Yes except on the right we can see leaves in the cup however the water in the teapot is already brown in color. Are we to believe that this is some kind of magical teapot? I hope someone got fired over this!
Julie haha! No magic, just imagination. To make the illustration more dynamic and colorful I intended the tea leafs being transferred from the teapot to the teacup when been poured ;)
I can never get over how beautiful the backdrops are for these videos. Someone definitely puts a lot of time and effort into them. They’re so beautiful 😍
I would be GOOPED if you could get a Water Expert and try to drink different kinds of water - tap, mineral, purified, distilled, and even alkanized! That would be awesome.
I knew this guy would get at least one wrong, the flavor of tea is such a subtle and subjective thing, that on top if the fact that the price is not really consistent with quality, it's more about how it's sold/marketed for a large part, I would imagine it would be really hard to match quality with price in a consistent way.
I remember the bacon guy got a wrong answer because of the turkey bacon which is not real bacon, and now this guy got a wrong answer because herbal tea is not really from tea leaves.
@Rinderend I mean if we want to split hairs, "herbal tea" is an umbrella term for any brewed plant product apart from camellia, (the tea shrub). So chamomille is a herbal tea. I think they probably did this because if he had to compare a cheap/expensive chamomille to a cheap/expensive rooibos for example, it would be a bit imbalanced. I probably couldn't tell the difference between a quality chamomille myself either so I don't blame the guy at all, since classical green tea and these exciting herbal ones are so different and have different qualiteas ;).
I wish they would tell you the different brands they’re trying. I love when they say the cheap one is almost/just as good, and I want to know what it is!
If the cheep one is as good as the expensive then both are of the same quality. You can spend a million dollars on a $20,000 car, it doesn't make it a top quality ferrari sports car. You just got took for a ride.
Problem is you can take bottom shelf tea, repackaged it and sell it for a ridiculous price. If your a expert at medicine, your a have a degree. . What qualifications do you need to be a tea expert? The guy here can talk the talk but his explanation for his choice is rather bizarre. He tells you he doesn't like the one Tea, then says its the expensive option. He does as the video describes. He can identify expensive poor tasting tea. Well that didn't impress me.
In some cases, it's the price that's wrong (unjustified), not the expert. @9:37 Good explanation, and a thematic flaw in the underlying assumption of this series that price indicates the quality of the product.
That is possible. Although this expert is very knowledgeable because tea is his families business. I never saw him taste any tea leaves. My wife is a certified tea expert and she would smell the leaves like he did but would also taste them. She can tell what type of tea it is, the grade, if it was picked too early and late and if it was processed properly without needing to make the tea. I guess the way he drinks the tea makes for good video.
I mean I find the series interesting because they explain why or why not something is the price it is. Them being 100% right isn’t that important (and you can often tell before they guess how sure they are). I felt the same during the episode on chocolate when they had her taste a 500 dollar chocolate bar.
It is true that marketing can skew the price, but this is the first in this series where I've seen the expert make a wrong call and I have to believe that this is because the cost to produce is very typically closely tied to the sale price.
I am Chinese who has been drinking tea for 20 years (Since primary school). The way he tastes green is absolutely right. For high quality green tea, proper temp (80 to 85 C) is vital. You should be able to get 3 times refill with the same good green tea leafs in your cup and some hot water in decent temp. For 乌龙 or OLONG and black tea, you should use literately boiling water. Sometimes you may cook your tea leafs. As for tea with flowers... Think about someone make cocktail with wine. Will they use a 100$ bottle for that?
I think thats wrong, teas have their own Temperature and Green tea with 80° is maybe right for Chinese one, but Japanese one your using way less, for some gyokuro even 55°. Other Teas Like White 70° etc but all depend where the tea come From, the Oxidation process and more
Absolutely don't use boiling for black or oolong tea! 90°c or maybe 95 for some oolongs. Use 95 for white tea too. Only use boiling for dark teas like pu'erh
Actually, herbal tea isn't really... a tea. Its just infusion of some herbs and has nothing to do with Camellia plant so I'm not surprised he got that wrong.
Yeah...I probably would have gotten it, but that's only because I recognized one of the bags as (likely) one of the brands I drink regularly, and it's not particularly expensive at all, though good for the price. Otherwise, I'm sure I wouldn't have done any better!
@@zapdara If it's the brand I think it is, it's Celestial Seasonings. It's definitely a grocery store brand, but it's lasted for 50 years for a reason!
@@fatheroflies not always, I've seen quite the number of tea manufacturers list the wrong recommended temperature for the tea that they're selling, so it doesn't hurt to have a little knowledge about brewing different types of tea, especially since it's the most popular drink in the world after water, might come in handy one day.
@@user-ix1mi3ji6l in fact I bought ahmad green tea and the package says boiling water (100ºC), which is far too hot. I just prepared it with water at 75ºC and the flavor is totally different.
well he did not know that much to be honest. he looks more like someone that tests tea as a hobby instead as a job. most official tea experts with credentials taste the tea instead of making that chirping(that is what coffee experts do since its harder to taste coffee for those little nuances when compared to tea) my grandfather was one and i have never seen him do that while working only on parties to annoy or see if someone really does not know about his profession lol.
@@MumrikDK official as in his is not only skilled but proven by tests made in a standardized way. expert means experience you can do a university and not be an expert until years of working and using what you learned to truly understand.
@Javin Byeol Javin Byeol my family owns procuces and sells a whole bunch of stuff including tea and even though i know about them i cant say i am an expert on them. i have day to day experience alone.. so yeah he is not an expert just because his family owns and the magic word on you statement was "prolly".
Lucas Biermann WoW what a hater. Get a life. This man is clearly has a lot of knowledge about tea. He even gave a lot of detail about how various teas are made. Get a life
I feel like everytime an expert gets excited for guessing correctly, it's also a small celebration that their reputation as an expert will be intact after this video
@@DarknessLiesWithin But he also said beforehand that Turkey bacon is not bacon but actually turkey sausage cut into the shape of bacon. That why he went with his tongue on that, not his expertise
It's interesting that the two times I've seen when the expert got it wrong, it was reviewing something that's not actually what they claim expertise on. The tea expert got it wrong when he wasn't talking about tea (herbal is NOT tea), and the bacon expert got it wrong on turkey bacon.
I would disagree. Chamomile isnt some new herbal tea on the market, its been around ages and if you walk into any tea store they have it. Rooisbos is another example of a non tradtional "tea leaf" brew, but its tea regardless if you agree or not and has been around ages.
Mirian V informally herbal teas are tea, but they're not "true teas", because they do not come from camelia sinensis. in contrast, blacks, greens, oolongs, matcha (which are also green) all come from the same plant - they vary so drastically through factors like processing, cultivars, etc. in a technical sense, tea denotes the beverage that comes from camelia sinensis. you can prepare an herbal tea in the same method as a true tea, but as rooibos differs from chamomile in that they come from different plants, herbal teas differ from true teas in the same way. and even though green teas can taste so different from black teas/oxidized teas, they will ultimately always originate from camelia sinensis
@@mirianv4656 Chamomile is a tisane, or "herbal" tea. It's not a real tea plant. It's actually not tea "regardless". It's something people call tea that is not really tea. This isn't a subject of debate, it's simple fact. I am something of a tea expert myself. I spend more than most people do on weed for high quality tea.
Nicholas M i don't concur entirely with you - herbal tea is still "tea", in a way. it might not technically be correct, but a word's definition is as fickle as its practical usage. even in treatises like Shennong Ben Cao Jing are true teas classified under what we now call tisanes, as if they were just another herb. tisanes might not be the same thing as true teas, but to say they're not and never robs them of the full inherent meaning that the term tea carries. in this more realistic context, tea is simultaneously exclusive from & inclusive of tisanes.
I'd like to agree, but herbal tea is still tea. It just doesn't contain any tea leaves. Mistakes happen though, or he was right about the company overpricing their sub-par chamomile tea.
He knows nothing about tea. If the only method of telling good tea from bad is by its packaging then anyone can do that. He bought the tea. Oh I wonder which of these I paid more for. Top tea experts use loose tea and brew it with care. He maybe a tea expert but he's not a tea expert I'd trust.
I'll bet Chamomile B was Twinings. It's more expensive but it's not as pleasurable to drink as Celestial Seasonings' Chamomile which is cheaper in price but not necessarily more cheaply produced.
That seems to be how tea is in itself. Less the quality itself and more marketing. Lots of looseleafs are around the same price/only SLIGHTLY more expensive/possibly cheaper than their bagged counterparts and the quality is almost always better. Even with bagged brands: Tazo is way better than Republic of Tea if you ask me and the latter is more expensive.
