Another amazing video this week??? Immediately pressed the play button! I have been waiting for another tea related video so this was such a pleasant surprise :)
It ALWAYS gives me Great Pleasure to watch your videos . . . Not only are they fabulously entertaining, they are also highly educational!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BLONDIE 😊
My IELTS test (English Test) speaking result jump to 8.5 from 7 by watching your vedios everyday. Thanks for all "authentic vocabulary" from your vedio.
This reminds me just how difficult it is to grow wasabi outside Asia. This is why wasabi is so expensive. Unlike rock tea which can't be replicated elsewhere, wasabi has been cultivated successfully in a handful of places like the Oregon coast or the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, but it still remains difficult. At Japanese restaurants whether it's somewhere like the US or Australia, it makes it seem like wasabi is actually commonplace, but it really isn't. The wasabi sold in restaurants and supermarkets is an imitation wasabi, just European horseradish! Generally speaking, these fake wasabi products will only have a tiny amount of real wasabi in them, around just 1 to 3 percent. In Japan, the wasabi plant grows naturally in areas that have mountain river valleys, where it can grow along the river stream beds. The ideal growing environment is incredibly rare, and wasabi plants need their stems to be partially submerged in clear running water, adding another level of finickiness to the process. Without running stream beds in Japan’s mountain river valleys, cultivating wasabi plants on a commercial level is very challenging, thus making it a pricey plant to grow. Nagano, Iwate, and Shimane Prefectures are known for their local production of wasabi in Japan. However, the Izu Peninsula region in Shizuoka Prefecture is the main wasabi cultivation player, producing around 70% of Japan’s wasabi.
This is similar to foods that have the protected destination of origin in the EU and the UK, or PDO. The designation was created in 1992 and its main purpose is to designate products that have been produced, processed and developed in a specific geographical area. Like San Marzano tomatoes. San Marzano tomatoes have been grown elsewhere, but in order for them to be PDO certified, they must be grown around the small town of San Marzano sul Sarno, near Naples, in the lush volcanic soil of Mt. Vesuvius. This soil is rich in volcanic minerals and has a slightly acidic pH that contributes to the tomatoes' unique flavor. So the San Marzano tomatoes grown in like the US will never be true San Marzano. Another is pecorino sardo from Sardinia. Pecorino sardo is a firm cheese made from sheep milk, and it is specifically required to make it from the milk of the local Sardinian breed. Or Carne Arouquesa from Portugal which is meat that can only be considered such from the Arouquesa cattle breed. Or Terra d'Otranto which is extra-virgin olive oil required to be produced in the area between the Ionian and the Adriatic Sea, between the Murge in the province of Taranto and the Serre next to Lecce. The limit of the altitudinal range is 517 m. above sea level. The soil is mainly made of limestone
rock tea is like Bordeaux red wines... different plots, different banks..... if Wuyishan tea can market themselves like Bordeaux, that'll be interesting
Fujian is a very diverse province Amy. Due to the mountainous terrain, wasn’t very easy to get around back in the days, therefore each region was kinda isolated and unique culture, food, languages etc developed over time. Not to mention the addition of Hakka people. But another interesting video mate!
@2:24 Tea museum Qian Cha Ge in Bama Tea Industrial Park in Wuyishan is impressive ! Looks like a secret tea library or vault of Rock Teas that requires a high level security clearance to enter. @9:00 Adding tea leaves to the dishes to add the special umami looks savory and healthy !
As soon as I see your video I click!! I've been following you for years (discovered you from the chinese language videos you did) and this year I'm finally going to china! Looking at all your previous videos to compile e mini food tour guide for the trip. Next round I'm going to Wuyishan, I love tea!! Love all your content, thank you for continuosly bringing such amazing videos
Wow! 感谢! For another awesome gorgeous video. Highly educational, healthy and delicious! And ENTERTAINING! I thought rock tea was a joke. Turns out to be a true rock star tea or tea rock star or rock tea star?! Whatever, it's just lovely! Can't miss any one of your videos! 🥰😍😘
Another great video Amy. Keep this up. By the way, are you sure those are fish and chicken? Because when I went to Wu Yi Shan in 1997, their delicacies are actually snakes and rabbits. They are known for exotic dishes then. 😊
You should visit some of the tea farms in Yunnan, Anji, and Fujian. Yellow tea would be great to catch on film, but I know it's hard to get in to do so as a 老外.
