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Celebrating 10k Subscribers with a 40 Year Old Oolong
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2017
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My grandparents don't drink much tea, so whenever I visit them I get to drink one of the Lipton tea bags that has been "aging" in the back of their spice cupboard since the first World War.
Congrats on 10K!!!!
Adam Greenhaus Wow! So lucky to have that tea!
Adam Greenhaus This literally made me laugh out loud. My grandparents passed on years ago, but they had "aged" Lipton tea bags in their cupboard as well. Thanks for the memories!
Seems like many of us have this as a shared memory!
Adam Greenhaus I never knew that Tea in Bags are better aged, especially Lipton. I thought they expire.
It most certainly does not age. I was being a bit facetious.
In its defense though, tea doesn't really expire unless its badly stored. Most old teabags should probably be safe to drink, but you wouldn't want to. Most low-grade teas just go stale and lose their flavor and complexity over time. (If they had any to start with.) In my opinion though, that stuff was "expired" the moment it left the factory.
Genuinely the most quality channel on youtube guys, thanks!!!
:) thank you!
Celine: It has to be a quick infusion.
Don: No it doesn't, let's brew it strong.
Ha! Love it. Congratulations, guys!
Hahaha I am always trying to push the limits of the leaves and Celine wants to make immaculate brews.
Both have their merits Don.
@@MeiLeaf The Chinese say that too many cooks will spoil the broth. So make up your minds and decide who is in charge!!! Celine is the perfect groupie who will "concur" everything the guru says. She is latched on to your every word and would not let go. She is like a tick attached to a dog's fur, a fitting ornament that goes so well with the scenery of your tea-tasting ceremonies.
Mircea Moldovan
I think this isn’t giving Celine enough credit. She has serious tea knowledge and brewing experience. She is no groupie, she is a master in her own right. All respect of course!
Nobody deserves bad tea. I never knew I was having bad tea until I watched this channel. You guys are awesome.
A friend in Singapore gave me a sample a black tea that dates from the japanese invasion to SGP. The leaves are quite broken, but the taste is very different to any other I've ever taste, its quite strong, a little of lychee and the fermented taste is present.
I enjoy every of your videos, congratulations from México. Both of you are excellent presenting the tea world.
Thanks for pouring us a cup. Tastes great from here!! Congratulations you'll be at 20K in no time.
Congrats fellas! Happy to squeak in just under the 10K mark.
Edit: While it hasn't arrived yet, I have a 1990 Wang Tan Pei coming in from Taiwan. It'll be my first aged tea, and the last Tan Pei I had was an Alishan that kept tasting like different sorts of pleasantly musty ancient rooms like libraries, castles, and fortresses, before ending on a nice wooden barbecue. Mind, that was brand new, so I'm excited to find out what this aged one will do.
Oooooh please share your thoughts on this one (or make a video!).
Will do! I'll definitely share no matter what, and I'll see what I can do for videos. If I can get a camera working, any particular place you'd like it or a link posted?
CONGRATULATIONS ON 10K!!!!!!!!
This is the best channel on RUclips!!!! It won't take long you guys will be celebrating 1 million subscribers.
:) I have no idea what tea we could find to celebrate 1M!
You two make me smile, found you recently trying to make Matcha, I so enjoyed videos of your journey to China , and the processing of teas, the history is enchanting. I love u guys , thanks for sharing
Cheers Jodi, thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing this amazing tasting. A few years ago I had an aged Tie Guan Yin from the late 90s, a 11kg production. The first time I sampled it I felt drunk within 3 or 4 sips !
It had a whisky like body, wooden / leathery coating with no bitterness but some tanic astringency when brewed for long. I purchased one kilo of it, and I drunk more than I sold of this one :) since this one I didnt find a good aged oolong / sigh
Now youre at 107k! Been here since about 2016 and cant wait until you hit 1 mil. Love from the souh east US
I have a roasted Dancong thats 3 years old. Thats my oldest Oolong. It's slowly losing it's "roasted" flavor and the "fruitiness" has become more pronounced. I doubt I'll be able to hang on to it for 37 more years, but I should definitely get one to age for longer. Thanks for the video, and for letting me experience that beautiful view with you while i have my morning session.
(edit) After watching more of the video I have to comment on the color. Even through the camera the color of that tea is amazing.