Price Points is honestly the best series of videos on TH-cam. Not only does it have a little suspense from the expert having to guess which product is the more expensive one, but we get to learn a WHOLE LOT about the products themselves. Please keep this series alive. Also, you guys should bring out a Scotch expert.
That's interesting, reminded me of the cheese expert video, in which she did say that some cheese was better but it was cheaper because of shipping and Subsidies policies in certain countries, so, even if it isn't better, a true expert can still know if it's pricier or not.
@@JotaC I think that would be harder for tea, it is a bit easier to determine the origins of cheese, because there are types of cheese that are only made in few places. Unlike tea which is often made in several countries or places, making it a lot harder to determine it's origin and price. I think he went with quality instead of actual price because usually high quality tea is more expensive.
Except when talking about high-quality products. Gyōkuro and imperial teas definitely deserve their high prices. Rarely do I feel the urge to eat the leaves of low-quality teas, but Gyōkuro leaves shouldn't be thrown out.
I found this to be true for black tea. I often go for Prince of Wales by Twinings in loose leaf. I've had Teavana black teas. I've bought black teas from iherb and tried different brands, all more than the Twinings but still went back. Their lady grey is pretty nice as well.
Also depends on when the tea is harvested and not just handling of the tea itself. Prematurely picking tea buds will usually result in more expensive tea because it means more of a flavor...plus you're picking it before an entire tea leaf can be grown for more of a yield but less concentrated of a flavor.
casualsuede I’ve watched a lot of the videos in this series and hardly anyone is ever convinced that expensive product is worth it. Some prefer the less expensive product.
Probably because it doesnt. The only expensive one i'd get is the matcha because of the color. The tea actually look like its for drinking while the cheaper one(still pretty expensive) are more for cakes and desserts
It seems to me that in this video they compared cheap tea with a little less cheap tea. Not much of a difference. It's like comparing a $700 phone with a $600 phone; lesser differences. Not like comparing a 2005 smartphone with a 2018 smartphone.
Yeeeeeeessss, as an amateur mead maker I'd love to see how they parse out the qualities of wildflower honeys vs infused and buckwheat honeys. Interesting stuff!
Here's the thing Epicurious, if you're going to do comparisons you need to use the same exact type of teas! Two oolong teas that are totally different oxidation levels and leaf style is meaningless. The same goes for the two different style green teas and tasting earl grey alongside an unflavored black tea. You can do better! That being said, Emeric did a great job with what he was given :)
I wonder if they were trying to make it a little tougher on the experts. Sometimes in the past the choice is so obvious that a layman viewer can easily tell from video alone. I agree though - I wonder if the folks that selected the tea options weren't very familiar with the products and didn't realize how truly different they were.
@@sarahgiggles9444 It does seem like whoever selected the tea didn't know any better. A lot of people think of green tea as a singular thing when there are thousands of different varieties from many different regions.
Tea for Me Please I think they pick contrasting examples deliberately so that the expert can touch on the differences and shed some knowledge on the different production methods.
@@connorp3030 I know you mean but it's not that simple. What they did here was like comparing a red wine to a white wine because they are both made with grapes. It would be very easy to select the same green tea, say Dragonwell, at two different price points. There would be a lot to talk about in terms of quality, processing, etc.
not that hard to see the difference tbh... anyone that goes to an art supply store can see the difference withing seconds just by looking at the high quality chalks.
I always enjoy these comparisons with experts. And while he did a great job describing the look of the teas and scents I was really hoping for some more in-depth discussion on what really makes a difference in flavour and is worth paying for. He mentioned it slightly with the herbal tisane. Also, Earl Grey is a flavoured black tea and shouldn't have gone up against a straight black tea. You could have separated them into two categories.
I assume you are from the states. If you want to consult experts in tea, you consult the Chinese, Indians, or Japanese connoisseurs. Farmers can really give you an idea about changes in their tea from year to year. It's fascinating. You learn a lot about the geography and changes in the soil. You shouldn't take the word of a US tea blender so seriously.Tea blenders tend to be the business of selling, in the United States... tisanes and carbolics are really pushed because it's what sells.... that's not tea (or at least, not good tea). Tea isn't big in the United States, you have to order internationally to find decent tea. Most of us are all drinking garbage, like a burnt $.99 McDonalds cup of coffee. Tea blenders elevate their standards (which costs money), when consumers change their tastes. Right now, the market in the United States is certainly growing... but it's not good enough to demand quality. People largely drink tea here when they are in the mood to feel fancy. We have a coffee culture. For now, we have things like Teavana and Harneys to give us a little idea. It's cute. Sometimes they have nice wares.
I was thinking the same thing. I know absolutely nothing about tea but I know that earl grey and regular black tea are very different. And to the comment above me, you sound like the most pretentious person in the world by saying no American knows what “real tea” is and their opinions don’t matter. I’m guessing you are also a moron that believes in cultural appropriation and that all white people do is steal other’s cultures, huh?
I thought the same thing about comparing the Earl Grey with the regular black tea. That was strange. The person picking those for the segment might not have been much of a tea drinker.
Everyone: We demand a tea episode! Epicurious: **sluuurp** **squeak** **squeak** **squeak** Also Epicurious: What, isn't this what you wanted? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!!!
The most extreme difference I experience is with Japanese green tea. I have a obsession for it since many years. First I was shocked by the price, especially on really good gyokuro, but you can really tell the difference. If you have Kukicha, which is stem tea and a Karigane(which is high quality Kukicha) the Kukicha tastes much more dull, but with the Karigane you have lots of floral notes, which is amazing. But the most difference is with the second and third brew of your tea. Good quality green teas can be brewed 3 or even 4 times and still taste good(sure the flavor profile changes a little). But with low quality the second brew already is nearly tasteless.
I would happily start captioning your videos for you if you gave me the means. I’m seeing a lot of comments from people who are deaf or hard of hearing and i’d love to help! Please give your supporters an avenue to caption your videos!
Dani P The captions are auto generated and if you look at them, they aren’t completely accurate! So i think a lot of us wouldn’t mind helping to make edited accurate captions for those or are deaf or hard of hearing.
Y'all need to hire someone to professionally caption your videos. I keep reading "TB" as " tuberculosis." I'm hard of hearing and rely on closed captioning to fill in the gaps when I watch videos. Captions help everyone, not just deaf people.
@@nf8498 I agree completely! While I'm "hearing enough" to make out the majority of the words and fill the rest in, there are people who aren't. Accessibility is so important. Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (a deaf/disabled youtuber) did a thing during the intertional week of the deaf on how to caption youtube videos. I share that as often as I can.
Yes! Captions are so important to increase accessibility and ease of use! It would be nice if they could even just open their captions so viewers can submit them, like how some smaller TH-cam creators do. I guess larger content producers don't like doing this because they are worried about what would be submitted, but the people who are willing to submit captions aren't usually the kind of people who are writing mean spirited commentaries. I hope that the larger TH-cam channels start letting captions be submitted or hire some to do it professionally like you said, it would make their content so much better.
While I'm not deaf or hard of hearing, I'm completely behind this idea. It's ridiculous the amount of times I've seen lazy subtitles... not just on youtube, but on TV. Sometimes it is honestly utter nonsense- a mix of random letters. Again, I'm not deaf, but I've known people that are, and I've studied ASL. This definitely needs to have more effort put into supporting deaf and hoh people. And if I had to rely on subtitles, I would read TB as tuberculosis as well.
Ah yes, this one is more versatile, allowing for more situations to be used in. Although it is another label meme, and thus it's not a safe investment, the deep frying increases the dankness of the meme.
that chirping is more to show off than anything else. true experts they taste the leaves instead. its much more accurate. the chirping its done more with coffee so they try this technique with tea too...
Honestly, especially because weed is so weird. Sometimes it can smell like skunk and sometimes it smells like a heavy floral perfume and I honestly don't know if one kind is better or if they are just different.
I tend to subconsciously do the teeth thing when drinking tea by myself and it seems to really bring out the flavor. I thought it was all in my head until i watched this video.
Really depends on your taste. I can smell green tea just fine, and even taste it without problem...My friends just HATE it because they can't taste anything nor smell it, and they don't understand why I'm obsessed with green tea LOL If you have a favorite tea or love to drink tea, after a while you can get aroma and taste and all those fancy words for smell :P
I've run into the same problem with chamomile tea. I've bought expensive chamomile that did not taste as good as cheap chamomile tea bags. Nice to see Emeric Harney. Harney and Sons is one of my favorite tea sellers and has a great selection of quality loose and bagged teas. Their tea tins are to die for, as well.
