HEAVYWEIGHT SESSION with a 2010 Aged White Tea - Midsummer Lightshow
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- This 2010 Fuding Shou Mei is an aged White tea with a potent punch! It is our widely anticipated sequel to 'Sunfire Ripple' and it is another winner for your collection.
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I'm from Fuding and my uncle runs a tea factory here. Really glad to learn that our white tea, the gift of nature and hidden gem, is getting popular overseas.
Tea can be complicated, but its hard to express the complicated areas of a subject, while inspiring interest at the same time. The greatest teachers rope you into the subject not just by teaching you, but by sharing their their own genuine interests and fascinations of the subject, especially when they enjoy sharing it. You arent a used car salesman, but someone who can offer the description of a dream, and then fulfill it with the most quality you can find, driven by your own fascination and journey to mastery. Your chanel works so well because you share yourself, and its a quality job every time!
Well said
Love these videos SO much. Can’t help but laugh though when he describes what he smells :)
Yesss love it😂
How about when he tastes? Describing the tea as mossy,woody, undergrowth and hobbit home :D
I'm 15 years old and want to start my tea journey. Grateful to have found this very helpful channel.
How’s it going?
Didn't expect Romania to get mentioned, great video!
Had a nice Jade Star IV session while watching this. Thank you for the white tea wisdom, Don. (Romanian viewer, btw)
12:40 Dat face in the tea :^DDDD
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wwwwwwhhhiskey goold xDDD I had to move directly to the comment section :D
The "plum liquor" you're looking for is called slivovice. It's pretty much the national drink in my country (Czechia). It's also where it was first made in its contemporary form (plum only).
Rakja is a general kind of fruit brandy, slivovice is just from plums.
I've seen stuff with 70 and more percent.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slivovitz
Actually Hungary is also quite famous for "pálinka".
I am sure that there are plenty of plum liquor variations and I would love to try the Czech version. The Palinka and Tuica are ones that I am familiar with myself. Thanks for the recommendation, I will try to find some Slivovice.
@@jiriurbanek211 No to jo, ale pálinka je zase obecná, to je z čehokoliv, třeba z hrušek. Kdežto slivovice je vyloženě jenom švestková.
@@MeiLeaf have u visited czechia? visited the tea houses there? wut u think?
@@MeiLeaf Those are from Romania : )
PS : congratulations for your work and the way you share your passion.
(One day, I will be the one who will help Romania to discover traditional tea).
Love Mei Leaf. IDK where else really to get high quality tea where I’m at.
Character name: Zephyr. Thought it seemed fitting for the mysterious summer nomad
Your excitement and passion for tea is so god damn intoxicating. Just ordered my first tea from your website( Mei Leaf) and a gong fu brewing set.
Just got this tea for my birthday, it’s my first ever tea cake! I absolutely love it beautiful artwork and by far the tastiest tea I’ve tried.
Wow the beautiful wrapping, and this happiness it gave to Don is impressive Haha. I love love aged white tea and sunfire ripple is one of my fav(I got3cakes 🤣) and I'm sad I can't have this one because of money absent from my account😭 I still have Jade star IV and sunfire ripple at home anyways..
really enjoying this now, due to some odd circumstances I had about three cakes of tea left in a cupboard and this was one of them (all over 10 years old). Two of them were imported directly from china. This one though (midsummer light show) is by far the best, good dark liquor, kind of a floral taste to me, and very good feel good factor.
Sounds scrumptious! Always love Mei Leaf videos. Thanks for sharing! Cheers! 🍵
I spent a lot of time in close contemplation of sunfire as I was drinking it during a solo meditation retreat and drinking it very early morning. So, I am loving the aged whites. I might need to get a tong of this tea.
sitting here in the usa, sipping my jade star 4 and can not wait til tuesday for my midsummer lightshow. ty don and everyone that helps make mei leaf superior tea, excellent service they provide ,including the fans that become customers that show their generosity of their loyalty after watching entertaining videos like this one, so much work and effort goes in, always looking forward to many more, keep up the great work
Thanks Patricia I really appreciate the kind words and I know that you are gonna love that cake coming your way!
