What's the Difference Between Cheap and Expensive Tea? | Food Unwrapped

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  • Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
  • Jimmy travels to a Kenyan tea plantation to see what's the big difference between cheap and expensive tea.
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Комментарии • 74

  • @Michaelkaydee
    @Michaelkaydee 3 года назад +16

    Kenya is such a beautiful country ...

  • @CloningIsTooGoodForSheep
    @CloningIsTooGoodForSheep 3 года назад +31

    So much gets yaken for granted when we make a morning brew. It is good to get the education so we can appreciate how much effort goes into making a cup of tea.

  • @edwardtodd9734
    @edwardtodd9734 3 года назад +6

    Also the rain fall distribution affects. Regular rainfall produces a larger crop, but dry periods allow the plant to rest, producing a tastiet tea with the flush when the rain comes

  • @BeckVMH
    @BeckVMH 3 года назад +16

    That’s pretty complicated. Thanks to those that pick and sort!

  • @suepoch3931
    @suepoch3931 3 года назад +36

    TFS! Your channel is SO informative & underrated!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍✌️❤️🇺🇸

    • @riaz8783
      @riaz8783 3 года назад +9

      This is a British documentary series that has been chopped up and put on YT. The creators need the thanks.

    • @ss11733
      @ss11733 3 года назад +4

      @@riaz8783 oooooh okay that makes sense. haha I was like how is this 20k sub youtube channel sending these people to all these countries, and getting like 5 comments

    • @WilliamTheBot
      @WilliamTheBot 3 года назад

      I agree I just found it and I’ve been really enjoying it

    • @planesandcooking5142
      @planesandcooking5142 3 года назад

      We used to have programs like this in the USA. Now look at Food Network. Nearly all competition type programming.

  • @davidbenner2289
    @davidbenner2289 3 года назад +6

    We mostly drink Ketepa tea. And send it to our friends who are homesick for Kenya. It is easy to find and purchase on the Internet. Now, get online and buy some.

    • @Jaytriple1
      @Jaytriple1 3 года назад +1

      ok boss

    • @left0verture
      @left0verture 3 года назад +1

      Looking for a good base to make my own masala chai mix. Might have to give Ketepa a try…

    • @davidbenner2289
      @davidbenner2289 3 года назад +1

      @@left0verture I was on a mission as the security and medical guy (we were a team of two in securing the group: senior highschool kids. Lol!). I picked up a box on my way out of country. Later, befriended a Kenyan customs officer near my home being trained/I'm 70 miles outside of Washington DC). The tea helped cute his homesickness. Now in the U. S. with his wife and children, finishing his advanced degree in international banking, I have the tea sent to his place. It's the only tea I have in my house.

  • @Jesper-Music
    @Jesper-Music 3 года назад +2

    This was extremely insightful!! Didn't really expect that! Thanks! :)

  • @maggiejetson7904
    @maggiejetson7904 3 года назад +13

    All these sorting and then the tea bags makers and cafe owners blend them back in....

    • @aaronlee6361
      @aaronlee6361 3 года назад +8

      The blends are typically to achieve certain flavors. If they weren't sorted, you'd have only one kind of tea.

    • @JZH10000
      @JZH10000 29 дней назад

      All about money.
      The larger pieces are worth more. This results in a greater extraction of profit than if there was no sorting.
      It's like selling a comic book collection. Some may be expensive while some may be damaged, but if you didn't sort them you'd get an average rate on the lot instead of collecting the higher profits from rare books.

  • @memofromessex
    @memofromessex 3 года назад +4

    Hey, i may joke about this show, but this has been very informative.

  • @robertskolimowski7049
    @robertskolimowski7049 Год назад +1

    It'd also be good to touch on the topic of mould developing in tea🤞

  • @andyrbush
    @andyrbush 2 года назад

    Fascinating thank you.

  • @jjdurrenber
    @jjdurrenber 3 года назад +2

    After seeing the thumbnail say, “That is good leaf,” my first thought was not tea.

    • @typower9
      @typower9 6 месяцев назад

      Yes, I thought it was about tobacco.

  • @sutats
    @sutats 3 года назад +4

    I'll drink to that.

  • @kingjames4886
    @kingjames4886 3 года назад +2

    most common tea bags are those stems and the almost powdered siftings...

  • @paulson2008
    @paulson2008 3 года назад +4

    You should come to Darjeeling to know about the worlds most expensive tea.

  • @ColonelBummleigh
    @ColonelBummleigh 3 года назад +1

    Delicious Tea.

