Tea Lifted Conversations - Mei Leaf

Attention is your most precious resource - it defines your whole life and your relationship with others. It is also extremely limited so use it wisely.

The omnipresent tension between the meeds and morals of the Individual vs the Collective has shaped human history. It is the fundamental debate that determines how we shape the politics and cultures of the world and could lead to flourishing or corruption.

These are my thoughts on this fascinating topic and some suggestions on how the Self can contribute to a more sustainable and happy society.

This podcast is a series of informal conversations and discussion over tea about a wide variety of topics. Sharing conversations over tea has a unique capacity to expose and hopefully dissolve tribalism and engender free, uninhibited conversation. I hope that this series provides interesting viewpoints and ideas which engage, entertain and inspire.

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How do you define truth and how can we all strive to find higher truth? Every Chinese New Year I give a speech at our Teahouse on more general topics. But, due to UK lockdown we cannot open and so I  am recording this speech for you.

These are my thoughts on the concept of Truth and the issues with Tribalism.

This podcast is a series of informal conversations and discussion over tea about a wide variety of topics. Sharing conversations over tea has a unique capacity to expose and hopefully dissolve tribalism and engender free, uninhibited conversation. I hope that this series provides interesting viewpoints and ideas which engage, entertain and inspire.

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Freeform conversation with Adam Vanni, one of the founders of JARR Kombucha. In this episode, we discuss everything from tea and tasting to idealism vs materialism.

Check out JARR for some of the best booch out there!

Show notes 

• Adam's Tea history
• Smell as a quantum process
• Adam's experience with East London and Psychedelics
• The problem with Social Media
• Is morality a construction?
• The problem with self-valuation
• Consciousness as a precursor for matter
• Multiple Universes?

This podcast is a series of informal conversations and discussion over tea about a wide variety of topics. Sharing conversations over tea has a unique capacity to expose and hopefully dissolve tribalism and engender free, uninhibited conversation. I hope that this series provides interesting viewpoints and ideas which engage, entertain and inspire.

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3. Load up your cupboards with the finest Teas on Earth 
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How do genetics express the flavour of tea? Does cloning make identical tea? How can the age of a tea tree affect flavour?

In this conversation, I am talking with Food Technologist Cliff Little about flavour development in tea. We discuss the importance of genetics, mutations and experience to develop the most sublime tasting brews!

Show notes 

• Cliff's background
• Genetics, epigenetics and the turning on of flavour in tea
• Mutations and cloning tea
• Gushu tea and why age improves tea

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This podcast is a series of informal conversations and discussion over tea about a wide variety of topics. Sharing conversations over tea has a unique capacity to expose and hopefully dissolve tribalism and engender free, uninhibited conversation. I hope that this series provides interesting viewpoints and ideas which engage, entertain and inspire.

To Support our podcast:
1. Follow the podcast and subscribe to the podcast newsletter
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3. Load up your cupboards with the finest Teas on Earth 
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How do we process the experience of flavour? What is the difference between aroma and taste? Why is taste subjective? I discuss the anatomy of flavour perception with Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace MD and specifically how it relates to tea.

Show notes 

• Virginia's story in exploring the subjectivity of flavour
• Aroma - how we process smell and the evolutionary purpose of aroma
• Taste - the role of taste buds and the way that they modulate each other
• The trigeminal system - the fascinating way that temperature and sensation affect our perception of taste.

Purchase Virginia's Book
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This podcast is a series of informal conversations and discussion over tea about a wide variety of topics. Sharing conversations over tea has a unique capacity to expose and hopefully dissolve tribalism and engender free, uninhibited conversation. I hope that this series provides interesting viewpoints and ideas which engage, entertain and inspire.

To Support our podcast:
1. Follow the podcast and subscribe to the podcast newsletter
2. Watch our YouTube videos about Tea
3. Load up your cupboards with the finest Teas on Earth 
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How does SELF-VALUE cause unhappiness? In this episode, I explore ideas around the fiction of Value and how the concept of Self-Value is used to control us and causes harm to society.  

Show notes 

• What is value? 
• How is value corrupted? 
• Why is self-value damaging to society? 
• What about moral value? 
• What would be a healthier and happier way forwards? 

This podcast is a series of informal conversations and discussion over tea about a wide variety of topics. Sharing conversations over tea has a unique capacity to expose and hopefully dissolve tribalism and engender free, uninhibited conversation. I hope that this series provides interesting viewpoints and ideas which engage, entertain and inspire. 

To Support our podcast: 
1. Follow the podcast 
2. Watch our YouTube videos about Tea 
3. Load up your cupboards with the finest Teas on Earth 
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How is Global Psychology being affected by the COVID pandemic and how can we re-frame the situation to emerge with positivity? I speak with Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Sacha Khan about the possible psychological effects of fear and isolation and we discuss ways to change perspective for a happier future.

Show notes

• Difference between anxiety and fear
• Placebo and nocebo effects and the portrait of pandemic presented by media
• Empowering by means of fear vs. facts and Swedish approach to handling pandemic
• Kinds of responses to fearful trigger
• CBT psychotherapy in a nutshell, the ABC model
• Ways of reframing the negatives of the pandemic
• Isolation and loneliness
• Breathing techniques to work with anxiety
• Real change of behaviour happens when we're feeling good about it
• Benefits of meditation and practical advice on how to get started
• Lifestyle advice on how not to lose grip of reality
• The psychology of the police nanny state

Sacha Khan: http://sachakhan.co.uk/

Does the COVID Lockdown make logical sense? Will it save lives or will it actually cause more deaths in the long run? What is to stop a second wave of infection? Are vaccines the only solution?

I discuss all of these questions with Rob Verkerk BSc MSc PhD from the Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH).

Learn more about the COVID19 research which Rob is referring to and stay up-to-date with the latest science around Coronavirus: https://covidzone.org

Learn more about ANH: https://www.anhinternational.org
Watch ANH YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/anhadmin