Great to have 10K! I joined with my subscription not that long ago just about when you hit the 5K point. Let the "TeaHeads" of the world unite! Keep drinking the good stuff...oh and Don can't wait to see what may be more special than this one. About the oldest thing I've tasted would be maybe 15 years old (and it's because I bought it myself young and kept it). It was not a puehr but a white peony that sort of turned into a puehr and I was so new to teas at that time that when I opened the bag and is smelled like a puehr I decided to try it and I pronounced it GOOD! Take care and keep up with the good tea work.
Thank you for your support, comments and for ordering some of our tea! A 15 year aged white peony sounds good actually.
Actually Don, I pulled it out the other day and it still smells like a heavenly puehr, just on the light side and since it's all just loose leaf and was never put into a cake it's sooooo easy to brew! Like you, though, I do like "fiddling" with my tea cakes and separating out as much as possible the leaves from the "sweeping" prior to brewing. I just ordered some MORE of your great "stash" of teas...the most expensive tea in the world (I really broke the budget and bought 10 grams of the gleaming brow) so I can now say when it arrives and I savor the "real thing" that I have tried some of the extremely good teas of the Chinese Old World!
Yay! Always love watching your videos! Total tea head
I am enjoying my Royal Peach Orchid while watching this. Cheers!
Congrats on over 10K!! and keep on going. Celine is so entertaining haha
So amusing and entertaining to watch. You are so passionate about tea, haha. The flavor of that 40 year old Oolong must have been deep.
Yea you totally need that smiley Gaiwan and Flamengo Boss on a tee. Consider them both sold.
OK we are planning our next round of t-shirts.
You guys are awesome! Such a pleasure watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
Congrats keep doing what you're doing and you'll get more and more subscribers every day. I can't wait to see you get 100 K. I love learning from your videos and watching them congrats Don and I will be sure to keep on buying your tea and making my friends interested in tea and making them become T heads as well
Thank you!
Congrats Don! Yet another milestone in your tea journey and it happen on the auspicious 15th day of CNY. Happy Chap Goh Meh to you
Thank you!
Congrats! You have easily the best channel in youtube. So informative and inspiring videos. Thank you!
Thank you!
Cheers to you two, Don and Celine! This tea and vacation sounds remarkable! You both deserve it.
As you both describe the tea, I try to sometimes guess the next characteristics, and I feel like a get a little gist of the flavor profile, and it's exciting to follow along!
Thank you for being a part of the revelation of true tea!!! So excited for 20k.
You guys are extremely inspiring. I've been interested in tea for a few years now and I thought I knew so much, but after I discovered this channel I quickly learned that I have much more to learn, and I've loved every minute of it!
That's how I feel whenever I am around a master tea farmer! The joy of the tea journey is that there is always much more to learn.
Congrats! You guys are truly amazing! Enjoy your stay in Bangkok, Cheers!
Cheers!
Wow this was a great video! Keep this up!
Hey Guys - Enjoy your vacation & the warm weather. I think the coldest we have had in South Florida so far has been 58 F (14 C). The oldest pu-erh Barb & I have is 1950 Sheng (raw) - stored in Yixing clay unglazed tea storage jars with loose fitting clay caps. All our teas are stored in our son's bedroom - no light, electronic UV HEPA filter air cleaner going 24/7. Magnificent. Our oldest oolong is some 1960 Wen Shan Baozhong - this tea is stored in glass jars with screw-on metal lids having a silicone gasket for air tightness. I have not re-roasted any of my old aged oolongs but as the volume in the jar lowers, I do place them into smaller sized glass containers to keep out as much air as practical. No fermented or alcoholic tones at all. Again - wonderful. Year after year, the flavors, nose, and what we call "echo" gets better & better - so I think our tea storage room is doing well. As for the "weirdest" tea Barb & I have ever bought - a green called Azure Mountain. Extremely small fine leaves. What they did was cut the Camellia down so there was only a foot or so stump - no branches. The stump would than start to coppice - push out growth from everywhere on the stump. The growths, when they were smaller than 0.25" would be rubbed off and immediately dried. When this bright green dried tea is placed into a glass cup, all the tea immediately sinks and sticks upright under the steeping water - like a tiny micro-forest. The liquid is almost entirely clear and VERY medicinal. Super super bitter for 1 - 2 seconds and then bursting with sweetness. We only found this tea once when we visited the wholesale tea market in Shanghai. Barb asked the vendor woman if she had anything hidden under the bench or "in back" and she produced the Azure Mountain. Like I said - weird but wonderful.