I thought it was interesting that as long as they served him actual tea, he knew what was up with no hesitation. And I do think it was a little unfair to give him tisanes/herbal tea, given that that's not his expertise!
Also, a comparison where Epicurious doesn’t give the tea expert a green oolong and a roasted oolong. Compare, like, two high-mountain Taiwanese oolongs or two Wuyi rock oolongs, but don’t cross over ffs.
@@HallStigerts EXACTLY. its so strange seeing him compare the prices of two of the most prized oolongs. I'm guessing its Taiwan Jin Xuan "milk" tea because of its unique transparency unlike most oolongs and the second judging by how dark it is probably Da Hong Pao (which btw is very pricey) or TieLuoHan. Very baffling to me if thats the case assuming im right. The only explanation i can come up with is that he was given a lower grade or even fake dark oolongs.
While working at a student store at a university I convinced my boss to switch to harney and sons tea. I called the company to place an order and spoke to one of the harney family members. This was over a decade ago, but it always made me favor their teas. They're a family still close to their business:)
Oolong tea is my absolute favourite. I always felt like it was somewhere between green and a standard black so it was fascinating to see that is actually a thing. I've never seen one brew clear like that before, so now that is on my bucket list of teas to try.
I have a strong suspicion the light oolong he drinks is tie guan or something from the Anxi region of China, I had it a few times in college and it is very unusual among oolongs
@@eltacogordito6096 I am pretty sure that expensive oolong tea is tieguanyin, which is also my favorite type of tea so far. But I can't afford that price😂
Don't know about prices but the reason grocery store flowers don't have any smell is that they're bred that way, you can have scent or longevity but not both and of course, with shipping and everything, grocery stores want long-lasting but you're then sacrificing that beautiful smell, all those poor roses...
Basing on the appearance of the green teas test, my guess is that the A one is 龙井 (lóngjǐng) “dragon well” tea the B one is 铁观音 （tiěguānyīn）- much richer in colour and heavier in taste. In China tiěguānyīn is much more appreciated, that’s why the price’s difference
Tieguanyin is a oolong... The lighter, "greener" variety of tieguanyin has a floral aroma and a very light color in the cup. The stronger, "blacker" variety of tieguanyin has a richer, roasted aroma. Neither of them tastes/looks like B in the green tea test, and the price point is too low for the typical tieguanyin anyway. I'm pretty sure Tea A in the oolong test is actually a mid grade light tieguanyin.
Dragon well is one of my favorites and it did look like it but that price point is a little suspect. I’ve never bought dragon well in America though, I’m lucky because my parents and their friends just go straight to Hangzhou because it’s close to Shanghai. It’s not cheap!!! Not sure about prices in Zhejiang but I bet it’s similar
@@pandatours Green Tea A looks to me like some kind of sencha. I'm not a green tea expert though. I'm addicted to oolong so that's mostly what I know about.
merdufer Oolong is also one of my favorites!! I bought a bagged kind from Whole Foods that is fairly good but let me know if you have any recs (bagged or loose leaf, America or China)
@@pandatours The one I always highly recommend is Phoenix Dancong. I'm not sure where they would be available in America, but it's fairly available in cities along the east Chinese coast, especially Shantou. It's not too pricey, and it has a balanced yet unique flavor. The aroma is very floral, and the taste has rich roasted quality to it, with a sweet undertone that's almost like fruit, or honey.
This man, in all seriousness, is a true master. He got those tea-tattoos at at the tea-bending temple when he was twelve. He is a Tea Avatar and member of the White Lotus. According to my sources, he has prepared Jasmine Pearl tea for General Iroh of the Fire Nation. Not only is it a lovely tea when brewed (the pearls one “blooms” in your cup with a strong scent of jasmine), it is calming on the tongue and easy to pack to carry with you.
Really enjoyed this! We've been in the tea business for over a decade and totally passionate about loose leaf tea and herbals and share that on our channel. As an aside, the chamomile is not true tea, it's an herbal/tisane and, unlike the tea, has no caffeine. True tea only comes from one plant..Camellia sinensis, same genus as the garden flower, different species...which (depending on oxidation levels) gives us white, green, oolong, black, puerh and even 'yellow' tea, which is not very available in the U.S. The most interesting in this video to me was the oolong category. It looked like the one on the left was Bao Zhong and the other (dark/more oxidiized) was Wuyi. The prices seemed very off to me on some of the teas. Tea bags are dust and fannings and, if you've never had loose tea, there is just no comparison. One thing people used to say when we had our retail stores was 'I never knew tea could taste like this'. We just licensed a commercial 1 min. tea brewer to a large mfr., and hopefully people will someday be able to go into a coffee chain or fast food place and get perfectly brewed loose tea in 1 min.
This doesn't make much sense, because this video was about if the expert can tell the difference between a cheap and an expensive tea. Since Baihao-Yinzhen IS the highest quality and among the most expensive of white teas, it should have been a "white tea" test, where _one of them_ would be Baihao-Yinzhen. But they didn't told which one the individual type was, so they wouldn't have told you here either.
silver needles has their own grades too... i have a cheaper local silver needles and a tin of fujian silver needles on my table.. infact i also have a brick of young pu erh which is cheaper and a mature one like 20+ years old pu erh wheel... these might be the higher end of tea VARIANTS but each VARIANTS had their own cheap and top quality of their own.. so i think it does make sense @@nowonmetube
I'm not a tea expert, but I use to spent a lot of time in the village with my grandparents.SoI have seen a lot of fresh and dry herbs, and teas.I was able to guess every tea by colour and the actual dry content...Very proud on myself :)
It depends what tea you've been making. Black tea, herbal tea and fruit tea are made with builing water. For all other types of tea you let it cool down to 70-85°C depending on the type of tea. Good tees often have it written on their container, box, bag or whatever they come in. If you use a higher temperature, your tea will be more bitter.
As a south african, i wish rooibos was featured. I know he might also get that wrong though cuz the pricing in america is STUPID. Before i started getting mine shipped over from SA, i would pay crazy prices for individually wrapped teabags in boxes on 10! Give me freshpak or laager any day
But Rooibos isn't tea, it's a tisane. The fact that they gave him chamomile (which is a tisane) is dumb. He's an expert in tea, not in herbal infusions or tisanes.
Itsmeee Vanilla-"true" tea is all made from the same plant: camellia sinensis. Black tea, green tea, white tea, matcha...it's all made from the exact same plant, and they only differ due to how the plants were grown, when they were picked (white being made from young tea leaves, black being made from mature ones), how they were treated and the level of oxidation, etc. Tisanes are made from herbs, flowers, etc. Anything that doesn't come from the camellia sinensis plant is a tisane. Although true teas are often blended with other herbs, fruits, spices, etc. Since they have actual tea leaves as their base, they're still considered "true" teas.
The floral tea test is absolutely unnecessary. There are so many more types of tea, with real tea leaf, if you want to fill the time. You can probably do ten episodes with just straight up tea alone.
Exactly. Herbal “tea” is not actually tea, since it’s just floral and herbal infusion. Tea must contain tea leaves, tea being a plant of its own. And out of all floral and herbal infusions, they really chose chamomile, one of the worst possible bitter and unenjoyable things you can drink. They could film a longer video with actual tea.
I just recently bought 2 different brands of matcha powder from Japan. One whisks easily, forms a very nice layer of bubbles that cover the surface of the cup, while the other is a bit difficult, and never as nice. The first one is nicer to drink than second one. Now I have to go back and check their colours. Thanks for sharing!
Personally I think, a tea expert has to have great knowledge on Chinese teas, as solely for green tea, we have like more than hundreds of different kinds. Beyond imagination.
You must also understand that there are tons of fake tea or dishonest tea merchants in China so it's extra difficult for someone who doesn't speak Chinese to be an expert in Chinese tea.
I think a tea expert is a person who actually knows the leaves of the tea not just the flavors they can produce so if he had a bag educational background in plant studies I’d be more likely to believe what’s coming out of his mouth to an extent
Watching this while drinking tea. Tried to slurp the way he does, nearly choked .
Gurl me too i didnt choke on the slurping but i choked on the chirping
Just brewed myself a cup and I'm waiting for it to cool down a bit
Same. I want to be a tea birb :(
Irina Kuper Hold the liquid on your tongue and bite your teeth on your tongue. Then do the slurp.
its because its not breathing its slurping,it need to go at the top of your palet and your tongue just like when you drink with a straw .
