him know that Adam and let him know that we're good to go. So, yeah, I didn't give much So, yeah, I didn't give much enough of an industry update. enough of an industry update. you know Indiana relation to. Earth Day and related also to Earth Day and related also to my little adventure into the my little adventure into the into the Earth to look at the into the Earth to look at the tea tree roots. you know, I tea tree roots. you know, I think that there is kind of an think that there is kind of an overarching. Positive impact from Pandemic that you know with Pandemic that you know with less workers out in the fields less workers out in the fields there is less workers spraying there is less workers spraying chemicals and you know removing chemicals and you know removing all the weeds and the all the weeds and the biodiversity, which are so biodiversity, which are so important for retaining all of important for retaining all of the nutrients and the goodness the nutrients and the goodness in the soil for for our team in the soil for for our team and for everything else too, and for everything else too, you know we shouldn't just be you know we shouldn't just be looking at our culture as looking at our culture as trying to you know, give trying to you know, give reverence to one crop only we reverence to one crop only we really should be looking about. really should be looking about. We help everything and how tea We help everything and how tea is just one incredible part of is just one incredible part of that whole. So that's my update for today, So that's my update for today, there has been a significant there has been a significant significantly less amount of significantly less amount of chemicals that have been chemicals that have been applied to the Earth so we can. applied to the Earth so we can. oh Joe too bad. Well. I hope oh Joe too bad. Well. I hope that you're working well and if that you're working well and if you have a passenger in your you have a passenger in your car right now, I hope they like car right now, I hope they like tea cuz that's what they're tea cuz that's what they're getting to listen about it. Oh that'd be a trip that be a Oh that'd be a trip that be a trip to be to be subjecting your passengers to subjecting your passengers to listening to this. I know I listening to this. I know I sure did that when I was an sure did that when I was an Uber driver, 100 percent of my Uber driver, 100 percent of my passengers actually no I do passengers actually no I do respect I do I did. I don't do respect I do I did. I don't do this anymore but when I was an this anymore but when I was an Uber driver, I did respect Uber driver, I did respect people's wishes of wanting people's wishes of wanting quiet you know and he could be. quiet you know and he could be. You can pretty much read that You can pretty much read that the second that the passenger the second that the passenger gets into your cars. so if gets into your cars. so if someone wanted some silence, I someone wanted some silence, I would totally give it to them, would totally give it to them, but if they weren't familiar but if they weren't familiar social, which is the majority social, which is the majority of people that got into my car of people that got into my car better believe I talked to them better believe I talked to them about tea. I told them all about tea. I told them all about the great things I might about the great things I might have not got as deep as what I have not got as deep as what I did today as turning into a did today as turning into a unicorn and going into the soil unicorn and going into the soil to to look at some tea tree to to look at some tea tree roots. but definitely talk to roots. but definitely talk to them about the lifestyle around them about the lifestyle around tea and how nice it is to drink tea and how nice it is to drink and social. It is and how cool and social. It is and how cool it actually is you know cuz it actually is you know cuz that's something that's always that's something that's always surprising for people. they surprising for people. they say. Oh, yeah. guy can drink say. Oh, yeah. guy can drink some tea. You know it's God's some tea. You know it's God's purpose in my life, but then purpose in my life, but then when you tell them that there's when you tell them that there's this really incredible social this really incredible social aspect to it. it really, you aspect to it. it really, you know kinda changes their their know kinda changes their their whole perspective on it. so. Yeah, don't be afraid to talk Yeah, don't be afraid to talk to your passengers about teeth to your passengers about teeth they they won't be ashamed. they they won't be ashamed. They'll be happy to hear about They'll be happy to hear about it. I think people are always it. I think people are always happy to to learn new things happy to to learn new things and see new perspectives in and see new perspectives in life and I think that's one of life and I think that's one of the the values of the services the the values of the services like like Uber in the way that like like Uber in the way that they're set up where you know a they're set up where you know a human being is is taking you to human being is is taking you to your destination that you can your destination that you can create that kind. Connection create that kind. Connection although I found the connection although I found the connection of smooth jazz or mellow of smooth jazz or mellow handpainted, oh cool, awesome handpainted, oh cool, awesome anytime that I would play like anytime that I would play like mellows music even like dirt mellows music even like dirt wire. You know I love playing wire. You know I love playing dirt wire, but like they're dirt wire, but like they're like they're kind of like like they're kind of like rockets, you know, compared to rockets, you know, compared to like mellow milk handpainted like mellow milk handpainted but I would get people like but I would get people like saying. Like that, the the saying. Like that, the the music was inappropriate like music was inappropriate like they feel like they were gonna they feel like they were gonna go to sleep that they they go to sleep that they they wanted to hear music like that wanted to hear music like that they go to the spa. I know you they go to the spa. I know you like that. This is not spa like that. This is not spa music like I wanna get up and music like I wanna get up and dance to this music, but I had dance to this music, but I had different people have different different people have different perspectives and understanding perspectives and understanding of of music and and how it of of music and and how it relates in their life. relates in their life. So this So this is incredible, our So this is incredible, our viewer numbers are going up viewer numbers are going up since I stopped being a since I stopped being a unicorn. I thought for sure unicorn. I thought for sure people would like the unicorn. people would like the