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Treasures of the Tropics

Welcome!

Welcome to Costa Rica! (1:13)
Strolling to Discover Treasures of Costa Rica and Treasures of the Tropics (1:25)
What is Susun doing in the Tropics? (1:32)
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Commercial Treasures : Coffee

Feel Good About Your Cup of Coffee! (1:35)
Coffee and Caffiene (3:00)
How Coffee Affects the Brain (1:33)
When Should You Drink Coffee? (1:24)
Coffee Drinkers Live Longer! (1:39)
Are There People Who Should Not Drink Coffee? (1:28)
Bed & Breakfast at the Toledo Organic Coffee Plantation (1:30)
Beautiful Views at the Toledo Organic Coffee Plantation (0:47)
Coffee Pickers at Work on the Toldeo Organic Coffee Plantation (1:34)
Morning at the Bed & Breakfast (0:58)
Bird and Squirrel Feeder at the Coffee Plantation (1:41)
Coffee Growing in Rows in the Sunshine (2:44)
Picking Ripe Coffee Beans (3:56)
A Discussion Harvesting and the Growth Cycle (2:57)
Tour through the Coffee Plants at Toledo Organic Coffee Plantation (3:07)
A Discussion About Payment for Harvesting (2:31)
Tour of the Coffee Plants, part 2 (1:45)
A Tour through the Coffee Plants, part 3 (3:48)
Red Passionflower Growing at the Coffee Plantation (3:10)
Tour of the Coffee Plants, part 4 (3:17)
End of the Tour through the Coffee Plants (1:36)
Removing the Fruit from the Coffee Beans (2:11)
Removing the Fruit, cont. (3:25)
The Fruit (3:28)
Drying the Newly Harvested Coffee (3:18)
Drying Coffee, continued (1:43)
Roasting Coffee Beans (1:42)
Brewing Coffee (2:36)
Lecture and Discussion: Coffee Q & A at the Toledo Organic Coffee Plantation (3:59)
Coffee Q & A Continues - Why Should I NOT Drink Coffee? (3:14)
What Makes Coffee a "Good" Coffee (2:59)
Coffee Growing Q & A (2:04)
Coffee Q & A Continues (2:18)
The Efficiency and Morality of Coffee Production (3:08)
Fair Trade vs Non-Fair Trade (4:00)
Consumer Responsibility and Education (2:53)
A Discussion About Family Farms (3:05)
Coffee: The Fruit (2:20)
Other Ways to Enjoy Coffee (2:48)
Striving for Less Waste in Coffee Production (2:15)
How the Name of the Plantation Orginated (1:45)
Tasting Coffee (2:00)
Tasting Continues: Food Pairing with Coffee (2:35)
Tasting Continues: Light, Medium, and Dark (1:49)
Learning About the Differences in Light, Medium, And Dark Roasted Coffees (3:27)
Tasting Coffee Continues: How Individual Taste Buds and Flavor Preferences Play Affect Enjoyment of Coffee (2:55)
The Bitter Flavor (2:56)
Discussion Ends at Toledo Organic Coffee Plantation (1:14)
El Trapiche Tour - Coffee (1:30)
La Casa Del Cafe at El Trapiche (3:40)
Sorting Coffee Beans for Quality Control (2:14)
Shelling Coffee Beans (2:30)
Susun Picks Coffee at El Trapiche Tour Monteverde (3:05)
Roasting Coffee (2:58)
Costa Rica is Volcanic Land (3:32)
Drying Coffee Beans (4:19)
Coffee Pricing and Labeling (3:39)
How Climate Affects Growth of Coffee Plants (2:37)
Baby Coffee Plants Ready for Transplanting (4:17)
Coffee is a Green Blessing! And so is Chocolate! (3:08)

Commercial Treasures: Chocolate

Chocolate is a Green Blessing! (1:06)
Chocolate is Amazing! (1:57)
Chocolate is Good for Your Heart! (1:53)
Good News! The Weight Loss Benefits of Chocolate (1:04)
The River Flowing by the Eden Organic Chocolate Farm (1:17)
Blending and Tasting Delicious Chocolate (2:40)
Blending Chocolate! (2:02)
El Trapiche Tour Monteverde - A Sugar, Coffee and Cocoa Experience (3:05)
Beautiful Mural - El Trapiche Tour Monteverde (0:40)
The History of Cacao (1:57)
Cutting Open the Cacao (1:08)
Freshly Cut Cacao (1:51)
Fresh Cacao 2 (0:11)
Dried Cacao (2:24)
Grinding Cacao for Tasting (2:04)
Chocolate! Yum! (1:54)
Shopping for Organic and Fair Trade Chocolate (3:02)
Bonus! Chocolate Monograph

