Tea Expert Guesses Cheap vs Expensive Tea | Price Points | Epicurious

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @finlaymcewan7066
    @finlaymcewan7066 5 лет назад +8392

    “I’m a tea expert”
    *5 seconds later*
    “Here we have a tea bag”
    Me: He really is a pro

    • @90Tornade
      @90Tornade 5 лет назад +101

      it is because there are tea bags tea sachet tea loose leafs,tea perls,ect.So he wanted to be more precise .

    • @topbreak38
      @topbreak38 5 лет назад +197

      They spend five weeks on tea bags in tea school. I will thank you not to poke fun.

    • @finlaymcewan7066
      @finlaymcewan7066 5 лет назад +11

      @@topbreak38 🤣🤣🤣

    • @stevenhiguera3462
      @stevenhiguera3462 5 лет назад +42

      he couldn't taste the difference in most of them he was only able to tell by the quality of the teabag... so stupid

    • @TheDuckofDoom.
      @TheDuckofDoom. 5 лет назад +98

      @@stevenhiguera3462 He isn't judging quality, only price.

  • @irinachka
    @irinachka 5 лет назад +7253

    Watching this while drinking tea. Tried to slurp the way he does, nearly choked .

    • @juliaversmissen9443
      @juliaversmissen9443 5 лет назад +191

      Gurl me too i didnt choke on the slurping but i choked on the chirping

    • @phant0m0th_
      @phant0m0th_ 5 лет назад +65

      Just brewed myself a cup and I'm waiting for it to cool down a bit

    • @DaveyDingles
      @DaveyDingles 5 лет назад +68

      Same. I want to be a tea birb :(

    • @S_W_LIN
      @S_W_LIN 5 лет назад +6

      Irina Kuper Hold the liquid on your tongue and bite your teeth on your tongue. Then do the slurp.

    • @90Tornade
      @90Tornade 5 лет назад +19

      its because its not breathing its slurping,it need to go at the top of your palet and your tongue just like when you drink with a straw .

  • @justsomeone64
    @justsomeone64 4 года назад +3117

    "Tea expert guessing cheap vs expensive tea"
    Tea expert: Chirp chirp chirp chirp 🐦

    • @tanakaharutora4309
      @tanakaharutora4309 4 года назад +37

      I choked while trying to do that

    • @Aurorak-i6l
      @Aurorak-i6l 3 года назад +20

      I now do the chirping when drink tea and i’m able to taste it better that way.

    • @justsomeone64
      @justsomeone64 3 года назад +16

      @@Aurorak-i6l Welcome fellow tea expert 🍵😅
      Glad you're enjoying your tea 🙃

    • @TheStrataminor
      @TheStrataminor 3 года назад +7

      @@tanakaharutora4309 I make that noise while making love to my Japanese wife...lol...they love it...(jodan jodan!!)

    • @rigobertocharojr.8632
      @rigobertocharojr.8632 3 года назад +4

      made me laugh g

  • @aikcastle5043
    @aikcastle5043 5 лет назад +1292

    I remember the bacon guy got a wrong answer because of the turkey bacon which is not real bacon, and now this guy got a wrong answer because herbal tea is not really from tea leaves.

    • @darkregin2
      @darkregin2 4 года назад +59

      Judging the other appearances the bacon guy was in, he's more of a... Pork expert than a meat, bacon, sausage expert

    • @mineovernutter
      @mineovernutter 3 года назад +43

      ​@Rinderend I mean if we want to split hairs, "herbal tea" is an umbrella term for any brewed plant product apart from camellia, (the tea shrub). So chamomille is a herbal tea. I think they probably did this because if he had to compare a cheap/expensive chamomille to a cheap/expensive rooibos for example, it would be a bit imbalanced.
      I probably couldn't tell the difference between a quality chamomille myself either so I don't blame the guy at all, since classical green tea and these exciting herbal ones are so different and have different qualiteas ;).

    • @ryuukin178
      @ryuukin178 3 года назад +6

      He also made his decision based on the visuals. He chose tea b because of the stems in the bag

    • @MrSeanfish
      @MrSeanfish 3 года назад +30

      @@mineovernutter I mean, technically if it isn’t made from Camellia sinensis it isn’t a tea at all. It is a tisane.

    • @Fridelain
      @Fridelain Год назад

      ​@@mineovernutter If it's not C. Sinensis it's not tea, it's a tisane. No such thing as "herbal tea".