unicorn. you know it's different. It's you know it's different. It's fun. It's engaging maybe if the fun. It's engaging maybe if the unicorn could walk that would unicorn could walk that would have helped. I don't know give have helped. I don't know give your feedback. Let me know let your feedback. Let me know let me know if I should invest more me know if I should invest more time into my unicorn skills or time into my unicorn skills or I don't know maybe it wasn't I don't know maybe it wasn't earthy. Maybe being in the earthy. Maybe being in the Earth wasn't Earth Day enough. Earth wasn't Earth Day enough. I don't know but. Let's see if Adams gonna come Let's see if Adams gonna come see if you message me back. Oh, maybe he'll come. it's Oh, maybe he'll come. it's okay. We've got each other. Should probably start drinking Should probably start drinking tea that'd be a good that'd. be tea that'd be a good that'd. be a good use of my time right a good use of my time right now. Well, I wait for Adam to now. Well, I wait for Adam to come. Open the other one see if Open the other one see if there's any comments or there's any comments or anything you know, I'm anything you know, I'm streaming from so many streaming from so many different places now, so I've different places now, so I've gotta keep up with with gotta keep up with with everywhere. My hot water right now once My hot water right now once again. Oh, so YouTube got some good Oh, so YouTube got some good hits from it. actually no. no hits from it. actually no. no that's not accurate. Let's see that's not accurate. Let's see Oh nope. YouTube is is that Oh nope. YouTube is is that it's normal. Oh someone did it's normal. Oh someone did give it a thumbs up. so that give it a thumbs up. so that makes me feel happy. Okay. makes me feel happy. Okay. That's enough. That's enough That's enough. That's enough encouragement I will keep keep encouragement I will keep keep the unicorn alive so expect to the unicorn alive so expect to see it again. You know better see it again. You know better better next time. It's really fun technology is It's really fun technology is fun Yeah, Dirt Wire. If you're Yeah, Dirt Wire. If you're looking for a good music, I looking for a good music, I recommend that one if you know, recommend that one if you know, there's another band that's there's another band that's been around for a long time been around for a long time called called Beats Antiqu Beats Antique. They're pretty Beats Antique. They're pretty fun band a bit a bit more party fun band a bit a bit more party and jumpy than than they're and jumpy than than they're wire, but they have a belly wire, but they have a belly dancer which I love. I love dancer which I love. I love bands that have like a bands that have like a designated dancer to them. designated dancer to them. makes your life performance is makes your life performance is really fun, The only band with really fun, The only band with the. With us a live dancer as the. With us a live dancer as part of the band that I just part of the band that I just didn't get it, I mean when I didn't get it, I mean when I was a kid, I totally got it. I was a kid, I totally got it. I thought it was Super cool, but thought it was Super cool, but now I think it's kinda like now I think it's kinda like funny as the mighty mighty funny as the mighty mighty Bosstones remember they had Bosstones remember they had like a dancer in their band, like a dancer in their band, the guy that would just like the guy that would just like skanks the whole time while skanks the whole time while they play yeah a little bit they play yeah a little bit different, they're dancer we'll different, they're dancer we'll have different costumes and have different costumes and different interactions and she different interactions and she will actually play percussion will actually play percussion and there's several dancers. and there's several dancers. There's one main one and then There's one main one and then there's I think there's like a there's I think there's like a several in the troop And they several in the troop And they will play like additional will play like additional percussion to accentuate the percussion to accentuate the music but the music is very music but the music is very kind of global and and worldly kind of global and and worldly very dancing electronic, but very dancing electronic, but dirt wire is a kind of branch dirt wire is a kind of branch off from Beats Antique the main off from Beats Antique the main producer, kind of like the main producer, kind of like the main guy on Beats antique forms his guy on Beats antique forms his new band dirt wire. It's three new band dirt wire. It's three men that have all you know, men that have all you know, accomplished skilled musicians accomplished skilled musicians that have traveled all over the that have traveled all over the world and interacted with world and interacted with different cultures to learn. different cultures to learn. Music technique and of course Music technique and of course instruments and now they play instruments and now they play like really kind of heavy like really kind of heavy mindful electronic world music. mindful electronic world music. Super fun really fun to listen Super fun really fun to listen to. Plant plan try, I haven't he's Plant plan try, I haven't he's amazing and he's got a let's amazing and he's got a let's see if I can read your full see if I can read your full comment. He's got a feature comment. He's got a feature with dirt while cool awesome. with dirt while cool awesome. I'll check them out. I mean, I'll check them out. I mean, I'm sure if if he's played with I'm sure if if he's played with dirt wire, I've heard it before cuz I listen, I listen to their cuz I listen, I listen to their music on YouTube, so you get a music on YouTube, so you get a little bit of mix of of all the little bit of mix of of all the the music that they released. But yeah, good tea. drinking But yeah, good tea. drinking music, very good tea drinking music, very good tea drinking music. I think electronic music music. I think electronic music is very good for tea drinking is very good for tea drinking kinda keeping keeping like a kinda keeping keeping like a high buzz energy while you high buzz energy while you drink you know I do love drink you know I do love meditatively slow you know like meditatively slow you know like sound healing type of music sound healing type of music with drinking tea. but if with drinking tea. but if you're like hosting someone at you're like hosting someone at your table, I I I do think it's your table, I I I do think it's appropriate to have the the appropriate to have the the energy level a little higher energy level a little higher than the. Just you know some than the. Just you know some like singing bowls or something like singing bowls or something which are lovely. I think that which are lovely. I think that that's really appropriate for a that's really appropriate for a self practice. you know, I