WEBVTT 1 00:00:19.980 --> 00:00:35.910 Lauren Olson: Before we get into it, we just want to do our land acknowledgement so as an organization within the land grant institution dig the campus garden coalition acknowledges the gabrielle you know and tanga people's as a traditional land caretakers of the longer. 2 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:40.410 Iris Yip (she/they): Okay, so first off. 3 00:00:41.430 --> 00:00:43.470 Iris Yip (she/they): I found some tea facts online. 4 00:00:44.370 --> 00:00:46.020 Iris Yip (she/they): i'm just going to share with all of you. 5 00:00:46.950 --> 00:00:51.420 Iris Yip (she/they): And tea, is the most widely consumed beverage in the world, next to water. 6 00:00:52.470 --> 00:01:03.030 Iris Yip (she/they): The source of this, though, is like that the tea organization so like I don't know that it's not very it's not very objective but yeah that's awesome Wikipedia. 7 00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:09.690 Iris Yip (she/they): Black long White and Green tea all come from the same plant but they're just process differently. 8 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:17.070 Iris Yip (she/they): The oldest ever discovered are around 2100 years old, and those are found in China. 9 00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:34.710 Iris Yip (she/they): chucky has the highest T consumption per capita at 6.96 pounds per person in a year and in almost all languages, the Wer T is derived from two words either the major transformation chop by the time we transition to. 10 00:01:48.450 --> 00:01:50.550 Lauren Olson: Having some difficulties. 11 00:01:52.320 --> 00:02:09.930 Lauren Olson: Okay, so there were supposed to be a video on this slide apparently I did not embed it correctly also I got a little notification saying it wasn't going to let me share a sound um so I might just have another leader play this video for me at the end for now we're going to skip it. 12 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:15.720 Lauren Olson: just keep things going I don't want to keep you guys waiting here forever. 13 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:30.330 Lauren Olson: to watch a little video okay so we'll just get into it so um the different types of tea, as you probably know, there's like black tea green tea there's also white tea which isn't very common. 14 00:02:31.950 --> 00:02:36.180 Lauren Olson: I don't think i've ever had white tea it's yeah I barely see it anywhere either. 15 00:02:37.230 --> 00:02:53.340 Lauren Olson: But all these kinds of tea actually come from the same plant, which I did not know it comes from the chameleon sinensis plan what's different about all these teas, though, is when they're picked and how their process so black tea is like. 16 00:02:54.840 --> 00:03:03.540 Lauren Olson: We think of it as like an English breakfast or like long is what kind of black tea it's more like in between green tea black tea, the way that is made, but. 17 00:03:04.230 --> 00:03:10.860 Lauren Olson: it's obviously a darker to you when you make it um so he's like this the leaves are picked when they're fully grown. 18 00:03:11.250 --> 00:03:19.470 Lauren Olson: And then they're allowed to will a little bit so that like take some of the moisture out of them and then they're rolled up to release enzymes. 19 00:03:19.830 --> 00:03:23.640 Lauren Olson: I personally do not know exactly what that does to it i'm not. 20 00:03:24.270 --> 00:03:30.870 Lauren Olson: Very science minded I don't know that much about biology, so I don't know exactly how it would change the flavors or whatnot. 21 00:03:31.170 --> 00:03:39.900 Lauren Olson: And then they're laid out to oxidize and that's what gives it its color and then they're dried and packaged and they make it to your House and whatnot. 22 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:51.720 Lauren Olson: and green tea are the young leaves of this plant and then they get picked and they follow a similar process, but their steam to kind of preserve the color and. 23 00:03:52.380 --> 00:04:07.020 Lauren Olson: create a bit of a different flavor and then white tea are like the buds and, like the little baby leaves of this plant and it's called white tea, because when the leaves are small they're kind of like white and they have like little fuzzy on them. 24 00:04:08.130 --> 00:04:14.490 Lauren Olson: And so that's how it gets its name and they follow a really similar process to their picked and dried and. 25 00:04:16.530 --> 00:04:25.860 Lauren Olson: yeah so really the big difference is just how their process but they all come from the same plant, which I thought was interesting and it's something that I didn't know even though i've been drinking tea my whole life. 26 00:04:28.770 --> 00:04:36.630 Lauren Olson: And then macho also comes from the same plan, I thought this was the most surprising because it looks so different from any other D. 27 00:04:37.890 --> 00:04:51.870 Lauren Olson: And, but monta has a ghost or a really different process and the other ones so um before it's picked the T trees and that's another name for the plan that amelia sinensis plant. 