Searching for China’s Ancient Tea Leaves
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Tea is the most popular beverage in the world, first cultivated over 6,000 years ago in ancient China. Shunan Teng is on a mission to experience it in its most authentic, historic form. Her love for tea knows no bounds, as she travels halfway around the world, up steep mountains and through remote jungles in search of the world’s oldest tea trees. Now, through Tea Drunk, a teahouse in New York City, she’s giving others the opportunity to be steeped in history.
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Uncle Iroh, would be proud.
Yes
@@knife8960 one of the high ranking officials of the Fire Nation. Watch Avatar the Legend of Aang
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Hmm hmm hmm....i can hear his singing for his son in my head. That was beautiful.
It is a shame that such a good channel is closing down. Thank you for the last few years!
@array s Great Big Story is basically owned by CNN and it is said that they want to close this division. So yeah, Great Big Story is no more 😭
array s CNN is planning to close down GBS over the pandemic hit, at least that’s where the news got to
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If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
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I recently finished reading The Tea Enthusiast's Handbook: A Guide to Enjoying the World's Best Teas, but I wasn't sure from a verbal description what the heating and rolling processes were, or sorting, for that matter. Thank you for sharing the detailed journey of producing this excellent beverage.
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
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Opium War III: Tea Boogaloo.
Lmao
This tea variety is known as "assamica" scientifically, yet ironically the tea trees in Assam has been interbreed with the tea "sinica" introduced from Southeast China by the British colonizers who believe the "assamica" tea doesn't taste good. So right now if you want some genuine "assamica" tea that has not been interbreed with the "sinica" tea, you have to go to China to find them.
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This is really good tea.... The technique too
I saw ur vid on the among us whit piano
Why is this guy commenting on every video I see
Ah yes,very efficient technique
Indeed
have you tasted it?
How come her accent is 20 times easier to understand that my professor that’s been living in the US for 25 years
Probably due to childhood introduction to the language and accent, but it’s hard to say.
She also lives in the US
From a Chinese point of view, I could still sense a tiny bit of Mandarin, but hey, still close to perfect.
This tea is probably like $1000 per cup
Haha. As a self proclaimed tea head, I'd can say that the tea is actually not that expensive. I mean it's expensive compared to your regular teabag from the supermarket and expensive compared to other hand picked tea leaves, but it's not close to $1k per cup. Rather it's about $40 for 28grams. 4grams goes into a small gaiwan pot so you can math it out to be around $6 a pot. The teas that get expensive are the ones that sit in warehouses and ferment for decades and is so eye-watering-ly expensive that it makes wine look poor by comparison. If I remember correctly, the most expensive was a Fujianese (Fujian is a province/territory in china) tea, that sold at $28,000 per 20 grams (little more than half an ounce!). It's 30 times it's own weight in gold. That's not the funny part of that either... It's been described as "[looking]fit for a beggar, priced for an emperor, and heart of a buddha." Wild, huh?
no its like 3 dollars
Frrrr
@@Xantosdude o-o
I don’t think anyone would buy that if it was that expensive
This tea variety is known as "assamica" scientifically, yet ironically the tea trees in Assam has been interbreed with the tea "sinica" introduced from Southeast China by the British colonizers who believe the "assamica" tea doesn't taste good. So right now if you want some genuine "assamica" tea that has not been interbreed with the "sinica" tea, you have to go to China to find them.
Um where did you get that it’s ‘assamica’ tea? And also how is it interbred with tea introduced from the British? This tea is harvested in the forests of Yunnan. They don’t breed tea trees there, all the trees usually just grow in the forests on their own. It’s not a tea plantation. Not to mention, in the video it says these trees are already hundreds of years old.....likely before the British trees got to China.
@@RedrosePhoenixSophiaFLi i think they're referring to the "assamica" (large leaf) variety of tea which has different variants in Yunnan and Assam. They're just saying that the Assam variant tends to be lower quality and to get really good Assamica, ironically, you have to go to Yunnan (where Assamica originates)
@@RedrosePhoenixSophiaFLi To build on what Gianmarco and the original commenter said, there are two major varieties of Camellia sinensis (the tea plant), known as large leaf and small leaf, or assamica and sinensis, respectively. The native plants grown in the forests of Yunnan belong to this “big leaf” or assamica variety.
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
@@notablecarrot2831 I wouldn't say assamica tea in Assam to be "lower quality". It's just mixed, not pure, somewhat British/Sinicized. I believe there may be some way if you can visit an indigenous tribal village to get some authentic _assamica_ tea in India but most likely you wouldn't. Thus (ironically) the easiest way to find the authentic unsinicized assamica tea would be in China.
