Tea Lifted Conversations - Mei Leaf Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:17:56 -0500 https://meileaf.com en-us © 2026 Mei Group yes db7543f6-657a-55d1-9bd2-8b09e6a2575f Mei Leaf episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) tea, gongfu cha, gong fu tea, mei leaf, tea conversations Mei Leaf https://storage.buzzsprout.com/jdt2ea8qu8uq067cta8f349h8mtf?.jpg Tea Lifted Conversations - Mei Leaf https://meileaf.com HOW TO PAY ATTENTION - for a Happier and Productive Life HOW TO PAY ATTENTION - for a Happier and Productive Life 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.

]]> 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.

]]> Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-12089188 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000 3115 full false I or We? INDIVIDUAL vs COLLECTIVE. Which is better for Humanity? I or We? INDIVIDUAL vs COLLECTIVE. Which is better for Humanity? 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.

To Support our podcast:
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2. Watch our YouTube videos about Tea
3. Load up your cupboards with the finest Teas on Earth 
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]]> 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.

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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]]> Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-10025886 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000 1846 full false WHAT IS TRUTH? - Chinese New Year thoughts about Truth and Tea WHAT IS TRUTH? - Chinese New Year thoughts about Truth and Tea 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.

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 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.

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 
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE!

]]> Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-7829260 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 1847 1 7 full false BOHEMIA, MORALITY & CONSCIOUSNESS - with Adam Vanni BOHEMIA, MORALITY & CONSCIOUSNESS - with Adam Vanni 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.

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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]]> 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.

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 
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE!

]]> Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-5311099 Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0100 5953 1 6 full false GENETICS OF TEA - Clifford Little GENETICS OF TEA - Clifford Little 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

Purchase Cliff's Book

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 
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! 

]]> 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

Purchase Cliff's Book

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 
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! 

]]> Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-4863743 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0100 2804 1 5 full false THE ANATOMY OF FLAVOUR PERCEPTION - Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace MD THE ANATOMY OF FLAVOUR PERCEPTION - Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace MD 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
Follow Virginia on Twitch

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 
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! 

]]> 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
Follow Virginia on Twitch

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 
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! 

]]> Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-4225586 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:00:00 +0100 6147 tea, taste, flavour, aroma, tasting 1 4 full false WHAT IS THE VALUE OF VALUE? WHAT IS THE VALUE OF VALUE? 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 
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! 


]]> 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 
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! 


]]> Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-3893492 Sun, 24 May 2020 15:00:00 +0100 2247 value, tea, tealifted, tea lifted, philosophy, politics, self-value, self-worth, moral value 1 3 full false PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR IN A PANDEMIC with Sacha Khan MSc PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR IN A PANDEMIC with Sacha Khan MSc 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/

]]> 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/

]]> http://meileaf.com/ Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-3629131 Tue, 05 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100 4603 sacha khan,cbt,psychotherapy,cognitive behavioural therapy,anxiety,fear,placebo,lockdown,isolation,stayathome,coronavirus,covid,covid19,pandemic,meditation,breathing technqiues,don mei,meileaf, mei leaf 1 2 full false WHAT IS THE LOGIC OF COVID LOCKDOWN? with Rob Verkerk PhD WHAT IS THE LOGIC OF COVID LOCKDOWN? with Rob Verkerk PhD 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 

]]> 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 

]]> http://meileaf.com/ Mei Leaf Buzzsprout-3628990 Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100 3795 covid,covid19,coronavirus,lockdown,stayhome,mental health,public health,vaccines,vaccination,immune system,immunity,rob verkerk,anh,don mei,mei leaf,meileaf 1 1 full false