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In our daily routine of dusk till dawn
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we never miss to have coffee or tea, in fact
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many wll have that as the energy boost
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either it may be work stress or doing favourite things or
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on the occasion of choosing bride they will offer tea or coffee
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our mind will be clear after having a sip of either of that one
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while havinga tasty tea or coffee
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many will unaware of the complete process of how it’s produced, we know that it's coming from a small leaf
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but the process to turn that into a flavour full tea powder
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this video is to learn who are all in the process and how they do it
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that too in the world's highest tea plantation location
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and the place which is considered as the India's oldest tea factory
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are you eager to learn about the production?
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me too. let's see about it
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"Pleasant music"
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Hi guys, welcome back to my channel follow jack
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we're currently at Kolukkumalai, which is near Munar and Tamil Nadu
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this border area is famous for
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Tea plantations and world's highest tea plantation
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is situated here and apart from that
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the special thing is world's oldest tea factory is here only
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it was started in 1935 by British people
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we'll have a visit there now
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it's privatised now, but for the tourists
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they provide visit with jeep ride, I consider this as a special thing
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as it's the oldest in the world
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they are still using the machines that are imported in 1935
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note this, they're still in use
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so we'll see that and learn how they work
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and here if you see
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they maintain the factory with that old style still
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it looks like a good visual
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they have this outlet for tourists
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to purchase the products produced here
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also they will give black tea and spice tea for sample when we're leaving
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so I'll tell about the taste before that
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we'll see how they organise and use the old machines
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let's see, come
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I said that this factory actually started in 1935 right?
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so the proof for that is engraved in this wall as proof
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so we can understand that by seeing it
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the vibe here is
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so old with all the broken glasses
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it gives that old school factory vibes
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-before going to the entrance I'll show one plant
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-this is rose, it stands for 50 years and
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-it has two colours white and red, we expected that too perish but
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-it still grows, it lived for 50 years
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it will live equal to factory if goes further 50 years?
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-factory is started in 1935 and it's 50 years old
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- wood work all made by British only
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- it's still strong without affected by termites
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- I guess it will last for 100 more years
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-it's been 100 years already
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- it's whithering, you saw the work done by worker there right?
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- they will bring the harvested leaves here
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- they will drop it here, leaves only and
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- they will take this after drying out the water, without water is must
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they need to dry this? - yes, for 18 or 24 hours
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- it has heating system and fan will run
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- while it runs for 2-3 hours they will collapse these
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- like this to bring the bottm leaves to up
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- you can see the visible air flow, look here
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- fan is running there to make this dry
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"calm music"
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- it's drying completely in fan
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after the drying...? -they will shift here to check weight and drop here
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- they will put that here only
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this bag goes down? - no they only drop the leaves?
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- it's like a tube, there will be a machine called roller there
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- that roller will used to cut the tea leaves
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other 3 like this are? - all are rolling machines only
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guys the thing brother said is probably not audible to you due to machine sounds
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the first process is whithering, it will bring the leaves and
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Processed to get it dried
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and you can see that two exhaust like fans
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that's used to blow pressurised hot air
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to remove the moisture in the leaves
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they have air sack it will blow air, but pump is in off state now
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after the moisture dried out
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then they will drop it in the small door like structure in the ground
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to process that leaves after checking the weight
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that's the process of the first hall in this top floor
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next we'll see the process in the 2nd hall
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- I showed that drop point right? Leaves will drop through this bag only
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it's the joining point of that door? -yes!
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one, two... - there is number three
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they three are used to drop the weighed tea leaves to down below
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- this will drop the leaves to rolling process
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- I showed the place where leaves are dropped right?