28 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:59.250 Lauren Olson: They are also known as like tea trees or treat T bushes, and so they get shaded for three weeks before the leaves are picked. 29 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:08.310 Lauren Olson: To give them that really bright green color and then also increases the caffeine, and the dancing and the plants and the thing is what gives it that. 30 00:05:08.970 --> 00:05:17.340 Lauren Olson: Really unique flavor and then after their PIC leaves or steamed and then dried immediately and then it's ground up into a really fine powder for us. 31 00:05:17.880 --> 00:05:22.710 Lauren Olson: And also Another thing I thought was interesting is there, like different grades of macia um. 32 00:05:23.430 --> 00:05:30.810 Lauren Olson: I kind of found this out the hard way like i've used to really like monster like going into coffee shops and getting it because it would be like good quality. 33 00:05:31.350 --> 00:05:39.960 Lauren Olson: tastes delicious and then I tried to get some from the store one time and I made it for myself and it looked more like the picture on the right it tasted weird wasn't enjoyable. 34 00:05:41.130 --> 00:05:49.860 Lauren Olson: So much, I really does make a difference where you're getting it from and and then Lastly, there is herbal tea, so these generally don't have caffeine. 35 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:58.620 Lauren Olson: And they're made from herbs or flowers or other plans, but not the not the trees, not the chameleon menses plant and and that's what makes it an herbal tea. 36 00:06:00.450 --> 00:06:03.930 Lauren Olson: And they are often used for their medicinal properties. 37 00:06:07.830 --> 00:06:10.830 Lauren Olson: Okay, so if you're going to be growing your own tea. 38 00:06:12.330 --> 00:06:22.470 Lauren Olson: You could in theory grow yourself a chameleon sinensis plant and harvest your own tea and process it and all those different ways, depending on what kind of tea you want. 39 00:06:23.550 --> 00:06:37.500 Lauren Olson: But that is supposed to be very tricky and I feel like herbal tea, is something that is fine, because you can kind of like experiment more and create things that taste very different. 40 00:06:38.010 --> 00:06:42.450 Lauren Olson: without necessarily doing a ton of work and some of these things you might even already have in your garden. 41 00:06:43.950 --> 00:06:51.330 Lauren Olson: So if you were wanting to grow your own tea some plants, you could use our cameo lavender rose. 42 00:06:52.050 --> 00:07:04.950 Lauren Olson: JASMINE peppermint ginger can you stevia um So yes, it's exactly like the sweetener it's just the plant that it comes from, and you can like add a few leaves to your team and acts as a natural sweetener. 43 00:07:06.660 --> 00:07:17.970 Lauren Olson: bazell lemon balm time so Andrea Rosemary and really any herb obviously I didn't list every single herb on here but pretty much any herb you like you can use an A tea. 44 00:07:19.950 --> 00:07:20.460 Lauren Olson: and 45 00:07:22.350 --> 00:07:30.630 Lauren Olson: A lot of these teas are really easy to use once you've grown them, you can use them fresh or you can dry them and save them for leader. 46 00:07:32.880 --> 00:07:37.950 Lauren Olson: can also if you don't want to grow your own team, you can go foraging for it. 47 00:07:39.210 --> 00:07:49.440 Lauren Olson: So some like natural wild plants that you could use for tea are raspberry leaf, and so the leaves of the raspberry plant. 48 00:07:49.980 --> 00:07:59.280 Lauren Olson: and wild raspberry plants in particular are supposed to be good for cheese i've never had it, so I don't know exactly what it tastes like and then, of course, it can also use wild berries. 