“I’m a tea expert”
*5 seconds later*
“Here we have a tea bag”
Me: He really is a pro
it is because there are tea bags tea sachet tea loose leafs,tea perls,ect.So he wanted to be more precise .
They spend five weeks on tea bags in tea school. I will thank you not to poke fun.
@@topbreak38 🤣🤣🤣
he couldn't taste the difference in most of them he was only able to tell by the quality of the teabag... so stupid
@@stevenhiguera3462 He isn't judging quality, only price.
The chalkboard art is outstanding as usual. Great job!
Yes except on the right we can see leaves in the cup however the water in the teapot is already brown in color. Are we to believe that this is some kind of magical teapot? I hope someone got fired over this!
@@jujubees lmao
Julie Your not saying fire Ro Knight are you?
Julie haha! No magic, just imagination. To make the illustration more dynamic and colorful I intended the tea leafs being transferred from the teapot to the teacup when been poured ;)
Charles Giraffe 😆
"Tea expert guessing cheap vs expensive tea"
Tea expert: Chirp chirp chirp chirp 🐦
I choked while trying to do that
I now do the chirping when drink tea and i’m able to taste it better that way.
@@Aurorak-i6l Welcome fellow tea expert 🍵😅
Glad you're enjoying your tea 🙃
@@tanakaharutora4309 I make that noise while making love to my Japanese wife...lol...they love it...(jodan jodan!!)
made me laugh g
I can never get over how beautiful the backdrops are for these videos. Someone definitely puts a lot of time and effort into them. They’re so beautiful 😍
Bruh they made a video dedicated to the chalk board artist. If you haven't seen it, it's worth it
Right?? I wish they’d make these designs available for downloading for a small price. I’d love to have this!
Here is the video to the chalkboard expert. th-cam.com/video/3yec_Gc5JiM/w-d-xo.html
^ sounds like a scam but not lol.. Its indeed the video
And they probably underpaid the artist as always. As all media companies do.
I would be GOOPED if you could get a Water Expert and try to drink different kinds of water - tap, mineral, purified, distilled, and even alkanized! That would be awesome.
What about an Expert Expert hahahahaha
ReviewBrah already did that
Yes!
GOOPED!
i would be absolutely sticky
I knew this guy would get at least one wrong, the flavor of tea is such a subtle and subjective thing, that on top if the fact that the price is not really consistent with quality, it's more about how it's sold/marketed for a large part, I would imagine it would be really hard to match quality with price in a consistent way.
Finally a commenter who knows a thing or two about tea
and he also wrong about matcha color for being bright green is better, as good matcha color degrades into brown really fast
@@fiasse-est this may be the first time I hear of that browning, where did you get that information?
@@fiasse-est lol brown matcha tea wtf
totally agree
I remember the bacon guy got a wrong answer because of the turkey bacon which is not real bacon, and now this guy got a wrong answer because herbal tea is not really from tea leaves.
Judging the other appearances the bacon guy was in, he's more of a... Pork expert than a meat, bacon, sausage expert
@Rinderend I mean if we want to split hairs, "herbal tea" is an umbrella term for any brewed plant product apart from camellia, (the tea shrub). So chamomille is a herbal tea. I think they probably did this because if he had to compare a cheap/expensive chamomille to a cheap/expensive rooibos for example, it would be a bit imbalanced.
I probably couldn't tell the difference between a quality chamomille myself either so I don't blame the guy at all, since classical green tea and these exciting herbal ones are so different and have different qualiteas ;).
He also made his decision based on the visuals. He chose tea b because of the stems in the bag
@@mineovernutter I mean, technically if it isn’t made from Camellia sinensis it isn’t a tea at all. It is a tisane.
@@mineovernutter If it's not C. Sinensis it's not tea, it's a tisane. No such thing as "herbal tea".
2:20 Imagine going on a date with this guy and he orders a tea
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Sqirtl sqeeeeethh skeet
666 likes. Ur going to hell buddy...
@@jahjoeka I corrected that, it isn't his time yet.
Epicurious stays undefeated when it comes to listening to its viewers, no cap.
Agreed!!!
Dude, 100% agreed.
There is still no weed comparison episode.
@@stonedboss4765 No reason why that shouldn't be put off until April for a special 4/20 episode.
Still waiting for a whisky/scotch episode
my mans got a arizona green tea tattoo , he's dedicated to that tea life.
Lowek lol that would be a cherry blossom
His family owns Harney & Sons Fine Teas. Emeric here being one of the sons.
I like how you say that as if Arizona green tea invented the cherry blossom 😂
I love his family's tea
Amanda Kay wow you get sarcasm
I wish they would tell you the different brands they’re trying. I love when they say the cheap one is almost/just as good, and I want to know what it is!
No free ads for brands
If the cheep one is as good as the expensive then both are of the same quality. You can spend a million dollars on a $20,000 car, it doesn't make it a top quality ferrari sports car. You just got took for a ride.
I'd say just avoid the bottom shelf teas
Problem is you can take bottom shelf tea, repackaged it and sell it for a ridiculous price. If your a expert at medicine, your a have a degree. .
What qualifications do you need to be a tea expert? The guy here can talk the talk but his explanation for his choice is rather bizarre. He tells you he doesn't like the one Tea, then says its the expensive option.
He does as the video describes. He can identify expensive poor tasting tea. Well that didn't impress me.
@@davidvarley1812 Tasting the difference between bad and good tasting tea is easy tho. Tasting the price is actually impressive to me.
I like this guy. His chirping gives me good vibes.
Jag Delfin yeah same here although it took me awhile to get used to that sound
In some cases, it's the price that's wrong (unjustified), not the expert.
@9:37 Good explanation, and a thematic flaw in the underlying assumption of this series that price indicates the quality of the product.
That is possible. Although this expert is very knowledgeable because tea is his families business. I never saw him taste any tea leaves. My wife is a certified tea expert and she would smell the leaves like he did but would also taste them. She can tell what type of tea it is, the grade, if it was picked too early and late and if it was processed properly without needing to make the tea. I guess the way he drinks the tea makes for good video.
I mean I find the series interesting because they explain why or why not something is the price it is. Them being 100% right isn’t that important (and you can often tell before they guess how sure they are).
I felt the same during the episode on chocolate when they had her taste a 500 dollar chocolate bar.
It is true that marketing can skew the price, but this is the first in this series where I've seen the expert make a wrong call and I have to believe that this is because the cost to produce is very typically closely tied to the sale price.
Amberscion there was also a wrong call in the chocolate episode
@@michaelwright7156 are you sure it was the chocolate episode? The meat expert messed up on the turkey bacon.
It is beautiful to see somebody enjoy what they do so thoroughly
And hear him enjoying it too
Yeah, I love this sweet little tea dork. He’s invited to tea any day.
I am Chinese who has been drinking tea for 20 years (Since primary school).
The way he tastes green is absolutely right. For high quality green tea, proper temp (80 to 85 C) is vital. You should be able to get 3 times refill with the same good green tea leafs in your cup and some hot water in decent temp.
For 乌龙 or OLONG and black tea, you should use literately boiling water. Sometimes you may cook your tea leafs.
As for tea with flowers... Think about someone make cocktail with wine. Will they use a 100$ bottle for that?
I think herbal infusions deserve its own caregory
@@marahbadrian I love herbal infusions
I think thats wrong, teas have their own Temperature and Green tea with 80° is maybe right for Chinese one, but Japanese one your using way less, for some gyokuro even 55°. Other Teas Like White 70° etc but all depend where the tea come From, the Oxidation process and more
Absolutely don't use boiling for black or oolong tea! 90°c or maybe 95 for some oolongs. Use 95 for white tea too. Only use boiling for dark teas like pu'erh
I am Chinese who has been drinking tea for 30 years, and no it is not.
The herbal tea comparison was the hardest test I’ve seen to date...identical bags, almost identical leaf structure. Gotta give it to the guy!
Actually, herbal tea isn't really... a tea. Its just infusion of some herbs and has nothing to do with Camellia plant so I'm not surprised he got that wrong.
Yeah...I probably would have gotten it, but that's only because I recognized one of the bags as (likely) one of the brands I drink regularly, and it's not particularly expensive at all, though good for the price. Otherwise, I'm sure I wouldn't have done any better!
@@Escorducarla May I ask which brand? I'm looking for a good chamomile. 😌
@@zapdara If it's the brand I think it is, it's Celestial Seasonings. It's definitely a grocery store brand, but it's lasted for 50 years for a reason!
fantom1108 fascinating! Thanks for the clarification!
Whenever he says tea B, I automatically think of tuberculosis
Weirdly, I came here for this comment. Me too.
