As a hongkonger, I totally respect that you two take Hong Kong milktea very seriously. Great effort! keep up with the good work!

@SuccessforLifester

3 жыл бұрын

Is milk tea Laai or naai in Cantonese?

@stacyowl1658

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuccessforLifester for milk it's naai

@SuccessforLifester

2 жыл бұрын

@@stacyowl1658 Thanks. I think due to the lazy tone, many also use laai. In fact a Cantonese teacher audio taught it as laai

@elith6930

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuccessforLifester I said it as nai, and my friend corrected me saying it’s “lai.” Then I discovered lazy tone. Funny, huh? lol…

@SuccessforLifester

2 жыл бұрын

@@elith6930 I am sticking to nai. As lazy tone seems like a modern development

I remember when I was young before true tea I would over steep like 15 Lipton original black teabags in 500ml of water with honey and whole milk. It's something I still enjoy when I'm feeling nostalgic.

@ariffau

5 жыл бұрын

How long do you steep it for?

13:55 - skip to the actual tea making

@brianda5793

4 жыл бұрын

Phill it’s actually @20:00

@DanteSenior04

4 жыл бұрын

No thanks

@timp2766

3 жыл бұрын

thxxxxxxxxxxx

@SSBMA1994

3 жыл бұрын

Thank u 😭❤

@Debbie-xw2gx

3 жыл бұрын

#Blessed

Don your passion for tea is full of so much joy and inspiration. Love your videos!

These videos keep getting better. Respect for​ your decision.

You guys are having so much fun, you crack me up! Now I’d like to learn about Tibetan yak butter tea. 😋 Cheers from Norway!

I happened to have all the ingredients and teas for this in my house! I made your blend according to the instructions and it was splendid. Thanks for the video!

@katemolly100

Жыл бұрын

Major points for having all those ingredients! 😳😂👍

Hello. You always put a lot of research and effort in your work, and thus the end product is always exceptional. God bless you both, with love.

This is so cool thank you for sharing the recipe for this tea, I can't wait to start making some of my own.

Awesome! This was a great change. I hope to see more like this in the future

I love watching these videos my Sunday morning ritual. I remember seeing this tea on a food programme touring around China Taiwan and India.

y'all should have a separate page on your website just for recipes.

Love this episode. Big thumbs up from Hong Kong! Personally I think using Da Hong Pao for milk tea is a bit of overkill (probably because milk tea to us is a cheap, everyday thing), but I do mix Ceylon and Ripe Pu-erh tea bags when make my own milk tea in the office for a little extra depth and rounded flavour.

@SuccessforLifester

3 жыл бұрын

How to pronounce milk in Cantonese? Is it Laai or naai?

@yesfinallygot1

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuccessforLifester older/correct way to say it is naai5 but more modern way is laai5 especially in HK where they talk fast

@SuccessforLifester

2 жыл бұрын

@@yesfinallygot1 ok thanks. Something which I think is called lazy tones. An audio course I listen to use laai. Though a dictionary said is naai

Traditional Chai tea made in our homes is made with whole milk and often ground cardamom. Condensed milk is not used in indian subcontinent. its whole milk cooked and reduced with black tea. There is another milk tea that is made with green tea leaves and pinch of baking soda called “kashmiri pink tea” a speciality of kashmir. You should try these two teas (if anyone adds condensed milk they are conning you)

@Aleksilausti

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was wondering where the notion came from that Chai would be made with condensed milk. Having lived in South-India most of my life I have never seen people use condensed milk in Chai - not in Kerala, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka. Maybe in the UK that is the case. In any case Hong Kong milk tea is a treat too.

@hippie.doctor

Жыл бұрын

kashmiri pink tea or noon chai is a little more complicated than just green tea with baking soda😅 but yes a delicacy of kashmir for sure!

@Teenywing

Жыл бұрын

Chai is my absolute favourite thing in the world♥️😊

@ranjanbiswas3233

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? I grew up drinking condensed milk tea in my home country Bangladesh. It is in Indian subcontinent. Are you a Chai tea elitist of some sort? Adding whole milk is a new trend here.

Whoa. Was not expecting the skyline shot. How awesome guys! Wonderful video. I'll be sure to try out my own version of this. Oh and very admirable that you decided not to grind up loads of tea. High fives all around :D

Excellent video! Love the enthusiasm and informative. You earn a subscriber.

Wow didn't expect a milk tea video from you guys! What a pleasant surprise..

Thank you for this video. For years I have been trying to find a good receipe.

Awesome video!! Enjoyed every second!

What a great vid. I will def be making this. Thanks much

I love Hong Kong milk tea so much, reminds me of home while i'm in another country!

I love you two, and the quality of your vids are amazing

@noragrey7016

6 жыл бұрын

Are they together?