49 00:08:00.030 --> 00:08:08.400 Lauren Olson: You can use pine or spruce needles and you can use dandelions people will make like dandelion root tea and dandelions you can also use. 50 00:08:09.420 --> 00:08:24.810 Lauren Olson: The leaves and the flowers people use the flowers and teas as well, and then the leaves are supposed to be kind of similar to Spanish so you want, you can go around picking dandelions i'm sure nobody's gonna bother you for that, because you're pretty much waiting for free. 51 00:08:26.520 --> 00:08:36.210 Lauren Olson: And then you could use it, however, you like, and then also red clover is another plan that's um can be pretty easily found and can use an empty. 52 00:08:37.350 --> 00:08:50.370 Lauren Olson: But I would just like to give a warning if you're planning on foraging for T on there are lots of plans to have edible parts, but also poisonous parts so you're going to want to do your research before you like just grab something and throw it into a pie and. 53 00:08:51.480 --> 00:09:02.010 Lauren Olson: take it away and so like to be extra safe, you might want to invest in a foraging guide or or like find a trusted source to consult and then. 54 00:09:02.790 --> 00:09:12.720 Lauren Olson: This image on the right here is actually a website, I found where people can plot points where they found things well for Jay is a map of westwood so. 55 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:20.190 Lauren Olson: Even in a city and and really populated area like West would you can find stuff I looked at something like little points. 56 00:09:20.550 --> 00:09:35.460 Lauren Olson: And it wasn't like any of the things listed here, it might be hard to find wild berries in westwood but they had things like oranges and lemons and avocados so probably you're going to find like a lot of trees that have maybe been neglected or. 57 00:09:36.930 --> 00:09:41.460 Lauren Olson: You know they're kind of on the edge of somebody's property and they baby, you know it's kind of up for grabs. 58 00:09:44.010 --> 00:09:44.580 Lauren Olson: Okay. 59 00:09:46.410 --> 00:09:49.650 Lauren Olson: So yeah once you've either collected your tea or. 60 00:09:50.820 --> 00:09:58.710 Lauren Olson: Oh yeah I can't see the chat function, by the way, so if anybody has any particular questions related to what i'm talking about you can also unmute yourself. 61 00:10:00.870 --> 00:10:05.880 Lauren Olson: So for preserving and storing your tea once you've grown it or forage for it. 62 00:10:07.110 --> 00:10:22.140 Lauren Olson: you're going to want to make sure to rent it pretty thoroughly, especially if you're using it for sun tea which i'll talk a bit more about later and then you're going to want to dry it out, you can just lay it out flat spread them out, so they have enough room to breathe. 63 00:10:23.250 --> 00:10:27.390 Lauren Olson: And then you can use the sunny spot help you drive faster well I like to do is to. 64 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:32.640 Lauren Olson: lay out a few paper towels on like a cookie sheet, or you can use normal tallow Su. 65 00:10:34.350 --> 00:10:43.800 Lauren Olson: And then, like scattered over and then leave it out to dry and then, if I need to move if it's in a bad place and I can just you know move it around my kitchen, as I need. 66 00:10:45.330 --> 00:10:52.980 Lauren Olson: And then, once it's dry, you can kind of break up the pieces help the flavors come out in the brewing process kind of like the images on the right. 67 00:10:53.910 --> 00:11:06.510 Lauren Olson: that's a probably a pretty good consistency for like loose leaf tea if you've ever had loose leaf tea that's just that's the kind of consistency you're aiming for so um so you don't get like big chunks of it if you're not straining it. 68 00:11:07.710 --> 00:11:11.250 Lauren Olson: And it also helps it to brew of it if it's broken up. 69 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:18.090 Lauren Olson: And yeah so you can mix whatever herbs and flowers you want and store in airtight container for later. 70 00:11:18.630 --> 00:11:25.950 Lauren Olson: And if you don't want to make like your own tea blends specifically I always think it's nice to add like a few fresh herbs. 71 00:11:26.340 --> 00:11:36.840 Lauren Olson: To a store bought to you to help freshen it up, I like to add, like rose leaves or maybe like a little bit of mint or you could use stevia if you don't want to use like honey or sugar in your tea. 72 00:11:38.130 --> 00:11:43.740 Lauren Olson: um yeah and then, if you're breaking loose leaf tea it's a good idea to use a strainer if you have one. 73 00:11:44.280 --> 00:11:54.990 Lauren Olson: So, then you don't end up you know needing to use while you're drinking your tea, that would be pretty unpleasant, but you obviously don't have to um for the most part they should settle to the bottom and don't be fine. 74 00:11:57.810 --> 00:12:02.310 Lauren Olson: Okay, so some good tea blends if you are going to be making your own herbal tea. 75 00:12:03.390 --> 00:12:09.690 Lauren Olson: These are some good herbs to mix together, so if you want a tea for like sleep or relaxation. 