Absolutely loved this episode. Bringing my love for tea together with food. The woman and you in the museum are a joy to watch. I wish the video was much longer. 😊
even a Chinese like I am, I would not have the opportunity like you are to explore so many different places on so many different local culture , which not only limited at food, now you are at the tea country, since China is a big land with long history, every different place has their own unique culture, oh! thank you so much, you let me learned a lot.
Hi Blondie, you look so relaxed and happy in the tea field. Wondering if you know that it’s a long tradition in China that the best tea would be hand picked early in the morning only by girls? Also hope to let you know that another blondie from the States, Katherine, has just settled in a tea village in Zhejiang, not far from where you shoot this episode.
Whenever I see tea in videos I go "Hey I love Tea, I should make some to increase my daily water intake!" Then I would make tea for few days and forget about it. This is a good reminder to make some tea
As an overseas Chinese of southern Fujian descent I would be very surprised too if Fujian ends up being the spiciest province in China when it comes to food 🤣🤣
So interesting! I didn’t know that it was infused by the rocks. Very fascinating. Next time I drink rock tea I will appreciate far more. Thanks for sharing! ❤
My family is from fujian and only me , my brothers and my dad eat spicy food and no one else does 😂😂 my grandma, grandad, uncles, aunties and cousins non of them eat spice 😂😂😂😂. So far ik not alot in my family eat spicy.😂😂😂 They really cant handle spice.
i always knew you liked tea but i didn't know your favourite was wuyi rougui specifically! that's mine too, i even have a dedicated yixing teapot for my rouguis😭
The tea sampling guy must spend a third of his workday on bathroom breaks if the rate at which he's downing those cups is any indication... I guess Chinese tea etiquette vastly differs from the way the Brits do it, no pinkies up. I don't understand why Chinese cuisine doesn't widely incorporate tea as a base for boiling food. Tea egg is probably the only one that's commonly known.
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Another amazing video this week??? Immediately pressed the play button! I have been waiting for another tea related video so this was such a pleasant surprise :)
Thanks so much!!!
It ALWAYS gives me Great Pleasure to watch your videos . . . Not only are they fabulously entertaining, they are also highly educational!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BLONDIE 😊
The tea nerd and food nerd crossover videos are great!
You got this educational video about tea down to a T! :D🍵
Thank you for being my eyes and legs to travel around my country❤
My IELTS test (English Test) speaking result jump to 8.5 from 7 by watching your vedios everyday. Thanks for all "authentic vocabulary" from your vedio.
Wowowow after YEARS of being into tea, I think i finally need to learn the language and venture into China!
Thank you for another wonderful video! You put such great work into your videos.
This reminds me just how difficult it is to grow wasabi outside Asia. This is why wasabi is so expensive. Unlike rock tea which can't be replicated elsewhere, wasabi has been cultivated successfully in a handful of places like the Oregon coast or the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, but it still remains difficult. At Japanese restaurants whether it's somewhere like the US or Australia, it makes it seem like wasabi is actually commonplace, but it really isn't. The wasabi sold in restaurants and supermarkets is an imitation wasabi, just European horseradish! Generally speaking, these fake wasabi products will only have a tiny amount of real wasabi in them, around just 1 to 3 percent.
In Japan, the wasabi plant grows naturally in areas that have mountain river valleys, where it can grow along the river stream beds. The ideal growing environment is incredibly rare, and wasabi plants need their stems to be partially submerged in clear running water, adding another level of finickiness to the process. Without running stream beds in Japan’s mountain river valleys, cultivating wasabi plants on a commercial level is very challenging, thus making it a pricey plant to grow. Nagano, Iwate, and Shimane Prefectures are known for their local production of wasabi in Japan. However, the Izu Peninsula region in Shizuoka Prefecture is the main wasabi cultivation player, producing around 70% of Japan’s wasabi.
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This is similar to foods that have the protected destination of origin in the EU and the UK, or PDO. The designation was created in 1992 and its main purpose is to designate products that have been produced, processed and developed in a specific geographical area. Like San Marzano tomatoes. San Marzano tomatoes have been grown elsewhere, but in order for them to be PDO certified, they must be grown around the small town of San Marzano sul Sarno, near Naples, in the lush volcanic soil of Mt. Vesuvius. This soil is rich in volcanic minerals and has a slightly acidic pH that contributes to the tomatoes' unique flavor. So the San Marzano tomatoes grown in like the US will never be true San Marzano.