know self practice. you know, I know a lot of people enjoy drinking a lot of people enjoy drinking tea like in the morning when tea like in the morning when they're when they're by they're when they're by themselves and kinda setting themselves and kinda setting their intention for the day. so their intention for the day. so that totally makes sense and is that totally makes sense and is awesome. Let's see today's awesome. Let's see today's Earth day. So I've got a drink Earth day. So I've got a drink The earthier tea here. I mean I The earthier tea here. I mean I guess I. Three the teammate guess I. Three the teammate from the trees with the deep from the trees with the deep roots. The name sounds so roots. The name sounds so familiar plan plan try. I don't familiar plan plan try. I don't know how to pronounce that plan know how to pronounce that plan Tray plan try I feel like it Tray plan try I feel like it probably have seen it. Let's see let's see you can't Let's see let's see you can't really see it. It's all dark. really see it. It's all dark. The colors are all blending The colors are all blending together but actually drink together but actually drink this tea yesterday, nothing this tea yesterday, nothing wrong with drinking the same wrong with drinking the same teeth two days in a row, but teeth two days in a row, but this is coming from an old this is coming from an old trees from Nono Sean from the trees from Nono Sean from the place that I just came from as place that I just came from as a unicorn Deep root systems there. Deep root systems there. Celebrating the Earth and how Celebrating the Earth and how powerful it is and yeah the powerful it is and yeah the Earth doesn't stop just at the Earth doesn't stop just at the the rubbish on the top layer. the rubbish on the top layer. you know it goes much deeper you know it goes much deeper than that and those things do than that and those things do affect us and we should care affect us and we should care about them but, of course, if about them but, of course, if you're caring about the top you're caring about the top layer of the Earth, that's layer of the Earth, that's great, the good start, but great, the good start, but yeah, we do have to think think yeah, we do have to think think think deeper I watched a movie. think deeper I watched a movie. The other day that was about The other day that was about the French Navy and submarines the French Navy and submarines and that kind of lost interest and that kind of lost interest in the movie you know in the in the movie you know in the subject matter of the movie subject matter of the movie itself because I just kept itself because I just kept thinking about like the ocean thinking about like the ocean and how dip and diversity is and how dip and diversity is and how we like, no nothing and how we like, no nothing absolutely nothing at all about absolutely nothing at all about it and and how dangerous it is it and and how dangerous it is to to even explore and study to to even explore and study those things versus You know those things versus You know the rain forest or or even the rain forest or or even space you know like our RV space you know like our RV exploration of space is far exploration of space is far more advanced. I think that more advanced. I think that that our exploration underneath that our exploration underneath the the surface of the Earth or the the surface of the Earth or the surface of the ocean. so the surface of the ocean. so yeah, I'm I'm kind of I've been yeah, I'm I'm kind of I've been having having those things having having those things kinda spin around in my head kinda spin around in my head ever since I watched that ever since I watched that movie, the movie was called the movie, the movie was called the Wolf call again I like Wolf call again I like complete. Forgot the subject complete. Forgot the subject something something to do with something something to do with with war? I don't know what with war? I don't know what usually I'm not. I'm not into usually I'm not. I'm not into that type of subject matter, that type of subject matter, but the imagery is gorgeous as but the imagery is gorgeous as far as the the ocean and kind far as the the ocean and kind of really expressing the of really expressing the vastness and the endlessly of vastness and the endlessly of of the ocean, which I find of the ocean, which I find fascinating. I don't really get to connect I don't really get to connect with that too much now living with that too much now living in the desert. Back whenever I in the desert. Back whenever I lived in Hawaii. Be connected with that all the Be connected with that all the time. Anybody doing anything special Anybody doing anything special for Earth Day Plan Tribe Plan for Earth Day Plan Tribe Plan Try Okay. Plan tray Oakland trade I Plan tray Oakland trade I didn't see the there plan didn't see the there plan trade. I feel bad Adam didn't come. Maybe I'll come back. So another industry update that So another industry update that I wasn't able to give yesterday I wasn't able to give yesterday that's changed is that world that's changed is that world Team News has put out their Team News has put out their latest new update news so go latest new update news so go check it out. Realty News is check it out. Realty News is back at it and actually there's back at it and actually there's an article in there about an article in there about transparency and about the work transparency and about the work that we do so it's that we do so it's Good to Good to see that there's still, Good to see that there's still, you know, reporting on those you know, reporting on those types of things. So I brought it really light So I brought it really light actually my water pool down. actually my water pool down. That's why so that's why the That's why so that's why the color didn't come out as dark color didn't come out as dark as like yesterday, This is as like yesterday, This is definitely coming out a really definitely coming out a really light brew, but it's nice and light brew, but it's nice and taste. Usually when I brew this taste. Usually when I brew this tea I like to to to use warmer tea I like to to to use warmer water hot like boiling water water hot like boiling water almost to to infuse it so that almost to to infuse it so that you get like stronger release you get like stronger release of all of the flavors and the of all of the flavors and the the cheese. That the Earth the cheese. That the Earth power that we're looking for power that we're looking for but this is actually really but this is actually really pleasant drinking it light like pleasant drinking it light like this. I'm sure I'll get more this. I'm sure I'll get more steps out of it as well. Yeah, I'm really excited to to Yeah, I'm really excited to to try out some some more of those try out some some more of those animations. that's Super fun. animations. that's Super fun. my brother he you like he told my brother he you like he told me about this like Holy like