Mouth watering 😋 I think I might buy this tea🙈
Ordered it (and the piggy trough) before i even finished the video #cantstopwontstop
Piggy trough is cool
Kevin McLaughlin been wanting one for ages. So glad I decided to check the teaware section before ordering
I just placed my 1st order!! I have been eyeing that tea boat, and the Mei Leaf blue gaiwan and its finally in stock!! I wish I could have ordered some tea cakes but had to get those teawares!! I did pick up a few Oolong samples and cant wait to review these on my RUclips channel!!!
Always enjoy your reviews. Just picked up a cake and super excited for this one!
For the life of me I don't know how you get so specific about about all the flavor profiles characteristics.
For me it either hits the spot or it doesn't rather generally with the odd ones that are just odd enough that they have you coming back for more.
Sometimes I agree about specific flavors as fruits, lychee and citrus.
I drink too much sheng...
As long as it hits the spot it's good and your stuff usually does.
Thank you again for finding the good stuff for us
How many of you were waiting, waiting, waiting, for Don to remove the pot lid? Once he did, a flood of released tension and all was right with the world. Don has taught me well and when I forget I have to leave the pot for 10 minutes before the next infusion to let the "stew" rise out of the pot. ;-)
Don. Sometimes listening to you describe tea sounds to me like poetry :)
So.happy.I.picked.this.tea.up. I'm sitting here having only my third session with M. Lightshow. All of your notes are spot on and match with mine. That second infusion is so strong! Wow. By my calculation, I have 185 g's. left. So happy. : )
An idea for a tea masterclass video: How does the temperature in the cup affect taste? I have noticed that the taste changes as the tea cools down. I have also tried heating up cold brewed tea, and the taste seems to change in that case as well. It seems to me that the taste when I use a gongdaobei is slightly different from the taste when I pour the tea straight from the gaiwan into the cup, and if this is true, then it might be due to the fact that in the first case the tea cools down a bit more quickly. It is also interesting that the taste of different teas might be affected in different ways by the temperature in the cup. I personally don't like so much the taste of green tea when it cools down, but the taste of black tea and pu-erh seems to remain nice, and sometimes gets even better.
Love Shou Mei. Mei Leaf could stock it.
I love Aged White Tea. Just ordered
Bought some before the video dropped.
Quickdraw Hughes
22:05 perspiration ting
That tea sounds wonderful... you found a hobbit tea! Love you for that. Imagine sitting under the party tree in Hobbiton after one of Bilbo’s legendary birthday parties... 😻😻😻
Storage suggestions? I'm stuck between strong suggestions to store in airtight glass containers to preserve the aromas and flavors (all volatile) such as would be used for long term storage of aged oolongs or in breathable clay/terracotta pots such as would be used in aged pu-erh shengs. Always looking for recommendations. I have the tong of Jade Star IV lightly broken up stored in glass. Thank You - great video - as always.
That's Johnathan in a midnight euphoria after managing to escape Dracula's castle. Clearly, he stole the Count's bong and some of the cellar vintage.
I so love your enthusiasm Don!.......so wanted to see you get Tea drunk! Will def try this tea when you're back open 🤗 Am missing Mei Leaf 😔
Please make more astounding shou mei cakes.
I have been fighting with myself not to drink the rest of my JSIV and leave it for special occasions since it is gone from the shop. This release solved my issues. 3 cakes on the way :D
So far, this just made me hungry for plum steamed pudding!
06:55 'Berry Cherry Crumble' that would be an awesome artist name :)
that character should be called Barry
When brewed it, it give a very pale, champagne-coloured liquor that has a very light, soft, sweet, velvety flavour.
Just got my cake,very potent,nice sweet taste with all the note you are describing, it gave me a pleasant stoned cannabis high, hope you got few more,I'm gonna order more for sure,nice price too.
I feel like this character might resemble someone from a Studio Ghibli movie. Maybe "Haku"? He is kind of both adventurous but also contemplating nature and life?
Just ordered a cake from you. Can't wait to try!
my fave part on this vid is session 2, poetry in tea. i did not get to try ripple, it was before my time with mei leaf.
Midsummer lightshou
Rookie question, how does the aging of a white tea affect its caffeine content? Does the slow oxidation that happens increase it closer to that of black/red tea?