@0Templegoddess

6 жыл бұрын

Yep they are married :)

Discovering diversity of traditions is always interesting. Something like milk in tea can be rare for tea lovers, it can be also unsatisfaying in some ways, but it has its own tradition and story. So you can at least experience a part of the story by tasting a drink. Just enjoy and remember. Make it in your way if you like it. It can be great or not - but this is the journey. Thanks Don.

Celine's expressions causes my mouth to water! Great video! Greetings!

Milk + Egg Tart + Pineapple bun , YUMMY!!!

@rizatumulak8578

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

That looks so good!

Finally! A follow up to a request I had last year!

You're a perfect match ! I fancy the way you explain everything, very clear!

Thanks a ton for the recipe!

Yo thanks Mei Leaf, I've always wondered about the secret to hong kong milk tea! Celine is so beautiful!! Ya'll should do more travel vlogs in the future!

Fantastic! I once tried to make Hong Kong Iced Litchi Tea - and failed spectacularly. I am now inspired to try again, and again . . . until I succeed. Or until Mei Leaf takes up the cause :)

I usually have to fast forward youtube videos, but your videos are surprisingly pleasant to watch for a long time

Love you people thanks for the inspiration!!!

Epic transition!

Awesome! I love Hong Kong Milk tea and tea travels!

There is nothing like Hong Kong milk tea, but I could never explain exactly what the difference was. And in this video, you nailed the explanation in one go. If I could give more thumbs up, I would! Thanks for the video!

Made my own version of your recipe this morning with what I had and it turned out beautifully. I used Ceylon, Empress Oolong, and Butterfly Light. I didn’t have jujube but I relied a little on the chenpi for some citrus fruitiness. It was perfect with my breakfast.

@urbanequinox

6 жыл бұрын

Wit_Tea_Taster What a great idea to use chenpi! I am going to have to try both versions... 🙂

@wit_tea_taster4036

6 жыл бұрын

urbanequinox it worked great! I am definitely going to try their version when I can because I know it’ll be closer to what they were tasting in Hong Kong than my own attempt with what I had in my tea cabinet!

Need to try......sounds delicious.

I'm gonna do it, I put milk in my coffee Ps. Love your channel, never drank tea before finding this channel. I'm a coffee drinker but I'm trying to get into tea. Keep up the great work.

Fabulous video, also a good break from your more classical (but also very good) videos.

Enjoyed this a lot . Thanks guys. Do you have a recipe for Thai tea blend?. I looked everywhere but it always comes blended in with the spices. Couldn’t find a recipe for it.

omg! I live in canada and miss hongkong milk tea! This receipt is great!!! Even Better than store bought

Happy to be a Sri Lankan, we produce the world famous Ceylon tea which has that authentic taste. I m a HK milk tea lover too.. Specially when it's served in that ice bucket.

I am usually a pure tea guy but this looks delicious! Can`t wait to try it out when/if(?) I visit Hong Kong!

@MeiLeaf

4 жыл бұрын

We are pure tea peeps but sometimes a milky brew hits the spot and this iconic tea is worth a try.

Happy that you've found your passion.. (I am American and not really into the tea .. watch because I love to see your love of the tea..) respect that you've given folks the way to make this type of tea.

@MeiLeaf

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, maybe give some true tea a try and you can share the tea passion!

I'm loving learning about tea from you! Since I'm in SF, I'm looking forward to your next Mei Leaf free shipping sale ;-)

You encouraged me to enjoy a trial of it - now mind you I have never been to Hong Kong - I did a heaping teaspoon of cut black orange tea - then had it with some A2 cream and sweetened with monk fruit. It was quite enjoyable.Don't be to hard on me I am a new tea drinker.

Celine is so beautiful! Fantastic content, thanks!

@bidenisthebestpresidentlma4141

5 жыл бұрын

DP ie Who is Celine? She’s famous?

@broken_fence9675

4 жыл бұрын

@@bidenisthebestpresidentlma4141 Celine is Don's wife.

Btw - please don‘t drop that foodie video in Hong Kong idea! It would be a joy to watch you and celine eat your way through the streets of Asian metropolises. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mmmmmmmm...... Please remember that when you go to Yunnan for the Puerh video! Thanks!

IMO the milk tea at Lan Fong Yuen has dropped in quality a little bit. There's another famous cha chaan teng near Tsim Sha Tsui/Jordan called the Australian Dairy Company which does really good milk tea. Definitely try it out next time you visit!

@demonphysician

4 жыл бұрын

Australia! :3

@jackckleung

3 жыл бұрын

You have to bear with the infamous bad manners of the service staff there.

@SuccessforLifester

3 жыл бұрын

Milk is pronounced as laai or naai in Cantonese ?

