Since I started watching these videos my tea intake increased tenfold. It took awhile to get used to not drinking coffee in the morning but I've been on the tea train and I feel much better for it. Thanks for the informative videos and especially the introduction to gong fu brewing!
I am currently learning from a tea master in Japan. This is thanks to your videos that got me into learning about tea. I just want to thank you for the knowledge great effort, and passion that you exude through your sharing. I have the priviledge to live in Japan, 20 years now, and learn from a humble tea master....thanks to you. Stay green and lovely through the cup.
I actually love hearing about health in relation to tea... in all forms. I even like hearing about health about tisanes. It would be wonderful in your future videos if you had some time to do outside camellia sinensis video shorts of health and tisanes. I understand if you have to avoid for business reasons doing that though. I just wish we weren't continents and nations away so I could come hang out in Camden and get the true dish on true tea!
Im a fairly new tea head and am on the way to switch from western brewing style to gong fu or lets just say using more leaf for less water. Im about to order Gyokuro Asahi today, lets see how this journey will be, im optimistic :D And good job Mei Leaf, you were the one who made the last nail to make me a tea head :D
I only drink tea from Mei Leaf now. Thanks for the education here and variety on your site. Your vids and homepage have taught me so much - which I am sharing with family and the gang at work.
I don't particularly drink tea because of health benefits. Of course, if you don't overdo it, it generally is good for you. If not the stuff from the tea itself, it is the water you get to stay hydrated. I mostly drink because I like the taste. For the same reasons, I also enjoy good coffee. If you have good quality products, you don't need any sugar or milk or whatever.
About a year ago, I started worrying that too much tea may be bad for you (I use about 2 kilos a year). Then I found out, the average turkish person used three kilos a year lol.
@@cmrd_hdcrb Yeah, Turkish Tea is pretty strong. Then, they dilute it with hot water and sugar. A lot of sugar 🤣. The region that consumes the most is East Frisia in Germany. People consume 500g per month. What is too much is, I guess, dependent on your body. Some can handle more, some less. But 2kg per year is still in the ok territory, I assume 🙈.
@@thomasa.243 @UC7MFmUh0JBN8UUYfPV5f8JQ I'm an average person from Turkey and I can say tea drinkers here drink more than 2 kilos a year. (Country has a sizable coffee drinker population.) My grandmother had some issues with blood iron levels because of tea. Since then she limited her consumption. Also most adults I know don't take sugar with tea.
@@berika6 Yeah, maybe the sugar thing is something that is regionally dependent, I don't know. But I have seen people putting heaps and heaps of sugar into the cup (I don't know how exactly they are called). You have to be extra careful when taking certain medicine. Tea can change the way how they react with your body.
Even a bigger WOW!! Now that I finished the video. Thanks for that information, I’ve been drinking itoen green tea and the same jasmine. I’ll have to watch more of your videos to find where and what to try next.
Sifting seems to produce a thicker head of foam for me, but it does look like you got a plump crema on that bowl - must be the superb whisking technique 😊. Cheers Don!
Hi, Thank you so much for your videos. They're so good! I'm new to matcha tea. I was looking for a new way to gain a bit of a boost in energy, along with a fairly healthy diet. If you didn't advertise your amazing swaddle bag including wonderful products, I wouldn't have known it existed. There's absolutely no room for anything else in our kitchen. The bag is a brill idea. I haven't seen one anywhere else... I've recently ordered one and was fortunate to purchase it in the sale. I can't wait for it to arrive😊 Thank you again. Please keep up the good work🙏🏼 D.D
I’m not frightened to tell people to try matcha tea powder daily when they tell me they have cancer. I don’t think it bad to suggest the possibility of helping fight cancer even if that mechanism of action is something I’m uncertain about. It doesn’t negate the possibility of positive outcomes. It’s a great suggestion with no known side effects.
What I did was push matcha through a strainer so it wouldn't clump on my cup and that there is no bits of matcha, then sift it with a spoon as simple as it sound! And it works, to add!
Nice rundown, Don. Any suggestions for ingredients to add to matcha for variety? I like it sweet with a bit of ginger or almond extract, but I'm interested in what other people might be doing.
Now I understand why I like matcha green tea soo much. I’ve only this year begun drinking it daily. If I enjoy that smother “buzz, excuse the vernacular”, of grocery store bought matcha, how much more a cup of what I just saw you drink?