me about this like Holy like teleporting. Hi, Cindy. Yeah, I teleporting. Hi, Cindy. Yeah, I am drinking a old tree age am drinking a old tree age player tea. that's came from player tea. that's came from the place. I just came from the place. I just came from earlier in the video I earlier in the video I teleported as a unicorn deep teleported as a unicorn deep into the soil of the top of non into the soil of the top of non Sean and you knock and looked Sean and you knock and looked at the cross section of of the at the cross section of of the Earth. we're tea trees are to Earth. we're tea trees are to look at the the deep root. look at the the deep root. Systems and so in polarity, you Systems and so in polarity, you know people often say that know people often say that there's like this earthy there's like this earthy character to it like soil like character to it like soil like it, taste like soil and you it, taste like soil and you know that's not a negative know that's not a negative flavor. characteristic. I know flavor. characteristic. I know it kinda seems silly that that it kinda seems silly that that we would know it. soil taste is we would know it. soil taste is like but come on. We were all like but come on. We were all kids. We who you know and not kids. We who you know and not to say that soil is something to say that soil is something delectable that we should be, delectable that we should be, you know garnishing all of our you know garnishing all of our meals with but there is some of meals with but there is some of that. To the essence of soil that. To the essence of soil and it's it's not just a and it's it's not just a flavor. It's also a feeling flavor. It's also a feeling it's sensation of earthiness it's sensation of earthiness and that earthiness comes from and that earthiness comes from the root systems of teachers the root systems of teachers used for harvesting polarity used for harvesting polarity now you can make any type of now you can make any type of tea from a tea tree grown from tea from a tea tree grown from a seed that has that deep roots a seed that has that deep roots system. but. You know overall system. but. You know overall in the market when you're in the market when you're looking for teas if you want looking for teas if you want tea coming from a seed grown tea coming from a seed grown trees you not is is is really trees you not is is is really the only like conventional the only like conventional place that you can find that place that you can find that now there are other origins and now there are other origins and that's something that we that's something that we advocate for with the farmers advocate for with the farmers that we work with is that they that we work with is that they should dedicate if not all some should dedicate if not all some parts of their land to seed parts of their land to seed grown biodiverse kind of grown biodiverse kind of aggravators tree systems to aggravators tree systems to encourage. This deep complex encourage. This deep complex root growth which does root growth which does contribute to the contribute to the sustainability so strong deep sustainability so strong deep roots help hold soil in so just roots help hold soil in so just like you know when I was a like you know when I was a unicorn over in the in the unicorn over in the in the mountains earlier, you saw how mountains earlier, you saw how tightly packed that soil was tightly packed that soil was that was like Super happy and that was like Super happy and it wasn't just the soil like it wasn't just the soil like the Earth itself. That was the Earth itself. That was holding it there. It was like holding it there. It was like all of. The organism so that all of. The organism so that are that are just living there are that are just living there chilling there and the trees chilling there and the trees and they're deep and complex and they're deep and complex root systems are really root systems are really important for creating that important for creating that stability. for moisture stability. for moisture retention for nutrient retention for nutrient retention adjust for overall retention adjust for overall healthy soil so deep diverse healthy soil so deep diverse roots are important for roots are important for sustainability, but they're sustainability, but they're also important for quality and also important for quality and the products. so you know the the products. so you know the the. Earthy flavor like the the. Earthy flavor like the sweet earthy flavor that you sweet earthy flavor that you look for in prayer and and even look for in prayer and and even more. so if you're looking for more. so if you're looking for you know high valued poor, you know high valued poor, you're looking for a very well you're looking for a very well balanced and clean energy from balanced and clean energy from it The cheese that's coming it The cheese that's coming from those roots and that's the from those roots and that's the minerality of the soil. So minerality of the soil. So that's that sensation. It's that's that sensation. It's like it's a flavor like you like it's a flavor like you could see all that taste like could see all that taste like dirt. You know it's so funny dirt. You know it's so funny because like when I first because like when I first started introducing tea to started introducing tea to people. And and it would be people. And and it would be someone that never drink tea someone that never drink tea before and never identified as before and never identified as a tea drinker and their first a tea drinker and their first response is always like. Oh response is always like. Oh this just taste like dirt and this just taste like dirt and it's so funny because you know it's so funny because you know like they just had that mind like they just had that mind block that everything taste block that everything taste like dirt, but there can be a like dirt, but there can be a good thing. They can be a very good thing. They can be a very nice thing, especially if it's nice thing, especially if it's like really lush and beautiful like really lush and beautiful and full of diversity and full and full of diversity and full of character. So yeah, that's why I like I So yeah, that's why I like I like roots and always like roots and always advocating for it and you know advocating for it and you know this is not just us. That's this is not just us. That's advocating for this if if you advocating for this if if you do travel around and and meet do travel around and and meet Progressive small tea growers Progressive small tea growers and not just tea, I heard that and not just tea, I heard that this is a movement that's going this is a movement that's going beyond even into the wine beyond even into the wine industry and into cacao and industry and into cacao and into the spices and herbs is into the spices and herbs is that See growing it does it. that See growing it does it. it's more resilience so that it's more resilience so that deep root system