Commercial Treasures: Pineapple

Volcano Arenal (1:28)
Driving to Arenal (0:53)
Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna, Costa Rica (2:01)
The Pineapple Fields of Danny's Pineapple Plantation (1:33)
In Search of a Ripe Pineapple! (0:40)
Ripening Pineapples in the Field (2:52)
The Flower of the Pineapple (2:24)
Pineapple Babies! (2:05)
Planting Pineapples (3:16)
Stages of Pineapple Growth (1:31)
Driving by the Pineapple Fields (1:01)
Learning About Spraying (1:53)
Learning About Sugar Content of Pineapple (1:46)
How and Why Pineapple Plants Produce Fruit (2:57)
Fertilization and Drainage and Pest Control (3:08)
Discussion about Environmental Impact (1:21)
Origins of Pineapple and Another Field (1:47)
Chemical Discussion, cont. (2:40)
Drainage Ditch (0:12)
Delicious Pineapple (2:53)
Embarking on a River Rafting Trip in La Fortuna! (1:00)
What to Expect on the River (1:03)
More of What to Expect (1:04)
Organic Pineapple Farming Discussion (3:24)
Driving by a Local Farm (2:16)
Local Farmland (1:01)
Discussing Local Cuisine (1:16)
Enjoying the Scenery (1:04)
Private Entrance to the River (0:50)
On the Way to the River! (1:28)
At the River! (1:19)
Ready to Go Rafting! (1:45)
Pineapple at the Descent Integrative Organic Farm (1:41)

Commercial Tresures: Sugar Cane

Sugar Cane (1:02)
Welcome to Descent Integrative Organic Farm (3:29)
Descent Integrative Organic Farm Restaurant (1:56)
Self-guided Tour of a Typical Costa Rican Farm (2:21)
Pressing Sugar Cane (1:45)
Sugar Cane Juice (0:51)
The El Trapiche Tour begins (0:16)
Sugar Cane, Coffee, and Bananas Growing Together (3:16)
Sugar Cane Forest (3:22)
Harvesting Sugar Cane (3:53)
Bricks of Brown Sugar (3:02)
Making Toffee (3:56)
Grinding Sugar Cane (3:29)
Tasting Sugar (2:14)
Your Taxi is Here! (1:26)
A Ride in an Oxcart (0:30)
Traveling by Oxcart (0:26)
A Pleasant Ride and Rosemary (1:12)

Commercial Treasures: Coconut

Coconut Tree (1:24)
Coconut Palm in Bloom (1:20)
Coconut Products (2:43)

Spices, Teas, and Ferments: Ginger, Turmeric, Hibiscus, Lemon Verbena, and Stevia

Tropical Spices (1:49)
Ginger and Leaf-Cutter Ants! (1:33)
Benefits of Ginger (3:28)
Enjoying Ginger Ale and Lunchtime at Finca Luna Nueva (1:25)
Lunchtime and photos at Finca Luna Nueva (2:01)
Bonus! Ginger Monograph
Turmeric and Pineapple, too! (3:16)
Lemon Verbena (1:24)
Roselle Hibiscus (3:23)
Hibiscus Tea vs Beet Juice (1:14)
Lemongrass and Pennyroyal (1:54)
Tropical Oregano and Stevia (2:50)
Bonus! Hibiscus Monograph
Bonus! Hibiscus Sabdariffa article

Spices, Teas, and Ferments: Honey Mead and Coffee Wine

Costa Rica Meadery (3:56)
Drums of Honey and Mead Tasting (2:23)
Talking about Seven Medicines at the Meadery (2:19)
Tasting a Lavender Mead, and a Cinnamon & Cacao Mead (4:08)
Learning About Traditions of Mead Making (1:28)
Flavors and Traditions (5:50)
The History of the Meadery (5:27)
The History of the Meadery, cont. (5:46)
Wild Yeast for Making Mead (1:34)
Bottling Mead (2:55)
Coffee Wine (2:19)

Spices, Teas and Ferments: Many, many more!

