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Recommendations for European tea? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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All the supermarkets seems to sell the same brands and I have no idea if any of them are mostly processed in Europe or elsewhere in the world.

Do you have recommendations? I like the ones with a fruity taste more.

This one is my current favorite:

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They claim on the package that they care about sustainability, better working conditions and social engagement.

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[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I love the loose herbal teas from Sonnentor (Austrian company). They are sometimes leaning towards weird esoteric behavior like until about 10 years ago they drew a line through the EAN-Code... But their tea is amazing and they are also participating in economy for the common good.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Afaik Sonnentor also has a good financial compensation model for the laborers on the tea plantations they source from.

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm new, can you explain what this means? Why did they have a line through the barcode? I found the official blog post from 2013 where they pledged to stop doing it, but it doesn't really explain why they were doing it in the first place.

German:

Die Diskussion in den letzten Wochen hat uns gezeigt, dass das Thema „Entstörung des EAN-Codes“ bei unseren Kunden sehr polarisiert.

Wir haben uns intensiv mit den Reaktionen dazu auseinandergesetzt und Informationen recherchiert. Unsere Entscheidung deshalb: Wir werden den Strich quer über den Barcode künftig nicht mehr auf die Etiketten drucken.

Wir schätzen die Rückmeldungen unserer Kunden sehr und setzen uns intensiv mit den Bedürfnissen auseinander. SONNENTOR steht für Freude und ein gutes Gefühl. Manchen unserer Kunden gibt ein Strich quer über den EAN-Code genau dieses gute Gefühl. 2007 haben wir deshalb den Strich auf den Etiketten eingeführt, ohne nähere Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema.

Aufgrund der vielen Reaktionen und unserer eigenen Einstellung haben wir uns nun bewusst gegen das „Entstören des EAN-Codes“ entschieden.

Die Umstellung wird sicherlich einige Zeit dauern. Innerhalb des nächsten Jahres sollten aber alle Produktetiketten ohne entstörten EAN-Code ausgeliefert werden.

English machine translation:

The discussion in recent weeks has shown us that the topic of “de-interference with the EAN code” is very polarizing among our customers.

We've carefully considered the reactions and researched information. Our decision has therefore been this: We will no longer print the line across the barcode on our labels.

We greatly value our customers' feedback and engage intensively with their needs. SONNENTOR stands for joy and a good feeling. For some of our customers, a line across the EAN code gives them exactly that good feeling. That's why we introduced the line on our labels in 2007, without further consideration of the topic.

Due to the many reactions and our own attitude, we have now consciously decided against “de-jamming the EAN code”.

The transition will certainly take some time. However, within the next year, all product labels should be delivered without a suppressed EAN code.

tl;dr:

SONNENTOR stands for joy and a good feeling. For some of our customers, a line across the EAN code gives them exactly that good feeling.

Huh?

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I kept searching and finally found an article which explains what was going on: What is the Barcode Conspiracy Theory? Explanation, Meaning, Definition - Bedeutung Online

Barcode conspiracy theorists believe that the barcode on food emits dangerous radiation when scanned at the checkout, and that people need to protect themselves from it. According to them, the radiation emitted not only degrades the quality of the food, but is also harmful to humans. According to the barcode theory, harmful vibrations are released during the scanning process, which are transmitted to the human body. With interference suppression, the harmful effect can supposedly be neutralised. The interference suppression is done in the simplest way: According to this, it is sufficient if the barcode is crossed out.

All right.

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

How many mushrooms did they eat before conceiving this conspiracy? It's so fucking stupid, almost hilarious.

[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There are people out there that believe any kind of barcode (or other graphic data transfer methods) influence everything around these codes. So having a regular barcode on your food items influences the food itself according to these people.

So Sonnentor decided to draw a line through the barcode so it can't "affect" the food anymore.

It's unscientific bullshit that's why they got a lot of criticism for supporting these weird believes.