This video is so helpful, and is a wonderful addition to your “Foundations of Tea” playlist. For us newbies, having the anglicized name of the region, cultivar, etc. on the screen as you talk about them would be fantastic! I find the pronunciation to text of Chinese words in particular to be very confusing!
LOVE this! Thank you--SOOOO helpful. One of the biggest takeaways I gathered was the value of learning and understanding more of the Chinese language as a means to help (me) understand more about the tea when you're describing it (or unpacking a new release). Many thanks, Don!
I have just joined your channel. A speciality coffee enthusiast for a while now I have just expanded my horizons by getting into tea. Currently enjoying Yuzu & Bi Luo Chun. Finding your TH-cams extremely informative, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Other companies are not following that guide line. Season i see sometimes, and batch never. Sometimes I see Provence or the exact area of China. Type and name is always on the package. But, what confuses me is, different companies will have the same tea with a different name. I almost punched LiuBao Hei Cha from two different companies.Because the name was different.
About the name of the producer being dropped- Not sure I see the difference between a wine estate and a tea producer here based on the video explanation. Wine producers don't sell direct to the public either, it goes through distributors and wine stores just like tea. Except that the wine producer bottles their own product and makes sure their name is on the label, rather than selling by the barrel to middlemen afaik. Is the degree of separation bigger in tea or could the fact that the producer's name is often dropped just be the result of who does the final packaging? Are the margins too narrow to make the benefit of name recognition for their product worth doing their own packaging in tea, or is it convention/expectation that the distributors want to package the tea themselves? Or it could be that the producers focus on their relationship or name recognition with the buyers/distributors and don't worry about name recognition from end consumers. Any insight there?
... well. thank you Don, but it might be easier to just learn mandarin instead. lol jk, thanks for all this info, theres so much to learn in this endless world of tea, i love it
Copied from google, where else? Bin wines are the wines that are named after a BIN number or Batch Identification Number. In simple words, bin numbers refer to the storage area in a wine cellar where these wines have been held or stored before being sold.
If you learn anything about tea, it is that you will go down the rabbit hole of information and never get to the bottom of it, That's what we teal lovers like though
This video is so helpful, and is a wonderful addition to your “Foundations of Tea” playlist. For us newbies, having the anglicized name of the region, cultivar, etc. on the screen as you talk about them would be fantastic! I find the pronunciation to text of Chinese words in particular to be very confusing!
Is there a "chart" or "cheet sheet" for these names? I need to see them in writing because I'm a visual leaner. Thanks for the video!
There are so many names but we should begin writing a glossary.
I can recommend you the book „learning by brewing“ if you are interested in the names and origins of different teas
Thanks for the book suggestion
Great Video! I knew some stuff about tea naming already but I finally understood the wine naming scheme as well :D.
Thank you Don for this practical knowledge!
Excellent video though Don. Very well done and clearly explained.
Great explanation Don! Everything it's so clear now!
Don, as good as always, shared your vid with my friends to educate them. Thank you for your work!
LOVE this! Thank you--SOOOO helpful. One of the biggest takeaways I gathered was the value of learning and understanding more of the Chinese language as a means to help (me) understand more about the tea when you're describing it (or unpacking a new release). Many thanks, Don!
I have just joined your channel. A speciality coffee enthusiast for a while now I have just expanded my horizons by getting into tea. Currently enjoying Yuzu & Bi Luo Chun. Finding your TH-cams extremely informative, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I love this kind of thing, Getting geekie with names may scare some, but I love it. Thank you Don.
sarah, did u ever get yore pot?
Another great comparison would be to coffee...maybe even a closer comparison than to wine. Great video!
I'm a coffee geek and lover, this was the first thing to come to my mind.
I love this video !! To the newbie affection-ado (Connoisseur) you’re gold ! I loved China and Chinese tea. Thank you guys !! ❤❤❤
"slightly" more complex then our "east-frisian" tea blend here ; ) but i always love to dig into the history of a tea (name).
The comprehensive level of information that mai leaf provides is why I only order from them exclusively.
Recent financial circumstances have caused me to go into a bit of a hoarding mode, but still I savor the tea that I have. (and it’s aging well)
The shipping to Australia is too expensive 😢
Yes! This is exactly the video I needed.
Thank you, very helpful!
Love the history of tea
My local tea store doesn't even disclose from what year the tea is on their website. I bought a more expensive tea from them and it tasted quite old.
Great Video. Any chance we can get a glossary of tea terms?
Tuning in with a Nixing bell and some Jade Star VII!
Other companies are not following that guide line. Season i see sometimes, and batch never. Sometimes I see Provence or the exact area of China.
Type and name is always on the package. But, what confuses me is, different companies will have the same tea with a different name. I almost punched LiuBao Hei Cha from two different companies.Because the name was different.
About the name of the producer being dropped- Not sure I see the difference between a wine estate and a tea producer here based on the video explanation. Wine producers don't sell direct to the public either, it goes through distributors and wine stores just like tea. Except that the wine producer bottles their own product and makes sure their name is on the label, rather than selling by the barrel to middlemen afaik.
Is the degree of separation bigger in tea or could the fact that the producer's name is often dropped just be the result of who does the final packaging? Are the margins too narrow to make the benefit of name recognition for their product worth doing their own packaging in tea, or is it convention/expectation that the distributors want to package the tea themselves? Or it could be that the producers focus on their relationship or name recognition with the buyers/distributors and don't worry about name recognition from end consumers. Any insight there?
Wine does have batch details, normally called "BINS". This refers to the vat fermenting vessel
Thanks Cliff.i did not see this info on bottles but I will look out for it in future.
... well. thank you Don, but it might be easier to just learn mandarin instead. lol jk, thanks for all this info, theres so much to learn in this endless world of tea, i love it
Quite useful video
I was watching your tea store tour video and wondering if you could sell your tea coasters online as I am in the United States.
Any coasters that we have currently in stock in the teahouse would be online too.
I love Anjiiiiiiii !!!
I wonder now if any names contain the elevation. The Taiwanese Oolongs are called "High Elevation", but only in English as far as I know
True, they do add Gao Shan to their names. I would broadly put that under an 'origin' statement I guess.
would there be a good kind of book that describes all this plus all the thousands of names ( like a dictionary) and what the names mean?
Yes we should work on something
„Learning by brewing“ is a good book if you are interested in the names and origins of different teas
Copied from google, where else?
Bin wines are the wines that are named after a BIN number or Batch Identification Number. In simple words, bin numbers refer to the storage area in a wine cellar where these wines have been held or stored before being sold.
Interesting
Would be perfect if you add the chinese characters. But this is excellent already.
1:20 I'm not seeing the link to the "Foundations of Tea" series in the description...
Oops. I have added to the description
@@MeiLeaf I see it now, thank you!
#recommended
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the more I learn about tea the less I know
If you learn anything about tea, it is that you will go down the rabbit hole of information and never get to the bottom of it, That's what we teal lovers like though