76 00:12:10.890 --> 00:12:18.960 Lauren Olson: i'm sure everybody wants out right now with midterms at least I do, and you could use mint can meal lemon balm lavender. 77 00:12:20.010 --> 00:12:26.370 Lauren Olson: They go nicely together and they should help calm you down a little bit um lavender especially is really good for that. 78 00:12:26.910 --> 00:12:45.060 Lauren Olson: And then tea for health, so you can use dandelion you can use the route or the flower and ginger and raspberry because they both have like really good antioxidant properties on so do blueberries most berries do, and then the tea for concentration. 79 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:49.860 Lauren Olson: You could mix peppermint and Rosemary and lemon peel. 80 00:12:52.020 --> 00:13:07.920 Lauren Olson: I like using the peels of citrus fruits if i'm like making my own tea because usually you don't use them if you're like eating an orange or using a lemon or whatever so it's a way to kind of use some of your food that my other wise go two ways. 81 00:13:09.630 --> 00:13:11.520 Lauren Olson: To use lemon peel it you could either. 82 00:13:12.930 --> 00:13:31.110 Lauren Olson: You could like use a slicer and just get like the top part of the peel or you could like zest it i'm not this is dry either way um and then for sun tea, this is personally my favorite kind of tea, because then you know you can drink tea in the summer. 83 00:13:33.090 --> 00:13:45.690 Lauren Olson: So you could use raspberry and red clover if you're going to do some foraging hibiscus orange peel honey on it makes for a nice combination, but one thing about growing santi. 84 00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:59.970 Lauren Olson: Is that the because you're sitting it out like in the sign and it's kind of like room temperature like maybe it's a little warm it's kind of the perfect temperature for like bacteria to grow. 85 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:05.760 Lauren Olson: So you're supposed to make sure that the container you're using is really clean and just be sure to like. 86 00:14:06.270 --> 00:14:16.650 Lauren Olson: Clean off all your stuff, especially if you're like using tea that you've gathered from your garden in may not be as clean, because it hasn't been as process as much as like a bag tea. 87 00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:21.870 Lauren Olson: So for 70 what you're going to do is you're just going to mix everything together. 88 00:14:23.190 --> 00:14:27.330 Lauren Olson: In a jar with some water and let it sit out and as it steeps. 89 00:14:28.650 --> 00:14:34.470 Lauren Olson: Or, as it warms up the tea steve's and one thing that son, she is really good for is if you're going to do ice tea. 90 00:14:35.010 --> 00:14:40.080 Lauren Olson: Even if you're just like throwing a few bags of like black tea and they're like lipton tea. 91 00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:55.500 Lauren Olson: If you're doing sun tea because it's like not eating as quickly and it's not reaching as high of a temperature it's not quite as bitter so it's nice if you're doing an iced tea, because then you know if it's not super warm it's going to be harder to like dissolve sugars in it as well. 92 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:03.420 Lauren Olson: And then, of course, you can always experiment that's part of the fun of growing your own to you can kind of make your own blends with what you like and see how it turns out. 93 00:15:06.930 --> 00:15:13.410 Lauren Olson: Okay, and then T reading that's another thing you can do with your loose leaf tea that you made. 94 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:27.360 Lauren Olson: So it's best to use a loose leaf tea on you could try to use like tea from a tea bag and like cut open throw it in there, but the pieces might be too small to like it here to like the bottom of the cup when you're when you drain it. 95 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:35.070 Lauren Olson: So it's best used loosely to you, but absolutely if this is something you want to do try it out with with whatever you have. 96 00:15:36.570 --> 00:15:38.670 Lauren Olson: And so what you're going to do is you're just going to. 97 00:15:40.230 --> 00:15:47.730 Lauren Olson: place your loose leaf tea directly in the cup you don't need to put a strainer in because you want beliefs, to say at the bottom and you're pouring your water. 