WOW! What a collection and being kept so perfectly. Can I come over for some tea?!
I have never ever heard of this method of this Azure Mountain method but clearly Barb has got some tea hunter instincts!
Hello Don - honestly, it took us several years and consults with a number of horticulture producers & professors in Taiwan to finally figure out the methodology behind that Azure Mountain tea even though i had the answer already in mind, but we needed confirmation. This is more of a medicinal steeping compared to a sipping tea because of the bitterness, but extremely refreshing and has that built-in kinetic show while steeping. Added extra benefit. I don't think you would have any reason to visit the Miami, Florida region - not much interest yet in good Chinese / Taiwanese / Japanese teas, but IF you are ever here, Barbara and i would obviously enjoy your company and get you guys thoroughly tea drunk.
Whats the next level. 20 k for the next celebration? :P And cheers ! Congrats !
I enjoy those videos so much guys!!I taste everything you both so beautifully describe!
have a fantastic time you guys deserve it after all the effort you have put into making this channel. it's taught us so much. congratulations on 10k.
Cheers Jamie.
grats! comment and liked to help your channel more!
ive learned a lot about teas cuz of u guys! :)
I was at a friend’s home today,she made the most amazing chicken and peanut stew,from West Africa,and I told her that I have some “gunpowder “ green tea,which is very much enjoyed in that part of the world,so I brought some for her to brew like they do in Senegal/Gambia.
Oh my goodness.
Gongfu,this was NOT.
She put some leaves in this teapot,and boiled it for at least 6 or 8 minutes!!!
Then,put a LOT of sugar into it.
I was a guest in her home,so politeness was imperative.
But yeah,wow,that happened.
😂
Congrats on the milestone! Your enthusiasm is particularly contagious on videos like this one. I'm looking forward to seeing what that next extra special tea will be :)
Yay! To the next 10K!
My oldest was a 1985 Aged Tieguanyin. Similar raisin/prune notes, But instead of an alcohol mouthfeel, think Szechuan pepper! Very tingly on the tongue and it had a mint coolness. Reminded me a bit of sandalwood on the finish as well. Anyway, been here before 5k, loved every minute of it. Hope you guys have another successful year.
sounds like a really zingy tea!
Wow Don and Celine, congratulations for 10k and thank you so much for starting my fascination for Tea and Gong Fu Brewing! BTW, it looked quite funny when people started to swim in the swimming pool in the background ;)
Congratulations! That was really incredible to drink 40 year old tea! Once again, congratulations on 10k!
I am a wine drinker....why do I love to watch this videos if I don´t drink tea that much ? Good work guys.....but I frankly prefer my wine over a 100 year old tea :)
Celebration!! You have an amazing view behind you. I remember the vid you made when 5k subscribers. Not so long ago! I drink with you with some Bi Luo Chun. Cheers from me in Sweden
tack så mycket
Mei Leaf Varsågod ))
Congradualarions guys!! You guys deserve it and many more subscribers to come :) my pen pal and I love your videos and are very appreciative of the sharing of all your knowledge. Thank you very much for the hard work, and it's always fun seeing you guys get excited over tea. I catch myself doing the same thing sometimes.
congratulations Mei Leaf... :)
Congratulations to you and Celine and welcome to Bangkok. If you guys have time to visit China Town please stop by Three Horses Tea co., Ltd. and ask for Ray. Would love to take you guys to lunch and meet in person. Love your videos and vast knowledge on tea.
I have heard about you guys actually - you are meant to be the go-to place in Chinatown. Sorry we couldn't meet up but it was busy and then we went to Samet to chill.
Congratulations on 10k.
Oh! Celine is on fire, is the tropical air of Bangkok ?! Congratulation guys!
Love this channel , congratulations
Love your channel guys. Keep it up!
I am so jealous right now! have fun you guys
Cheers!
Congratulations!! 🎉 I've been looking forward to this video. 😄🍵
Oldest tea I've tried was either a late 60's or early 70's (can't remember) Wenshan Baozhong from Taiwan. Amazing notes of almonds and dried, sour plum. I miss that tea - aged oolongs are so wonderful!!
Congrats again on creating this community of teaheads, haha! I'm so happy that there is at least one quality channel on RUclips all about Chinese tea - thank you for this gift!
Cheers Ben and fellow NYU filmmaker!
Congratulations! You guys look like you're glowing with happiness. We can all see you really enjoyed this special treat :)
Grats! I hope there will be 20,000 soon :)
Maybe there is a chance that Celine will tell us her tea story (something like Don did)? :)
OK I will ask her if she would like to.
that will be lovely! thank you :)
Congrats!