@RyanLYAO

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuccessforLifester most ppl say laai, but i believe naai is the right way. Similar to the way how some English speakers say shouldov instead of should've, the wrong way has been popularised because its way easier to say

@RyanLYAO

3 жыл бұрын

oh and if you find yourself in HK, this place in Cheung Sha Wan still does the same super authentic milk tea I had in my childhood. goldgardenfood.com/ It tastes way better than the run-of-the-mill manufacturer pre-mixed tea at most restaurants

There’s something special and fun about mixing various Ceylon teas to brew the perfect cup of HK milk tea. I don’t usually have Ceylon handy so I would use yingde red tea as base(cheapest), a pinch of Keemun, pinch of yunnan big leaf red tea, lapsang souchong and Sun Moon Lake red tea, 100’C water and brew it for 5 min to get the strongest brew, dash of evaporated milk and sugar. It taste nothing close but so delicious and fun.

tnx for the video, it helps me a lot! ❤

I have never thought about mixing pu'erh with black to tea make milk tea but that sounds amazing

When adding the egg shell, is it rinsed or dried, or freshly cracked? Only use half of the shell or the whole shell? With lots of love from chilly Arizona USA, 60/36f today.

@MeiLeaf

6 жыл бұрын

Rinsed completely.

haha the passion is strong with this one :P

I wonder which ancient Chinese dynasties have produced the most treasured teawares (cups, teapots, etc.).I need to find some hong kong milk tea in the San Jose/SF area if they have anything as close to it.

Wow I was just looking for how to make milk tea (like the regular shop milk teas) and found this video. I didn’t know milk tea can be so complicated. I don’t know any of the teas you mentioned and was so disappointed to hear you don’t sell your blend, but this video gave me the urge to make some good milk tea at home. Thanks a bunch for your effort, to go to Hong Kong just to get the flavor profile down.

I'm new to tea and have been making this hk milk tea with ceylon op-1 tea leaves. Just noticed in the ingredients it says chopped. Is chopped the same as grinded? Thank you!

@MeiLeaf

5 жыл бұрын

Broken leaf tea.

I was always wondering if you had Chinese in you! I love Hong Kong milk tea, too!

Hi,hows ceylon compare to lipton black tea?i use to make using lipton

So useful video! Can you please recommend a good Ceylon tea with a link for HK milk tea?😊

Have you ever tried to brew with Thai tea leave? Dunno if it is similar to the Sri Lanka leave

Un saludo amigos de Mei Leaf, buen video interesante

I love tea, so I just subscribed to you :)

I was honoured to stay at Catterick Garrison at one point many years ago, where I drank tea with milk already added from large urns. At the time I thught thiswas a way of saving time, or limiting choice; now I know there is a tradition behind it.

Can't wait to try it

Starbucks here 🇨🇦 has just introduced black tea latte

have you ever tried Chai Adani it's from Yemen and they make it the same way of hong kong milk tea but with some cardamomum

This lady is just adorable and the gentleman is a great lead in what he does. Great stuff! Much better than the BBC's failed take on British tea.

I wonder if pulling the tea just helps reduce the tea to make it stronger. A lot of steam (water) coming off of it when its pulled.

Hello from India....I have been researching tea pulling which brought your video in my search list...it gave me immense pleasure to realise that this milk tea loved in Hongkong, is also made in the tea stalls of Chennai in Southern India. They use the same stocking cloth filter, and steel tumbler for pulling the tea....milk is simmering on a separate boiler....in the final serving cup, they first add some sugar, then the milk, then the tea brew leaking out from the filter directly into the cup. Then pulling from cup into tumbler...the tea is unique, not the regular milk chai ubiquitous to India, but absolutely divine and unforgettable....I have been trying to replicate it in my own kitchen in Mumbai (western India), but with little success...I will use the input from your video, and see if I can reproduce the tea experience I had in Chennai... many thanks for your video, I admire your deep knowledge and love for tea...

Discovered your channel through this video. Chatty... ... but really interesting. Watched for the second time, it gave me some interesting ideas, I think I have to experiment combining the ideas of HK style milk tea, Indian chai, and alpine milk.

Thank u for this

I was about to write that you can make this vegan with peanut milk and then the egg shell went in... Now I don't have anything to write except... Thanks for making the expensive detour to Hong Kong! I would look forward to cooking / food tour videos from your travels. Cheers!

@MeiLeaf

6 жыл бұрын

The egg shell is not necessary. We did try to use nut mylks but could not find any that were evaporated which is an important part of the taste.

