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Last spring, my neighbor Rachel—a Seattle barista—handed me a bowl of matcha so electric-green it glowed. “Guess how much?” she grinned. “Twelve cents.” The leaves came from matcha tea leaves she grew under a $45 shade net in her 8×8 ft backyard, harvested with kitchen shears, and ground in a $180 granite mill. Same L-theanine […]

Last March, Luis—my 68-year-old co-op partner in Homestead, Florida—handed me a steaming mug of what looked like lawn clippings. “Drink,” he said. “My pressure was 143/92. Now it’s 128/78. Doctor asked what pill I added. Told him ‘no pill—just my tree.’” That tree? A 12-foot soursop loaded with dark, glossy leaves. Within 100 words you’ve

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