Congratulations! Glad to be one of the 10k 😁
Oldest tea I've had is a 2001 (16 year) raw pu'erh and I love it. I love what age does to raw pu'erhs. 🍵
Congratulations to both of you! Wish I was there :)
Looking forward to the Thai tea videos.
Old tea? Hmm, well I was drinking Typhoo back in 1967, but I don't suppose that counts!
Great video guys. Very entertaining and congratulations! I have some 1985 Tieguanyin which also has burnt fruitcake, pecan shell, maple, amyris, medicinal musty type notes. I imagine all types of aged oolong would begin to taste the same after 20 years or so, especially if they're re-roasted every few years.
We would need to collect several 20+aged oolongs to compare :)
Congratulations 🎉🎈
Congrats on the 10k subs! Love the videos, they are very informative and fun. Looking forward to the 20k video :-)
Congratulations.
WOW... sounds so good! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations guys! I'm so happy for the success you're having! I'm sure it's gonna keep increasing :) Keep spreading the love for the good teas! Cheers from Italy!
Grazie!
Congratulations and thank you guys for the amazingly helpful and enjoyable videos! :-)
This was a really enjoyable video! Love watching you guys discovering new teas congratulations on the landmark!!
Love your videos!
Congratulations on the 10k subscriptions! Love your videos. Could you reveal the name of your brother's tea house in Bangkok, so I can swing by when next there.
www.7evensuns.com
Thanks. Love the videos. 👍🆒
I would love to hear more about your brother's new tea shop. I often travel to Thailand and I would love to visit it in the future.
It is called Seven Suns in Ekkamai (www.7evensuns.com)
Very close to my hotel. Awesome!
You guys❣Congrats🎊...🍂✨✨✨
Ageing Oolong- really looking forward to this video! (Unless I’ve missed it?)
don is owning that casual dress shirt/army pants style
Hahaha you don't usually see what I am wearing below the table so maybe I am always wearing cargo shorts!
I'm loving your channel! Thank you for encouraging me to explore and learn more about tea. In fact, I just ordered a small selection from your shop, and I anticipate its arrival in Canada soon! :) . Quick question, have you tried Burmese pickled tea, laphet? It's delicious!
No but I want to try this so much and I have been searching.
I can you send you some of what I brought back from Burma if you'd like?
Welcome to Thailand!
It's normal that it's so hot in Bangkok :)
Anyway, like your videos so much; a good source of tea knowledges for me.
99 mei leaf video's good job! cant wait for 100 :P
Congratulation guys!!
Where can I get that tea pot!!! I neeeed it! Haha, great video!
We are in discussion with Master Wu to make some Chaozhou pots for Mei Leaf!
Awesome! Will there be a video on them in the future??(:
You should print that handpainted gaiwan on Tshirts :)
OK you are the second person asking for this so if we get a few more we will work on these designs.
Awesome:)
Awesome vids, can u showcase some gunpowder tea?
Congrats!
I love the new packaging by the way; It kind of hints that the Mei Leaf website will be up soon? :-)
yea those ''unlock this tea'' codes made me very impatient to see the new site :-)
We are pushing!
;)
So, do you just bring this tea with you wherever you go, just in case? :) Cheers to the next 10k!
Yep pretty much - tea is always in our luggage.
Hi Don,
Quick question. LOVE your videos...have seen them all. I am brand new to tea and really would rather not getting ripped off on bad tea. Do you offer a good tea sampler that I could buy? I'm trying to figure out what I like and would like to start with your personal recommendations. Any guidance here would be much appreciated! Also have some friends watching your channel and eager to get the same thing!!
Thanks in advance!
Michael
Hi Michael. We offer tasters of all our tea so you can browse and select tasters. We offer this box (chinalifeweb.com/shop/product/gft-sigc) but it is currently out of stock because we are waiting for some teas to arrive.
I would advise trying one of every tea type (a couple of oolongs) to get started or maybe you can choose 2 out of the following flavours and I can help you decide:
Grassy
Floral
Nutty/Roasted
Fruity
Earthy/Woody
Creamy
Congrats! So when are you going to have some 40 years old oolong available on the shelves of Mei Leaf for us all to try too? :)
:) we are searching
hi Don and Celina! Found your channel, couple days ago and really like it! Just a quick question about teapot in this video - how big it is, and where i could get something simmilar?
botanical gin, so it tastes like juniper berry?