  • @defrifriandi-id9819
    @defrifriandi-id9819 5 лет назад +2834

    The chalkboard art is outstanding as usual. Great job!

    • @jujubees
      @jujubees 5 лет назад +59

      Yes except on the right we can see leaves in the cup however the water in the teapot is already brown in color. Are we to believe that this is some kind of magical teapot? I hope someone got fired over this!

    • @rex198
      @rex198 5 лет назад +16

      @@jujubees lmao

    • @charlesgiraffe8138
      @charlesgiraffe8138 5 лет назад +10

      Julie Your not saying fire Ro Knight are you?

    • @roknightchalkartistnewyork6203
      @roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 5 лет назад +25

      Julie haha! No magic, just imagination. To make the illustration more dynamic and colorful I intended the tea leafs being transferred from the teapot to the teacup when been poured ;)

    • @roknightchalkartistnewyork6203
      @roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 5 лет назад +1

      Charles Giraffe 😆

  • @Rachel-rt4ni
    @Rachel-rt4ni 5 лет назад +1553

    I can never get over how beautiful the backdrops are for these videos. Someone definitely puts a lot of time and effort into them. They’re so beautiful 😍

    • @Allocution_TK
      @Allocution_TK 5 лет назад +68

      Bruh they made a video dedicated to the chalk board artist. If you haven't seen it, it's worth it

    • @susiechoban1542
      @susiechoban1542 4 года назад +9

      Right?? I wish they’d make these designs available for downloading for a small price. I’d love to have this!

    • @arikakarin2323
      @arikakarin2323 4 года назад +19

      Here is the video to the chalkboard expert. ruclips.net/video/3yec_Gc5JiM/видео.html

    • @arikakarin2323
      @arikakarin2323 4 года назад +11

      ^ sounds like a scam but not lol.. Its indeed the video

    • @stagnantfox3027
      @stagnantfox3027 3 года назад +1

      And they probably underpaid the artist as always. As all media companies do.

  • @joshuasurquia32
    @joshuasurquia32 5 лет назад +4096

    I would be GOOPED if you could get a Water Expert and try to drink different kinds of water - tap, mineral, purified, distilled, and even alkanized! That would be awesome.

  • @curlyswirly
    @curlyswirly 5 лет назад +342

    I feel like everytime an expert gets excited for guessing correctly, it's also a small celebration that their reputation as an expert will be intact after this video

    • @nectarshrub
      @nectarshrub 2 года назад +18

      I wonder if they have unreleased episodes with experts who got everything wrong

    • @BlueDragon1504
      @BlueDragon1504 10 месяцев назад

      Having worked with coffee experts, they often love stuff like this anyhow. They probably just find it fun.

  • @tyreese3
    @tyreese3 5 лет назад +2839

    2:20 Imagine going on a date with this guy and he orders a tea

    • @jackleton7635
      @jackleton7635 5 лет назад +233

      EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETH EEEEEETH EEEEEEEEEEETH EEEEETH

    • @Martintafich
      @Martintafich 5 лет назад +33

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

    • @jonahyogman6282
      @jonahyogman6282 5 лет назад +50

      Sqirtl sqeeeeethh skeet

    • @jahjoeka
      @jahjoeka 5 лет назад +13

      666 likes. Ur going to hell buddy...

    • @Jekezio
      @Jekezio 5 лет назад +34

      @@jahjoeka I corrected that, it isn't his time yet.

  • @AB-wf8ek
    @AB-wf8ek 5 лет назад +3461

    I knew this guy would get at least one wrong, the flavor of tea is such a subtle and subjective thing, that on top if the fact that the price is not really consistent with quality, it's more about how it's sold/marketed for a large part, I would imagine it would be really hard to match quality with price in a consistent way.

    • @sirvelociraptor2590
      @sirvelociraptor2590 5 лет назад +307

      Finally a commenter who knows a thing or two about tea

    • @fiasse-est
      @fiasse-est 5 лет назад +50

      and he also wrong about matcha color for being bright green is better, as good matcha color degrades into brown really fast

    • @Cling30
      @Cling30 5 лет назад +178

      @@fiasse-est this may be the first time I hear of that browning, where did you get that information?

    • @KobeBryantt237
      @KobeBryantt237 5 лет назад +108

      @@fiasse-est lol brown matcha tea wtf

    • @VarongTangkitphithakphon
      @VarongTangkitphithakphon 5 лет назад +5

      totally agree

  • @anthonyleyva
    @anthonyleyva 5 лет назад +1475

    Epicurious stays undefeated when it comes to listening to its viewers, no cap.