Teaberculosis
O o f
Jaggy Babeh Ha
Same, almost commented the same but figured I should check.
Shout out to your chalk mural artist. She outdid herself.
Robyn Joyce so kind of you. Thanks!
@@roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 Would be amazing if you recorded in the making. Speedpaint maybe? (:
As usual.
@@roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 love all of your work in this series, wish the channel would do more to recognise your obviously hard work!
@@roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 I was looking at it too the entire span of the video. Its really clean and detailed. AMAZING WORKKKK
5:25 Thanks for the tip about boiling water and green tea. I had no idea.
it's the same for black tea
Green tea should be around 180(F) in temp and black should be around 200-205 and Herbal is best at boiling
It's printed on the package...
@@fatheroflies not always, I've seen quite the number of tea manufacturers list the wrong recommended temperature for the tea that they're selling, so it doesn't hurt to have a little knowledge about brewing different types of tea, especially since it's the most popular drink in the world after water, might come in handy one day.
@@user-ix1mi3ji6l in fact I bought ahmad green tea and the package says boiling water (100ºC), which is far too hot. I just prepared it with water at 75ºC and the flavor is totally different.
Friends: Dude you have to stop being so irritating.
Me: I don't know what you're talking about.
Also me: 2:20, 2:40, 3:01, 6:00, 6:21, 8:40, 8:57, 11:43, 11:59, 14:51, 15:10
Omg i'm laughing so hard hahahahahaha
That’s the best comment I’ve ever seen on this platform, thank you so much for this encounter
Hahaha
It’s like a bird call
I can't stop laughing omg 😂
Tea expert: gets one wrong
Me: "You're going away for Oolong time!"
Delilah Fox BINGPOT
now thats the tea
hahahaha
Ye his reason made sence
That was corny but i laughed so I appreciate it lol
Really like this guy. Knows his stuff without being a jerk about it.
well he did not know that much to be honest. he looks more like someone that tests tea as a hobby instead as a job. most official tea experts with credentials taste the tea instead of making that chirping(that is what coffee experts do since its harder to taste coffee for those little nuances when compared to tea) my grandfather was one and i have never seen him do that while working only on parties to annoy or see if someone really does not know about his profession lol.
@@lucasbiermann257 "official" tea experts?
@@MumrikDK official as in his is not only skilled but proven by tests made in a standardized way. expert means experience you can do a university and not be an expert until years of working and using what you learned to truly understand.
@Javin Byeol Javin Byeol my family owns procuces and sells a whole bunch of stuff including tea and even though i know about them i cant say i am an expert on them. i have day to day experience alone.. so yeah he is not an expert just because his family owns and the magic word on you statement was "prolly".
Lucas Biermann WoW what a hater. Get a life. This man is clearly has a lot of knowledge about tea. He even gave a lot of detail about how various teas are made. Get a life
I feel like everytime an expert gets excited for guessing correctly, it's also a small celebration that their reputation as an expert will be intact after this video
I wonder if they have unreleased episodes with experts who got everything wrong
Having worked with coffee experts, they often love stuff like this anyhow. They probably just find it fun.
He sounds like a cicada when he drinks the tea
Slurrrrrrrrrrp chirp chirp chirp chirp
Every summer this tree next to my house is full of them📣📣
You nailed the sound exactly 🤣
You got that one right.
So, Like Orlin Dwyer?
*slurp*squeak*squeak*squeak*
Lmao
I laughed at your comment before I got to that part in the video. OMG I died once he did it.
He forgot pinky out
purelydebased HAHAHHA OMG
Was laughing so hard for like 2 minutes
WOW! An expert has made an error, it felt so satisfying! But thanks for listening to my request on tea expert. Can I request a noodle expert video?
This guy was actually the 2nd expert to get one wrong. I think the bacon guy was the first.
@@Outmind01 Yep, on turkey bacon. He admitted he had no idea how to differentiate different kinds of turkey bacon
@@DarknessLiesWithin But he also said beforehand that Turkey bacon is not bacon but actually turkey sausage cut into the shape of bacon. That why he went with his tongue on that, not his expertise
@@lucianovargas479 Yeah I know, I was just pointing out where he made a mistake. He was also the deli meat expert.
Please that would be awesome
Conor McGreggor's retirement is going well, I see.
He has calmed down a lot 🤣
It's interesting that the two times I've seen when the expert got it wrong, it was reviewing something that's not actually what they claim expertise on. The tea expert got it wrong when he wasn't talking about tea (herbal is NOT tea), and the bacon expert got it wrong on turkey bacon.
I would disagree. Chamomile isnt some new herbal tea on the market, its been around ages and if you walk into any tea store they have it. Rooisbos is another example of a non tradtional "tea leaf" brew, but its tea regardless if you agree or not and has been around ages.
Mirian V informally herbal teas are tea, but they're not "true teas", because they do not come from camelia sinensis. in contrast, blacks, greens, oolongs, matcha (which are also green) all come from the same plant - they vary so drastically through factors like processing, cultivars, etc.
in a technical sense, tea denotes the beverage that comes from camelia sinensis. you can prepare an herbal tea in the same method as a true tea, but as rooibos differs from chamomile in that they come from different plants, herbal teas differ from true teas in the same way. and even though green teas can taste so different from black teas/oxidized teas, they will ultimately always originate from camelia sinensis
@@mirianv4656 Chamomile is a tisane, or "herbal" tea. It's not a real tea plant. It's actually not tea "regardless". It's something people call tea that is not really tea. This isn't a subject of debate, it's simple fact.
I am something of a tea expert myself. I spend more than most people do on weed for high quality tea.
Nicholas M i don't concur entirely with you - herbal tea is still "tea", in a way. it might not technically be correct, but a word's definition is as fickle as its practical usage. even in treatises like Shennong Ben Cao Jing are true teas classified under what we now call tisanes, as if they were just another herb.
tisanes might not be the same thing as true teas, but to say they're not and never robs them of the full inherent meaning that the term tea carries. in this more realistic context, tea is simultaneously exclusive from & inclusive of tisanes.
I'd like to agree, but herbal tea is still tea. It just doesn't contain any tea leaves. Mistakes happen though, or he was right about the company overpricing their sub-par chamomile tea.
Watching and listening to passionate people has quickly become my favorite thing ever.
Very interesting and informative!
He knows nothing about tea.
If the only method of telling good tea from bad is by its packaging then anyone can do that.
He bought the tea. Oh I wonder which of these I paid more for. Top tea experts use loose tea and brew it with care. He maybe a tea expert but he's not a tea expert I'd trust.
I'll bet Chamomile B was Twinings. It's more expensive but it's not as pleasurable to drink as Celestial Seasonings' Chamomile which is cheaper in price but not necessarily more cheaply produced.
I still start my mornings with Twinning's English Breakfast; love the stuff.
Oh Absolutely, that's celestial seasoning classics teabag shape on tea A
I totally agree with you on that. Twinings chamomile tea totally disappointed me, so I felt like a loser for the money I spent.
That seems to be how tea is in itself. Less the quality itself and more marketing. Lots of looseleafs are around the same price/only SLIGHTLY more expensive/possibly cheaper than their bagged counterparts and the quality is almost always better. Even with bagged brands: Tazo is way better than Republic of Tea if you ask me and the latter is more expensive.
Twinings chamomile is just powder rather than the whole flower head, try yorkshire gold breakfast tea
Price Points is honestly the best series of videos on TH-cam. Not only does it have a little suspense from the expert having to guess which product is the more expensive one, but we get to learn a WHOLE LOT about the products themselves. Please keep this series alive. Also, you guys should bring out a Scotch expert.
Just because it is more expensive doesn't mean it is higher quality. Most of the price is in marketing and shipping/handling
That's interesting, reminded me of the cheese expert video, in which she did say that some cheese was better but it was cheaper because of shipping and Subsidies policies in certain countries, so, even if it isn't better, a true expert can still know if it's pricier or not.
@@JotaC I think that would be harder for tea, it is a bit easier to determine the origins of cheese, because there are types of cheese that are only made in few places. Unlike tea which is often made in several countries or places, making it a lot harder to determine it's origin and price. I think he went with quality instead of actual price because usually high quality tea is more expensive.
Except when talking about high-quality products. Gyōkuro and imperial teas definitely deserve their high prices. Rarely do I feel the urge to eat the leaves of low-quality teas, but Gyōkuro leaves shouldn't be thrown out.
I found this to be true for black tea. I often go for Prince of Wales by Twinings in loose leaf. I've had Teavana black teas. I've bought black teas from iherb and tried different brands, all more than the Twinings but still went back. Their lady grey is pretty nice as well.
