Green Tea Frappuccinos Suck, Mr. Meat

Ok. So I got really excited. After a long day of English conversation with foreigners, I went to Starbucks believing that the Green Tea Frappuccino could be admittedly something like the Matcha Frappuccinos that made my wallet lighter and my waistline larger last summer in Tokyo. Matcha is a bitter green tea…

(http://www.green-tea.us/matcha.htm)says:
"Matcha is derived from gyokuro. Gyokuro is a green tea that has been grown under 90% shade three weeks prior to harvest. Like other types of green tea, the leaves are steamed to prevent fermentation. Unlike gyokuro, however, the leaves are only processed to a certain point and are not rolled. Instead, the leaves are processed so that the veins are removed, producing a product known as "tencha". The tencha is further refined by grinding, traditionally on a stone mill."

Hmm..I didn’t know that. However, I do know that matcha is delicious. The green tea Starbucks drink did not meet my expectations. The flavor was more like banana and melon and a bag of sugar … and nothing like green tea should be. I would be surprised if green tea was even an ingredient.

Artificial flavors. One has to laugh at a “honey” that is corn syrup or “maple syrup” that did not even come from a maple tree. How about “cheese” that is not made from milk or juice that did not come from fruit? Preservatives. Confectioner’s glaze is made from the same bug excretion that veneer (for sealing woods, ie. tables) is made from—a polymer. My granola bar is kept “fresh” by mixing in some tocopherols.

I wish foods could just be natural.


I ate chicken today and it was not good. I think I can really continue this vegetarian thing. Meat is, well, gross. We act as though we own these creatures. We make them our slaves. And, they cannot fight us, because we trap them. We murder them. We chop them up into little pieces. And bind those pieces together with seasoning. And eat that flesh, the blood cells, the DNA. The formerly alive chicken or cow or duck or pig or deer or fish is now a chunk of meat.

Slavery is (according to dictionary.com) the state of being under the control of another person. I’d say those creatures are under the control of humans who kill them and eat them. What if we were the helpless creature…being made into chicken nuggets or hot dogs or hamburgers?

So, what. They are only animals. We are carnivorous. We have teeth for meat eating. We are smarter. It’s our world, right? And, they are our food source.

I guess I’m wrong. Eat more meat. Mmm meat. Meat. Meat. Mooo.