Another is pecorino sardo from Sardinia. Pecorino sardo is a firm cheese made from sheep milk, and it is specifically required to make it from the milk of the local Sardinian breed. Or Carne Arouquesa from Portugal which is meat that can only be considered such from the Arouquesa cattle breed. Or Terra d'Otranto which is extra-virgin olive oil required to be produced in the area between the Ionian and the Adriatic Sea, between the Murge in the province of Taranto and the Serre next to Lecce. The limit of the altitudinal range is 517 m. above sea level. The soil is mainly made of limestone
rock tea is like Bordeaux red wines... different plots, different banks..... if Wuyishan tea can market themselves like Bordeaux, that'll be interesting
Fujian is a very diverse province Amy. Due to the mountainous terrain, wasn’t very easy to get around back in the days, therefore each region was kinda isolated and unique culture, food, languages etc developed over time. Not to mention the addition of Hakka people. But another interesting video mate!
i hope you had a chance to try the bamboo river rafting in wuyishan. it was a highlight of my trip there. love from canada.
@2:24 Tea museum Qian Cha Ge in Bama Tea Industrial Park in Wuyishan is impressive ! Looks like a secret tea library or vault of Rock Teas that requires a high level security clearance to enter.
@9:00 Adding tea leaves to the dishes to add the special umami looks savory and healthy !
it's not just a thing in wuyishan. i've always loved how every shop, office and living room in many parts of fujian has a tea table
even in some parts of zhejiang guangdong and taiwan!
I would love to see your take on the spicy side of Fujian! I love this province and there's so many cuisines to explore!
You make Chinese Culture so enjoyable! You be the Best!
Your videos are indispensable. You are building bridges, making China more accessible to many. Thank you.
Thank you for all the tea content you provide! 👏
really enjoyed this ep!!...beautiful video, wonderful story, thanks for taking us along!
I love tea so this is going to be a great video 😁
Wow! I had no idea that there are so many kinds of oolong tea! Very interesting video! Enjoyed it very much! 🌱
You have to try Thunder Tea rice 擂茶 when in Fujian! Very healthy, unique experience (although not spicy)
yess love me teas, this video was so great to watch. really want to visit wuyi shan and other famous tea mountains at some point!
That ring is a wonderful added prop 😉
Always interesting Tea and Food for the Win!
As soon as I see your video I click!! I've been following you for years (discovered you from the chinese language videos you did) and this year I'm finally going to china! Looking at all your previous videos to compile e mini food tour guide for the trip. Next round I'm going to Wuyishan, I love tea!! Love all your content, thank you for continuosly bringing such amazing videos
Blondie , the teapot and tea cup are also the spirit of tea culture.
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Great video Amy. Please live this weekend 😂😊. And more collaboration
Thank you for your videos!
Wow! 感谢! For another awesome gorgeous video. Highly educational, healthy and delicious! And ENTERTAINING! I thought rock tea was a joke. Turns out to be a true rock star tea or tea rock star or rock tea star?! Whatever, it's just lovely! Can't miss any one of your videos! 🥰😍😘
Tea Rock? You rock girl! 🌹😊
Great video. I hope you can do a similar one in Yunan. I love green jasmine.
2,000 DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEA? MY GOODNESS!
Two vids! That tea looks delicious!
We are Citizens for Oolong Tea fans. About time to have Peter back for a new video. BTW, Happy Thanksgiving to China.
我喝过很多种茶，现在喜欢炒麦芽茶，铁观音，我有36年喝茶历史😊
As a geology student that's a very special place and tea u know cause geology always rocks!!!😇😆
Awesome!!! Tea-riffic video!
Another great video Amy. Keep this up. By the way, are you sure those are fish and chicken? Because when I went to Wu Yi Shan in 1997, their delicacies are actually snakes and rabbits. They are known for exotic dishes then. 😊
One of the best vlog uve made. Love it. Greetings from idnonesia
You should visit some of the tea farms in Yunnan, Anji, and Fujian. Yellow tea would be great to catch on film, but I know it's hard to get in to do so as a 老外.
Absolutely loved this episode. Bringing my love for tea together with food. The woman and you in the museum are a joy to watch. I wish the video was much longer. 😊
even a Chinese like I am, I would not have the opportunity like you are to explore so many different places on so many different local culture , which not only limited at food, now you are at the tea country, since China is a big land with long history, every different place has their own unique culture, oh! thank you so much, you let me learned a lot.
