I had a $1000 Cup of Tea

this you have to see and a u-turn was very justified check out this little tea shop called tea center what a place to have a shop one of you first of all let's see if it's an open house to the hull oh quite horrendous hello how are you here? Are you open. I come to try the tea and see the view. Danger Danger drive carefully I was going down this road and then I saw what a place! I wanted to film this and try the tea and which one is yours what's your specialty what's your best tea I just want a cup just wondering how you like it ah this is easy let me see I'll go try a lava yes Ceylon tea yes just oh you just have this yes many times for tea only this type, yes, yes, so I have no choice, okay, but not this one, okay, I'll try this one yes, I turn on the lights so you know my sauce, yes, how much 50, okay, perfect, okay, now we can see the view first. put up, let's put the bag here, by the way, this is unrivaled if the image is clearer today than normal, it's on.

I put 4k on by accident yesterday. I've been filming all day in 4k so I want to say this is going to be that rare video. I'll render that and upload it in 4k, but again, that's the yalla, the beach that I came from there, you know, you have about three hours if you go straight without stopping at the waterfalls and when you see monkeys and then you're yes, continue here on the path to Allah. Can I have a little look inside your tent? I can enter? Yes, I want to see how you are cooking tea.

It's your store. Yes, yes, your store. Yes, you are a. businessman, yes, it's okay now, I'm Fanning poop, are you cooking party poop, yes, is that your breakfast? No, no, a blonde client, client, clients see how deep you are. You're making roti, yeah okay, how much is that roti forty 40 M, when is it? ready, okay, yes, I will try your roti also a roti, okay, okay, how long have you had your shop? Two months, two months, oh, and you do it yourself, you're building, oh, you'll get your building, yeah, yeah, yeah, no help, no help. from family of I am a single man, you are a single man, how did you come up with this idea?

I know a little bit, a small business, okay, okay, I'm going to check out your store. You have a radio here at Panasonic, this one is very old school, I guess that player is fine, like a Bharat I would say no, no, it's fine. I don't like music like Bharat would say it shows the cassette very nice and then your um where do you get the tea? Who does it? Our law is. local local you see man this Asuna me nice logo hard peach color that is your logo yes but it is not your brand you buy this good yes the store is yours it is not in your brand yes it is good incredible I love this place where you are selling a bag for how much 400 400 for a premium black tea 400 grams why is it 400 grams I thought the price was 400 also 400 grams is more a hundred rupees another place that has a good price yes wow this is becoming breakfast not lunch and tea.

This is the roti, yes, yes, what treasures are you putting in the water? Interesting here is this old map of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, but I think it's going to be a little uglier and stuff, but anyway, this is where I was in this Yala national park and then I drove here, it's the 10th place in the that I stayed and drove here I'm somewhere around here now oh no Banda Ravello I think I'm higher up I'm somewhere around here I'm going to the marrow and then all the way here to Kandi, then I'll try if I can find a car and I have time .

I'm going to try to see that woman selling coconuts on the road in Metalli somewhere around here and then head back to Colombo. I really wanted to visit this coast too, Garlan Matata, but I guess there's no time for actors, so I'll let the camera rest anyway and turn it on again when my tea and food are ready, if he's really cooking in some places, he defined the studio correctly, see you, then it's okay, we've been hanging out and having a bit. chat and this is the tea is ready, yes, how much does it cost again? 5050 Wow, good price so just Dunn's expects a little death so we just established here that you've been open for two months and then what was the you borrowed from the bank for luck and for luck it's one thousand one hundred and forty dollars , so two hundred thousand from Sri Lanka would be and you pay back to the bank every month how many ten thousand and then you can also tell us again how How do you find this place?

How do you start the business in this place? You understand that he was telling me off camera that this is a hotel, so that is your least man, the someone from your town, he owns that hotel there and up there. It was Adams Peak and La Roque up there, so if you want to come to this store it is between the rock. I'm not talking about Amanda this summer, he says. No, so this is how far from Her, sir, how far from Her. to Ella, two and a half kilometers, okay, so it's actually very easy to find that you drive south from Ella south and then you get to your store and it's called what the store supervisor's name is T Center and he He was telling me how he made the logo and everything himself right here, yeah, and I also designed a bad mountain.

