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Are they Blang people?

Spoken like a businessman, that thinks about his business. And I dont mean that in a positive way.

Grate video brother ❤

Thanks for the information it was very helpful

Is it possible to take 4 people? I would like to travel with my family

writing this as I drink my favorite glass of black tea. So soothing and relaxing

Do you guys also create new cultivars of tea?

Ваше любительское шоу выглядит как фокус, после чая из коробки.🤣

Wonderful 👍

As a western tea drinker getting into loose leaf tea, I’ve been struggling with using no honey in my teas. I find it slightly embarrassing but I really do enjoy my teas with honey, and I hope to find teas that I can learn to enjoy more naturally! :)

2024, still drinking 'Liu Dui' :'D

This is both brilliant and entertaining. I'm anxious to try this with the tea I just ordered from you!

Answered my questions, thank you so much.

DDT is seemingly still in use, re: c.2020 Report; but, the other Carcinogenic Compounds are being used on Fruit and Veg, and, Tea: Fate of Residual Pesticides in Fruit and Vegetable Waste (FVW) Processing Tri Thanh Nguyen,1 Carmen Rosello,2,3 Richard Bélanger,4 and Cristina Ratti1,*: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602544/; see the table 1/2/3/4

archive.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/web/pdf/thiabendazole_red.pdf

whoa! truly great Topical Matter, as is your informative video; thank you. I have been researching this topical matter of Pesticides in the Fruit and Veg Ecosystem, which, is equally alarming; many scientific studies indicate the prevalence of these Carcinogenic Compounds, which, is both shocking and alarming; I attach one such document here: Fate of Residual Pesticides in Fruit and Vegetable Waste (FVW) Processing Tri Thanh Nguyen,1 Carmen Rosello,2,3 Richard Bélanger,4 and Cristina Ratti1,*: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602544/; I am observing that, the human exposure of these Pesticides, which are prevalent in the Ecosystem, and, us humans are subjected to this practice, and, we are, unbeknownst to the majority of the public are ingesting fruit and veg; which, I find equally shocking and alarming; the Cumulative Risks are profound, and, we are aware in that cases of Dementia / Cancer in the humans is prevalent amongst age groups of 50's to 80's / 90's

6:00 I've been wondering who William's hair style reminds me of. This side to side comparison finally made it dawn upon me.

Thank you William

I use my crap puer cakes as a sponge to wash my fishes

So fascinating to hear your thoughts as you process this tea. I had the idea not long ago to apply pu-erh and white tea style processing to a caffeine-containing plant that is native to my region of north america, Ilex vomitoria. The leaves seem to be quite a bit thicker than tea leaves though, any thoughts on whether this might be possible?

I like that you don't iron your shirt

If you want to rinse the tea but preserve flavor & caffeine, then why don't you use a cold water rinse instead?

Thank you for sharing your experience knowledge and insight. It’s extremely helpful

This channel is treasure. I drink a lot of tea, high mountain oolong included, but I never knew that this much effort is required to produce it.

5:32 - 9:00 what's with the N words? 😂

Thank you for this long and very interesting stream. Hope to see more in the future.

I come back to this video from time to time because I enjoy watching William brew his tea :)

In your shop, you have misleading price in preview.