Thanks to Mei Leaf, I dug super deep into younger sheng (raw) puer tea! I found, that it fits the best for me atm :D couldn't find any medicinal articles about the health benefits about it. It is certainly true that it is very good for you! But how about theanin and catechines in puer? Are there some specific substances included? Such a misterious and wonderful kind of tea!
Mei Leaf! The matcha looks great, and I want to buy some, but is it organic? I assumed it would being that you’ve mentioned the importance of it before, but I don’t see that detail anywhere…
Sorry about this question, but what about tea and gastro problems, like gastritis, reflux... I always hear tea is bad for those problems. Right now my stomach is not good, and im not drinking tea or caffeine, its hard! I love tea. Since you also share a background/interest in science and medicine, what do you have to say about the relationship between tea and gastric problems? Thanks
I will forever be grateful for the great and miraculous work god used you to do in my life, am happy to say this Dr.Ayomede is indeed a great man words can't express how i feel right now.
Got a question.. if the brew calls for let's say 5 grams per 100 ml of water and you want to use 200 ml or 300 ml of water at a steeping of let's say 20 sec can you double or triple the time to save on tea used. The reason is I know some teas can be steeped many times but let's say I want to just have 3 or 4 cups of tea and I don't want to go through the process of drying or saving my leaves. It would be a good video experiment to see if you bealive its possable to get goods tasting tea using this process.
Does preparation affect the healthy properties of matcha? For instance, does drinking it pure in hot water more effective than, let's say, a cold latte? Anybody know? BTW, what a gorgeous Swaddle bag!!
This answer might be a little late but I don't think it makes a huge difference! The water matcha is made with is usually pretty cold around 50-60⁰C so that temperature won't affect the compounds found in matcha too much. Theoretically, it's easier to digest if you drink warm matcha instead of a cold one because your body needs to use energy to bring the cold latte up to body temperature. Also, pure matcha will be probably the easiest to digest opposed to mixed with milk which contains sugar and fats which are compounds that take more time to break down. But I am not an expert, and I think in the end you should drink it the way you enjoy it :)
Does the amount of water in a cup have any impact on the tea's effectiveness? For example, is a teaspoon of Matcha tea in a half cup of water more powerful than in a full cup of water?
I drink matcha everyday. I always buy ceremonial grade, organic & it must be from Japan. If I’m drinking matcha in a tea bag form, I prefer Itoen matcha tea bags. I always like celestial seasonings matcha tea bags too.
Same! Are you concerned with the lead content(even in organic)? I was surprised to find out how much it contains now I’m nervous about the whole thing:/
@@In_time Not particularly. If you are buying matcha from a quality brand. Even a small business matcha farmer have their matcha tested for radiation, lead, etc. The have pretty strict guidelines.
Hallo, thak you for your videos! Can you do a video about the effects and health benefits of different types of tea (green, white, oolong, black)? Whats the difference between them? I would be really interested! This morning for example I choosed white tea and I dont know why, I just followed the feeling. I normally drink black tea with ginger when its cold like today, but i just didnt feel it right today. So now Im drinking Whie Peony wondering why is this. =D
And Im really grateful for bringing me to this amazing tasteful plant medicine whitch I think tea is and it doesnt help just chemicly but also with the culture around it.
I've been drinking matcha since November using almond milk and vanilla oat milk but I think I'm going to change over to water, lime and honey mix. Lately I've been drinking it down and not savoring it.
I really enjoy your videos and TEA!!!! However i am disabled and on a tight budget. Can you or anyone in the comments refer me to a good quality budget friendly brand(s) that i can try more teas ?
I love your channel and love your teas but I’m very disappointed and angry that your company claims to be able to ship worldwide but can’t seem to send my order out but promptly took my payment. 3 weeks ago with little attempt to communicate or truly help me.
Over age 50, matcha and green teas should be drunk in moderation because of their high caffeine content. They're stronger than black teas and raise blood pressure more easily. I worked with a man in his 60's who drank green tea all day long. Swearing by its health benefits, he developed a severe, permanent facial tic as a result. His doctor made him stop drinking it. I love tea and drink black loose leaf types with no problems. That being said, I enjoy ice cream made with green teas and matcha.
Living with the stigma of HSV 1 and 2 and not been able to have a healthy relationship was messing up my life until I got some super herbs from Dr odija, I haven't had symptoms for some while now and planning to get another test done. Am grateful and advise you help yourself also
Unless it is a chemical patented and branded by a big pharmaceutical company you can not claim any health benefits, within the last two years I would not want claim anything on the internet, I might get accused of something.