@Apollo440

6 жыл бұрын

You can make a nut based cream just by raising the nut:water ratio. For peanuts the standard was 300g nuts for 1.5 litre of water, and for peanut cream it was 500-600g for 1.5 litre. I may return to my milk tea experiments because of your new recipe, so I will be able to confirm that it's doable in practice, not only in theory. By the way: once, while helping a friend with opening a restaurant, I practiced for a month the coffe / tea bar. I was most probably the only gong fu brewer in the neighborhood, and 100% among restaurants/bars. But most interestingly (as I now learned) I was the only one who unknowingly used the Hong Kong tea pouring technique: I always poured tea into the cup from a height like Celine here does!

I like y man your accent and introduction so elegance finally content of clips more important to me as i love tea and coffee also i search and try any new methods to do

HOW DARE YOU CONTAMINATE THE NECTAR! Just kidding, I love exploring other tea cultures. Great video!

Do you think that Turkish tea will be good to do it?

I am in Melbourne I visited few Hong kong milk tea place. My take is very simple and I can see it consistently provide me the result. Go to Indian grocery buy Tata Gold loose leaf. In 450 ml water put 21 gms of the the tata gold and brew for more than 15 min. Use evaporated milk get the same taste.

Great video

Fire Phoenix is no longer available. Which Pu Erh would you recommend instead?

what is the best black tea for iced tea or lemon iced tea?

I love this video

What kind of Ceylon Loose Leaf Tea do you recommend?

Hey guys! Awesome twist! I’d love to see how you guys would take on a “Mei-sala chai” !

What about a inclusion of Ceylon Lipton for the bouquet?

thank you for sharing willing thats unsecret performance its really awesome!!!!

Hi! :) thanks a lot for the great video and for experimenting for us! A quick question: now that Fire Phoenix is now longer available, what would you suggest to use instead? Thank you in advance for your answer and continue the great job!

@MeiLeaf

2 жыл бұрын

Autumn light or Black Yunnan Tyo would be my choices - Autumn light is going to make a brighter and lighter brew and Black Yunnan will be rich and deep

@alessandrobottero6544

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect! Thank you very much for the quick response! ☺️

I have always drank my tea, dark and strong with evaporated milk. I steep Irish breakfast tea and add evaporated milk, no sugar as I don’t like it sweet. Do you have any videos on Matcha tea, hot, with milk?

Where’s the video about whether pulling tea helps? I can’t find that. Love this video!

Nice fun video. Great surprise going to Hong Kong!!! Good decision to keep those leaves intact! For a fling, we can all have some tea cutting and blending at home. Will try this one, as I have everything except the Phoenix... :) PS- didn‘t know Celine was taller! 😉😻

@MeiLeaf

6 жыл бұрын

😂 I am an epic half inch taller but she fools people with that hairstyle.

@mariannefleur6671

6 жыл бұрын

Mei Leaf haha! And I thought she was lovingly trying to hide it by not standing up straight! :)

HK tea - one of my most bright impressions, between night Mid-level Escalator and Kowloon park.

Hi Don! Did you tried to use hojicha in your mix? I am just curious if the hojicha match well with the milk.

@MeiLeaf

6 жыл бұрын

No but we do know that Houjicha does work with milk/cream.

@callmewaves1160

5 жыл бұрын

Houjicha milk tea is really nice.

hahaha - thanks for your video. I'm accutually looking for some tea for my morning milky tea. I love woody, smoky tea with milk, but in my country most of teas are more light and realy not fit to the milky dring. Or some realy lowgrade without any complexion or interesting taste. (now i mix big leaf of ceylon with litle bit of lapsang suchong and light black puerh) So it has been so relateble, to watch your decision to not to do that to nice tea. lots of love and have great tea.

Best T-shirt ever!!!

I also spent many years perfecting my own hong kong milk tea. I almost always make them in my office. Over the years I switched from saucepan to percolator to just steeping very long, because the former 2 methods are rather unsustainable in an office environment. Have you tried these brewing methods? If so, why were they not used? Do you know of simple ways to brewing the strongest tea? Thank you for the video. I learned something as I did not think of grinding up your loose leaf, and I'm happy tea experts are also into hong kong milk teas,

@applelink1479

3 жыл бұрын

For me, I used thermos to get the tea temperature hot and extra tea leaves to get it stronger. As I can’t use stove to make it in office. :)

@Kenmanhl

2 жыл бұрын

Does your office have an espresso machine? You should give that a try

How much jujube did you use?

From hk then to south asia, right?

I would recommend trying Indian chai as well. Indian chai doesn't use any condensed milk at all, especially how my mother has been making for the past 20 years of my life. Ideally you brew similar to how you did but add whole milk to get a similar color to what you had here. Of course you want to heat up the milk a little bit before putting it in your tea. Maybe add sugar as needed if you're wanting some kind of sweetener even though it isn't needed. I'd recommend some kind of Darjeeling or Assam tea for that.

Ahmad tea's ceylon black works very well as a base for this milk tea

@gabrielleangelica1977

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! 🤝

integrity good one