As a Chinese, I actually learned most of my tea knowledge from this British guy 😂😀

@ironinthesoul9680

3 жыл бұрын

@riccardo5281

3 жыл бұрын

@@ironinthesoul9680 BECCATO

@199786415

2 жыл бұрын

same here.

@silverseto1158

Жыл бұрын

He says "Wah" quite a bit, so honorary Chinese.

@dreamkev

7 ай бұрын

Same here! Plus I am living in China right now!

Respect for the old lady 👏🏻

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, total respect to her.

6:12 "very green, very celery-like, almost like a raw leaf I just picked from a tree"

I absolutely love your videos, very informative and I love your passion for tea!

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Breanna, we are happy to share this passion with other teaheads!

1:04 the very rare “Don-bitten” tea, rival to the insect-bitten Bai Hao oolong!

@tv82832

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha 😂... now that we are talking about Bai Hao oolong, i should really buy some again cause it’s delicious.

These tea trip videos and the master class videos are my favorite. I can binge watch them all day. I always loved proper tea but after learning so much through your videos over the past year or two, I've come to love and appreciate tea so much more. Both the new tea tour and these old ones are so great for learning all the little bits that make each type what they are and really helped renew my love with tea. Thanks, Don! ❤️💕

wow, it is amazing how many dedicated people work towards achieving that great liquor in your cups; from an 80+ year old chinese woman, to people like Don that search constantly for the worthiest tea to bring to the western market. Tea surely outpasses with ease any other drink there is, in terms of complexity, variety, culture etc.

I am just learning about this tea as it relates to my ancestral roots. To stand where you stand for one sec, Don... Thanks for taking us there; with a well produced video at that. It would be wonderful to view a follow up video focusing on the history, people, and cultural practices of this tea. It would be lovely to hear more spoken Teochew. Cheers, Brian.

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

I so want to do more of these trip videos with more extensive subject matter going into the history and culture. The issue is time but I will keep pushing to improve this content for you!

@neverenoughdirt

7 жыл бұрын

This video was the first video on the Mei Leaf channel that I watched. I have since gotten a better sense of this channel's voice and learned about your time constraints. Your commitment to excellence is without doubt.

I adore the Ya Shi Dancong! Lovely to learn more about it.

Wow! Great video Don! The content , character and videography are really good. I felt like I was on a tea adventure!

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great visit and video, thank you!

Who knew there was such a process towards making tea. Fantastic. I am truly fascinated. Makes you appreciate good quality tea

I'm a big fan. Please keep them coming. 👏👏👏👏

that scenery is....omg.

New to the channel. Love these documentary-style traveling videos! Hopefully you'll be able to make more of these in the future.

Thank you for this video! Just great.

I absolutely love your channel! Really makes you appreciate tea even more when you see the incredible amount of work that goes into making it!

Love seeing this more casual content!

That was really interesting. Thank you much for the upload.

Instructive, and very interesting.

Amazing how much work goes into growing tea. And that it is still affordable. I just hope the farmers earn enough to have a decent living. ♡

Dancong is my favourite chinese tea. Thank you so much for the information you have shared in this video!

Your information is a blessing.

Beautiful video, Don! Thank you for bringing us closer to the source and processing of one of my favorite tea types!

Love your videos! I respect and love the fact that you source your tea directly. I feel like I'm able to ecperince through your videos what I would absolutely love to experience in person!

Very neat video to see the process.

love the tea trip videos!

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks we want to do more and will be heading to the mountains for Spring harvesting.

china is such a beautiful country !!

Actually, it should be pronounced as Cong (more like "tson"), instead of Song with an "s":)

Your videos of trips to China are truly fascinating and informative. A big thank you from Paris :)

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Merci, come and visit us if you are in London.

That is so amazing, great trip, nice video

Excellent video! These videos where you travel and explore the tea origins and process of production are so very interesting - more of those will be appreciated.

I adore your videos. I love to discover everything I can about tea and not gonna lie I'm a little jealous of all the amazing tea adventures you take!

,Wonderfull ... Thank you

Fantastic video! Dan Congs are some of my favorite teas, especially Huang Zhi Xiang. The process that goes into creating them is really amazing to see.

wow, great video! Accurate Info and very nice visuals.. thanks!!

fantastic vid!

It was so fascinating and helpful to actually see the various step of the production. Gives a nice point of reference, when you discuss the different tea types in other videos.

Thanks so much for the video a lot of great information on Dan Cong, It gives me some new respect for the tea and tea farmers. It looks like y'all had a wonderful time. I want you to know I have learned a lot about tea and it has enhanced my tea experience and knowledge. Thanks for all you do. Cheers!

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Randy!

Great video, I love watching these documentary style videos. Extremely informative content, this makes me want to taste high quality Dan chong tea.

great music!

Really love your videos Don,Im sad your videos are not comming as often as I would like.Keep up the great work also this is one of the best videos !!