Also depends on when the tea is harvested and not just handling of the tea itself. Prematurely picking tea buds will usually result in more expensive tea because it means more of a flavor...plus you're picking it before an entire tea leaf can be grown for more of a yield but less concentrated of a flavor.
Ok, this is uncle Iroh when he was young
Blue YESSSS OMG 😂😂😂
Iroh wouldn't have guessed wrong
omg i’m crying because whenever i think of iroh... “leaves from the vine” starts playing in my head
Oh... My... GOD... 500+ LIKES THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHH
@@aisha02a same😢
where's the weed episode
I was searching for it
Jhonatan Snoop Dogg should be the person they have reviewing it
@@MoreTrenMoreMen69 deadass
@@MoreTrenMoreMen69 nah he smokes blunts, not pure green, B Real would be better
@Hasiger Hase ever heard of edibles?
“Sir, this is a Starbucks drivethru”
While he can mostly tell which one is more expensive, he is not convinced that the expensive tea is worth it....
casualsuede I’ve watched a lot of the videos in this series and hardly anyone is ever convinced that expensive product is worth it. Some prefer the less expensive product.
His family owns Harney & Sons tea, which is a relatively inexpensive but high quality tea company, so it makes sense.
Probably because it doesnt. The only expensive one i'd get is the matcha because of the color. The tea actually look like its for drinking while the cheaper one(still pretty expensive) are more for cakes and desserts
becaue it not always is. as he did point out often companies will demand a higher price for a lowergreade leaf just because they are a haushold name
It seems to me that in this video they compared cheap tea with a little less cheap tea. Not much of a difference. It's like comparing a $700 phone with a $600 phone; lesser differences. Not like comparing a 2005 smartphone with a 2018 smartphone.
2:20
In the ninth circle of hell, you're stuck in a room with hundreds of these guys.
Shhhhlurp shhhhlurp shhhhlurp shhhhlurp "Yup, it's tea"
I loled
The SLURPING. Super interesting, but ugghhh....
Thanks for the laugh!
Oh my, you made me laugh
Thank you Epicurious! Honey request please :) :) :)
Ohh yes a Honey one would be great!
Damn good idea!
that would be awesome!
Yeeeeeeessss, as an amateur mead maker I'd love to see how they parse out the qualities of wildflower honeys vs infused and buckwheat honeys. Interesting stuff!
Yes, please - from dollar store up to the best NZ organic UMF 20 manuka honey! That would be so cool lol
“Drug Dealer Guesses Cheap vs. Expensive Drugs”
Or Methhead guesses cheap vs expensive meth
"You get this really strong scent of 00 flour and ground up vitamin b pills"
"in the world of Heroin we like to cook the product with vitamine C on a spoon."
Here's the thing Epicurious, if you're going to do comparisons you need to use the same exact type of teas! Two oolong teas that are totally different oxidation levels and leaf style is meaningless. The same goes for the two different style green teas and tasting earl grey alongside an unflavored black tea. You can do better!
That being said, Emeric did a great job with what he was given :)
I wonder if they were trying to make it a little tougher on the experts. Sometimes in the past the choice is so obvious that a layman viewer can easily tell from video alone. I agree though - I wonder if the folks that selected the tea options weren't very familiar with the products and didn't realize how truly different they were.
@@sarahgiggles9444 It does seem like whoever selected the tea didn't know any better. A lot of people think of green tea as a singular thing when there are thousands of different varieties from many different regions.
Tea for Me Please I think they pick contrasting examples deliberately so that the expert can touch on the differences and shed some knowledge on the different production methods.
@@connorp3030 I know you mean but it's not that simple. What they did here was like comparing a red wine to a white wine because they are both made with grapes. It would be very easy to select the same green tea, say Dragonwell, at two different price points. There would be a lot to talk about in terms of quality, processing, etc.
It looked like he was doing a comparison between a tieguanyin and a wuyi rock tea. Completely different categories.
new idea, chalk expert that does the backgrounds for your videos guesses cheap vs expensive chalk
YAAAA!
Yes!
not that hard to see the difference tbh... anyone that goes to an art supply store can see the difference withing seconds just by looking at the high quality chalks.
They did a video about her th-cam.com/video/3yec_Gc5JiM/w-d-xo.html
Boy-howdy, but there's a big difference in chalks and surfaces. It *would* be interesting to see a comparison, especially for art geeks.
I always enjoy these comparisons with experts. And while he did a great job describing the look of the teas and scents I was really hoping for some more in-depth discussion on what really makes a difference in flavour and is worth paying for. He mentioned it slightly with the herbal tisane.
Also, Earl Grey is a flavoured black tea and shouldn't have gone up against a straight black tea. You could have separated them into two categories.
I assume you are from the states.
If you want to consult experts in tea, you consult the Chinese, Indians, or Japanese connoisseurs. Farmers can really give you an idea about changes in their tea from year to year. It's fascinating. You learn a lot about the geography and changes in the soil.
You shouldn't take the word of a US tea blender so seriously.Tea blenders tend to be the business of selling, in the United States... tisanes and carbolics are really pushed because it's what sells.... that's not tea (or at least, not good tea). Tea isn't big in the United States, you have to order internationally to find decent tea. Most of us are all drinking garbage, like a burnt $.99 McDonalds cup of coffee.
Tea blenders elevate their standards (which costs money), when consumers change their tastes. Right now, the market in the United States is certainly growing... but it's not good enough to demand quality. People largely drink tea here when they are in the mood to feel fancy. We have a coffee culture.
For now, we have things like Teavana and Harneys to give us a little idea. It's cute. Sometimes they have nice wares.
I was thinking the same thing. I know absolutely nothing about tea but I know that earl grey and regular black tea are very different. And to the comment above me, you sound like the most pretentious person in the world by saying no American knows what “real tea” is and their opinions don’t matter. I’m guessing you are also a moron that believes in cultural appropriation and that all white people do is steal other’s cultures, huh?
I thought the same thing about comparing the Earl Grey with the regular black tea. That was strange. The person picking those for the segment might not have been much of a tea drinker.
Everyone: We demand a tea episode!
Epicurious: **sluuurp** **squeak** **squeak** **squeak**
Also Epicurious: What, isn't this what you wanted? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!!!
I find it so cringey, that totally diles down the taste and he isn't even brewing gong fu
Please do the traditional Chinese style tea expert as well. I think it's important for people to understand the differences
The best part about these videos is when you can actually see how interested and hyped the experts are. I love it!
I feel cultured after watching this 🌿
Peter and Yen I was also an uncultured swine until I watched this 😱
In taiwan, everyone is drinking tea everyday, and coca cola has difficult time to expend the market.
I started sipping my tea the same way as he did with the sound, my girlfriend wasn’t so happy about it.
Just wait for the yogurt episode.
🍵 ☕️
The most extreme difference I experience is with Japanese green tea. I have a obsession for it since many years. First I was shocked by the price, especially on really good gyokuro, but you can really tell the difference. If you have Kukicha, which is stem tea and a Karigane(which is high quality Kukicha) the Kukicha tastes much more dull, but with the Karigane you have lots of floral notes, which is amazing. But the most difference is with the second and third brew of your tea. Good quality green teas can be brewed 3 or even 4 times and still taste good(sure the flavor profile changes a little). But with low quality the second brew already is nearly tasteless.
karigane is my favorite tea after a random chinese green I once had and have never found since
Everytime he says "tea B" I think of Tuberculosis.
same lmao
I think Taco Bell...
I think TotalBiscuit. God rest his soul...
@@woowyer Same
Yup. I'm right there with you. Tuberculosis. Lmao
That slurp shocked me everytime
I would happily start captioning your videos for you if you gave me the means. I’m seeing a lot of comments from people who are deaf or hard of hearing and i’d love to help! Please give your supporters an avenue to caption your videos!
Asti There is captioning right now for this video.
Dani P The captions are auto generated and if you look at them, they aren’t completely accurate! So i think a lot of us wouldn’t mind helping to make edited accurate captions for those or are deaf or hard of hearing.
Maybe they should stop being so lazy and just listen
@@alt_warn4211 what are you saying mate? DEAF people cant hear, they are not lazy not to hear sound
@@gattocat3729 they're not going to be able to hear with that attitude
"Moving on to Tea B"
"I'll take 'things you don't want your Dr to say for 100' "
Y'all need to hire someone to professionally caption your videos. I keep reading "TB" as " tuberculosis." I'm hard of hearing and rely on closed captioning to fill in the gaps when I watch videos. Captions help everyone, not just deaf people.