I really like your name, I mean, it looks, it sounds very, very professional. T Center super good, so this is the company that makes the tea, yes, it's your friend. or family or something like that or it has nothing to do with it, they just give them the tea, yeah, and then they bring it here and they also sell some coconuts and some avocados and how is the business going now, after two months of normal business, which Is it your best day? you're the most money you made in a day like how many you sell in a day how many tea 20:20 tea that's a good day oh, okay, okay, let's try it, so is it ready?

You know, that's it, no. I'm fine, I'm fine as long as you are a professional, he also told me off camera, he is your single man, right, yes, so if you are a beautiful Sri Lankan girl or a European girl, come and talk to this man, What kind of girlfriend do you want, he wants a real Lankan girl or an American girl. Oh, American girls, okay, American girls, he's single and ready to mingle. Well I'll try the tea now, yes, a little shy on camera, but he understands English quite well, actually off camera. I don't know how many rooms they have there, but he is not affiliated with the hotel, he is just a man from his village and then he asked that man if he could open a tea shop here.

Where did he work before saying what his job was? work you worked in a bar, yes, bartender, bartender, preparing a drink, yes, alcohol, beer and wine in a hotel, no hunger, just back to the bar, okay, your tea was exquisite, it was very good, thank you, really I enjoyed it, this is racism, it's spicy tea. that and like cinema battlin well, I just ended up here in the largest tea shop in the world. I'm just telling everyone that his tea shop is the biggest in the world and I really mean that he needs two customers to sell to. twenty tea a day yes, that's true, some in 20 times 50 yes, you do the math, it's a thousand rupees a day, the bank takes ten thousand a month, directly for the bank and then you have the land rent and then, but Maybe some customers will come. and then they buy a whole package like you sell a whole package at some point yeah yeah okay I hope your business gets better let me see if we have fifty thank you very much and I hope that's the case I hope that's the next one.

The time I come to Sri Lanka, your business is and you have a big hotel or something. Thank you very much, happy, happy to meet you too, so don't forget guys, the tea center south of Ella, everything I'm fighting for. to find the key to my bike here how is it on the bike okay bye high five well actually you don't think I'm going to leave you like this I mean, this is exactly the kind of person I look like to reward so let's see he said that its a second let me see what I have he said his loan was 1100 so it should be around a thousand euros let's make his day that's better hold your seat although my friend I want to help you okay thank you thank you think this don't you You send four numbers, you hit that, what is that?

A phone number, yeah, I'll call you, okay, I think that went well here, write your number here zero here this morning. Okay, I'll call you that. You already know the currency, so you'll know how much. I don't know how I. $1100. Yes, it is enough for your entire loan. Old money to the bank. Good. Good. Now you know how much it is. so you have to go to the bank to change it, okay, that's all the money your bank needs $1,100, okay, yeah, in case someone doesn't go to a town they like and try to change it and then they give you a a little. everything you need is okay thank you okay I wish you good luck with the business Thank you thank you for the tea and you know it's a great idea.

I loved everything you have done here and I think you are a great entrepreneur. You are going to be very successful, okay, no problem, no problem, be careful, we are on our way now, so again guys, you, you, you are in Ella, come to the tea center. Okay, are you one of you? They want a photo, okay, selfie time, maybe. out here with your with the lights is working nothing some take off your shoes please music music I guess it's okay, it's okay, I'm really glad that you're happy sometimes I do this, you know, no, you don't see them, the gratitude, but I think we have a man here who appreciates a helping hand.

Well good luck then I'll call you and you'll have my number and hopefully the video you'll make. Many customers will come to your store. Thank you. Are you open. every day okay, okay, the customers who come is the best tea, I will help you, it is the best team, come on, the best tea in Sri Lanka. I'm scaring away your clients, they don't want the albino or the front of the business, oh no. They're coming, can you ask them where they're from? Ah, he's coming to eat the roti. Oh, I see, I see. I've never tried roti.

Where do they come from? Where do they come from? No, Dalia, how many hours is it okay, let's cook, goodbye, okay? Good luck, how many people do you have in that car? one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, yes. Oh look, seven people in that little car, how do you fit in there? Well, we're on our way, leaving the mountains of Sri Lanka.