that goes down deep root system that goes down of the the photo that photo of of the the photo that photo of the little adventure as a the little adventure as a unicorn that I went to go see unicorn that I went to go see that that tap root that goes that that tap root that goes down is closer to the water down is closer to the water table. You know every every table. You know every every land has a water table like land has a water table like store of water underneath the store of water underneath the air. That's what it well is you air. That's what it well is you know you dig you dig down to know you dig you dig down to reach the the water table and reach the the water table and extract the water from there. extract the water from there. you know even when I. In the you know even when I. In the desert, there was well there. desert, there was well there. You know there was a water You know there was a water table there and so when the the table there and so when the the tea tree has that deep tap root tea tree has that deep tap root even when it's young, it's even when it's young, it's going to be more. Resilience to drought to other Resilience to drought to other issues that might come along issues that might come along versus a cloner tea tree so versus a cloner tea tree so cloner tea That's cute Cindy. I like that That's cute Cindy. I like that synthesis taste like dirt is synthesis taste like dirt is exactly what I said when I exactly what I said when I tasted my first poor just over tasted my first poor just over a year ago, the best dirt I a year ago, the best dirt I ever tasted. so that's exactly ever tasted. so that's exactly why you know there are other why you know there are other teas that you can make from teas that you can make from seed grow tea. You can make seed grow tea. You can make long to your black tea. you long to your black tea. you know like there there are you know like there there are you non teas harvested from these non teas harvested from these tea trees grown from seed that tea trees grown from seed that are made into. To your White are made into. To your White tea and you can still sense tea and you can still sense that dirt earthiness to it. one of the the teas that I I one of the the teas that I I usually like to give people as usually like to give people as like an educational experience like an educational experience of this of understanding that of this of understanding that type of understanding if if a type of understanding if if a tea came from a see-through tea came from a see-through plant or a colonial plant, plant or a colonial plant, there there's a teenager in there there's a teenager in South India, so he was part of South India, so he was part of the virtual tea Festival. He the virtual tea Festival. He was actually our first was actually our first presenter that was talking presenter that was talking about. Biodiverse tea about. Biodiverse tea processing systems that his processing systems that his family has started up in their family has started up in their teeth fields near canoe and in teeth fields near canoe and in South India. He some of the first samples he He some of the first samples he sent me, he said. Oh, we're sent me, he said. Oh, we're trying to did this this field trying to did this this field that we Hardesty did this that we Hardesty did this particular tea from is been particular tea from is been wild grown for the past eight wild grown for the past eight years. We've let it just while years. We've let it just while grow and I've seen that before grow and I've seen that before and like Japan or other places and like Japan or other places where the the tea farms are where the the tea farms are uncapped, they just kind of uncapped, they just kind of wild grow. so I just assumed to wild grow. so I just assumed to be like that. But then when the be like that. But then when the sample came, I tasted it, I was sample came, I tasted it, I was like whoa. He is serious. This like whoa. He is serious. This is like I could feel that is like I could feel that minerality like this is it and minerality like this is it and I didn't quite understand how I didn't quite understand how they were able to achieve that they were able to achieve that so quickly that I could tell so quickly that I could tell that there was a deep root that there was a deep root system in that in that tea and system in that in that tea and I thought that maybe you know I thought that maybe you know they had just grown that she they had just grown that she from a seed and letting it you from a seed and letting it you know kind of wild grow as like know kind of wild grow as like a seed lean for eight years, a seed lean for eight years, but I'm thinking eight year tea but I'm thinking eight year tea tree would have some nice root tree would have some nice root systems, but definitely not systems, but definitely not that deep to to give it so that deep to to give it so much. Of that that mineral much. Of that that mineral minerality character, but when minerality character, but when I went to visit there that I went to visit there that first time you know he was able first time you know he was able to explain it. There's a lot of to explain it. There's a lot of things that like are just things that like are just really hard to wrap your head really hard to wrap your head around until you're actually around until you're actually there and seeing it and and and there and seeing it and and and walking among it and able to walking among it and able to ask questions as you're walking ask questions as you're walking among it. and he said that in among it. and he said that in their particular area with the their particular area with the government was encouraging the government was encouraging the monicas of tea, they didn't monicas of tea, they didn't have the nursery. System that's have the nursery. System that's typical of colonial typical of colonial propagation, so you know if you propagation, so you know if you want to like Monica to this want to like Monica to this whole mountain, your most ideal whole mountain, your most ideal is to use a bunch of clones. so is to use a bunch of clones. so you have your mother plants and you have your mother plants and that's usually like a tea that's usually like a tea research station or you know research station or you know some Center is going to develop some Center is going to develop that clone that's best for that that clone that's best for that region and then they'll develop region and then they'll develop a a colonel system. They, you a a colonel system. They, you know, cut off pieces, they know, cut off pieces, they wrote those pieces to create wrote those pieces to create new trees or new plants that new trees or new plants that are identical genetic are identical genetic expressions of that mother expressions of that mother plans. But he said in Mel plans. But he said in Mel Gibson whenever they were Gibson whenever they were encouraged to grow tea out as encouraged to grow tea out as as a monoculture