Breaking Out of the City Cocoon: How Gen Z Cools Off From Life by Returning to Nature

The city can feel like a pressure cooker. The more you try to endure it, the tighter it becomes. For many students, stress does not only come from grades, but also from deadlines, social media, and the fear of falling behind.
August 25, 2025 | 08:00
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Nhat Linh, a third-year law student in Ho Chi Minh City, describes her life as a browser that never stops running. “My mind always feels like it has a hundred tabs open at once. I just want to hit refresh on myself,” she said.

And she meant it. One morning at the end of September, Linh and her friends shut their laptops, packed a few outfits, placed bottles of Zero Degree Green Tea into an ice box, and left the city. They called the trip their “Zero Degree Journey” to cool their bodies, soften their emotions, and reconnect with themselves in nature.

Breaking Out of the City Cocoon: How Gen Z Cools Off From Life by Returning to Nature
Made from pure natural green tea leaves, Zero Degree Green Tea is a favorite drink among young people to ease stress and cool down life.

Camping at Tri An Lake: A Zero Degree moment in the forest

By midday, Tri An appeared in a deep shade of blue, its surface reflecting the sky like a mirror, wrapped by endless green forests. No notifications, no assignments, no clacking keyboards. Instead came the sound of paddles slicing through water, the wind, and bursts of laughter. A sense of freedom and cool clarity settled into every breath.

Nhat Linh opened a bottle of Zero Degree Green Tea to cool down after a 70 kilometer trip. She dipped her feet into the lake, letting the cold water spread through her body. “The natural green tea flavor is fresh, cool, and uplifting. It feels like I’m literally hitting refresh,” she laughed. “It has been a long time since my mind felt this relaxed,” Mai Anh added, her eyes reflecting the glittering sunlight on the water’s surface.

As night fell, the campfire crackled. The sound of burning firewood blended with soft lofi music and the smoky smell of grilled meat. Bottles of Zero Degree Green Tea passed from hand to hand, the cold mist clinging to their fingers and calming their minds. The pure green tea aroma eased the pressure and heat they had been carrying for weeks.

Linh twisted open another bottle and took a long sip. The fresh, clean flavor with EGCG from natural tea leaves washed through her body, cool and soothing. All the stress melted away like steam rising from the glowing charcoal.

“That moment really felt like ‘Zero Degree, zero stress’,” she said with a grin. “Out in nature, all you need is one cool sip and that real green tea taste to unwind and ease your mind. It makes you slow down and feel real again.”

Mui Ne: Sand dunes, sun, wind, and the art of cooling down

If Tri An offers the cool breath of the forest, Mui Ne brings the ocean breeze that blows stress away. Nam Phong, a third-year Food Technology student, and his friends chose to reset both body and mind by escaping to blue seas, white sand, golden sunshine, and bottles of Zero Degree Green Tea to keep stress at bay.

Breaking Out of the City Cocoon: How Gen Z Cools Off From Life by Returning to Nature
Blue seas, white sand, golden sunlight, and a bottle of Zero Degree Green Tea make all the stress fade away, leaving only laughter, ocean wind, and fresh, bright moments.

“Traffic, dust, and school pressure make me constantly tense and tired, so I chose Mui Ne to cool down both physically and mentally,” Phong shared. In the morning, the group climbed the Sand Dune Hill, sliding down on boards and screaming with laughter. Under the 35 degree sun, they cracked open the ice chest and pulled out chilled bottles of Zero Degree Green Tea, frosty and refreshing.

Phong opened his, letting the cool, fragrant taste of natural green tea with EGCG flow through him, easing the heat and fatigue. “All my stress blew away on the sand dunes. It felt like peak Zero Degree,” he said, sitting down in the sand and gazing at the sea. “When life cools down, everything suddenly feels lighter.”

As the afternoon faded, sunset spread across the ocean. On the sand, the group sat cross legged, bottles glowing under the orange light. In that moment, they realized something simple: living “chill” does not mean stopping. It means learning how to cool life down, reduce stress, and clear your mind so it stays fresh and creative.

Zero Degree, zero stress: Gen Z’s chill vibe

After days “escaping deadlines” in Tri An and Mui Ne, Linh, Phong, and their friends came to a clear conclusion: to overcome pressure, sometimes all you need is a pause, a deep breath, and the chance to let nature and an ice cold bottle of Zero Degree Green Tea calm your mind.

The fresh, clean green tea flavor with EGCG from pure young tea leaves did more than cool their bodies. It cleared their thoughts. When stress faded and energy returned, students like Linh and Phong came back to city life more creative and inspired.

As the car pulled away from Mui Ne, the last rays of sunset glowed across the window. In Phong’s hand, a bottle of Zero Degree Green Tea still held a trace of cold, as if keeping the ocean breeze with him.

Elsewhere, Linh smiled softly as she remembered that evening at Tri An. She knew one truth: as long as she could hold onto the calm of a forest breeze, or simply cool down each day with Zero Degree Green Tea, every pressure would eventually dissolve.

When the mind relaxes, stress disappears. Positive energy rises again, just like the “Zero Degree, zero stress” vibe spreading among young people today.

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