    • @Kairichi
      @Kairichi 5 лет назад +4

      Agreed!!!

    • @dadquestionmark
      @dadquestionmark 5 лет назад +3

      Dude, 100% agreed.

    • @stonedboss4765
      @stonedboss4765 5 лет назад +25

      There is still no weed comparison episode.

    • @anthonyleyva
      @anthonyleyva 5 лет назад +48

      @@stonedboss4765 No reason why that shouldn't be put off until April for a special 4/20 episode.

    • @fannykeith
      @fannykeith 5 лет назад +16

      Still waiting for a whisky/scotch episode

  • @jmonta21
    @jmonta21 5 лет назад +398

    I wish they would tell you the different brands they’re trying. I love when they say the cheap one is almost/just as good, and I want to know what it is!

    • @Lifeissimplebro
      @Lifeissimplebro 3 года назад +58

      No free ads for brands

    • @davidvarley1812
      @davidvarley1812 3 года назад +1

      If the cheep one is as good as the expensive then both are of the same quality. You can spend a million dollars on a $20,000 car, it doesn't make it a top quality ferrari sports car. You just got took for a ride.

    • @unavailable.mp4
      @unavailable.mp4 3 года назад +4

      I'd say just avoid the bottom shelf teas

    • @davidvarley1812
      @davidvarley1812 3 года назад +1

      Problem is you can take bottom shelf tea, repackaged it and sell it for a ridiculous price. If your a expert at medicine, your a have a degree. .
      What qualifications do you need to be a tea expert? The guy here can talk the talk but his explanation for his choice is rather bizarre. He tells you he doesn't like the one Tea, then says its the expensive option.
      He does as the video describes. He can identify expensive poor tasting tea. Well that didn't impress me.

    • @CDB665
      @CDB665 3 года назад +9

      @@davidvarley1812 Tasting the difference between bad and good tasting tea is easy tho. Tasting the price is actually impressive to me.

  • @lowek7773
    @lowek7773 5 лет назад +2997

    my mans got a arizona green tea tattoo , he's dedicated to that tea life.

    • @pary4117
      @pary4117 5 лет назад +92

      Lowek lol that would be a cherry blossom

    • @travishafley5847
      @travishafley5847 5 лет назад +87

      His family owns Harney & Sons Fine Teas. Emeric here being one of the sons.

    • @a.kay.c
      @a.kay.c 5 лет назад +59

      I like how you say that as if Arizona green tea invented the cherry blossom 😂

    • @julissiajones6198
      @julissiajones6198 4 года назад +1

      I love his family's tea

    • @mnunezhk
      @mnunezhk 4 года назад +6

      Amanda Kay wow you get sarcasm

  • @kelanmccormack2828
    @kelanmccormack2828 5 лет назад +731

    The herbal tea comparison was the hardest test I’ve seen to date...identical bags, almost identical leaf structure. Gotta give it to the guy!

    • @fantom1108
      @fantom1108 5 лет назад +85

      Actually, herbal tea isn't really... a tea. Its just infusion of some herbs and has nothing to do with Camellia plant so I'm not surprised he got that wrong.

    • @Escorducarla
      @Escorducarla 5 лет назад +14

      Yeah...I probably would have gotten it, but that's only because I recognized one of the bags as (likely) one of the brands I drink regularly, and it's not particularly expensive at all, though good for the price. Otherwise, I'm sure I wouldn't have done any better!

    • @zapdara
      @zapdara 5 лет назад

      @@Escorducarla May I ask which brand? I'm looking for a good chamomile. 😌

    • @Escorducarla
      @Escorducarla 5 лет назад +13

      @@zapdara If it's the brand I think it is, it's Celestial Seasonings. It's definitely a grocery store brand, but it's lasted for 50 years for a reason!

    • @kelanmccormack2828
      @kelanmccormack2828 5 лет назад

      fantom1108 fascinating! Thanks for the clarification!

  • @delilahfox3427
    @delilahfox3427 5 лет назад +2781

    Tea expert: gets one wrong
    Me: "You're going away for Oolong time!"