cash crop, as a monoculture cash crop, They were advised to uproot all They were advised to uproot all of the crops they had and this. of the crops they had and this. this was like a beautiful this was like a beautiful mountainous you know water area mountainous you know water area with water flowing everywhere a with water flowing everywhere a brutal. the trees uprooted brutal. the trees uprooted everything because tea is cash. everything because tea is cash. He is money TDD, but they He is money TDD, but they didn't have that nursery system didn't have that nursery system of of cuttings to take from of of cuttings to take from like you go to a song and they like you go to a song and they have it. You know every state have it. You know every state has to have. Own nursery with has to have. Own nursery with with all of their cuttings with all of their cuttings ready to you know, propagate ready to you know, propagate out and put into the into the out and put into the into the soil, but they didn't have it soil, but they didn't have it so what they did was they they so what they did was they they had collected seeds from all had collected seeds from all over the world and really over the world and really didn't discriminate where the didn't discriminate where the seed came from as long as the seed came from as long as the THC This is getting in the THC This is getting in the area. we gotta get to farmers area. we gotta get to farmers so in that particular area at so in that particular area at least but what I know I don't least but what I know I don't know if all of goodies is this know if all of goodies is this way, but I know in that way, but I know in that particular area it's very particular area it's very unique to see now as. Drive unique to see now as. Drive through these regions is that through these regions is that there's a lot of diversity in there's a lot of diversity in the fields like not every Bush the fields like not every Bush is the same size. Not every is the same size. Not every leaf is the same shape so as leaf is the same shape so as you're walking through the rows you're walking through the rows of these tea fields, you'll of these tea fields, you'll notice that every plant looks notice that every plant looks pretty different. even like of pretty different. even like of of type of tea plants. So you of type of tea plants. So you know you could look at one Bush know you could look at one Bush and say wow. This is definitely and say wow. This is definitely chameleon dancing and then walk chameleon dancing and then walk to the next Bush and tell to the next Bush and tell that's a sonic a for sure so that's a sonic a for sure so that's really bad. that there that's really bad. that there was no discrimination but was no discrimination but what's important and relevant what's important and relevant to this whole story is that was to this whole story is that was grown from seed and when they grown from seed and when they decided to convert their land, decided to convert their land, organic and dedicated a portion organic and dedicated a portion of their their teeth fields to of their their teeth fields to what we call Farrell growing what we call Farrell growing some people use the term wild some people use the term wild growing. so if you ever see growing. so if you ever see wild tea a lot of times, it's wild tea a lot of times, it's this particular type of tea. this particular type of tea. where it's it's put into. where it's it's put into. Ground and kind of left Ground and kind of left uncapped so no eating no uncapped so no eating no fertilizers, just let it go and fertilizers, just let it go and and let the bio diversity kind and let the bio diversity kind of take over the area and and of take over the area and and so it's Farrell in the sense so it's Farrell in the sense that I used to be domesticated. that I used to be domesticated. but now it's it's free. So it's but now it's it's free. So it's kinda like the idea of like kinda like the idea of like feral cats that are that are feral cats that are that are out you know at the parks or out you know at the parks or whatever. so it's not wild. whatever. so it's not wild. It's not like indigenously It's not like indigenously wild. It's just kind of newly wild. It's just kind of newly wild Is still good, It can be wild Is still good, It can be very good to to do that to your very good to to do that to your teachers. It gives them time to teachers. It gives them time to to rest and to fully express to rest and to fully express themselves and and recover from themselves and and recover from the trauma of continuous the trauma of continuous harvesting. So military is a harvesting. So military is a more temperate climate compared more temperate climate compared to other places, Although we're to other places, Although we're teenagers is higher elevations, teenagers is higher elevations, I don't think it's as I don't think it's as temporary, but there are a lot temporary, but there are a lot of places and they'll getting of places and they'll getting area where they're harvesting. area where they're harvesting. Like I could harvest like 15 Like I could harvest like 15 times a year if they wanted to times a year if they wanted to but that you know it does a but that you know it does a great deal of trauma to the great deal of trauma to the plants and it's not Conducive to high-quality a Conducive to high-quality a plant material so it is good to plant material so it is good to give the tea tree sometime to give the tea tree sometime to rest before you know harvesting rest before you know harvesting so aggressively, you know a lot so aggressively, you know a lot of the best teams in the world of the best teams in the world they they're harvested just they they're harvested just once a year you know the most I once a year you know the most I would say like the most highly would say like the most highly prized Green tea in China is prized Green tea in China is not only the harvested once a not only the harvested once a year, but then the bushes are year, but then the bushes are completely pruned down to the completely pruned down to the root once a year That's the NGO root once a year That's the NGO ??? you might have heard of ??? you might have heard of that tea. it's not a tee that I that tea. it's not a tee that I like to promote or really talk like to promote or really talk about unless I'm talking about about unless I'm talking about the ills of Monicas are the ills of Monicas are aggressive agriculture but by aggressive agriculture but by and by child's a Green tea, I and by child's a Green tea, I call it a Green tea, but I call it a Green tea, but I called it by child which is called it by child which is White tea. and so it's a little White tea. and so it's a little confusing about why it's White. confusing about why it's White. Well. It's White because it's Well. It's White because it's like it's it's really light and like it's it's really light and complexion the tea itself like complexion the tea itself