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, we are trying to do them as quickly as possible but other work gets in the way a little!

Bless you

These are definitely the best videos you guys make!

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Agree, we have to do more field trip videos!

@Oisilky

8 жыл бұрын

i look forward to these! i think they help people who are new to tea like me understand what to look for in tea better, and if possible maybe do a series on what to look for when choosing quality tea, it could be broken up into a section for each major type of tea if you feel it would be better for your audience. Although I personally love long form content.

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Dayle Armstrong Yes we are doing the quality markers for different tea. We have done more informal ones like kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6GNucOop8nJe5s.html but more are on their way!

I just tried this tea (Mei Leaf mi lan xiang, April, 2019, vintage) for the first time. In fact, it is my first dan cong ever. Simply amazing. Wow, I have no words. I will definitely be drinking more of this tea and I suppose this begins my dan cong journey. Well, there goes my pocket book. :)

@Dimasterim

2 жыл бұрын

Dan Congs are truly magical. First time I tried Duck Shit I couldn’t believe what I was tasting. I have an order of Dan Cong and Wuyi Yan Cha samples coming and I can’t wait to try them.

@nathansmith9332

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dimasterim Yes, dancongs and yanchas became fast favorites for me. Cheers!

Hi Don - thank you so much for this precious vid! I absolutely love how I much I have learned about Dancong! I had a little Phoenix Dancong (Rishi) from the local coffee shop (Verve in Northern Cal) and love it! Wish you are more local - will pay visit when I go to London next :)

Great video, full of respect for your passion and dedication for tea Definitely gonna visit your shop in Camden to try out the tea. Please make more videos!

can just try it now !!!

The old 80 year old woman is gorgeous! Thumbs up :D Very interesting video!

here is a man with great passion for tea

This is a great doc explaining a tea that is very hard to find here in Canada, nevermind find information about. Thanks a lot!

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

No problem Mr Frog and thanks for watching. All the Dancongs that we source are here: chinalifeweb.com/shop/category/oolong-tea/ if you are interested in tasting our selection.

Don, you are my mentor! For me you are the most trustworthy man in the entire Universe when you speak about tea. Because you go beyond traditional beliefs, you taste a lot, you make experiments, you talk about myths but also the science of tea and you are so an open-minded person. You are not that kind of person that learn things by studying by heart. When you say something you have proof of what you said and I think that in the world of tea, made of lots of legends and traditional beliefs (that they are cool of course, don't misunderstanding me please), knowing the scientific approach of tea is VERY interesting too. You are doing such a GOOD GOOD GOOD job! WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE A BOOK?! (Sorry for my english, I'm Italian) Byeeeeeee

I also love your videos, the sincere enthusiasm is really contagious! I have a question: In my very last week in China, a friend took me to his favorite tea seller, who introduced me to a dancong from Chaozhou. He said that Chaozhou was becoming increasingly recognized for the quality of their dancongs. I do, actually, love this tea more and more--to be truthful, I had originally bought it more from politeness. Now, I love the fruity taste, the mellow undertones and the lingering aftertaste which is refreshing. I haven't in the past actually appreciated very roasted oolongs etc because of the dry astringent taste they seem to have, but I think you are helping me appreciate. Anyway, I'm sure this one is not the best quality, because I do see a few stems in it occasionally. My question is, is dancong from Chaozhou really becoming increasingly respected? Again, thank you for your wonderful videos!

Amazing video!!! I am enjoying an Oriental Beauty, but can't wait to get my Dancong's :D

Your team needs to wear T-shirts with "Beware of the teabag" on them))

he eats a green leaf " yeah it tastes really green"

The landscape looks beautiful and one can imagine that up there its basically like a nature reserve area, nevertheless i ask myself do they use things like pesticides?

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

We did not witness any pesticide use and all the high quality plantation farmers say that they never use pesticides (they really care about their product quality) and we saw quite a few plantations with insect bitten leaves so we are confident that they are not used for high mountain plantations. I have heard that the garden tea plantations lower down sometimes use pesticides so that is another reason to avoid this lower quality tea.

Wonderful video, very informative. Thank you for sharing. I have a question, when you brew your tea in the Gong Fu Cha method, I know you can brew it many times. So my question is, once you brew it one time, How much time can you leave the the in the teapot, until you brew it again? What I mean, is, Can you brew it again the next day? Thank you again.

I heard the most graded dan cong is still hand made and mixed by a tea chief and the combination is a secret recipe

So how does Meileaf dan cong tea fit into the definition of dan cong?

During one of your trips have you ever tried to make tea with leaves fresh out the tree? I imagine it probably won't be nearly as nice as it gets after processing and oxidation (I'm a fan of black teas), but curiosity bugs me every time I see pictures of cultivars and tea plantations.

thanks for the video! And how would they do the high quality maocha Don? the same steps as what you have shown with hand shaking replacing the bamboo oven? or are they doing hand shaking / rolling and frying too?

