You Can Have Your Tea and Eat it Too
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- Did you know there is one country in the world that eats their tea leaves?
Resident foodie, Beryl, guides us through this traditional Burmese ingredient, as we travel to Myanmar to learn about Lahpet Thoke, which uses fermented, pickled tea leaves. With local Nyo Nyo Sein as our guide, we explore the process of fermenting, storing, and serving tea leaves - as well as understanding the significant role this dish plays in Burmese culture.
Beryl then takes us to the only Burmese restaurant in New York, here’s what she ordered:
- Lahpet Thoke as well as Bu Thee Kyaw (squash temperature with tamarind garlic dip)
- Ohn-No Khaut Swe (noodles in coconut broth with egg and lime).
So there we have it. Tea isn't just for a cuppa, it's for supper.
00:00 Intro
00:26 Myanmar
00:51 Lahpet Thoke
01:29 How it's used
02:41 Burmese in New York
03:34 2nd dish
03:57 3rd dish
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🍃🍵What do you call tea in your country? 🍵👇
Tea is "Teh" in our little island Bali
Coffee is "Kopi" *bonus info
Biracial Japanese-Pacific Islander here 🏝️ We call tea "cha" 茶
... Tsa-a ... 😉
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Sorry, India also eats Tea Leaves, if you visit the Tea Plantations in the Southern Part of India (Munnar) you will find yourself getting dishes from Tea Leaf Pakoda (Fritters), to other dishes where Tea Leaf is the center of that dish
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So cool to see Beryl making more content on Great Big Story again!!
Would be nice if she actually visited these countries and met these people instead of reading from a script.
@@dorkanderson4963maybe one day, if they can get the budget for international travel
@@dorkanderson4963she’s done that many times
@@dorkanderson4963This is funny considering this video is about Myanmar. She shouldn't come over here just to review food. We're not having fun over here.
@@helenfhnin I'm from the US and aren't too picky about who we do buisness with. South Korea, South Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand and Japan are all nations we did buisness when they were ruled by military dictators.
I’m Indonesian but I’m a fan of Myanmar’s Laphet Thoke. What’s amazing is that there’s more than one way of preparing the tea leaf salad, and you will always have different experience having it whether at a bustling tea shop in Mandalay or a fancy restaurant in Yangon. It’s something unique that I’ve come to appreciate!
Is there anywhere I can get my hands on these dishes in Jakarta?
@@patrickhandali hmm… I’m not sure, I don’t think so? 🤔
I'm glad GBS back again and kicking ❤ ! ... your culture is our culture .. WE THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH ❤💚💜💙💛❤
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For real
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Nobody does food content like Beryl and nobody does human interest like Great Big Story. I am so glad to see these two back together that I might never get over the joy it brings me.
Between her channel, PBS, and GBS, Beryl's popping up my feed a lot this week. No complaints, of course!
I am Burmese myself and this is literally what I make whenever I don’t feel like cooking XDXD
You don't feel like cooking so you go and ferment some tea leaves for 2 months?
@@fitrianhidayat They probably have a jar of tea leaves fermenting in their fridge and they take some out and eat it.
@@fitrianhidayat you can buy any pre-fermented jars in any supermarket or most convenient stores.
@@Yepheonix yeah I have it pre made and it’s not a jar, there’s packets that my family would bring back from Myanmar
@@fitrianhidayat There's a thing called prepackaging :)
I've visited Myanmar which is an absolutely beautiful country and the people are honest, friendly and helpful.
Peace and prosperity to all Myanmar people! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
No doubt that Myanmar is an absolutely amazing country and Myanmar people are wonderful. For more, pls read the informative multi-page comments by 'Ms. Gregoria' at, "Myanmar remains in social and economic crisis since military seized power/BBC News": th-cam.com/video/70ZnQZEBVuU/w-d-xo.html
No doubt that Myanmar is an absolutely amazing country and Myanmar people are wonderful. For more, pls read the informative multi-page comments by 'Ms. Gregoria' at, "Myanmar remains in social and economic crisis since military seized power/BBC News"... It's on TH-cam.
Peace be with you all 🙏🙏🙏
Man im from myanmar and this is the first time i have ever seen laphet in sushi, mixed with apples, and eaten as a tempura. This woman straight up capping.
Even if it’s from Myanmar it’s still probably the most cursed things I’ve seen so far. (I’m Burmese myself and that’s weird)
I have used laphet as a salad dressing in a salad that included apples, it was lovely! Y'all are sleeping on the combo ;)
Then again, I am not from Myanmar, so maybe my taste buds are weird, lol.
Lmfao for real
The tempura is buu thee kyaw
facts bro. who tf makes laphet sushi tf ong
Always great to see another Beryl episode!
The Lithuanian word for tea is 'arbata'. Everyone really likes the kick of this word 😁. It may sound different from cha or tea, but it comes from Polish 'herbata' (herba+ta) which already sounds familiar and makes sense (herb tea).
