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  1. Bread - Wheat - European
  2. Tortilla - Corn - Latinos
  3. Potatoes - American
  4. Rice - Asian
  5. Lentils - Indian
  6. Black beans - Carribean
  7. Casava - Latino

Honey

  • ensure beekeepers do not feed their bees refinded sugars
  • buckwheat
  • wildflower
  • clover
  • orange blossom
  • blueberry
  • so rich it won't fit through the squeeze bottle

Olive Oil

  • extra virgin
  • cold pressed
  • do not contain chemicals
  • golden yellow in colour is of higher quality than green
  • it has to come from a small place like southern tuscany
  • the bottom of the bottle has to be a little bit brown
  • October pressed?
  • do you try to get knew or old olive oil?
  • what is the shelf life of olive oil?

Green Tea

  • gunpowder tea - shiny - wikipedia article - green tea - mint tea - chinese origion - pellets - good for the army - storage?
  • end of march for premium japanese sencha green tea
  • white tea
  • processing - green teas are steamed and dried but not allowed to ferment
  • black teas are fermented
  • one teaspoon of tea per cup (250ml)
  • steep for 2-3 minutes
  • more steeping equals more caffeine
  • green darjeeling tea is grown in the southern slopes of the Himalaya Mountains, Green darjeeling tea is especially gentle on the body becasue fo the minimal processing

Bread

  • uneven bubble size
  • pointy ends

chocolate

  • at least 70% cocao

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