    • @tommytran8880
      @tommytran8880 5 лет назад +40

      Delilah Fox BINGPOT

    • @zapatajustin45
      @zapatajustin45 5 лет назад +36

      now thats the tea

    • @quinnyang101
      @quinnyang101 5 лет назад +1

      hahahaha

    • @jed_91
      @jed_91 5 лет назад +4

      Ye his reason made sence

    • @Xdlexi15xp
      @Xdlexi15xp 5 лет назад +5

      That was corny but i laughed so I appreciate it lol

  • @hermosbird6335
    @hermosbird6335 5 лет назад +213

    I am Chinese who has been drinking tea for 20 years (Since primary school).
    The way he tastes green is absolutely right. For high quality green tea, proper temp (80 to 85 C) is vital. You should be able to get 3 times refill with the same good green tea leafs in your cup and some hot water in decent temp.
    For 乌龙 or OLONG and black tea, you should use literately boiling water. Sometimes you may cook your tea leafs.
    As for tea with flowers... Think about someone make cocktail with wine. Will they use a 100$ bottle for that?

    • @marahbadrian
      @marahbadrian 3 года назад +21

      I think herbal infusions deserve its own caregory

    • @BlinkinFirefly
      @BlinkinFirefly 2 года назад

      @@marahbadrian I love herbal infusions

    • @c.s127
      @c.s127 Год назад +1

      I think thats wrong, teas have their own Temperature and Green tea with 80° is maybe right for Chinese one, but Japanese one your using way less, for some gyokuro even 55°. Other Teas Like White 70° etc but all depend where the tea come From, the Oxidation process and more

    • @_CaptainCookie
      @_CaptainCookie Год назад +1

      Absolutely don't use boiling for black or oolong tea! 90°c or maybe 95 for some oolongs. Use 95 for white tea too. Only use boiling for dark teas like pu'erh

    • @Phlegethon
      @Phlegethon Год назад +1

      I am Chinese who has been drinking tea for 30 years, and no it is not.

  • @TabisWifey
    @TabisWifey 5 лет назад +3644

    Whenever he says tea B, I automatically think of tuberculosis

    • @aussieevonne7857
      @aussieevonne7857 5 лет назад +54

      Weirdly, I came here for this comment. Me too.

    • @TheJubalicous
      @TheJubalicous 5 лет назад +111

      Teaberculosis

    • @jentlesites
      @jentlesites 5 лет назад +4

      O o f

    • @dawn4337
      @dawn4337 5 лет назад +1

      Jaggy Babeh Ha

    • @Jrez
      @Jrez 5 лет назад +6

      Same, almost commented the same but figured I should check.

  • @bappppp
    @bappppp 5 лет назад +364

    It is beautiful to see somebody enjoy what they do so thoroughly

    • @NessaOfDorthonion
      @NessaOfDorthonion 5 лет назад +7

      And hear him enjoying it too

    • @bondfool
      @bondfool 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah, I love this sweet little tea dork. He’s invited to tea any day.

  • @jag3596
    @jag3596 5 лет назад +1273

    I like this guy. His chirping gives me good vibes.

    • @melodyyujin2946
      @melodyyujin2946 5 лет назад +15

      Jag Delfin yeah same here although it took me awhile to get used to that sound

    • @RAFchurchlawford4469
      @RAFchurchlawford4469 29 дней назад

      Darling, everyone's looking at us

  • @johnhowardmcquaid
    @johnhowardmcquaid 4 года назад +30

    Price Points is honestly the best series of videos on RUclips. Not only does it have a little suspense from the expert having to guess which product is the more expensive one, but we get to learn a WHOLE LOT about the products themselves. Please keep this series alive. Also, you guys should bring out a Scotch expert.

  • @robynjoyce2026
    @robynjoyce2026 5 лет назад +706

    Shout out to your chalk mural artist. She outdid herself.

    • @roknightchalkartistnewyork6203
      @roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 5 лет назад +82

      Robyn Joyce so kind of you. Thanks!

    • @snubbenz
      @snubbenz 5 лет назад +23

      @@roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 Would be amazing if you recorded in the making. Speedpaint maybe? (:

    • @lawrencewei3583
      @lawrencewei3583 5 лет назад +1

      As usual.

    • @johnrankin7135
      @johnrankin7135 5 лет назад +3

      @@roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 love all of your work in this series, wish the channel would do more to recognise your obviously hard work!