Uncle iroh and Princhs Zuko should expand their tea shop from ba ding se.
Tea picking is an intimate process that I would be interested in from the start of the process. Teavana was as close as I got, i miss that place.
If you really want to experience tea from the source, there are a ton of good resources for that. I recommend you check out the Gong Fu Cha Facebook community:)
A great company to look at is Yunnan Sourcing, which specializes in pu-erh, with sheng pu-erh being the tea showcased in the video.
Edit: sheng pu-erh is also known as raw pu-erh
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
*eats a leaf on top of a tree*
" MmmMm tastie "
👁👄👁
It's like eating the stuff from a a teabag
Thousands of years ago, tea leaves were eaten. Humans only started drinking tea later
She just picks off leaves mmmh tasty
She like me at my school we just pick flowers and drink the nectar
Me too! Me and my friends would pick the flowers and drink the nectar!
Edit: when we were allowed to go to school, that is (Thanks Corona)
Yeah, in China, people do that a lot. If you know what you’re eating is safe, which lots of people in the countryside do.
“Tea is the most popular drink in the world” Water: am I a joke to you
What does nectar taste like?😮
I've been to Tea Drunk many times and indeed Shunan has some of the best teas I've ever had.
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
I love tea and coffee. My life is TEA AND COFFEE
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
Legend said that Uncle Iroh imported his tea from here.
the fire nation would like to know your location.
@Gwon Shrestha You put a space inbetween lol
Is it just me or did was this video already on this channel?
Yep, I remember this being uploaded before.
Prob a reupload bc of a mistake in the last
The original is like a year old.
First time I am watching the Great Big Story Video so early after the upload😁😁
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I love tea, so thank you so much for showing us the hard work it takes. And thank you for giving us access to delicious tea :)
This girl is very good with her english
If you’ve old ever had green tea or popular western teas such as earl grey I highly recommend trying some pu’erh, red (aka chinese black tea), or maybe oolong. If you’re in the USA yunnan.us is a good website with good prices for beginners. Just remember high quality tea is cheaper than it seems. You typically steep it multiple times and sometimes up to 30 steeps. If you use reddit r/tea has some useful links to more resources. Enjoy!
How long have you been brewing Gong Fu?
@@raffisandoval9103 I’d say around a year. I’m very new to it, but it’s super enjoyable. I drink tea just about everyday.
@@aslipperysnake always delightful to find a fellow teahead. I've been in it for about 3 years and yet have never tried yellow tea and raw puer. My favourite has always been ripes. Have fun along your tea journey, perhaps one day we will sit for a session of cha
Well why not promote loose tea leaf rather then tea bags. One research showed that most of the teabags are composed of plastic materials so it's better to drink loose tea for health and well as environment.
in most asian countries, tea is mixed straight with hot water in a pot or grinded to a paste. we dont usually use teabags in large uses because its costly.
@Frurara Costly? Tea bags are considered low quality like instant coffee and are way cheaper than fine tea leaves at least here in China.
Me: dude want some water?
Brit: no, i'm good
Me: how bout I boil leaf in it
Brit: perhaps
I'm a wine server, I also like tea. This video has made me realize of how exquisite a tea-making process could be, quite similar to winemaking. 😊👌 🍵 🍷
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
Oh man you should search up aged teas like puer or some aged white tea. Those are even more relatable to wine cause they have vintages.
Thank you so much, I learn it from ESL class,now I could review in loop
"Its leaves make a tea so delicious, it's heartbreaking!"
Wait, is this a repost?
yeah
NANI!?
doesnt really matter, we'll watch anything at this time even if its reposted...
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CNN closes book on them.
China's forests are so beautiful 😍🌲
When she flies to China every spring to pick the tea and then also fishes out the yellowed tea leaves by hand, I wonder what a cup of tea costs in her New York store...
If you are tea connoisseur of that level. It is better to travel to China an follow these steps all by yourself. Buy the time you are ready to taste the tea, you will start to appreciate the $3 tea boxes!
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Ignorance is bliss. To only know that the best tea is our local brew is absolute joy. That once I tasted something that could be beyond my daily brew would only give me deep pain of cravings. Addiction to pleasure is a terrible thing...the opium war should have been educating enough.
Satisfaction with the simple things in life is a life well lived.