98 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:58.140 Lauren Olson: You let it steep and then as soon as it's cool enough to drink you start drinking it and in a way to readings really similar to like reading tarot cards if you've ever done that. 99 00:15:59.010 --> 00:16:12.930 Lauren Olson: So as you're drinking you're supposed to think of your intentions for your reading so you know, is there something specific that you'd like you want answered, or is there more like general aspects of your life that you want clarification on. 100 00:16:14.880 --> 00:16:22.590 Lauren Olson: And then, when there's just a few sips left of your tea, you know after you've been drinking and thinking about what you want from this reading. 101 00:16:23.280 --> 00:16:34.260 Lauren Olson: you're going to swirl the T three times clockwise so, in other words right to live like you're gonna switch your tea around a few times and then you place a napkin over the top of it. 102 00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:42.030 Lauren Olson: This can be cloth or paper cloth might work better, because then it's not going to like split open with the weight of the water. 103 00:16:42.780 --> 00:16:53.610 Lauren Olson: But there should only be a little bit left anyways so you place a napkin on top, and you flip it over and you let it drain so you drain all the water out and then return it back up right. 104 00:16:54.750 --> 00:16:55.710 Lauren Olson: there should still be. 105 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.980 Lauren Olson: Your tea leaves gathered at bottom. 106 00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:06.000 Lauren Olson: kind of like a picture on the right each other kind of come together you're probably not going to get an image is clear is that. 107 00:17:06.780 --> 00:17:18.240 Lauren Olson: But they should be generally towards the bottom of the cup but don't move them around however they land that's how they're supposed to land and then, once it's back up right you're going to. 108 00:17:19.290 --> 00:17:26.700 Lauren Olson: want to turn the handle of the cup towards acquiring which is just another word for that person and ask the question so maybe like you're doing this with a friend. 109 00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:36.600 Lauren Olson: You get a cup of tea boyfriend and you're going to do the reading but they're the one who was like meditating on these questions like what do they want answered, and then the handle is gonna be pointing towards them. 110 00:17:37.230 --> 00:17:42.150 Lauren Olson: So it's pointing towards whoever was asking the questions and focusing on their intentions drinking the tea. 111 00:17:44.070 --> 00:17:50.460 Lauren Olson: So then, once you have your cup ready to go, you can start interpreting it. 112 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:57.540 Lauren Olson: So the locations, I believe in the cup indicate like what point in time, the reading is referring to. 113 00:17:58.050 --> 00:18:02.490 Lauren Olson: So if, like you're looking down into the cup and handle facing you then the right side would indicate. 114 00:18:03.300 --> 00:18:15.930 Lauren Olson: The future so and you leaves on the bright side of the handle are talking about future events and any leaves on the left side of the handle are talking about past events and then. 115 00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:25.350 Lauren Olson: The distance from the Center of the cup is kind of going to talk about like how close in time that event is so um. 116 00:18:26.190 --> 00:18:34.320 Lauren Olson: So if it's close to like the Center of the cup or yeah like this, when you're looking down the Center if it's close to the Center that'll be. 117 00:18:34.770 --> 00:18:43.890 Lauren Olson: Closer in time and if it's further out towards the rim and it's going to be further in time so like, for example, if you have like if you see a little something in like the. 118 00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:50.430 Lauren Olson: right side of the mug and it's kind of up towards a Ram that'd be something that's going to happen in like the distant future. 119 00:18:51.630 --> 00:19:07.320 Lauren Olson: And then, like when you're looking for symbols in your leaves some things to look for our dots because those signify money or abundance circles which signify the end of a cycle, or the completion of something. 