    • @gattocat3729
      @gattocat3729 5 лет назад

      @@roknightchalkartistnewyork6203 I was looking at it too the entire span of the video. Its really clean and detailed. AMAZING WORKKKK

  • @chrisduke8379
    @chrisduke8379 5 лет назад +1196

    He sounds like a cicada when he drinks the tea

    • @letao12
      @letao12 5 лет назад +55

      Slurrrrrrrrrrp chirp chirp chirp chirp

    • @kevtony1490
      @kevtony1490 5 лет назад +16

      Every summer this tree next to my house is full of them📣📣

    • @catthehufflepuff
      @catthehufflepuff 5 лет назад +8

      You nailed the sound exactly 🤣

    • @OliverJensen
      @OliverJensen 5 лет назад +3

      You got that one right.

    • @kortex5130
      @kortex5130 5 лет назад +5

      So, Like Orlin Dwyer?

  • @purelydebased
    @purelydebased 5 лет назад +1508

    *slurp*squeak*squeak*squeak*

    • @spicyshizz2850
      @spicyshizz2850 5 лет назад +5

      Lmao

    • @darkrebel01
      @darkrebel01 5 лет назад +15

      I laughed at your comment before I got to that part in the video. OMG I died once he did it.

    • @77gumby6
      @77gumby6 5 лет назад +2

      He forgot pinky out

    • @sof_85
      @sof_85 5 лет назад

      purelydebased HAHAHHA OMG

    • @AntiHydra747
      @AntiHydra747 5 лет назад

      Was laughing so hard for like 2 minutes

  • @Antokommando07
    @Antokommando07 4 года назад +353

    “Drug Dealer Guesses Cheap vs. Expensive Drugs”

    • @blackxshad1845
      @blackxshad1845 4 года назад +6

      Or Methhead guesses cheap vs expensive meth

    • @johnluujl
      @johnluujl 3 года назад +11

      "You get this really strong scent of 00 flour and ground up vitamin b pills"

    • @kevinf8439
      @kevinf8439 3 года назад

      "in the world of Heroin we like to cook the product with vitamine C on a spoon."

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 5 лет назад +1779

    In some cases, it's the price that's wrong (unjustified), not the expert.
    @9:37 Good explanation, and a thematic flaw in the underlying assumption of this series that price indicates the quality of the product.

    • @marcprevost105
      @marcprevost105 5 лет назад +89

      That is possible. Although this expert is very knowledgeable because tea is his families business. I never saw him taste any tea leaves. My wife is a certified tea expert and she would smell the leaves like he did but would also taste them. She can tell what type of tea it is, the grade, if it was picked too early and late and if it was processed properly without needing to make the tea. I guess the way he drinks the tea makes for good video.

    • @michaelwright7156
      @michaelwright7156 5 лет назад +95

      I mean I find the series interesting because they explain why or why not something is the price it is. Them being 100% right isn’t that important (and you can often tell before they guess how sure they are).
      I felt the same during the episode on chocolate when they had her taste a 500 dollar chocolate bar.

    • @Amberscion
      @Amberscion 5 лет назад +26

      It is true that marketing can skew the price, but this is the first in this series where I've seen the expert make a wrong call and I have to believe that this is because the cost to produce is very typically closely tied to the sale price.

    • @michaelwright7156
      @michaelwright7156 5 лет назад +3

      Amberscion there was also a wrong call in the chocolate episode

    • @GameTimeWhy
      @GameTimeWhy 5 лет назад +25

      @@michaelwright7156 are you sure it was the chocolate episode? The meat expert messed up on the turkey bacon.

  • @fisharmor
    @fisharmor 5 лет назад +784

    It's interesting that the two times I've seen when the expert got it wrong, it was reviewing something that's not actually what they claim expertise on. The tea expert got it wrong when he wasn't talking about tea (herbal is NOT tea), and the bacon expert got it wrong on turkey bacon.

    • @mirianv4656
      @mirianv4656 5 лет назад +42

      I would disagree. Chamomile isnt some new herbal tea on the market, its been around ages and if you walk into any tea store they have it. Rooisbos is another example of a non tradtional "tea leaf" brew, but its tea regardless if you agree or not and has been around ages.