Very interesting video. As someone who just took tea as a hobby, this is the first time i've seen tea leaves eaten as a vegetable. I do know that with Japanese green tea like Gyokuro, you sometimes would eat the tea leaves after you have brewed tea with it. The process of making it reminds me of green tea from the steaming (similar to how japanese green tea is processed to kill the oxidation inducing enzyme) and Chinese Dark Teas (like shou puer or Liu Bao which are both fermented tea). I wonder what the actual tea liquor would taste like if this was actually made into brewable tea.
My (I'm Indian) great-grandfather's uncle was a doctor posted in a British hospital in Burma.
He married a Burmese lady and settled down there, so every time I see something about Myanmar I wonder about my distant Burmese relatives lol
yaaaay Beryl! made my day better
There's a Burmese restaurant in Beaverton, Oregon, and it is easily one of my favorite restaurants anywhere.
Personally I recommend getting authentic Burmese food from Buddhist temples (the Burmese ones)
I literally cried seeing this, like I didnt know that theyre back since six months ago! Im so happy!!!!
I just loved this! Thank you, Great Big Story, for featuring Beryl and Burmese food.
WOW Beryl is all over the web now....as she justly deserves! Thanks for all your hard work!
This channel brings so much joy to my heart, thanks for all you do!
so happy to see Beryl again!
Every time GBS posts is a great day. So glad to have you guys back ❤.
Awesome that Beryl is doing more stories for GBS! Her Pan Pals series is one of my new favorites 🥰
I'm so glad part of my culture is being shared :)
Good to see you back on the channel Beryl!! Always love videos about food that I don’t know much about before
Beryl! I'm so happy you did a special on Burmese food and Lehpet. Sadly, the lehpet you had doesn't look very traditional. It usually isn't like coleslaw, and it is usually served as a side dish with rice. I hope you can try it at another Burmese restaurant or in Myanmar (Northern Thailand would be safer^^). Thanks for making great videos! ^^
What a fabulous story teller you are- thanks for this report.
So great having my all time favorite Channel back
I am so happy Great Big Story is back 😊... I loved you and then you broke my heart but now you are back 🎉🎉
Beryl is the SOUL of the Great Big Story ❤
So glad this channel is back
i am so glad the GBS is back!! it was my favorite YT channel and i was so sad when it was closed down. Happy to see Beryl back too! full circle stuff - please keep making awesome videos :D
Some of my favorites from this channel are beryls videos. This entire channnel is underrated. Happy it’s back!
Welcome back! So happy!
WE LOVE YOU GREAT BIG STORY!!! much respect for making a video in my city
HOW DID I JUST HEAR THIS! Thank you for comeing back!
Glad you back GBS with more stories
your back omg i might actually cry
Thank you for posting a content about my country❤❤😊
Wishing a pacific resolve for the ongoing turmoil now in Myanmar 🙏☮
As long as their heritages doesn't crumble up like a burnt-out dish.
@@Vernardo Only dictators abhorrent the heritage of the people they keep oppressing.
@@johnnychang4233Unfortunately, it's not gonna be resolved like that. The dictators have imprisoned too many literal 6 years old to resort to pacifism. Still, as a Burmese I appreciate your sentiment. Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts!
@@helenfhnin အားလုံးအကောင်းဆုံးဖြစ်ပါစေလို့ဆုတောင်းပါတယ်
good to see her again
I didn't know about this dish thanks.. Yum! Seaweed has an enormous amount of benefits. That world of fermented food is amazing🤲🏽
I was just about to make this today! When I saw the title I didn’t think it would be about laphet 😂
I'm soo glad you're back presenting for GBS!! I still remeber how sad I was watching when you guys ended!! Could you try to get a sponsor like Genesis again? To help fund making amazing videos like before? Well done!
We missed you Beryl!! 🎉
beryl you live in nyc. there is a burmese water festival in chinatown,. i think its every summer and i know they serve a lot of burmese food. My Chinese-Burmese uncle use to go all the time but my aunt doesn:t like to go anywhere.
Yay Beryl's back!
When you open TH-cam and see two content with Beryl’s face and gets confused. Great to see you back in GBS!
I heard in some villages in Eastern Myanmar, Laphat is used to officiate the wedding. Bride and Groom just have to eat the laphat, with the family members from both sides and the person who is responsible for the village. Then you become men and wife
I’ve never heard of it, but it actually sounds delicious! I’ll have to try it at some point-
Here in Poland we're a little different and we call Tea "herbata" it's etymology is "herba thea" from latin, so herb tea. Tho we do call a teapot "czajnik", that came from russia.