@@MeiLeaf It is true but unfortunately the rabbit hole goes even deeper with studies, some are ignored, some are considered not high enough standard, others are plain corrupted by groups who have interest in a certain outcome, nowdays most of the things in life are left to ones better judgement and faith. I always keep rewatching the episode you made about seeking the higher truth, I learned a lot from that after spring 2020 to nowdays.
Apologies for unrelated question. @MeiLeaf What should I take from finding a tea seed in my tea? I received a Shui Xian Wuyi Oolong from someone and found my first ever tea seed while weighing out some.
Since I started watching these videos my tea intake increased tenfold. It took awhile to get used to not drinking coffee in the morning but I've been on the tea train and I feel much better for it. Thanks for the informative videos and especially the introduction to gong fu brewing!
I am currently learning from a tea master in Japan. This is thanks to your videos that got me into learning about tea. I just want to thank you for the knowledge great effort, and passion that you exude through your sharing. I have the priviledge to live in Japan, 20 years now, and learn from a humble tea master....thanks to you. Stay green and lovely through the cup.
Tea is life! Truly essential activity
Agreed.
Nothing but the truth
I just started looking into Matcha a couple of days ago and now you present the perfect starter set for me. Thanks!
Absolutely agree with you. Definitely no need to sift Matcha. I never sift my Matcha, and it comes out so good.
That swaddle set is absolutely beautiful. Eminently suitable for drinking the very best matcha. Great video!
I actually love hearing about health in relation to tea... in all forms. I even like hearing about health about tisanes. It would be wonderful in your future videos if you had some time to do outside camellia sinensis video shorts of health and tisanes. I understand if you have to avoid for business reasons doing that though. I just wish we weren't continents and nations away so I could come hang out in Camden and get the true dish on true tea!
Great review! Matcha appreciated! 😊
Im a fairly new tea head and am on the way to switch from western brewing style to gong fu or lets just say using more leaf for less water. Im about to order Gyokuro Asahi today, lets see how this journey will be, im optimistic :D And good job Mei Leaf, you were the one who made the last nail to make me a tea head :D
It makes all the difference in the world!
I only drink tea from Mei Leaf now. Thanks for the education here and variety on your site. Your vids and homepage have taught me so much - which I am sharing with family and the gang at work.
been getting into matcha. it's a great way to meet my daily tea consumption as i try to quit by noon.
I don't particularly drink tea because of health benefits. Of course, if you don't overdo it, it generally is good for you. If not the stuff from the tea itself, it is the water you get to stay hydrated. I mostly drink because I like the taste. For the same reasons, I also enjoy good coffee. If you have good quality products, you don't need any sugar or milk or whatever.
About a year ago, I started worrying that too much tea may be bad for you (I use about 2 kilos a year). Then I found out, the average turkish person used three kilos a year lol.
@@cmrd_hdcrb Yeah, Turkish Tea is pretty strong. Then, they dilute it with hot water and sugar. A lot of sugar 🤣. The region that consumes the most is East Frisia in Germany. People consume 500g per month. What is too much is, I guess, dependent on your body. Some can handle more, some less. But 2kg per year is still in the ok territory, I assume 🙈.
@@thomasa.243 @UC7MFmUh0JBN8UUYfPV5f8JQ I'm an average person from Turkey and I can say tea drinkers here drink more than 2 kilos a year. (Country has a sizable coffee drinker population.) My grandmother had some issues with blood iron levels because of tea. Since then she limited her consumption. Also most adults I know don't take sugar with tea.
@@berika6 Yeah, maybe the sugar thing is something that is regionally dependent, I don't know. But I have seen people putting heaps and heaps of sugar into the cup (I don't know how exactly they are called). You have to be extra careful when taking certain medicine. Tea can change the way how they react with your body.
Even a bigger WOW!! Now that I finished the video. Thanks for that information, I’ve been drinking itoen green tea and the same jasmine. I’ll have to watch more of your videos to find where and what to try next.
Such a good upload considering Ive only just gotten back into matcha
Sifting seems to produce a thicker head of foam for me, but it does look like you got a plump crema on that bowl - must be the superb whisking technique 😊. Cheers Don!
First! I love Matcha!!
Hi,
Thank you so much for your videos. They're so good!
I'm new to matcha tea. I was looking for a new way to gain a bit of a boost in energy, along with a fairly healthy diet.
If you didn't advertise your amazing swaddle bag including wonderful products, I wouldn't have known it existed.