120 00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:10.980 Lauren Olson: And then dashes indicate opportunities. 121 00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:17.490 Lauren Olson: And then these aren't like the only symbols, you can look for really This is just about. 122 00:19:18.450 --> 00:19:22.620 Lauren Olson: You know, maybe, if you don't know where to start these are things you can look for but. 123 00:19:23.130 --> 00:19:31.620 Lauren Olson: You can really just lie your imagination and your intuition guide you because there's no like right or wrong way to read tea leaves you really just take what you want from it um. 124 00:19:32.250 --> 00:19:44.700 Lauren Olson: And you can use this for like serious her business like some people will use us to like guide them in like their decisions but it's also a way to just kind of like self reflect so you can use it, however, you want. 125 00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.580 Lauren Olson: Okay. 126 00:19:49.260 --> 00:19:56.220 Lauren Olson: yeah so that was the end of the presentation going to see if we can show the video now stop share real cool. 127 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:18.180 Lauren Olson: i'm in the meantime did anybody have any questions we'll have more time for questions later to I just don't want to leave you guys sitting here staring at the screen. 128 00:20:26.190 --> 00:20:31.620 Lauren Olson: Calling all tea lovers this one's for you this aromatic drink tends to be more. 129 00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:32.910 Iris Yip (she/they): than just a beverage. 130 00:20:33.930 --> 00:20:44.160 Along with health benefits tea represents togetherness in countries around the world let's take a look at the different types of tea and the many traditions that are paired with. 131 00:20:49.890 --> 00:20:52.440 Iris Yip (she/they): From the birthplace of all T comes were. 132 00:20:53.460 --> 00:21:01.080 Iris Yip (she/they): grown for thousands of years and the United province and Southwest China where tea tree is our worship this tea is legendary. 133 00:21:01.710 --> 00:21:20.430 Iris Yip (she/they): it's made from the leaves of the tree, known as the wild old tree and is fermented anywhere from weeks two decades, this means somewhere can cost a fortune the tea is typically sold as compressed cakes like fine wine, where is best enjoyed slowly in small steps. 134 00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:27.720 Iris Yip (she/they): yorba Mata is the perfect go to when you're looking for a boost of caffeine, but want to skip the coffee. 135 00:21:28.710 --> 00:21:39.420 Iris Yip (she/they): Traditionally, the beverage is prepared in a gourd that is shared among gas the drink is typically consumed, out of a bump via or a metal straw made of silver copper or stainless steel. 136 00:21:40.710 --> 00:21:50.250 Iris Yip (she/they): rose is a caffeine free herb that is indigenous to the cedarburg region of South Africa, it has been harvested and brewed in the mountainous region for hundreds of years. 137 00:21:50.700 --> 00:22:00.420 Iris Yip (she/they): In fact, South Africa is the only country in the world that produces robust once brewed the tea is red in color and has a bitter taste similar to your tomato. 138 00:22:01.110 --> 00:22:10.470 Iris Yip (she/they): it's, also known as red tea or red Bush tea bubble tea, also known as boba or black Pearl T is a popular iced tea drink from Taiwan. 139 00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:15.630 Iris Yip (she/they): It was created in the late 1980s when milk tea had already been common in Asian countries. 140 00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:23.400 Iris Yip (she/they): bubble tea combines a base of milk tea sweetener and two bubbles, which are small balls made from tapioca or fruit jelly. 141 00:22:24.090 --> 00:22:34.440 Iris Yip (she/they): bubble tea is made by shaking the ice tea based drink with milk to produce a rich silky texture the air bubbles created by the vigorous shaking are an essential element of the drink. 142 00:22:35.910 --> 00:22:45.540 Iris Yip (she/they): in Morocco automate the process of brewing and drinking tea is a ceremonious tradition that symbolizes friendship hospitality and a level of comfort with guests. 143 00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:54.750 Iris Yip (she/they): Moroccan mint tea combines a base of green tea with fresh mint leaves and sugar the tea is poured from a height of 12 inches over the small glass. 