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

I don't really understand the question but all Dancong Maocha is made using the methods shown in the video.

What is the music used at 1:00 ?

Greetings Don! Tea-head Dentist Dr. Randy here again...so I have a 2016 Spring 'Single Bush Ya Shi Xiang Dan Song'...It is quite similar you your own Duck Shit in appearance, but also much different in nose and flavor, what with your additional roasting. Are you familiar with this particular cultivar, and while I find it delicious, do you have an opinion? Also, I have some of your Ya Shi, it is capable of 9 infusions...I'm the only 'head' in the house and want to get all I can form each brewing. While I know the best way to keep leaves for later (thanks to another of your fabulous vids), I wonder for how long...you mention 12 hours...can they be dried completely and stored in a container and still be good? I've tried it but still not sure what's best on time limit. Thanks so much, and Cheers!! ;^)

Have you ever explored shan tuyet tea in VietNam? I’m pretty sure you have to exclaim “ amazing” :)

Great video as always! Just wondering what the song is that you used at the beginning of your video?

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Great track: kzread.info/dash/bejne/apZnya5wm6vWd5M.html

@ZAndrsn

8 жыл бұрын

+chinalife Tea House thanks!

Great and very interesting video, as always. It looked as if the people shaking and firing the tea were not quite pleased with the interest you showed in the whole process... Is it perhaps because they like to keep their techniques a secret? Or were they just a bit sad because their crop was lowered in quality due to the rain?

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Definitely because they do not particularly like revealing too much information but we try to explain to them that the more that we can teach, the more people will understand the value of their hard work and this will help their sales.

@vordoth

8 жыл бұрын

+chinalife Tea House Thanks, I suspected as much. I think it's great that you're teaching people about the production of tea. That way the farmers will make more money, and the consumer knows how to get higher quality leaves. Keep up the good work!

I was wondering if you ever listen to music when you session? And if so what are some of your picks? I love listening to all kinds of music from Van Morrison to The Cure while sessioning:) -Josh Terrazas p.s. much love from California!

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it is kind of annoying that we have to turn the music off when we are filming :) We sessioned to the entire Doolittle album (pixies) a few weeks ago but otherwise we listen to everything from golden oldies to experimental to beats and bass to indie to UK hip hop to whatever spotify is recommending for us! We miss California, love that place and try to get over there for the tea expo. Maybe we can session in 2017!

@JoshTerraMusic

7 жыл бұрын

+chinalife Tea House Awesome album choice! Hopefully we'll cross paths someday and we can share an adventure or song or two:)

Im not sure bonghwang can transfer to phoenix I mean, bonghwang doesn't resurrect

Hey but when is happening the (partial) oxidation? I mean, are the shaking sessions the only process that "ruin" the leaves enough to start the oxidation?

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

Oxidation actually begins the moment the leaf is picked and the shaking and tumbling processes are ways to increase the amount of oxidation and make the oxidation more even for all the leaves.

Could anyone inform me, where in China this is located?

So is the yasha Dancong lightly roasted or is it dark roasted?

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

It depends on the producer. Our Ya Shi Dan Cong is light to medium roasted to accentuate the high notes of the tea.

should i just eat my tea? :D

@tonybob6584

7 жыл бұрын

its eatable for sure , but u want to drink it acutaly :D

@noob19087

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you don't mind me necroing a 3 year old thread, but raw tea leaves can actually be eaten. I have a potted tea plant (don't know the strain but it is a sinensis) at home and I've eaten some of the buds straight a couple of times. I've found that they had a slightly sweet, rough astringent and very strongly grassy vegetal cilantro-y taste. Some of the older leaves I tried were just tough, unbearably bitter and tasted like a stinkbug. Granted, it is a very young plant and has been kept under a grow light for most of the year in my cold homeland of Finland, which aren't exactly ideal conditions for tea making. But from my experience I wouldn't recommend eating them straight. If you feel like eating tea leaves I'd recommend just drinking matcha. Though tea leaves that have been processed into tea and then brewed can actually be genuinely good. Whenever I get a tea leaf in my cup I don't bother throwing it away, I'll just eat it.

I realize this is "Chinalife Tea House," but could you cover some Blacks? Darjeelings would be nice.

@MeiLeaf

8 жыл бұрын

Hi, we do cover Chinese and Taiwanese blacks in some of our videos with more content being made so stay tuned but we do not currently offer teas from India or Nepal. This is being planned but we want to ensure that the sourcing is as detailed and personal as in China/Taiwan/Japan so this takes time to build relationships.

Na Du? Tobias

They have hats for their heads why don't they have hats for their tea baskets???

I miss the original, knowledgeable 'grandpa' Don. The new party-guy Don is too London, for this non-Londoner.