There's absolutely no room for anything else in our kitchen. The bag is a brill idea. I haven't seen one anywhere else...
I've recently ordered one and was fortunate to purchase it in the sale.
I can't wait for it to arrive😊
Thank you again.
Please keep up the good work🙏🏼
D.D
Thank you so much for the video and compilation of research papers!
Thank you very much for this video! It is just what I have been waiting for- from you! I have learned so much from your very well done videos!
Excellent information, thank you Don 👍😊
I’m not frightened to tell people to try matcha tea powder daily when they tell me they have cancer. I don’t think it bad to suggest the possibility of helping fight cancer even if that mechanism of action is something I’m uncertain about. It doesn’t negate the possibility of positive outcomes. It’s a great suggestion with no known side effects.
Awesome info, mr. Mei! Thank you for everything!!
Matcha is part of my everyday for the past 15 months.
What I did was push matcha through a strainer so it wouldn't clump on my cup and that there is no bits of matcha, then sift it with a spoon as simple as it sound! And it works, to add!
What are the dimensions?
Nice rundown, Don. Any suggestions for ingredients to add to matcha for variety? I like it sweet with a bit of ginger or almond extract, but I'm interested in what other people might be doing.
I add it Chai tea mix
@@abbylocke2570 oh yeah that's a good one
I add honey and cinnamon
Eat a sweet treat on the side.
In ceremoni you get a snack first, dry or wet , then you get the tea ball served.
I've always taken my matcha pure. maybe what you can do is have a piece of chocolate or some other sweet on the side as most matcha drinkers do
Don, video for gong fu cha/chanyuo with working out, moringa, and ashwagandha?
15 cups!!
Now I understand why I like matcha green tea soo much. I’ve only this year begun drinking it daily. If I enjoy that smother “buzz, excuse the vernacular”, of grocery store bought matcha, how much more a cup of what I just saw you drink?
Thanks to Mei Leaf, I dug super deep into younger sheng (raw) puer tea! I found, that it fits the best for me atm :D couldn't find any medicinal articles about the health benefits about it. It is certainly true that it is very good for you! But how about theanin and catechines in puer? Are there some specific substances included? Such a misterious and wonderful kind of tea!
Which tastes better matcha or mulberry powder
I am a matcha consumer for 20 years, a long time customer of Domatcha. I want to try this brand. How I can buy it? Thanks.
Your matcha set is very nice where can I get one
Mei Leaf! The matcha looks great, and I want to buy some, but is it organic? I assumed it would being that you’ve mentioned the importance of it before, but I don’t see that detail anywhere…
Sweetlooking bag!
Is it possible to fit 2 Chawans within this swaddle bag? Thank you for the great products and videos!
Sorry about this question, but what about tea and gastro problems, like gastritis, reflux... I always hear tea is bad for those problems. Right now my stomach is not good, and im not drinking tea or caffeine, its hard! I love tea.
Since you also share a background/interest in science and medicine, what do you have to say about the relationship between tea and gastric problems?
Thanks
Nice swaddle set
The same as any other green tea but concentrated.
would you do a special iron deficiency tea addict people?
i know tricks and work on them but do you have an overwhole look on it?
Tips and tricks?
@@connormclaughlin6955 ya
@@fenneconthemoon where can I learn?
I will forever be grateful for the great and miraculous work god used you to do in my life, am happy to say this Dr.Ayomede is indeed a great man words can't express how i feel right now.
Got a question.. if the brew calls for let's say 5 grams per 100 ml of water and you want to use 200 ml or 300 ml of water at a steeping of let's say 20 sec can you double or triple the time to save on tea used. The reason is I know some teas can be steeped many times but let's say I want to just have 3 or 4 cups of tea and I don't want to go through the process of drying or saving my leaves. It would be a good video experiment to see if you bealive its possable to get goods tasting tea using this process.
Does preparation affect the healthy properties of matcha? For instance, does drinking it pure in hot water more effective than, let's say, a cold latte? Anybody know? BTW, what a gorgeous Swaddle bag!!
This answer might be a little late but I don't think it makes a huge difference!
The water matcha is made with is usually pretty cold around 50-60⁰C so that temperature won't affect the compounds found in matcha too much.
Theoretically, it's easier to digest if you drink warm matcha instead of a cold one because your body needs to use energy to bring the cold latte up to body temperature.
Also, pure matcha will be probably the easiest to digest opposed to mixed with milk which contains sugar and fats which are compounds that take more time to break down.