Black Pepper (1:38)
Black Pepper Vine (0:41)
Taking Shelter and Finding Treasures (3:05)
Cashews and Annatto (1:59)
Vanilla, Nutmeg and Cinnamon (2:42)
Breadfruit, Black Pepper, and a Few More Familiar Treasures (2:34)
Culantro (1:52)
Culantro, Wild Cilantro (1:41)
Organic Farmers Market, Spice Vendor (2:28)

Psychoactive plants

Cola De Leon (1:33)
Coca (1:49)
Diviner's Sage (2:57)
Wormword (2:42)
Poison Hemlock (1:35)

Kalidescope of Medicinal Plants: Ark Herb Farm

Inside a tropical greenhouse at the Ark Herb Farm (0:46)
Anthurium (3:13)
Noni (1:14)
Angelica (3:06)
Eat Your Greens! (3:09)
Tamarind (1:50)
More beautiful plant varieties inside an Ark Herb Farm greenhouse (1:01)
Stinging Nettle (3:23)
Dandelion (3:07)
A stroll through the fruit gardens at the Ark Herb Farm (4:09)
Fun fact about vitamin C (0:58)
Comfrey (3:00)

Kaleidoscope of Medicinal Plants: Sacred Seeds Botanical Garden at Finca Luna Nueva

Welcome to Finca Luna Nueva (2:59)
A Garden Layout at Finca Luna Nueva (2:16)
Another listing of a garden layout at Finca Luna Nueva (1:12)
Beginning the tour of Sacred Seeds Garden at Finca Luna Nueva (0:26)
Sacred Seeds Garden at Finca Luna Nueva, cont. (2:43)
Bitter Orange (3:42)
Bitter Orange, cont. 2 (3:04)
Bitter Orange, cont. 3 (2:29)
Tacoma (3:11)
Aloe Vera (1:58)
Talking about Permaculture. Citronella. Hydrosols. (3:04)
Lippia Alba (1:57)
Indian Jasmine (1:48)
Gavilana (3:26)
Gavilana, cont. (2:36)
Allspice. Avocado. (2:22)
Valerian (1:58)
Vanilla. Stinging Nettle. (3:36)
Stinging Nettle, cont. (3:17)
Amorphophallus and Doctrine of Signatures (4:06)
Doctrine of Signatures, cont. (2:37)
Sharing Knowledge (3:51)
Tropical Substitute for Garlic? (1:18)
Chayamansa aka Tree Spinach (1:09)
Wild Yam Growing in the Forest (2:51)

Kaleidoscope of Medicinal Plants: Finca Paraiso and Descent Integrative Organic Farm

Finca Paraiso Farm (1:40)
Educational Farm Display (2:12)
The Botanical Garden at Finca Paraiso (2:30)
Yucca at Descent Integrative Organic Farm (1:39)

Kaleidoscope of Medicinal Plants: On the Road

Roadside Weeds and a Nice Surprise! (3:07)
Plantain (1:36)
Passionflower (2:17)
Okra Plants and the Malvaceae family (1:42)
An Avocado Tree and the Malvaceae Family (3:02)
Arracacia (1:16)
Broomweed (1:52)
Organic Farmers Market (3:22)
A Medicinal Herb Vendor (2:20)

Leaving Costa Rica to Return to the Catskills

Susun's Costa Rican Adventure (1:46)
Flying Over Costa Rica (0:15)
Finding Tropical Treasures at Home in the Catskills (2:09)
Purchasing Coffee in the United Sates (1:21)
What is Direct Trade? (1:33)
Dried Treasures of the Tropics in Your Grocery Store (2:28)
Shopping for Treasures of the Tropics in Your Grocery Store (9:03)

Bonus: Natural Beauty and Flowers of Costa Rica

Sunset (1:07)
Beautiful View (0:31)
Mountaintop Treasures (0:48)
More Mountaintop Treasures (3:30)
Bird Watching (0:25)
More birdwatching (0:44)
Mountaintop View of Costa Rica (0:33)
Viewing Costa Rican Villages from the Mountaintop (0:51)
Nightlife by the Poolside (1:40)
A Visit to the Hot Springs (1:48)
Cedar Trees (0:49)
Serenity (0:34)
Organic Garden, 6 am (1:02)
Farms, Gardens, And Pastures (1:02)
Horses (1:15)
Windmills at the Top of the World (0:17)
Rainbow (0:19)
Beetle (1:19)
Water Flowing Over Rocks (0:18)
Millipede (1:28)
Birdwatching at a River (0:25)
Cow barn (0:44)
Cow (0:17)
Billy goat (0:41)
Tree Frog (0:24)
Frog (0:24)
Butterfly (0:52)
An Ant's Work is Never Done! (0:57)
Tropical Fish Tank (2:26)

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