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
@@user-ti3su6np8r thanks. I live in Malaysia. I drank a delicious chinese tea once at a roadside shop. No sugar, no flavouring, just tea. It was very delicious and strangely sweet. That was about 20 years ago. Since then I could never find the same taste anywhere.
Can you recommend me any names of the tea? It's difficult to find authentic stuff here as in southeast Asia is the crossroad of culture, the tea is also mixed. So I get confused a lot. I even thought matcha was green tea before realizing it's a Japanese tea.
@@MrArthoz Good afternoon, Mr. Arthoz. Thank you for your reply. Chinese tea leaves do not add any seasoning. The taste of tea leaves is completely natural, but different processing methods create different tea tastes. Japanese matcha tea is also a kind of green tea, and the powder of matcha tea is made of green tea. Japanese matcha tea was also passed down from China. There are a lot of tea leaves in China. The place where I am located produces Ziyang selenium-enriched tea, which is a kind of green tea. As you said, it will make your tongue produce saliva when you drink it. If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, I am very happy to send it to you for free. The problem now is that I don't know how to contact you.
RIP - I loved this channel
Why do you reupload this as new content?
Its so ancient than my old ps1
Goodbye Great Big Story. It was nice being with you for the past 5 years.
Oh, this is the famous jasmin dragon tea.
I tasted a Mao Feng green tea from Teadrunk, and it was one of the best I have ever sipped!
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
Iroh would love that.
I watch shunnan tang's video at ted-ed. About tea also
Come back GBS!
Imagine drinking from tea leaves from HUNDRED year old tea trees 🤯
She's so passionate oh my god😩💕
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you may rest peacefully now.
Would love to taste this tea someday. 🍵
She just picks off leaves mmmh tasty
She like me at my school we just pick flowers and drink the nectar
1:58 soooo satisfying!
Tasty leaves
Rest in peace great big story
Britain would be proud
Get the Swiss on the case, they will be able to convince the world to pay like $100 per pot
But first you'll have to build a relationship with your tea leaves seller, and then go on a waiting list with no guarantees that you will ever receive your tea leaves
Just found out NBC shut down Great Big Story; does this mean this is the channel's last video? :(
What y
Drinking Tea while Watching this Video
I am drinking a glass of Crystal Light peach iced tea as I watch this. I feel like a fraud. 😆
I need some milk in my tea, I think its more bitter then black coffee.
That tea looks delicious, ngl.
MASTERFUL
I love to have that tea
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
Honestly tea is just water updraded by infinity. Give me some of those leaves I want to know hoe they teste!!!
I love Oolong tea.
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When you found your ancestor's hidden teabags in your garden
This tea is probably like $1000 per cup
That tea looks like it’s the best tasting tea😩
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
I’m from China
I would argue that water is a more popular drink
yeah but trader joes green tea slaps too
This is TEARRIFIC!
I LOVE this
Those woks are amazing haha oh man
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“What tea is supposed to taste like”
Her: “mM tasty”
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If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
Damn I want tea now
I want tea now
Very interesting
Are you guys really shutting down???!! 😭😭😭😭
Well, I know where I'm moving.
Woww feel so weird to be early lol
Theis is addicting to watch
tea drunk = 茶莊？
妙～
isnt this a reupload
Apparently, she’s never tried opium.
hmmmm, Matrix seems to be acting up again. Deja vu
Motorcycle on that hill???
Hot water gang
Reuploaded
Love yo drink that 🍵
Iroh wants to know your location
Shes secretly uncle iroh
Tea Drunk. I went there once a couple years ago or so with my wife. What an expensive disappointment. Girl working there did not have a passion for tea. Didn't know anything about tea or seemingly care. The tea itself was way overpriced for the quality too. Now I'm not saying the owner isn't genuine and that she doesn't source good tea at all. But as avid tea drinkers we were sorely disappointed. Even Harney and Sons had better tea and for less cost. If you want good quality Yunnan tea from ancient tea trees just buy from Yunnan Sourcing.
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
Brick and mortars(especially in the west) are typically pretty expensive relative to the quality(you can definitely find good tea in some depending on where you look, but it’ll come at a premium). It is nice to just sit down in a communal teahouse environment drinking dancongs though
Oh No if u drink this at night u cant sleep
I watch great big story a lor
Nyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
Goodbye GBS. And thanks.
Shut up and brew tea Gong Fu style you won't regret it
Woah im early
Yeah
Hi binod
Can we please start the Third Opium War? Thx
i wont go to china rn cause you know ...
Earl-y for the first time lmao
ahhhh.. the reason why the Brits started the opium war. I can totally see why now
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