Character name: Hobbes. From Calvin and hobbes and the philosopher
Quick, unrelated question for you, Don. Is there a way to just edit a tasting note on the site without completely redoing all of them? I'll sometimes be drinking a tea several sessions after doing the tasting notes and finally figure out a smell or something. Thanks!
At present there isn't and we know that this is a flaw which we are working on when we launch a newer version of the 'My Collection' feature.
I was the happiest woman in the world when I woke up and saw the video this morning!!! I'm going to make some JS IV and watch this
Would it be alright to store these long term inside the bags they came in? I love this tea but will try to resist drinking the whole tong and want to age at least two cakes for many years
I would like you to give the western brew a little space of your videos, does it have the same experience with the same tea?
Id be really interested to know why shou mei looks more like something I'd rake up in the fall than put in my tea pot. Don't get me wrong, I love shou mei and have some ordered from a local vender in the US (sorry). But, shou mei looks more like dead leaves that have fallen to the ground than something that was plucked while still green - whats the deal?
It is because it is made with larger leaf which is naturally more yellow and more brittle when it dries.
Indeed.
Tea.
The most expensive mulch on the planet.
Love my tea
I own the Fellow Stagg EKG Kettle as well. Love the looks, hate the sounds it makes. It is constantly producing nasty high frequency sounds and when it holds the temperature, there is an additional pulsating sound every second. So annoying, would be my favourite otherwise.
Weird, our one does not have any high frequency but a pleas at low rumbling.
Yes, no strange sounds on mine either.
How many of you thought, as soon as Don said the tea had a hobbit home quality, the scene in lord of the rings where Bilbo serves Gandalf tea,
The nay fai (butchered spelling I'm sure) what is the intended purpose of it? I'd imagine to mark the tea for the buyer or mark what tea is what. Also when aging (white or pu erh) should you leave it in the paper or would it be better to remove it and place in a clay jar?
depends on what you're looking for. i've heard some people break up cakes they really like so they can age it in clay. temperature and humidity is a much larger factor in aging though, i only worry about that.
tea db has a few videos on pu erh storage
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Ow yes it is Romanian, its called Tuica :D
How about the "Palate Nomad" wandering the exotic locals of the world, guided only by his palate, nose, and intuition ;P
Edit: close second is the "Aroma Nomad" because it evokes the same idea but is a little more fun to say ^_^
have you ever tasted a Hungarian pálinka ? Transylvanian counts too
Yes I have spent many evenings in Hungary sipping on Palinka.
@@MeiLeaf OMG really ?? Ahh man idk why but its make me so happy, realizing that the person that im always watching on youtube, have been in my country. I hope you've tasted a good gulyás soup too :DD
@@dominikharangi267 OMG there is nothing quite like a proper gulyas cooked on open fire in a tripod cauldron. My first taste was at a party and I could not stop dipping bread and tasting.
@@MeiLeaf im really happy to hear that, have u been in a hunagrian tea house ? I've never been because most of them in Budapest and it's quite far from my city sadly.
Show me~i the Shoumei
The ț is pronounced tz. So more like tzuica. That stuff will blow your head off.
By the end of the video, i can see your cheeks getting rosy, and your head movement becoming duller and heavier.
That wasn't litghly tea drunk but heavily lol
I think the character name should be Jim
Do you guys ship to the states?
Yes we ship worldwide
@@MeiLeaf sweet
why the fck form the sellers a fcking tea cake instead of putting it in some jar or something so the rest of the tea doesnt gets air and goes bad or something? or then form a practical cake form instead of a big fcking unpractical UFO
This tea won't go bad by allowing it to interact with air. The cake form has been used for thousands of years as a way to store and age tea. The interior of the cake is low oxygen which contributes to fermentation. The exterior is allowed to interact with air and humidity to encourage oxidation.
I bought this tea a year ago and tried it with my tea master. It was quite tasteless.
Thankfully we had a real aged shou mei from 2010 to directly compare it to.
My master thinks this is a fake. basically summer tea that's been treated to look like it's aged. I still keep it in my collection as an example of bad tea 😂
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Shouldnt this be tagged as advertisement? It is definetely not "Educational"...