  • @tomevans4402
    @tomevans4402 3 года назад +1

    I drink mint tea. Good info

  • @stenbak88
    @stenbak88 3 года назад +2

    Winston is my man he keeps it separated

  • @cyndifoore7743
    @cyndifoore7743 3 года назад

    Interesting

  • @jayray7449
    @jayray7449 3 года назад +1

    Time to send the Bois to Kenya

  • @jeffreym68
    @jeffreym68 3 года назад +1

    That explains why most commercial tea is so horrible.

  • @AllDayBikes
    @AllDayBikes 3 года назад +2

    2:10 Sounds like my dealer

  • @heydaddy2471
    @heydaddy2471 3 года назад +1

    I always buy local made which is around 2 dollar per kilo, which the shop one cost double but is of inferior quality

    • @typower9
      @typower9 6 месяцев назад

      Where do you live?

  • @thisnthat7760
    @thisnthat7760 3 года назад

    I love chewing loose tea leaves 🤣 whenever i go out buying loose tea leaves,i take up a pinch and chew it.. that way i know which tea is better and i can pick up my preference.(never buy tea leaves that comes in tea bags..they are inferior quality)

    • @typower9
      @typower9 6 месяцев назад

      I agree. The first exception would be for spiced chai with milk, where you need strong tea. The other would be for when you need to put a teabag next to an aching tooth.

  • @eurovision50
    @eurovision50 3 года назад +4

    I wonder what happens to the rest of the tea bush. Surely the other leaves are used, too?

    • @nerdy1701
      @nerdy1701 3 года назад +8

      No not really. Even the machine harvesters just chop the top couple of inches. The bushes kind of grow like hedges, you just prune them back to get the new growth.

    • @eurovision50
      @eurovision50 3 года назад +4

      @@nerdy1701 Ahh, I understand! So it's not like the rest of the plant is discarded. That makes more sense. Thanks.

    • @Currywurst4444
      @Currywurst4444 3 года назад +2

      @@eurovision50 Yeah, the rest of the plant provides the energy for the next leaves to grow. Tea can be harvested multiple times per year.

    • @mpk6664
      @mpk6664 2 года назад

      @@eurovision50 The bottom leaves are generally more bitter than the top leaves.

  • @joandavies1885
    @joandavies1885 2 года назад

    Been here in Kenya for almost 11 years. I haven't converted myself into a tea lover😅too loyal for coffee 😁

  • @eriqmunene1453
    @eriqmunene1453 3 года назад

    🇰🇪🇰🇪

  • @kingk2405
    @kingk2405 3 года назад +1

    A robot with AI will replace them picking leaves .

  • @havyn88
    @havyn88 3 года назад +2

    The only thing I don't get is why they gave a guy English subtitles when he was speaking English.

    • @havyn88
      @havyn88 3 года назад

      @@2grips Nothing, just something I don't get.

    • @billweasley1382
      @billweasley1382 3 года назад

      Do you really not understand? He was speaking with an extremely heavy accent.

    • @havyn88
      @havyn88 3 года назад

      @@billweasley1382 They don't do that for American accents, do they?

    • @billweasley1382
      @billweasley1382 3 года назад +1

      @@havyn88 If they were incomprehensible to the intended audience, I'm sure that they would.

    • @havyn88
      @havyn88 3 года назад

      @@billweasley1382 sure.

  • @abdAlmajedSaleh
    @abdAlmajedSaleh 3 года назад

    why subtitle
    hhhhhhhh

  • @earumamaadu
    @earumamaadu 3 года назад +2

    I would never drink tea again. Such a waste of resource

    • @jaygallagher6522
      @jaygallagher6522 3 года назад +3

      Why is it a waste ?

    • @samg1879
      @samg1879 3 года назад +8

      Just you wait until you learn about water

    • @lauzhenzhoa
      @lauzhenzhoa 3 года назад +3

      this guy would never eat food as it is being wasted

    • @b-790
      @b-790 3 года назад

      Do you eat avocado or almonds?

    • @jimliu2560
      @jimliu2560 3 года назад +1

      @@tw6702
      Actually pea sprouts are delicious!
      You don’t have to wait for actual pea beans to eat it.
      You can keep on plucking the tops of pea sprouts and it will grow back (for several weeks).

  • @upyoursassmonkey
    @upyoursassmonkey 3 года назад +2

    So the guy says the machine harvested tea was low quality because of the stems... guess this guy hates Houjicha then.

    • @DirtyRobot
      @DirtyRobot 3 года назад +1

      You get what you pay for.

    • @Currywurst4444
      @Currywurst4444 3 года назад +1

      I think you are talking about the wrong tea. Houjicha is just roasted tea. Maybe you meant about Kukicha that has a larger portion of stems.

    • @upyoursassmonkey
      @upyoursassmonkey 3 года назад

      @@Currywurst4444 idk, all the houjicha teas I've had always had a good portion of stems in them.