Asociation of the Tea Mushroom Growers

video/doc ŅAssociation of the Tea Mushroom GrowersÓ _loop _ 2000/02 _ riga primitive /OPEN

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commercial 1 this is no miraculous solution Š this is a life formula that pharmaceutical mathematics has no symbol for the kambocha Š the alternative home pharmacy -this here Š itÕs better than pepsi-cola -this is most healthy for breathing channels -so refreshing! -. . . . . and so we live

episode 1 -whoÕs there? -weÕre here for the kambocha. the kombucha -wait... quiet there... a sec... iÕm cominÕ... -hello! -hello. do come in, please.

-so this is how i live, dear ones. -keep yourself warm like this? -you know, i used to live just wonderfully. on kapselu street Š had a large bathtub, hot water, sun was shining, a balcony Š but then the debt. i hear they throw out families. my daughter lives in ragaciems with her family Š they canÕt help. 450 lats! i pay 10 lats just for the hot water. i live only off my pension. i have a husband but he lives with his mom Š heÕs unemployed. they do re-calculation, it piles up. now, they throw out.

i have these friends here, i live by myself. get a real-estate broker. show this, show that Š i lived on kapselu street, where thereÕs the round shop on balozu street, you know, yes? in that house, sun from the rear side.

since last year i moved to this landlordÕs house. excluding water Š no, excluding gas and electricity Š itÕs 8 lats 26 santimes. now this i could afford. but these two here they only eat meat. i was crying almost. i was saying to my daughter... Š but this big one, yeah, heÕs eaten well... and i was already thinking Š when do they come for that kombucha?

-how long youÕve had the kombucha? -kombucha? since my fatherÕs fatherÕs times! my father, and heÕs gotten it from his father. and you know what Š sometimes i like my tea, a herbal tea, or what... with sugar i love it! and now i take care of it, wash it, all this i could give you Š you could have ten new ones, itÕs an old kombucha Š this one is very old, not today or yesterday i could give you this jar, or maybe this jar too maybe this Š i will change them Š same for me, youÕll make hundreds of kombuchas here Š but donÕt put a lid on Š

wash it once in a few days Š now i donÕt know if i could lift this Š

i read this somewhere Š

have to let air in Š

maybe you do need to wash it Š iÕm so sorry i havenÕt got a larger piece of cloth Š

now i read this somewhere Š this woman drinks kombucha, she uses cloth and all Š

this was meant for that, too small, but you could take it in layers Š

and now she feels very thirsty, wants to drink and drink, takes an x-ray Š thereÕs nothing inside Š but she thirsts and drinks by the litre Š now they operate her, Š i read this somewhere, long ago Š she has a 7 kilo kambocha right here! she has swallowed it, and kombucha, it asks for the liquid Š sugar can be less Š and it grows, what it likes is to grow in a black jar

7 kilo they took out, you see what happens sometimes Š

believe it or not, this big teddy sits there, this big teddy Š and they reproach me i have nowhere to live Š was in garbage i live with my doggies, and you know it gets very lonely, and i start to collect this and that, from newspapers and magazines Š i have wood heating, canÕt afford to buy papers every day, only fridays, and believe it or not Š such a book! i clip out everything about animals, i clip and clip and clip! this accounting book Š this was in those better times Š and you know, i took the cinema paper and clipped out things! this here Š isnÕt it beautiful? but who can throw away such dollies? all this Š there was this bag Š a bag full of these... i like these things, girls, i live alone... what will i do Š i have compiled riches upon riches, but i donÕt need them, and my daughter wonÕt need them Š i have from all papers clipping about animals, this here for example, this is about animals, and pictures, and these Š believe it or not, newspapers, yes Š and what is this here Š ah, itÕs from that radio Š and what i have Š about foods and drinks, thousands and thousands, all kinds of things Š where iÕll put all this, that i donÕt know Š views of nature Š and i probably Š i am not baptised, not initiated Š my husband was baptised in st martinÕs churchŠ i donÕt especially rake in garbage, i just look for papers, but then i see Š a-ha, and i find all such things Š and you see, so beautiful, my daughter will get mad, but how not to take it? how not to take it? honestly, there was this bag a couple of days ago, some papers on top of it, i take those papers Š but i washed her, she was, well... Š so how not to take it? Š this was on a garbage can lid, in the morning iÕm walking the doggy, and itÕs on the lid Š

i am probably a most bizarre person, but let them think what they will Š that i am dumb, or unusual Š but i have a friend, she says, ŅyouÕre not dumb, youÕre unusualÓ Š all kinds of creatures, what donÕt i have Š a friend visited me: Ņyou have a museum, you have a museumÓ...