I'm hoh as well! Honestly would be nice if the bigger channels and companies on here devoted some time towards captioning
@@nf8498 I agree completely! While I'm "hearing enough" to make out the majority of the words and fill the rest in, there are people who aren't. Accessibility is so important. Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (a deaf/disabled youtuber) did a thing during the intertional week of the deaf on how to caption youtube videos. I share that as often as I can.
Yes! Captions are so important to increase accessibility and ease of use! It would be nice if they could even just open their captions so viewers can submit them, like how some smaller TH-cam creators do. I guess larger content producers don't like doing this because they are worried about what would be submitted, but the people who are willing to submit captions aren't usually the kind of people who are writing mean spirited commentaries. I hope that the larger TH-cam channels start letting captions be submitted or hire some to do it professionally like you said, it would make their content so much better.
I highly encourage this to take place as well
While I'm not deaf or hard of hearing, I'm completely behind this idea. It's ridiculous the amount of times I've seen lazy subtitles... not just on youtube, but on TV. Sometimes it is honestly utter nonsense- a mix of random letters. Again, I'm not deaf, but I've known people that are, and I've studied ASL. This definitely needs to have more effort put into supporting deaf and hoh people.
And if I had to rely on subtitles, I would read TB as tuberculosis as well.
I love all this info, but I gotta say that the sound of tea being pulled through teeth is the opposite of ASMR, lol.
its ASMR, not for the tingles, but for the shivers
After getting used to it I like it now, but it is kinda weird
Ttttrrrrrriiiiiigggggggeeeeeerrrrrreeeeeeeddddddd
weehawk who said it was ASMR
weehawk yep, set off my misophonia and made me stop watching, I love these comparison vids so I will just wait for the next one ☺️
This guy: drinks tea and turns into a bird.
Alright man...
“In the land of teabags”
*Halo flashbacks*
Dnjsvsksvsjx
When are you bringing a meme expert in?
Ah yes, this one is more versatile, allowing for more situations to be used in. Although it is another label meme, and thus it's not a safe investment, the deep frying increases the dankness of the meme.
Simply Nailogical just entered the chat
david's tea is shaking
beyyyynnnnn
Yaaz! Ey cristine! 🙌
I wish there was a way to tag Cristine to this video...
Would be great if she did a review video of this
Hey there scroller, you are tea-rrific and that’s the tea.
I hope your day is full of positivi-tea.
Okay I appreciate a good pun but this is just a stretch
All these puns are leafing me wanteeng more!
You're such a sweet-tea
Teank you kind sir, I wish you tea same.
I actually have a tea called tranqili-tea
Omg I died when he started doing the weird slurpy thing
It doesn't even have that much of a positive effect. Just for show
Yay! People have been asking for a tea expert for ages. Well done, Epicurious, for listening to your fans!
So tea bags are the chicken nuggets of tea.
i had to sit down
.... yes
Accurate
BINGOOO!
Please explain it more.
Tea expert is what i aspire to be in life
You can be a tea bag expert by taking several professional courses...and taking deez nuts in yo face! Ha! Got eeem
I knew who he was as soon as they said his last name. I love Harney & Son's teas. The cinnamon and the green tea with coconut are the best.
Man those tea noises really got me
It's quite easy to tell: less chirping = cheaper tea.
that chirping is more to show off than anything else. true experts they taste the leaves instead. its much more accurate. the chirping its done more with coffee so they try this technique with tea too...
This man makes me want to tear open my tea bags and satchets.
Preach
Do it and get an infuser
Also try large leaf teas. Darjeeling full leaf white is amazing
and explain to people around you the characteristics of the tea and pretend to be an expert...xD i would do that jokingly
I always have this urge... now I can just play it off like I'm a tea expert, lol
They should have hired uncle Iroh for this.
Jasmine tea for uncle Iroh !
maxime durand jasmine is actually zuko’s favorite, uncle iroh likes ginseng
They should do cheap weed Vs expensive weed
With Towelie
Towelie doing a Weed Expert video? I would pay to watch that.
It's called cannabis you hooligan!
They tried, but they couldn't finish the show.
Honestly, especially because weed is so weird. Sometimes it can smell like skunk and sometimes it smells like a heavy floral perfume and I honestly don't know if one kind is better or if they are just different.
Cool taste testing technique, but watch out though: if you try this outside, in the spring season, it might trigger birds to drop worms in your mouth.
lmfao
Tea B, or not Tea B, that is the question.
According to Dr. House, it’s never Tea B.
I tend to subconsciously do the teeth thing when drinking tea by myself and it seems to really bring out the flavor. I thought it was all in my head until i watched this video.
It doesn't really have *sniff* too much *sniff* aroma going on.
Really depends on your taste. I can smell green tea just fine, and even taste it without problem...My friends just HATE it because they can't taste anything nor smell it, and they don't understand why I'm obsessed with green tea LOL
If you have a favorite tea or love to drink tea, after a while you can get aroma and taste and all those fancy words for smell :P
*BREATHES WHOLE CUPPA THROUGH NOSE*
“DASSA RAYT FAKEN SNEFFFE TE”
I've run into the same problem with chamomile tea. I've bought expensive chamomile that did not taste as good as cheap chamomile tea bags. Nice to see Emeric Harney. Harney and Sons is one of my favorite tea sellers and has a great selection of quality loose and bagged teas. Their tea tins are to die for, as well.
This guy is adorable. "It's kind of silly." Yes, it is but I love it and you.
I thought it was interesting that as long as they served him actual tea, he knew what was up with no hesitation. And I do think it was a little unfair to give him tisanes/herbal tea, given that that's not his expertise!
*CAN WE HAVE TEA EXPERT PART 2*
Requests: Earl Grey (focusing on the bergamot), genmaicha, rooibos, maté, masala chai, jasmine, white, smoked (like lapsang souchong), maybe flowering
William Andrea yessss lapsang souchong. I’m always thinking about smoky teas lol
Also, a comparison where Epicurious doesn’t give the tea expert a green oolong and a roasted oolong. Compare, like, two high-mountain Taiwanese oolongs or two Wuyi rock oolongs, but don’t cross over ffs.
Why to litter TH-cam??
@@HallStigerts EXACTLY. its so strange seeing him compare the prices of two of the most prized oolongs. I'm guessing its Taiwan Jin Xuan "milk" tea because of its unique transparency unlike most oolongs and the second judging by how dark it is probably Da Hong Pao (which btw is very pricey) or TieLuoHan. Very baffling to me if thats the case assuming im right. The only explanation i can come up with is that he was given a lower grade or even fake dark oolongs.
Well I’ve been drinking tea wrong my entire life
Same, but I think I'd rather keep drinking it wrong to be honnest.
_ffttttew fttttewww fttttteewww_
It's not really tea if you don't put milk in it.
Araldor123 r/gatekeeping
@@poseidon1477 r/linkingtoredditoutsidereddit
about time...BLACK TEA FTW!!!
side note: every time he said TB i was like "tuberculosis"
Med student?
Teleblock 😂
@@vishwajithegde8606 yes, lmao
Me too and I am a med student 😂
Same!
Me:
"Ooh! Tea expert. So fancy!"
Tea expert:
"Slurp! Chirp chirp chirp!"
Me:
😲😶😶😐
🤷🏿♂️
YES!
Now do wine, scotch, tequila, vodka, cigar, and weed experts!
Alcoholism expert
Do Cocaine! Wait... never mind.
Weed pls
Jake M yes weed
Epicurious is in new york weed is illegal there
They could probably make a "behind the scenes - making of the Epicurious background artwork" and double their views
ASAP Hobbies they did a month prior to this video
Here is the video to the chalk art...
th-cam.com/video/3yec_Gc5JiM/w-d-xo.html
It didn't have much views I guess.
Arika Karin i know i feel like you and i are the only ones who watch Price Points and have seen her video! Lol
While working at a student store at a university I convinced my boss to switch to harney and sons tea. I called the company to place an order and spoke to one of the harney family members. This was over a decade ago, but it always made me favor their teas. They're a family still close to their business:)
My partner is obsessed with Harney and Sons. It's really good, especially the green tea blueberry one. She's thinking of starting a collection
Oolong tea is my absolute favourite. I always felt like it was somewhere between green and a standard black so it was fascinating to see that is actually a thing. I've never seen one brew clear like that before, so now that is on my bucket list of teas to try.