Your smiling,your video, your language talents are fabulous!👍
Hi Blondie, you look so relaxed and happy in the tea field. Wondering if you know that it’s a long tradition in China that the best tea would be hand picked early in the morning only by girls?
Also hope to let you know that another blondie from the States, Katherine, has just settled in a tea village in Zhejiang, not far from where you shoot this episode.
Hi Amy, another video this week!!!
Whenever I see tea in videos I go "Hey I love Tea, I should make some to increase my daily water intake!" Then I would make tea for few days and forget about it. This is a good reminder to make some tea
Omg same 😂😂
+1
Fujian tea is the best❤ Rougui is also my favorite 😂😂
As an overseas Chinese of southern Fujian descent I would be very surprised too if Fujian ends up being the spiciest province in China when it comes to food 🤣🤣
How lovely. Off to make a tea.
瓜片is also a very well known tea brand/kind it got pretty big leaves for grean tee. you should try it sometimes :)
That's so cool, have fun!
yum reminds me of sri lankan fermented tea leaf salad 🤤
Im in wuyishan Welcome everyone ~
Amazing video, Amy!
What no mention of tea price ? 😊 I think some blends of Japanese matcha is bit more pricey 😊
Thumbs up for Shui Xian! Nice video :)
It's my HOMETOWM!
Need more Philippines videos. Come on ms blondie!
Extra video of the week!!!🎉
So interesting! I didn’t know that it was infused by the rocks. Very fascinating. Next time I drink rock tea I will appreciate far more. Thanks for sharing! ❤
Two videos in a week! Is it Christmas?
God I love your channel!
Love the museum lady
Tea every day, no doubt. Great detoxification but have to some water to balance the detox and hydration.
My family is from fujian and only me , my brothers and my dad eat spicy food and no one else does 😂😂 my grandma, grandad, uncles, aunties and cousins non of them eat spice 😂😂😂😂. So far ik not alot in my family eat spicy.😂😂😂 They really cant handle spice.
其实最贵的茶叶 是原始森林的野生古树茶 他在没有阳光的条件下生长 他的叶子比人工种植的绿 嫩 叶面非常光华 表面无毛 普通的茶在云南普洱几十元一斤 但野生古树茶 一手价也要几千元一斤
i always knew you liked tea but i didn't know your favourite was wuyi rougui specifically! that's mine too, i even have a dedicated yixing teapot for my rouguis😭
Western people also can identity Ethiopia coffee Columbia coffee Vietnam coffee
Blondie, if you want to really catch the subtle essence of Chinese culture, food is not enough. Chinese antiques are the key to Chinese culture.
Amazing inf. Thank you for great video
I love your passion so much!!! Your passion in informing the audience and your genuine curiosity in the things you explore 🤍🤍🤍
Cheers.
wow I bonus video of this week. Cool
Is this real life? 2 videos in a week!?! 😍
awesome, all looks cool
I don't know what they are, then ending up knowing 3 out of 4.😊
Tea sommoliers!
Lots of hard work just to drink tea!
Good video mate
Would like to have some 肉桂 tea too😊
The portion of those dishes are so BIG! What you do with the leftovers? 😂
what a surprise！❤
Holy shit they're still running that show? I went there like a decade ago when I was a small kid when I couldn't even understand wtf was going on haha
😄😄😄
Do you drink it gong fu style?
i’m wondering what the restaurant is called I am planning a trip in china
♥️世界和平富足，人民幸福安康♥️
Never thought Fujian food could be spicier than Jiangxi, I thought they all ate seafood....
The tea sampling guy must spend a third of his workday on bathroom breaks if the rate at which he's downing those cups is any indication...
I guess Chinese tea etiquette vastly differs from the way the Brits do it, no pinkies up.
I don't understand why Chinese cuisine doesn't widely incorporate tea as a base for boiling food. Tea egg is probably the only one that's commonly known.
where are the tea desserts?! there should be many varieties!
@jesse'steahouse where you at?
Tea culture dated back thousands of years ago in China .
tea > coffee
Blondie Tea House
This was an especially interesting and beautiful video! Can we please have more of these? Thank you 😊
Lovely
Is this a re upload?i feel like i watched this before
nope it’s new! Filmed it last week haha