Shorts are cool and all, but I can't throw a short on the tv and have a tea session with you guys. I look for these videos, between 13-40 minutes. Tea on!

YES to the blended cakes!! White and black, shou and black, etc. Really loving that stuff.

Love these podcasts so much!! They are always packed full of the good stuff!! You guys are awesome keep up the good work and I'm so excited for the coming drops!!!🤟🏼🔥🫖

Even though I'm a tea consumer, this is still a great vid. You make fun informative videos... then, I look for more from you. I just need some 'descriptions' of your teas when they're in stock on the site. Flavor Profile is the next big thing. Diggin' your channel!

@TaoTeaware

5 ай бұрын

Awesome David! I’ll make sure Derek writes some juicy descriptions for the teas this year. They should be in around April. 🤓

yunnan sourcing is one of my favorite vendors ^_^

I actually prefer Jessy's format. It feels more intermate and personal.

I bought some tea from Jesse once, it was his tea sampler, all garbage. Felt ripped off. His enthusiasm is what got me, but the product underperformed big time. Maybe he has sourced some better stuff since then, it was early 2021? But I wrote him off as all marketing.

@TaoTeaware

5 ай бұрын

I think I can definitely speak for young tea companies and say anyone who bought anything from us last year vs today would get more value now. I would imagine he's trying to make his teas better just like we are with our pots. 🤓 Also because of the wider net, he caters to a broader and newer specialty tea drinker. For pricing, that's hard... He lives in LA not in China. A lot of the specialty tea companies are living in China so their overheads are lower, which definitely affects pricing. We are in the US too, so I feel that first hand. My hope for us anyway is that we are providing more value in our shipping times, customer service ability, cracks and breaks guarantee, and samples that makes people happy to pay a bit more for a more connected experience. That being said as companies I think we should also be creating overperformers in our content and products. Giving customers more than what they asked for or expected.

@Cobbbler

5 ай бұрын

This is my biggest problem with people like this. I can tolerate them if they truly bring people into the scene but, in reality, can you imagine anything *worse* for the scene? The guy could be turning people away en masse because he has the biggest following and his tea is mediocre-to-bad and overpriced.

@TaoTeaware

5 ай бұрын

@@Cobbbler I get what you’re saying but compared to what most of the western market thinks tea is (Lipton tea bags) even the worst chinese loose tea is infinitely better. It’s a tiny percentage that will just stop drinking it and a much larger percentage that will find what they like either with Jesse or other tea companies as they make the plunge. 😂 In China there is the full spectrum from milk tea with no tea in it to $10k/pound long jing. The market doesn’t suffer because the no tea milk tea exists it’s just for a different audience. What we need is more tea, at every level, prices and quality will adjust to what the market wants. Hope you feel me, much love, and keep steeping 🙏🏻

@Cobbbler

5 ай бұрын

@@TaoTeaware I hate to be harsh, and I know you're just trying to keep a good vibe, but my man, it's probably worse than you think. He was selling $35 USD sheng cakes that go for 10 RMB. Not 100 RMB, literally 10. I'd rather my Lipton drinking friends stick with Lipton than buy Jessie's 25x marked-up tea and be turned off of Chinese tea forever.

Are you all a pro Palestinian company? I'm looking for smaller businesses to support and do not want my money going to support Isreal in any way.

@TaoTeaware

5 ай бұрын

Hey friend! We are definitely a small business and appreciate it. 🙏🏻 As for politics, our company doesn't have any stances. One of the troubles with tea industry is the perspective on countries that it comes from not the culture, people, farmers, and potters that we've grown to love as friends.