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Suba's avatar

This is so good!! Laughed and got sad all in one

Dora's avatar

Thank you for even more fully informing me about gut loathes, e.g. Dubai, and the people who go there. My husband overheard two loud poshos at London St Pancras , bemoaning “everyones moving to Dubai, taking their lives with them , 10s of suitcases, no one has one case any more, everyone’s moving to Dubai”

I loathe Matcha slightly less now, but not enough to taste it. I do like a tea ceremony though.

Yes I’m old.

Sam Scott's avatar

just brilliant, short sentences that capture a (my?) mood so succinctly

Tim's avatar

your description of Dubai 🤌🤌🤌

R S's avatar

The PerfectTed brand (used in many high street matcha lattes and on middle class supermarket shelves) is Israhelli owned. Always worth checking!

Ross Brown's avatar

I read your comment and went to check this out. I’m not sure this is true. The directors are listed as British, French and American on companies house. Steve Bartlet and Peter Jones presumably have some kind of ownership from investing on Dragons Den, and then Felix Capital, a London based venture capital firm also recently invested.

The two founders are presumably Jewish, and this idea that it’s ’Zionist’ or Israeli owned seems to stem from one linkedin post where he claims that many Jews are fearful of their safety even in London, which is presumably also true (https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fdont-buy-perfect-ted-get-literally-any-other-matcha-v0-rcka6iar9j3f1.jpeg%3Fformat%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D2dc8bf0f6b59f2b52beccf679088c98d2a57ac21)

I don’t really enjoy Matcha, I don’t like this brand and I certainly don’t want to support anyone that is related to a hateful, warmongering state.

But I’m also a bit sick of reading flippant comments about businesses and people that simply don’t seem to be true

R S's avatar

Also this https://www.tiktok.com/@__layaali/video/7516120733081226518

They appear to be on the boycott list unless I'm mistaken?

Ross Brown's avatar

That’s just the same link I posted.

I don’t have tiktok- so maybe the woman in the video puts forward a more compelling case than the owners happen to be Jewish?

Amar's avatar

Would love to know about the exact moment when matcha hit the mainstream.