I have a strong suspicion the light oolong he drinks is tie guan or something from the Anxi region of China, I had it a few times in college and it is very unusual among oolongs
@@eltacogordito6096 I am pretty sure that expensive oolong tea is tieguanyin, which is also my favorite type of tea so far. But I can't afford that price😂
When he doesn't give the tea a full three slurps XD
🤣
He's like "Nah, I won't pass this trash through my taste buds one more time. Daring that to call tea." :D
Maybe a rose/flower expert video? Maybe comparing flowers sold by real florists and flowers sold in grocery stores?
I need this video in my life
only if they do a taste test
A T duh, how else would they be able to guess the price point?
Don't know about prices but the reason grocery store flowers don't have any smell is that they're bred that way, you can have scent or longevity but not both and of course, with shipping and everything, grocery stores want long-lasting but you're then sacrificing that beautiful smell, all those poor roses...
Basing on the appearance of the green teas test, my guess is that the A one is 龙井 (lóngjǐng) “dragon well” tea the B one is 铁观音 （tiěguānyīn）- much richer in colour and heavier in taste. In China tiěguānyīn is much more appreciated, that’s why the price’s difference
Tieguanyin is a oolong... The lighter, "greener" variety of tieguanyin has a floral aroma and a very light color in the cup. The stronger, "blacker" variety of tieguanyin has a richer, roasted aroma. Neither of them tastes/looks like B in the green tea test, and the price point is too low for the typical tieguanyin anyway. I'm pretty sure Tea A in the oolong test is actually a mid grade light tieguanyin.
Dragon well is one of my favorites and it did look like it but that price point is a little suspect. I’ve never bought dragon well in America though, I’m lucky because my parents and their friends just go straight to Hangzhou because it’s close to Shanghai. It’s not cheap!!! Not sure about prices in Zhejiang but I bet it’s similar
@@pandatours Green Tea A looks to me like some kind of sencha. I'm not a green tea expert though. I'm addicted to oolong so that's mostly what I know about.
merdufer Oolong is also one of my favorites!! I bought a bagged kind from Whole Foods that is fairly good but let me know if you have any recs (bagged or loose leaf, America or China)
@@pandatours The one I always highly recommend is Phoenix Dancong. I'm not sure where they would be available in America, but it's fairly available in cities along the east Chinese coast, especially Shantou. It's not too pricey, and it has a balanced yet unique flavor. The aroma is very floral, and the taste has rich roasted quality to it, with a sweet undertone that's almost like fruit, or honey.
This man, in all seriousness, is a true master. He got those tea-tattoos at at the tea-bending temple when he was twelve. He is a Tea Avatar and member of the White Lotus. According to my sources, he has prepared Jasmine Pearl tea for General Iroh of the Fire Nation. Not only is it a lovely tea when brewed (the pearls one “blooms” in your cup with a strong scent of jasmine), it is calming on the tongue and easy to pack to carry with you.
Really enjoyed this! We've been in the tea business for over a decade and totally passionate about loose leaf tea and herbals and share that on our channel. As an aside, the chamomile is not true tea, it's an herbal/tisane and, unlike the tea, has no caffeine. True tea only comes from one plant..Camellia sinensis, same genus as the garden flower, different species...which (depending on oxidation levels) gives us white, green, oolong, black, puerh and even 'yellow' tea, which is not very available in the U.S. The most interesting in this video to me was the oolong category. It looked like the one on the left was Bao Zhong and the other (dark/more oxidiized) was Wuyi. The prices seemed very off to me on some of the teas. Tea bags are dust and fannings and, if you've never had loose tea, there is just no comparison. One thing people used to say when we had our retail stores was 'I never knew tea could taste like this'. We just licensed a commercial 1 min. tea brewer to a large mfr., and hopefully people will someday be able to go into a coffee chain or fast food place and get perfectly brewed loose tea in 1 min.
We need a part 2! It should cover puerhs, yellow tea, Darjeeling, Sencha, and more!
i'm a bit disappointed i was hoping he will taste more exotic variants like pu erh, silver needles and roiboos
archingelus maybe there will be a part two like the cheese episode
I wouldn't like too many floral teas in one episode, but pu'erh and silver needles would be cool
This doesn't make much sense, because this video was about if the expert can tell the difference between a cheap and an expensive tea. Since Baihao-Yinzhen IS the highest quality and among the most expensive of white teas, it should have been a "white tea" test, where _one of them_ would be Baihao-Yinzhen. But they didn't told which one the individual type was, so they wouldn't have told you here either.
silver needles has their own grades too... i have a cheaper local silver needles and a tin of fujian silver needles on my table.. infact i also have a brick of young pu erh which is cheaper and a mature one like 20+ years old pu erh wheel... these might be the higher end of tea VARIANTS but each VARIANTS had their own cheap and top quality of their own.. so i think it does make sense @@nowonmetube
I'm not a tea expert, but I use to spent a lot of time in the village with my grandparents.SoI have seen a lot of fresh and dry herbs, and teas.I was able to guess every tea by colour and the actual dry content...Very proud on myself :)
So I have been burning my tea?
yes you donkey
Santi you could just say yes... 🙄
It depends what tea you've been making.
Black tea, herbal tea and fruit tea are made with builing water. For all other types of tea you let it cool down to 70-85°C depending on the type of tea. Good tees often have it written on their container, box, bag or whatever they come in.
If you use a higher temperature, your tea will be more bitter.
jort93z thank you! I am brand new to drinking tea so I really appreciate this information. 😊
@@kaylag9579 Santi wasn't being rude, he just referenced gordon ramsey. He probably thought you would get it, don't be sad
As a south african, i wish rooibos was featured. I know he might also get that wrong though cuz the pricing in america is STUPID. Before i started getting mine shipped over from SA, i would pay crazy prices for individually wrapped teabags in boxes on 10! Give me freshpak or laager any day
But Rooibos isn't tea, it's a tisane. The fact that they gave him chamomile (which is a tisane) is dumb. He's an expert in tea, not in herbal infusions or tisanes.
@@AlexanderPavel Hi what is the difference between a herbal tea and tisane then? I have no idea so im asking
Itsmeee Vanilla herbal tea isn’t tea either
@@itsmevanilla3244 a tisane is just another word for "herbal tea". I prefer tisane because I feel the phrase "herbal tea" is misleading
Itsmeee Vanilla-"true" tea is all made from the same plant: camellia sinensis. Black tea, green tea, white tea, matcha...it's all made from the exact same plant, and they only differ due to how the plants were grown, when they were picked (white being made from young tea leaves, black being made from mature ones), how they were treated and the level of oxidation, etc.
Tisanes are made from herbs, flowers, etc. Anything that doesn't come from the camellia sinensis plant is a tisane. Although true teas are often blended with other herbs, fruits, spices, etc. Since they have actual tea leaves as their base, they're still considered "true" teas.
I might be going a bit off-topic here,
But I really like his beard-style.
I completely agree. It's very nice. So much so that I might have to take a trip to the barber shop.
pisse3000 for some reason when I read your comment, I processed it as I might have to make a soup. I was lost for like 5 min
The floral tea test is absolutely unnecessary. There are so many more types of tea, with real tea leaf, if you want to fill the time. You can probably do ten episodes with just straight up tea alone.
My words.
The American producer of the video probably don't have the knowledge. They missed the opportunity to introduce more kinds of tea.
Exactly. Herbal “tea” is not actually tea, since it’s just floral and herbal infusion. Tea must contain tea leaves, tea being a plant of its own. And out of all floral and herbal infusions, they really chose chamomile, one of the worst possible bitter and unenjoyable things you can drink. They could film a longer video with actual tea.
@@susiechoban1542 chamomile tastes great idk wym. Especially with some honey and you can even add some mint
It is intentional
Cake expert next please!!!!!!!!!
I just recently bought 2 different brands of matcha powder from Japan. One whisks easily, forms a very nice layer of bubbles that cover the surface of the cup, while the other is a bit difficult, and never as nice. The first one is nicer to drink than second one. Now I have to go back and check their colours. Thanks for sharing!
Every time he said “Tea B”, I thought of tuberculosis. Poor people with TB are gonna be scarred.
Rip Arthur Morgan
Personally I think, a tea expert has to have great knowledge on Chinese teas, as solely for green tea, we have like more than hundreds of different kinds. Beyond imagination.
You must also understand that there are tons of fake tea or dishonest tea merchants in China so it's extra difficult for someone who doesn't speak Chinese to be an expert in Chinese tea.
Also, Indian teas, which are just as numerous
I think a tea
expert is a person who actually knows the leaves of the tea not just the flavors they can produce so if he had a bag educational background in plant studies I’d be more likely to believe what’s coming out of his mouth to an extent
@@ch3rrikiss Ehhhh, I'd say less so because of the thousand year head start China and Japan had over India, at least in tea cultivars.