144 00:22:55.110 --> 00:23:10.290 Iris Yip (she/they): greeting a foam on the top of the drink assemble that the team has been brewed long enough if there's no foam on the surface of the team it's returned hubspot and steeped longer the ritual of pouring hot tea from a great height is an impressive sign of an experience toast. 145 00:23:11.850 --> 00:23:23.250 Iris Yip (she/they): A London fog combines Earl grey tea steamed milk and vanilla syrup it was created in Vancouver after Mary loria who was pregnant at the time, requested an alternative to coffee. 146 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:32.310 Iris Yip (she/they): The drink, also known as a Vancouver fog now has many different varieties, but remains popular, especially on cold rainy days. 147 00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:47.310 This berry T is called Omega CHA it's made from Dr magnolia berries AMI job means five flavor Barry so you can expect this to to be salty sweet sour bitter and pungent. 148 00:23:47.820 --> 00:24:01.890 The tea has been primarily used for medicinal purposes such as lowering blood pressure and detoxification because of its vibrant color oh media chat makes a great face for fruit punch it's typically sweetened with honey or sugar. 149 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:11.250 After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire important coffee grew in price, and what is now known as Turkey made a cultural shift to drinking more tea. 150 00:24:11.760 --> 00:24:22.590 Turkish tea is served in glasses that are distinct to Turkish Chai meant to show off the t's rich mahogany color so drinkers can admire this and also manage the preference for the T strength. 151 00:24:23.730 --> 00:24:39.210 Chai in Hindi means tikka masala Chai is a spice tea originating from India and combines black tea with aromatic spices like cardamom cinnamon ground clothes ground ginger black pepper corn milk and sugar. 152 00:24:40.350 --> 00:24:48.450 Traditionally, the milk used to make a solid shy comes from water buffaloes the drink has become widely popular and is best enjoyed the snacks. 153 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:58.530 Instead of steeping dried leaves and boiling water much hailing from Japan is created by grinding young green tea leaves into a bright green powder. 154 00:24:59.310 --> 00:25:06.810 though much is known for its strong levels of caffeine, the ritual of preparing the beverage is respected as a calming choreographic technique. 155 00:25:07.650 --> 00:25:15.060 The Japanese tea ceremony is called john are you first the match a powder is measured with a small wouldn't label called a Cheshire coo. 156 00:25:15.750 --> 00:25:23.820 It is brewed in a table called a Chai wan and water is slowly, combined with the powder by using a chess set a handmade Bamboo with. 157 00:25:24.570 --> 00:25:40.560 The ceremony is about directing attention to the aesthetics, of the process and motions created with your hands the host of the ceremony has the guests interest in mind with every movement matches enjoyed with Japanese sweet treats to offset the bitter taste from the drink. 158 00:25:44.010 --> 00:25:52.890 Lauren Olson: Okay, so I was just a little video to kind of show like how many ways to you can be enjoyed on that's one thing that I think is really cool about T is that it's. 159 00:25:53.700 --> 00:26:04.080 Lauren Olson: Very important to like a lot of different cultures and it can mean so many things like can be about everything from like hospitality to like your status in society. 160 00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:12.930 Lauren Olson: It just think it's really interesting like how diverse, it is just like and the amount of the different kinds of people that drink it. 161 00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:23.640 Lauren Olson: And then the different ways to drink it you could see like it's literally made from infinite amounts of like plans and like ingredients, so a lot can be done with tea. 162 00:26:24.330 --> 00:26:35.100 Lauren Olson: And then to close us out we're going to do a little buzzfeed quiz because I think those are fun so it's a buzzfeed quiz about which T, are you so. 163 00:26:35.970 --> 00:26:50.430 Lauren Olson: give everybody a few minutes to do it and then we'll come back and guys can share your responses, if you want they had some interesting teas on there so give everybody a few minutes to that and there'll be a link sent out, I 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