    • @sputnor
      @sputnor 5 лет назад +221

      Mirian V informally herbal teas are tea, but they're not "true teas", because they do not come from camelia sinensis. in contrast, blacks, greens, oolongs, matcha (which are also green) all come from the same plant - they vary so drastically through factors like processing, cultivars, etc.
      in a technical sense, tea denotes the beverage that comes from camelia sinensis. you can prepare an herbal tea in the same method as a true tea, but as rooibos differs from chamomile in that they come from different plants, herbal teas differ from true teas in the same way. and even though green teas can taste so different from black teas/oxidized teas, they will ultimately always originate from camelia sinensis

    • @DeedlyDood
      @DeedlyDood 5 лет назад +105

      @@mirianv4656 Chamomile is a tisane, or "herbal" tea. It's not a real tea plant. It's actually not tea "regardless". It's something people call tea that is not really tea. This isn't a subject of debate, it's simple fact.
      I am something of a tea expert myself. I spend more than most people do on weed for high quality tea.

    • @sputnor
      @sputnor 5 лет назад +21

      Nicholas M i don't concur entirely with you - herbal tea is still "tea", in a way. it might not technically be correct, but a word's definition is as fickle as its practical usage. even in treatises like Shennong Ben Cao Jing are true teas classified under what we now call tisanes, as if they were just another herb.
      tisanes might not be the same thing as true teas, but to say they're not and never robs them of the full inherent meaning that the term tea carries. in this more realistic context, tea is simultaneously exclusive from & inclusive of tisanes.

    • @zinzolin14
      @zinzolin14 5 лет назад +4

      I'd like to agree, but herbal tea is still tea. It just doesn't contain any tea leaves. Mistakes happen though, or he was right about the company overpricing their sub-par chamomile tea.

  • @genegieb9153
    @genegieb9153 5 лет назад +1197

    WOW! An expert has made an error, it felt so satisfying! But thanks for listening to my request on tea expert. Can I request a noodle expert video?

    • @Outmind01
      @Outmind01 5 лет назад +136

      This guy was actually the 2nd expert to get one wrong. I think the bacon guy was the first.

    • @DarknessLiesWithin
      @DarknessLiesWithin 5 лет назад +109

      @@Outmind01 Yep, on turkey bacon. He admitted he had no idea how to differentiate different kinds of turkey bacon

    • @lucianovargas479
      @lucianovargas479 5 лет назад +110

      @@DarknessLiesWithin But he also said beforehand that Turkey bacon is not bacon but actually turkey sausage cut into the shape of bacon. That why he went with his tongue on that, not his expertise

    • @DarknessLiesWithin
      @DarknessLiesWithin 5 лет назад +8

      @@lucianovargas479 Yeah I know, I was just pointing out where he made a mistake. He was also the deli meat expert.

    • @wshbone
      @wshbone 5 лет назад

      Please that would be awesome

  • @NaturallyMermaid
    @NaturallyMermaid 5 лет назад +541

    5:25 Thanks for the tip about boiling water and green tea. I had no idea.

    • @TheOfficalAndI
      @TheOfficalAndI 5 лет назад +15

      it's the same for black tea

    • @Sonny_Vision
      @Sonny_Vision 5 лет назад +46

      Green tea should be around 180(F) in temp and black should be around 200-205 and Herbal is best at boiling

    • @fatheroflies
      @fatheroflies 5 лет назад +12

      It's printed on the package...

    • @user-ix1mi3ji6l
      @user-ix1mi3ji6l 5 лет назад +43

      @@fatheroflies not always, I've seen quite the number of tea manufacturers list the wrong recommended temperature for the tea that they're selling, so it doesn't hurt to have a little knowledge about brewing different types of tea, especially since it's the most popular drink in the world after water, might come in handy one day.

    • @aryaires8504
      @aryaires8504 5 лет назад +12

      @@user-ix1mi3ji6l in fact I bought ahmad green tea and the package says boiling water (100ºC), which is far too hot. I just prepared it with water at 75ºC and the flavor is totally different.

  • @BoomB0y
    @BoomB0y 5 лет назад +2269

    Ok, this is uncle Iroh when he was young

    • @giuliascalia850
      @giuliascalia850 5 лет назад +30

      Blue YESSSS OMG 😂😂😂

    • @shadowmagii
      @shadowmagii 5 лет назад +75

      Iroh wouldn't have guessed wrong

    • @aisha02a
      @aisha02a 5 лет назад +42

      omg i’m crying because whenever i think of iroh... “leaves from the vine” starts playing in my head

    • @BoomB0y
      @BoomB0y 5 лет назад +5

      Oh... My... GOD... 500+ LIKES THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHH

    • @BoomB0y
      @BoomB0y 5 лет назад +3

      @@aisha02a same😢

  • @casualsuede
    @casualsuede 5 лет назад +463

    While he can mostly tell which one is more expensive, he is not convinced that the expensive tea is worth it....