commercial 2 self-grown friend must not be merely an illusion Š do not let your children estrange themselves into the world of industrial toys Š give them the gift of kombucha

this is an ecologically clean product, of earthly, natural, real origin. one must tend to it. if you do not add sugar, it becomes as sour as vinegar. but separating it is easy Š it grows in layers, take one and put it in a jar, add sugar that everyone has at home, and tea.

episode 3 -weÕre here for the kombucha! good evening, so sorry, we got caught up -good evening -there itÕs waiting! -waiting-waiting, i was convinced that you, as they say, would not come -no-no, we are here -we must put it in a bigger one Š i, as they say, did not have one. you can read here how many illnesses it, as they say... -treats... -yes, treats... -how long have you had the kombucha? -for a good while now -approximately, donÕt you remember, how long? -couple of years -and where did you get it? -i, in fact... as they say... got it via people i know from donetsk -ah... listen here: Ņkombucha improves metabolism, substitutes for antibiotics in case of inflammation of breathing channels, treats sugar diabetes, improves the general state of health, impedes the development of malignant cellsÓ...this and that... Ņlowers blood pressure, treats neurotic-based headachesÓ -yes... and with this... as they say... sometimes it hurts here, i smear it on Š for a couple of days the pain is gone -and what do you Š eat it or drink it? -you drink it. the raisins i add myself... -does it not taste like the juice of birch-trees? -i...i could pour you some to taste it... wouldnÕt you like? -i donÕt know...i wonÕt have the time to tend to it -but how Š but you will be home at nights. in three days you have to pour out the liquid. -so we could taste some? -yes. -mm, really. tasty. like birch tree juice. refreshing, very. and how do you tend to it? -very simple, as they say. others, as they say, boil water, as they say, put it in cold water, as they say. but i pour tap water, as they say, put it aside for a couple of hours, as they say, so that it, as they say, that chloride goes out, and then, as they say, here, as they say, put it away, yes, put the cloth on top, wash in running water, so four spoonfuls, as they say, per litre of water, and fifteen, as they say, little raisins, and ferment for three days Š then itÕs very normal. yes, if you ferment it for more days, then it comes out too sour. three days, yes. i always, on sunday mornings, as they say, pour it out, do it all, wash it, and thursday mornings again pour new water in. so then there is not much work around it.

commercial 3 this colony of bacteria has lived among us for thousands of years, and carries a code that enables us to decipher

the mystery of the formula of life

episode 4 -no, we need it, of course we need it, this is what we need. and how long have you had it? how many years? -well, you know but iÕm changing it. iÕve had it for years. i use it always. -but do you ever drink coca-cola? -rarely. very rarely. i always drink the kombucha. just yesterday had it. -and it helps, or does it? -i like it, i am used to it! -clear. very nice. -grows so fast Š i tear it up in pieces, throw it out, but it grows fat again! but you need a lot of sugar! -yes, you need to feed it and all. -yes, to feed it. so, well, then.

commercial 4 the kombucha Š bridge over the eternal built in traditions

choose the most appropriate refreshment for the body and soul Š choose kombucha as your self-nurtured alternative

episode 5 -hello, weÕre here for the kambocha -yes... -yes, we got stopped by the traffic police... -come, come...

-maybe you can stick that mushroom in that jar as well? then we can move it to a 3-liter jar - it will be safer -yes, good

commercial 5 kambocha is a symbiotic colony of vinegar-acid bacteria and various yeast mushrooms. the refreshing beverage comprises organic acids, b and c group vitamins, substances with antibiotic effect and a small amount of carbon dioxide

along with its healing qualities, kombucha improves digestion and helps to free the body of toxins

-this here Š itÕs better than pepsi-cola -this is most healthy for breathing channels -so refreshing! -...and so we live

episode 6 -hello -good evening -is it you who grows kombucha? -yes -we wanted to ask you a question Š how many years have you had it already? -honestly, i donÕt even remember -so it just sits there all the time and you donÕt remember since when? -i made two so my children could have one. right, so you have to clean it and it reproduces itself. it is better than all coca-colas and all the rest

commercial 6 still kombucha is something more than a home pharmacy Š itÕs a life formula that pharmaceutical mathematics has no symbol for

episode 7 -you drink kombucha yourselves? -yes, ourselves -how many years youÕve been drinking it? -this is the second probably -and whereÕd you get it? -a friend gave to mom -and who tends the kombucha? -mostly mom does -it tastes good! and the cat comes and drinks it because itÕs healthy -do your grades improve at school because of kombucha? -dunno -do you drink coca-cola too? -we do -and whatÕs tastier Š coca-cola or kombucha? -coca-cola, of course -and whatÕs healthier? - kombucha

commercial 7 kombucha Š a miracle named alternative

-this is an ecologically clean product, of earthly, natural, real origin. one must tend to it. if you do not add sugar, it becomes as sour as vinegar. but separating it is easy Š it grows in layers, take one and put it in a jar, add sugar that everyone has at home, and tea.

episode 8 -the very edge of it, we will put them in a box... -whoÕs there?

