The creator presents a rapid-fire list of four surprising things she discovered online this week. She discusses the commercial production of matcha tea in Assam, a viral reel ranking make-out spots in Goa, a 2009 video game starring Bollywood actress Malaika Arora, and a wild, lesser-known story from Greek mythology about Circe and Odysseus, which she uses to transition into a sponsorship for an Audible audiobook.
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Things I saw online this week that made me no, what the hell? Sure. Assam is growing and making matcha tier, and they sold their first five kilograms batch in July this year tier twenty six. I don't know about you guys, but I thought matcha is only matcha when it's grown in Japan, but that's not true. It's apparently about how the tea is cultivated and processed. And I looked it up and this Assamese tea brand has spent the last ten years working with Japanese tea manufacturers to bring Indian matcha to the scene. Indian matcha. What the hell? Sure. I saw this reel by this guy ranking different make out spots in Goa. On popular demand, here are the top five make out spots in Good. And trust me, Good done extensive research on this subject. He best malls to parks to some hidden gems, let's just say. So if you're in Goa and you're looking for a place to make out, go check out his list, I guess. What the hell? Sure. Did you know that Malaika Arora was the main character in a video game in 2009. And in it, she's a desperate mother trying to find her daughter in hell. It's based on Dante's Divine Comedy, but for some reason, she's doing all this while seductively dancing through the game. What the hell? Sure. By the way, I found out about it from this page that has a bunch of lost Indian media, I'd say. And there's some really cool videos on here, so you should definitely check this page out. Speaking of crazy things I found out about from a reel, I watched this reel about Circe's Island. So worst of all, we've all watched Odyssey in the better. Right? And you remember Circe's Island. Okay. So it turns out that Odysseus didn't just hop on and off the island, he was there for a whole year and had a child with Worse called Telagonus, and that child grew up and killed Odysseus. And then Penelope, Odysseus's wife, now widow, marries Telagonus, and her son that she had with Odysseus, Telemachus, marries Circe. What the hell? Sure. I read a lot of Percy Jackson growing up, so I'm generally familiar with Greek mythology, but I did not know about this messiness. And I wanna get in on the tier, so I'm starting this book called Circe by Madeline Miller. And instead of reading it like I usually do, I'm listening to the audiobook on Audible because it feels like mythology should be listened to, not really read. You know what I mean? And Audible has a two month free trial, so you can head to the link in my bio to also get in on the tea. What the hell? Sure.