like if you brew it you know it's if you brew it you know it's made which is very very young. made which is very very young. So. You know buds and when you So. You know buds and when you brew it it, it looks very light brew it it, it looks very light and complexion like almost like and complexion like almost like a White tea, but it's Green a White tea, but it's Green like the leaves are crispy like the leaves are crispy Green color. It's processed Green color. It's processed like a Green tea. you know like a Green tea. you know having the the kill Green step having the the kill Green step early on and you know the buds early on and you know the buds are really crisp Green looking are really crisp Green looking but then the brewed tea is very but then the brewed tea is very light and complexion and the light and complexion and the way that. Get it to be White is way that. Get it to be White is because it's like a virgin. because it's like a virgin. It's like really new and crisp It's like really new and crisp so that trick that they do and so that trick that they do and I guess you could do this with I guess you could do this with any variety of tea plant is any variety of tea plant is just this particular area that just this particular area that has this finish and it had has this finish and it had built all these marketing power built all these marketing power around this by chat is that around this by chat is that they they harvest it in the they they harvest it in the spring. So I mean it's already spring. So I mean it's already probably done. It's long long probably done. It's long long for. Already very early season, for. Already very early season, they heard harvest the very they heard harvest the very young buds and afterwards they young buds and afterwards they prune the tree like all the way prune the tree like all the way to the ground and let it grow to the ground and let it grow again and so it takes like a again and so it takes like a whole year cycle until the the whole year cycle until the the new it's like a whole new new it's like a whole new seedling pretty much comes out seedling pretty much comes out of the base of that tea tree. of the base of that tea tree. So if you're in that area like So if you're in that area like right now, it is like the most right now, it is like the most depressing thing in the world depressing thing in the world because it is these. Really Sad bold mountains You know, Sad bold mountains You know, maybe I'll show a picture just maybe I'll show a picture just cuz it's it's pretty impressive cuz it's it's pretty impressive to see. You know when That climate You know when That climate change video with the Northwest change video with the Northwest Festival. So, yeah, here's some pictures. So, yeah, here's some pictures. I'll just show you a picture. What the tea looks like? If I just do Google search, you If I just do Google search, you can see this is what Angie can see this is what Angie Michelle looks like. it's Michelle looks like. it's Green. It's definitely Green, Green. It's definitely Green, but it's kinda like this. Some but it's kinda like this. Some of this is is dragging well, of this is is dragging well, but this is Angie by child's but this is Angie by child's kinda got this like yellowish kinda got this like yellowish kind of tint to it. It's just kind of tint to it. It's just like really young looking like really young looking supple, you know buds of the supple, you know buds of the tea. Looks like. Yeah, when I did that video, I Yeah, when I did that video, I had provided that image as an had provided that image as an example of. Kind of the sad example of. Kind of the sad part of of tea production. See not everybody played. They See not everybody played. They always show pictures of the the always show pictures of the the beautiful Green tea, but they beautiful Green tea, but they never show pictures of the never show pictures of the mountains afterwards cuz mountains afterwards cuz they're bald. Yeah. I'm having so much Yeah. I'm having so much trouble. I wish I had this trouble. I wish I had this lined up. I do have another lined up. I do have another image lined up that I can show image lined up that I can show you. I was trying to you know, you. I was trying to you know, have the unicorn go there. As part of the adventure As part of the adventure earlier, oh, so here, here's earlier, oh, so here, here's something interesting. This is something interesting. This is an interesting photo we can an interesting photo we can look at. Oh, I know why you didn't see Oh, I know why you didn't see that cuz I have the wrong that cuz I have the wrong camera. Here we go. So this is like an example of So this is like an example of what you need to look for when what you need to look for when you're looking for an old tea you're looking for an old tea tree like age on a tea tree. tree like age on a tea tree. you want to look for this I don't know what it's called, I don't know what it's called, but it's like it's like it but it's like it's like it takes a long time for this takes a long time for this stuff to grow on the root stuff to grow on the root system like decades so even system like decades so even though this room looks small though this room looks small and and I took this photo at and and I took this photo at eye level so the tree you know, eye level so the tree you know, it's not enormously huge is it's not enormously huge is maybe 12 feet the tallest, but maybe 12 feet the tallest, but you can see the age through all you can see the age through all of this growth here it takes a. of this growth here it takes a. Long time for that stuff to to Long time for that stuff to to come along. So if you're ever come along. So if you're ever out, adventuring for tea and out, adventuring for tea and some tea farmer tells you oh some tea farmer tells you oh this tea tree so tall, it's so this tea tree so tall, it's so old will make the tea very old will make the tea very expensive for you because it's expensive for you because it's so old. you wanna go to the the so old. you wanna go to the the base of the trunk first and see base of the trunk first and see how wide that is and then also how wide that is and then also you want to look at the stems you want to look at the stems and the trunks of the tree to and the trunks of the tree to see the formation of all of see the formation of all of these things. So yeah, it's not these things. So yeah, it's not always. About how yeah this always. About how yeah this tree is so short and these tree is so short and these trunks are so kind of narrow trunks are so kind of narrow because of all the pruning that because of all the pruning that the farmers have been doing to the farmers have been doing to the trees over the decades. So the trees over the decades. So this is this is truly an old this is this is truly an old tree. Now, let's see this is the one Now, let's see this is the one This was a photo I wanted to This was a photo I wanted to show. When I was a unicorn, I show. When