The oldest tea I have had is only about 10 years old. The first 10 year old teas I had were awful though, lol. My ex-mother-in-law pulled the old "Hey, you like tea, you can have this!" and gave me a gift box of green teas that she had kicking around in tins that were not air tight. They barely even colored the water. I looked on the bottom of the tins and there was a date of 10 years before.
Now I have had an aged pu-er that's 10 years old and was good :) So I guess that makes up for it, lol.
:D There is a big difference between aged tea and old tea clearly!
I want that teapot...... 50-70 ml? Master wu?
How much ml of your shuiping?
Hey Don,
I have a question for you again. I have tried 5 different Raw PuErh's since the beginning of this year and noticed that all of them had this metallic iron taste in later infusions that got almost unbearable after infusion 6 or 7. The taste is very strong and it is very unpleasant. I have tried different Raw's to see if it was just a bad batch but the result was always very similiar. It feels like drinking blood or pennies. I have tried to find something on the internet but almost no one talks about iron or metallic taste which I find very strange. I wanted to know if this metallic taste is something normal vor puerh and I just happen to not like it or if it's something that indicates wrong storage or processing. With some of the teas it was coupled with an unpleasant sourness as well. I really wanted to give puerh a chance because you are talking about it so positively on your videos. What I experienced until now is not something that I want. Not as unpleasant as "Bacon-Tea" (Lapsang Souchong) but definitely not delicious for me.
Firstly 'Bacon Tea' = LOL
I have not experienced this metallic taste and have not heard it being mentioned by others either. I can suggest that either it is:
1. The tea. But if you have tried 5 completely different ones then this would probably not be the issue.
2. The water. I guess that you are using the same water as your other teas so I am not sure how this would be different for PuErh.
3. You. People taste things differently and maybe some of the minerals in Raw PuErh are being picked up by your taste senses as metallic when others taste them as stone.
Or a combination of the above? Sorry I can't be more helpful but maybe other teaheads can share their experiences?
Thanks for your reply! Yes, Bacon Tea is a term that my friends and me came up with when tasting a very heavily smoked lapsang souchong. I know that not every lapsang souchong is incredibly smoky but we wanted to see what it is known for so we went for the strongest stuff we could find. THAT was a mistake! :D
With the iron taste though: I thought that it was probably bad tea but when you say that you haven't come across this taste (And you must have had your fair share of bad tea..) then it is probably me and my tastebuds after all. I do use tap water but that actually doesn't mean anything because it's incredibly clean and soft water that we got from the tap here where I live. We got a water hardness of 3°dH (which is ~3,759°e) and barely anything in it. I check water quality regularly because I have three Aquariums. :) I also use it for all my teas and only expierenced iron taste in sheng puerh and nothing else.
I am going to buy some samples of more expensive puerh's in the future and see how that works for me. I would actually love to send some samples to you so you could try it for yourself but I see that you are a busy man. :)
EDIT: Also: I got the PuErh's all from the same vendor. So it might not be a coincidence.
How big is that teapot i wonder? Looks so tiny! And i wonder if there are any other teas that kinda taste like alcohol.
+Cadeyrn Dragheim it is a 70ml pot I think. I have never tasted a tea with such an obviously fermented taste. The closest I have tried is a very old white tea but I am sure that this Oolong had some alcohol level.
Is this smog in the background? How does the air affect the tea experience?
I guess it is but it did not affect our enjoyment of the tea.
what's the name of the teahouse in bangkok? would love to check it out!
Seven Suns (www.7evensuns.com)
Where do you buy your tea
From farmers all over East Asia.
Where did you get this teapot?
Master Wu! ruclips.net/video/4Q_lyAkF9oY/видео.html
We are going to be getting some Chaozhou pots made for us.
( ｀ー´)ノ The trousers!
Your bodies did not adjust to the climate, I can see from the red cheeks that you guys need to cool down in that pool.
Definitely!
Hello Don,
I really enjoy the quality of the information itself, but why do you need to show fake emotions and social bullshit
(as if there was that much bonding with the audience).
Overtly promoting your videos or the shop is great, but this is obnoxious.
The old videos where much more genuine.
I am sorry if you think I am being fake but I am not and I genuinely appreciate this community of teaheads. The old videos were before we had this community but since then we have built virtual relationships with so many people and that is why the videos have naturally become more social.