But I am not an expert, and I think in the end you should drink it the way you enjoy it :)
My appreciation and gratitude to Dr Ayomede who cured me of GENITAL WARTS permanently
Why don't you explain first what is ceremonial means? The difference with others...
As vibrant green as the Hoh Rainforest, Olympic Peninsula Wa.
Does the amount of water in a cup have any impact on the tea's effectiveness? For example, is a teaspoon of Matcha tea in a half cup of water more powerful than in a full cup of water?
nope. that doesnt matter. the only potential difference would be that you'd consume it more slowly or more quickly
Matcha with Almond milk and a splash of Coconut oil……yum!
Whenever I hear Matcha
I have to ask
How matcha?
Price is an indication of quality.
🇮🇹🤌🏻 This maatcha
I drink matcha everyday. I always buy ceremonial grade, organic & it must be from Japan. If I’m drinking matcha in a tea bag form, I prefer Itoen matcha tea bags. I always like celestial seasonings matcha tea bags too.
Same! Are you concerned with the lead content(even in organic)? I was surprised to find out how much it contains now I’m nervous about the whole thing:/
@@In_time Not particularly. If you are buying matcha from a quality brand. Even a small business matcha farmer have their matcha tested for radiation, lead, etc. The have pretty strict guidelines.
Hallo, thak you for your videos! Can you do a video about the effects and health benefits of different types of tea (green, white, oolong, black)? Whats the difference between them? I would be really interested!
This morning for example I choosed white tea and I dont know why, I just followed the feeling. I normally drink black tea with ginger when its cold like today, but i just didnt feel it right today. So now Im drinking Whie Peony wondering why is this. =D
And Im really grateful for bringing me to this amazing tasteful plant medicine whitch I think tea is and it doesnt help just chemicly but also with the culture around it.
To get all the health benefits of Matcha, how much teaspoons a day should one be drinking?
I've been drinking matcha since November using almond milk and vanilla oat milk but I think I'm going to change over to water, lime and honey mix.
Lately I've been drinking it down and not savoring it.
I really enjoy your videos and TEA!!!! However i am disabled and on a tight budget. Can you or anyone in the comments refer me to a good quality budget friendly brand(s) that i can try more teas ?
I love your channel and love your teas but I’m very disappointed and angry that your company claims to be able to ship worldwide but can’t seem to send my order out but promptly took my payment. 3 weeks ago with little attempt to communicate or truly help me.
why does my matcha smell like fish?
Over age 50, matcha and green teas should be drunk in moderation because of their high caffeine content. They're stronger than black teas and raise blood pressure more easily.
I worked with a man in his 60's who drank green tea all day long. Swearing by its health benefits, he developed a severe, permanent facial tic as a result. His doctor made him stop drinking it.
I love tea and drink black loose leaf types with no problems. That being said, I enjoy ice cream made with green teas and matcha.
I wonder if he wasn’t hydrating enough too. I know if ever I have too much caffeine plus not enough water, my eye spasms, lol. I end up lookin crazy 😜
Black tea has more caffeine than green.
@@JasonBuckman
Yeah but matcha being the whole leaf contains more than black tea.
@@stephenw2045
And still has less than coffee.
I always had a feeling CBGB was probably good for you.
😏
Drink what you like. Period.
Japanese matcha made in Chinese teaware, not how I'd do it!
Living with the stigma of HSV 1 and 2 and not been able to have a healthy relationship was messing up my life until I got some super herbs from Dr odija, I haven't had symptoms for some while now and planning to get another test done. Am grateful and advise you help yourself also
I drink matcha and take ginseng
You sounded like this is some type of marijuana if you want to feel good then just smoke it😅
Unless it is a chemical patented and branded by a big pharmaceutical company you can not claim any health benefits, within the last two years I would not want claim anything on the internet, I might get accused of something.
But you can always point people to the numerous studies.
@@MeiLeaf It is true but unfortunately the rabbit hole goes even deeper with studies, some are ignored, some are considered not high enough standard, others are plain corrupted by groups who have interest in a certain outcome, nowdays most of the things in life are left to ones better judgement and faith. I always keep rewatching the episode you made about seeking the higher truth, I learned a lot from that after spring 2020 to nowdays.
Apologies for unrelated question. @MeiLeaf What should I take from finding a tea seed in my tea? I received a Shui Xian Wuyi Oolong from someone and found my first ever tea seed while weighing out some.
How the cup is warm in your hands...the feelingof wonder when you look at the tea... why am i sucha demonic troll. Help me