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- that bag in the door ends here at this ground floor
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- rolling process is in this floor which is we're going to see
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- look there, that's the rolling
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that's the rolling machine? - yeah it's used to cut the leaves
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- leaves will drop here, now 3 phase electric line is not available otherwise I can show you a demo
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okay no issues, - this one will push that[UNKNOWN WORD]
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- and that chain will make it tight, after continuous falling of leaves
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- it will continously slices the leaves
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- it will dice them, that's the process
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- after dicing they will leave 10 minutes there for drying then only
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- we'll get that original colour of the tea.
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- they will dry those here
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it's like a big hall and
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- they will leave 10 minutes here for drying
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- they will get taht original dark colour during drying process
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- we never add any extra colours, it's natural only
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- if it's cold we'll turn that fan on
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- that will make it dry and it's also from the old period
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all are from 1935 Equipment, except for us...
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- if its too much hot that hose will release water
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- it's like an air coller
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- this is the dryer
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- they will droped the diced and dried leaves here
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- it will do the rolling
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so the ones had been chopped and dried?..
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this slow moving belt will make it drier
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- it has 7 plates it will used to move these leaves
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- temperature must be above 200, otherwise it will get ruined
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- so temperature always stays above 200
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so its should be maintained around 200? -yes
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- here the plates it's used to move the dried leaves
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- it will drop there in the last dry
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- that's for the heat and
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- this one is to maintain the heat
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- heat should not be above or below 200
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- it should be maintained normally
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- waste gets dropped here
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- it will have leaves only
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- we'll collect that and wil throw it here
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- this is the cleaning process
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- if we drop those here this will
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- put away the waste in this zone
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- it will have sticks, splinters etc
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- those things will be collected here except the leaves
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- like this, see here
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- look at the difference here
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- it only has the powder
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- it's like[SPEAKER NOISE] it's like first quality and second quality
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this is used to divide quality wise
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BOP and FOP? -yes
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BOP is like powder consistency or leaf consistency ? -it's full leaf
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as brother said about cleaning process, when we put the leaves
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that will drop here after segregation of dust and other wastages
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that leaves will sent to a small machine for grading
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that will give two grades known as FOP and BOP
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one will be a fine powdered and other will be leafy
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so that leafy one can be used for black tea
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fine one will be used for milk tea, after that
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they will store that completely, look at my side
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this one is called as storage vault
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this will have the storage unit,
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they will use this door to get the packaging done
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look at the row, they have the grade names
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so this is the storage area
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- you showed the storage right, next I'll show the [SPEAKER NOISE]
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it's like a small cabin, - yes I'll show the demo
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- we stored here for demo purposes, it's the BOP
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- it will have a strong aroma
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it smells so good
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- this is BOP and we can only make milk tea with this
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- we can use it for milk tea as well as black tea
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but the best results will come from milk tea
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it looks nice and aroma is great
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it looks so refined and well powdered
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- it's FOP and it can be used only for black tea
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same aroma and if you look carefully
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it's for black tea? - yes!
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- you can only make black tea with this and if you use it for milk tea results won't be good
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how you're maintaining this old building
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- it's from 1935 with the machineries also, they all maintained well
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- we have no other machines and
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- workers are doing well
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as you said only people are changing, - machines are the same
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- no changes since 1935
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first time I'm sitting in a tractor and knows nothing about it
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seat cushion is nice
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this one is not from 1935, it's from 1985
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it's taafe model and I guess it will go well in highway
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will try this
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so this bell is also from 1935, installed by British
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to indicate the work time to employees like a school bell
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they put this for that purpose and
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it's in C shape
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so as I mentioned earlier
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they provided black tea for us
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let's taste it, it was prepared by that brother
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it's like honey with golden brown colour
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it's the colour of that tea powder
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so they never mix any colour as it's organic
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so it looks like honey and let’s taste it
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brother one pack parcel
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so it's so good, naturala and mild
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I never feel anything mixed
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try this if you ever come here
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if you like this video, do share with many
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because I want you to have the experience I had here
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you must also taste the tea produced here
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and will meet you in another beautiful video
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so till then stay tune guys I'm your Follow Jack, signing off