-by the way itÕs on internet too, i was looking...

-so whereÕd you get the kombucha six months ago? -from a relative. but i used to have it at home in childhood, too, i remember... i used to drink it -usually people grow it for some five years... -yes, i had this interruption Šin childhood i had that kombucha -approximately since a year now... -do you drink it? -no-o... -my other daughter does... the eldest does not like it. by the dad, the younger daughter, myself too, we like it -do you feel it gives a particular benefit or is it just a drink? -refreshing... -right... thank you... -we try to not drink it before bedtime Š has a slight diuretic effect

commercial 8 this is no miraculous solution Š this is a life formula that pharmaceutical mathematics has no symbol for

the kambocha Š the alternative home pharmacy

episode 9 -where is it -right here -good evening! -good evening! oh, donÕt! i will let the girls out! -ok. -you will be showing this later on? -or maybe we even wonÕt. as you will want -oh, ok, then, just not yet

-we wanted to ask you some questions... -letÕs rehearse, so that it looks good, not to get confused... -no-no, itÕs nothing -ok then. iÕll show you then. i have it in an empty jar -a-ha. -not bad, yes? -beautiful, white -but i on purpose this... yes, there is some little already. you see i did not have sugar, so i did not do it either -so for how many years you have it already? -two years, yes -where did you get it? -a friend gave me. she very often uses it, drinks it all the time, thatÕs why. here, i have two jars Š one i will give you, the other will stay with me -does the whole family drink it? -yes, except for the girl, the eldest daughter. my husband and son enjoy it a lot. -and why? -tasty, sour, sweet. if you add more sugar, then itÕs more... em... -sweeter -sweeter. and when there is less sugar, itÕs sharper. if it over-ferments, over-stays, stays for a week, then it comes out kind of sharp like that, strong. but if it stays for some three days until itÕs ready Š then so... will turn out like a sweet beverage -and in general how is it Š do you feel like you live on an island? -yes, certainly -is there a kind of a different feeling? -definitely, definitely. -yes? -first, the rain has just started, we already have the water Š on the sand thereÕs already water, right, like on an island? and then, it blows from the river Š the wind Š you go to that room, feel that already; and if itÕs from the sea, even more so. come in summer, sub-bathe and all! in some radio programme i heard that young directors shot a film, and it enjoyed there colossal success. sort of the film Š the theme Š had to shoot something exclusive, something unusual. they filmed, and he says Š how those babushkas distil it, how they drink, how it grows, how itÕs alive... on the radio i heard this.

commercial 9 self-grown friend must not be merely an illusion Š do not let your children estrange themselves into the world of industrial toys, give them the gift of kombucha Š the biological tamogochi

this here Š itÕs better than pepsi-cola this is most healthy for breathing channels so refreshing! ...and so we live

episode 10 -good evening. we are late... you can give it to us with the jar too? -yes... -how long have you had it? -oh... some two or three years itÕs there... -and you drink it yourself, like it? -yes, i drink it. like it quite well. -and where did you get? -a girl friend gave me. a friend... sheÕs gave it to the schoolteacher but i kept it. -because itÕs healthy? -yes, healthy, and good to drink. only too bad this three-litre jar drinks up so fast, and if itÕs young, it takes longer to seep in. takes a longer time Š thatÕs the only thing. but otherwise itÕs nice. -so we will put it in our farm, then open it up. thanks a lot, all the best

commercial 10 this colony of bacteria has lived among us for thousands of years, and carries a code that enables us to decipher the mystery of the formula of life

episode 11 -weÕre here about the kombucha! -good evening! -good evening -come, come -how many years, letÕs say, have you been using it? -oh, many years... -yeah, some... -i canÕt even tell... some eight... in childhood, iÕve always been drinking it, this kombucha, since a long time, when i was small, yes? -yes... -and then for some... but for many years we did not even have it, yes? and now i dunno Š eight years since we... -eight years. yes. and where did you get it? -i... from my neighbour, simply! and-and-and... since i knew it... like i said Š used from the childhood... and my daughter also drinks it eagerly... itÕs healthy, good for your bowels, and tasty! my husband for example drinks it a lot, much more than i do... i drink very little, so Š just some, since practically i do not use sugar, innit, and with that, the kombucha has a lot of sugar with it... -and who takes care of it? -i do. i brew tea for the kombucha, pour it over, wash it, tie a white kerchief on it... a kerchief on the head... -when you separate it out it does not keep well... -yeah, i took this away, washed it, poured new water over... yes, and then it stays on its side, then emerges again. i took the upper layer off, so it kind of swung to its side, then it will lay nicely again, and so... -do you use coca-cola at all? -no-no-no. excuse my expression, itÕs just crap. just natural things Š birch juice... i practically only drink pure water Š since iÕm a weight watcher, i drink a lot, have lost 40 kilograms