You describe it as tasting like a type of coleslaw. That's a good description actually. 👍
In Marathi tea is called "Chahaa" and we like it "kadak" (as in strong tasting) 😀
Love the presenter!
ive eaten this, its sooo good
Welcome back GBS! :D
Damn, you guys are back!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍
I am not really fond of La Phet salad but it goes well when mixed with rice and a fried egg. The best way is to cook pork belly with La Phet. Exqusitely umami delicious 😋
With pork belly ?? Now that's a combination I have never tried. 😮
Heya! burmese here! lahpet thoke is a very very famous food in Myanmar that anyone with burmese blood can't live 2 weeks without. We have Lahpet Thoke (which translate to: Tea Leaf Salad) with rice because of the sour taste, so definitely try it with freshly cooked rice. It is one of the 3 unoffical burmese traditonal cuisine, followed by our Mote Hing Gar (Which is this thick fish based soup and noodle) and Ohn No Khao swe (Ohn No translates so coconut milk and Khao Swe translates to noodle). Anyone who wants to try our Tea Leaf Salad, I definitely recommand the yuzana brand hot & sour Lahpet Toke. This is because its a famous brand in Myanmar and mostly every houses use this brand, just make sure to follow up with cabbage, tomato, chilli and a tad drop of oil (opitional: sprinkle a tiny bit of msg and salt too) and you have a mouth drooling salad which in my humble opinion is the best salad in the world.
We calls TEH (in bahasa Malaysia) for tea.
Hello from Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾
Glad gbs is back as well as that u r again doing it with them as well...yayy❤
4:46 that makes Myanmar an odd one out...
that looks yummy❤❤❤
Glad that you guys are back
In sri lanka we call tea as tae
i have to try this cuisine when i get the chance
I can watch Beryl all day. Love how open she is.
oh yay! beryl is back! the subtitle is a bit misleading....battery?? you mean batter, right?
To be fair; Lanna (North west Thailand) has a fermented tea also called "Miang" It's used more like hoe Betel seeds are used in India or Coco leaves are used in Peru, put between the cheek and gums like a "chaw" of Tobacco in the Americas. There's a small town, north east of Chiang Mai that is famous for growing the semi wild tea plants and processing the tea, much like the Burmese woman in this video did.
There is a significant Burmese influence on Chiang Mai (pronounced as "zin mei" in Burmese) because it used to be a part of Burma for more than 200 years. It's not surprising to find fermented tea leaf dishes there.
Welcome back
We Burmese people really love La Phate Thote and we eat it plain as a snack, or as a meal together with rice.
Beryl never forgot her roots.
Burmese Tea Leaf Salad is one of my favorites! I
Great/delicious 😋
Thank you, I am a Burmese and I eat tea leaf salad almost everyday. But I never exactly know how the fermentation process is done. May be I have read about fermentation somewhere, but just see the process now.
Beryl the GOAT food reporter
I call tea "ocha" I was born in Tokyo, Japan and came as a toddler but my mother was a citizen of Japan so my original language was Japanese. I am proficient in English now but still use the Japanese words for many things.
GBS you should start doing your around the world eats again, the list of top foods in a location. I love binge watching your old ones, please make more!
This host is delightful
Oh hey Beryl 👋
They also eat tea leaves in Nepal! ❤
Holy sheet they're back!
hey Beryl try some chaap and kebabs from Lucknow you wouldn't regret it
Miss those exam nights where I had to eat Lahpet Thoke to make it through the night.
Myanmar traditional foods🎉❤,they are so yummy💗💗.
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Lots of countries eat tea leaves (ie Japan). Still good to have you back GBS!
Lotsa countries actually eat leaves. for real? I never heard Japan eats Tea Leaf.
Wow I'm interested now. Can you share me the name of the dish
In Myanmar, Tea is called 'Lat phet yay' Tea leave is 'Lat phet'. Thanks for sharing our culture.
I am so pleased that she made a video about this.. Burmese food should be more well known!! but her pronunciation is completely wrong, did no one tell her? "La-pet thoke", it's pretty straight forward.
Cool
hore.. i see great big story is back..
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Surreal, I was just thinking how unusual it is for tea not to be called a variant of tea/chai and you bring that point
Great video as always! Whats the name of the host woman though? She resembles a lot with my college friend.😅
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Would recommend Burma Superstar in San Francisco as well!!
4:05 Bery you should say "Super easy, barely an inconvenience" next time hahaahh 🤣
GBS IS BACK!! YES!!
We call it a cuppa here in Australia :D
4:40 "Laphet" in Burmese refers to the tea leaves, or plant. When people there drink tea/chai, they call it "laphet yay". It directly translates to "tea water".
Beryl🎉🎉
Portuguese word pro Tea is "Chá". But the word TEA comes from a Portuguese Queen. When she was moving to England, she was bringing her tea boxes and in the boxes the phrase "Transporte de Ervas Aromáticas"- TEA, was written. It literraly means Aromatic Herbs Transportation.
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