I was a unicorn, I wanted to take you to this wanted to take you to this place. So this is this is place. So this is this is actually really close to where actually really close to where that cross section of the the that cross section of the the The Tea Tree roots that I The Tea Tree roots that I showed earlier this is just showed earlier this is just like overlooking a ridge on the like overlooking a ridge on the other side of that cross other side of that cross section onto the other side of section onto the other side of the mountain and you know what the mountain and you know what to notice here, it's similar to notice here, it's similar to. I wanted to show with the to. I wanted to show with the NGA bishop is the clearing of NGA bishop is the clearing of the biodiversity, so you see the biodiversity, so you see that here kinda pointing it that here kinda pointing it with my mouth so you can see with my mouth so you can see this should be force like this should be force like everything else and you see all everything else and you see all this lush forest everywhere. this lush forest everywhere. but here it's all been cleared but here it's all been cleared and everything removed for and everything removed for potentially the growth of tea. potentially the growth of tea. so there is. Some tea that's so there is. Some tea that's going into this kind of going into this kind of mindless Monica culture work, mindless Monica culture work, but it also can be other crops but it also can be other crops so like rubber or You know, usually it's like You know, usually it's like cash crops and and they rotate cash crops and and they rotate you know it's just based off of you know it's just based off of where the market is where the where the market is where the business opportunity is those business opportunity is those those crops will rotate you those crops will rotate you know like in Taiwan, A lot of know like in Taiwan, A lot of the biodiversity was lost to the biodiversity was lost to the beetle nut. you know like the beetle nut. you know like it when you see photos of tea it when you see photos of tea growing areas and and non toll growing areas and and non toll Taiwan, you'll see all these Taiwan, you'll see all these like palm trees everywhere you like palm trees everywhere you probably think Oh that's cool. probably think Oh that's cool. It's like tropical is like no It's like tropical is like no that. That's a cash crop that's that. That's a cash crop that's actually doing a lot of harm to actually doing a lot of harm to the biodiversity there. The the biodiversity there. The Beetle nut is the it's actually Beetle nut is the it's actually consumed all over the world, consumed all over the world, but it is as popular in Taiwan. but it is as popular in Taiwan. It's funny cuz they the places It's funny cuz they the places that sell it or like a bikini that sell it or like a bikini girls. it's funny but you know girls. it's funny but you know even in in India and Africa. even in in India and Africa. It's a very common product, but It's a very common product, but it's usually like grown locally it's usually like grown locally and disconcerted you know by and disconcerted you know by the local communities. But in the local communities. But in in Taiwan, it's it's a big in Taiwan, it's it's a big business I don't know what's being I don't know what's being planted here. This was actually planted here. This was actually a new project, so this was a new project, so this was pointed out to me By the the pointed out to me By the the tea farmers that were taking me tea farmers that were taking me into this area that that this into this area that that this was the slash and burn. That's was the slash and burn. That's what it's called you've heard what it's called you've heard that term slash and burn. that term slash and burn. That's that's what it is and That's that's what it is and you know not only is the you know not only is the burning you know do damage to burning you know do damage to the environment like they'll the environment like they'll just come through here and put just come through here and put this all on buyer. you've heard this all on buyer. you've heard about the Amazon being on fire about the Amazon being on fire like that's that's the same like that's that's the same concept, slash and burn, and concept, slash and burn, and it's it's not because they it's it's not because they wanna start forestjpg fires. wanna start forestjpg fires. These fires are usually usually These fires are usually usually quite contained and controlled. quite contained and controlled. because yeah they they only because yeah they they only wanna deal with their land and wanna deal with their land and manage their own land but they manage their own land but they just they wanna remove all that just they wanna remove all that bio diversity there so that bio diversity there so that they can monitor something to they can monitor something to optimize their their cash crop optimize their their cash crop yields So this is a sad thing yields So this is a sad thing that we don't want to see in that we don't want to see in the not just in the tea world, the not just in the tea world, but in in all of the world, so but in in all of the world, so that's my my Earth day that's my my Earth day celebration with you all. Yeah, celebration with you all. Yeah, it's it's carrying for the it's it's carrying for the Earth caring for biodiversity Earth caring for biodiversity caring for flavor and you know caring for flavor and you know I think learning how to decide I think learning how to decide for if tea has grown from seed for if tea has grown from seed or grown sustainably. you know or grown sustainably. you know is is not only a good practice is is not only a good practice and you're kinda sewer ship of and you're kinda sewer ship of tea. I think it's a really tea. I think it's a really great practice and and taking great practice and and taking care of our environments which care of our environments which in turn is taken care of you. in turn is taken care of you. So I think. That said, I'm So I think. That said, I'm going to tune off. I've been going to tune off. I've been here for about an hour. here for about an hour. Unfortunately, Adam did not Unfortunately, Adam did not join today. Maybe he'll come in join today. Maybe he'll come in tomorrow, but I hope you all tomorrow, but I hope you all have a beautiful rest of your have a beautiful rest of your Earth Day and I will see you Earth Day and I will see you tomorrow if you want any tomorrow if you want any special content or topics for special content or topics for me to cover. Please don't me to cover. Please don't hesitate to either comment here hesitate to either comment here on the video or to send me. An on the video or to send me. An email info at T dot com. I'd be email info at T dot com. I'd be more than happy to a blush and more than happy to a blush and to you know help make this to you know help make this content more valuable for you.