commercial 11 the kombucha Š bridge over the eternal built in traditions choose the most appropriate refreshment for the body and soul Š choose kombucha as your self-nurtured alternative -this is an ecologically clean product, of earthly, natural, real origin. one must tend to it. if you do not add sugar, it becomes as sour as vinegar. but separating it is easy Š it grows in layers, take one and put it in a jar, add sugar that everyone has at home, and tea.

episode 12 -good evening, weÕre here about the kombucha -good evening, please, please -have you had it for long? -oh, long time, my husband has had it... -when it grows, i split it, throw out into the garbage, when it grows too thick, very thick... i read somewhere in a magazine that itÕs good for the stomach

commercial 12 still kambocha is something more than a home pharmacy Š itÕs a life formula that pharmaceutical mathematics has no symbol for

episode 12 -weÕre for benita! -whoÕs there? -weÕre for benita, about the kombucha, we called you, about the kombucha! -about the kombucha? -she with that kombucha lives on marupes street 5 apartment 83, but if you need i could offer you a jar... -maybe you have the kombucha too? -i do -we called, thatÕs why... -come in then -...creating an armed force of 10,000 soldiers... -well this one? -i donÕt know, but yourself you... -but i will get more from my wife, she has at home those big 5-liter jars... -this will be enough... -you use it yourself, then, or not? -everyday i drink a glass or a mug -where did you get it? -so many years... -but many thanks then. so we will also visit dzidra... -yes, marupes street 5-83, itÕs there across the tramway tracks, when you come from this side there is that marupes street, on the corner itÕs number one, then the wooden house is number three, and a large house, a large five-storey brick house, the third house inside the yard, all three are large brick buildings...

commercial 13 kombucha is a symbiotic colony of vinegar-acid bacteria and various yeast mushrooms. the refreshing beverage comprises organic acids, b and c group vitamins, substances with antibiotic effect and a small amount of carbon dioxide along with its healing qualities, kombucha improves digestion and helps to free the body of toxins -this here Š itÕs better than pepsi-cola -this is most healthy for breathing channels -so refreshing! -...and so we live

episode 13 -good evening! -good evening, come in, please! -weÕre on a kombucha expedition...

-...a sailor, and brought it from china, they say. itÕs in fact chinese kombucha. this Š mostly my husband drinks it. -does it help you in any way, or do you feel no difference? -no, i donÕt, but i really, really enjoy it! simply tastes good. -he worked as a blacksmith, and was feeling awfully thirsty. always, innit, sweats, and gets thirsty, and then thought of that kambocha... and so all the time he... and tends that kombucha and drinks... me too now and then... -and do you drink coca-cola? -nah -donÕt buy it, yes? -no. -mangali bottled water. if short of kombucha Š then drink mangali water. or tonic -or tonic -yes, yes, yes, i donÕt drink water. only kombucha. -right -do you perceive it as a living creature? -y-yes, i canÕt just throw it out into the bin, the garbage bin. i Š so Š somehow... i put it in a small plastic bag, and then in that bin. but to cut it or something Š i cannot. -you havenÕt got an empty jar, do you? -well, in fact... in fact... -probably have one... -yes, but it... no, it does not smell like pickles. i took out the last pickles. -we have the 3-litre jars, weÕll put them there, but did not take any along... -theyÕre not equal thickness, they are thicker, and thinner... -you poured liquid on? -yeah, yeah

-one more moment. you do listen to the Ņradio streetÓ programme on sundays? last sunday there was this interesting moment. so how it usually goes there Š mr ziemel... ziemelis with his wife they come to this one who hosts this Ņradio streetÓ, and this and that tell him, or explain to him, or teach him. and then they said Š wait, i will come back in some 15 minutes, i will bring you a kombucha. and will bring this kombucha... you will keep it in dry state; it will dry out, and then it is almost like a blessing for the home

commercial 14 this is no miraculous solution Š this is a life formula that pharmaceutical mathematics has no symbol for

the kombucha Š the alternative home pharmacy

this here Š itÕs better than pepsi-cola this is most healthy for breathing channels so refreshing! ...and so we live

episode 1