Addendum from a customer: When jassids bite into the leaf surface, the mechanical damage creates a molecular pattern that is detected by proteins embedded into mechanosensitive layers of the cell walls, which face inward towards the cytoplasm. By design, cellular components are able to leak into the cytoplasm. This initiates signal transduction - in our case here, the release of membrane-bound compounds like polyunsaturated fatty acids (with linolenic acid being critical as the substrate for jasmonic acid biosynthesis) is accompanied by an influx of oxygen. This influx can lead to oxidative stress; which the plant must manage, and one of the ways it does this is to use oxygen enzymatically to generate signaling molecules. Much like polyphenol oxidase operates on a substrate in the presence of oxygen, so too do enzymes responsible for jasmonic acid biosynthesis operate on a substrate in the presence of oxygen. Once produced, jasmonic acid has a systemic effect on plants, such that it participates in diverting the flux of reduction power generated through photosynthesis away from primary growth, and towards secondary metabolite biosynthesis. This serves a protective function, as I'm sure you know, and also contributes to the profile of metabolites which typify the flavor of "Oriental Beauty" tea. These molecules require massive amounts of energy, which is part of the reason - to the point your farmer friend brought up - why plants bitten by bugs tend to stay smaller, and the leaves don't get as big. He mentioned they get stunted, and that the plants should not have big leaves with tall shoots. This happens directly as a result of energy flowing away from primary metabolic pathways, with the signaling pathways acting like valves that open up and allow reduction power to flow to the biosynthesis of defensive compounds. The ability of the plants to form the profile of metabolites which; after processing, defines the molecular composition of "Oriental Beauty" tea, exists within their own DNA, and it's a matter of encouraging the plants to express those metabolites. Jassids do not have an effect on plants that is exclusive to jassids, if that makes sense.

He's living the life, I'm happy for him but also a bit jealous.

5:40 "cow shyte" that's how my stepmom described a Yiwu Sheng Pu Erh when I asked her to try it as a non tea drinker. It stuck with me since every time I drink it, wet hay, cow barn and then cow shyte. Of course I don't mention it when I introduce it to someone, don't want to disgust them right away 😂

Another stunning, very informative video about those remote places, thanks a bunch from an old customer of yours. One thing about Bada teas though since you don't seem to like what you've tried so far ... I've had my share of really amazing, very expressive Badas that I bought fairly young but that also have aged very well over the last xy years, can't complain and look forward to getting some more once I get back there, probably next spring; can't wait.

So interesting!!

I'm curious who your longtime videographer is... is it your wife? 😄 Regarding leaf colour: I've heard that plant leaves tend to get greener the more shade they get because you need more chlorophyll to collect the lesser amount of sunlight... so the yellower leaves in Fen Shui Ling could be a result of that. I've had a farmer tell me that they purposely plant species that can be cut down and left to decompose to add nitrogen to the soil, then another species is planted to protect the crops from weeds and retain soil cover... What do you think about that for tea plants, since they require lots of nitrogen?

Such an interesting video. Can't wait for more videos and teas. Have a nice day 🙏

Thanks for sharing. Not super fond of them smoking cigs around the leaves but I imagine this is more common in that part of the world.

Thank you for sharing.

cool

Thank you for sharing. It's such a different process from puerh!

Thank you for taking such a deep dive into the making of Oriental Beauty! It is incredible how much skill and effort are required. I have enjoyed the 2023 teas from Mr. Zhong that you carried on your website, particularly the Oriental Beauty. I am glad you were still able to source some teas from him for this year. Given the less than optimal conditions this year for producing Oriental Beauty, did he make more black tea and less Oriental Beauty? It amazes me how delicious black tea can still be made from leaves that aren’t suitable for other tea types.

Wow, so informative, thanks William it's a pleasure to learn about the intricacies of Oriental Beauty processing in mainland China, super interesting. But am I right to think, the summer harvest doesn't give the best results in this case either? Do you know how old these gardens are?

Try SUNLEAF green tea 🎉🎉🎉

Can't wait to try these

More videos like this! Great. Love this tea too!

is there a risk of mold or spoiling?

This video is so calming and therapeutic. I wish I could make tea like this too

very cool video, born out of difficult circumstances. it’s two years past, yet my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family 🙏

The delusional fantasy of pursuing perfection. There is much wisdom here, Farmer Leaf, thank you. 🙏🫖🦋

Trop bien William! Hélas en France et partout en Europe 90% des gens on jamais vue un tea cake! Le tea bag est partout!

Highly recommend a pitcher filter, as even just plain old charcoal will filter out some dissolved solids in addition to other things like chlorination byproducts, fluoride and metals which can impact taste heavily.