    • @michellex377
      @michellex377 5 лет назад +101

      casualsuede I’ve watched a lot of the videos in this series and hardly anyone is ever convinced that expensive product is worth it. Some prefer the less expensive product.

    • @lauraladyll
      @lauraladyll 5 лет назад +149

      His family owns Harney & Sons tea, which is a relatively inexpensive but high quality tea company, so it makes sense.

    • @miaakalifa1348
      @miaakalifa1348 5 лет назад +30

      Probably because it doesnt. The only expensive one i'd get is the matcha because of the color. The tea actually look like its for drinking while the cheaper one(still pretty expensive) are more for cakes and desserts

    • @tamashiranai1091
      @tamashiranai1091 5 лет назад +25

      becaue it not always is. as he did point out often companies will demand a higher price for a lowergreade leaf just because they are a haushold name

    • @Lorenna1234
      @Lorenna1234 5 лет назад +4

      It seems to me that in this video they compared cheap tea with a little less cheap tea. Not much of a difference. It's like comparing a $700 phone with a $600 phone; lesser differences. Not like comparing a 2005 smartphone with a 2018 smartphone.

  • @RamzaBeoulves
    @RamzaBeoulves 5 лет назад +299

    Watching and listening to passionate people has quickly become my favorite thing ever.
    Very interesting and informative!

    • @davidvarley1812
      @davidvarley1812 3 года назад

      He knows nothing about tea.
      If the only method of telling good tea from bad is by its packaging then anyone can do that.
      He bought the tea. Oh I wonder which of these I paid more for. Top tea experts use loose tea and brew it with care. He maybe a tea expert but he's not a tea expert I'd trust.

  • @connor712
    @connor712 5 лет назад +486

    Conor McGreggor's retirement is going well, I see.

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 4 года назад +15

      He has calmed down a lot 🤣

  • @0the0ambient0
    @0the0ambient0 5 лет назад +983

    Really like this guy. Knows his stuff without being a jerk about it.

    • @lucasbiermann257
      @lucasbiermann257 5 лет назад +32

      well he did not know that much to be honest. he looks more like someone that tests tea as a hobby instead as a job. most official tea experts with credentials taste the tea instead of making that chirping(that is what coffee experts do since its harder to taste coffee for those little nuances when compared to tea) my grandfather was one and i have never seen him do that while working only on parties to annoy or see if someone really does not know about his profession lol.

    • @MumrikDK
      @MumrikDK 5 лет назад +38

      @@lucasbiermann257 "official" tea experts?

    • @lucasbiermann257
      @lucasbiermann257 5 лет назад +3

      @@MumrikDK official as in his is not only skilled but proven by tests made in a standardized way. expert means experience you can do a university and not be an expert until years of working and using what you learned to truly understand.

    • @lucasbiermann257
      @lucasbiermann257 5 лет назад +2

      @Javin Byeol ​ Javin Byeol my family owns procuces and sells a whole bunch of stuff including tea and even though i know about them i cant say i am an expert on them. i have day to day experience alone.. so yeah he is not an expert just because his family owns and the magic word on you statement was "prolly".

    • @anneyolande2486
      @anneyolande2486 5 лет назад +65

      Lucas Biermann WoW what a hater. Get a life. This man is clearly has a lot of knowledge about tea. He even gave a lot of detail about how various teas are made. Get a life

  • @ThePromisedWLAN
    @ThePromisedWLAN 5 лет назад +514

    I'll bet Chamomile B was Twinings. It's more expensive but it's not as pleasurable to drink as Celestial Seasonings' Chamomile which is cheaper in price but not necessarily more cheaply produced.

    • @108nighthawk
      @108nighthawk 5 лет назад +18

      I still start my mornings with Twinning's English Breakfast; love the stuff.

    • @Spazbutt66
      @Spazbutt66 5 лет назад +31

      Oh Absolutely, that's celestial seasoning classics teabag shape on tea A

    • @6lhulhu6
      @6lhulhu6 5 лет назад +25

      I totally agree with you on that. Twinings chamomile tea totally disappointed me, so I felt like a loser for the money I spent.

    • @flaminghorsebackrider6969
      @flaminghorsebackrider6969 5 лет назад +8

      That seems to be how tea is in itself. Less the quality itself and more marketing. Lots of looseleafs are around the same price/only SLIGHTLY more expensive/possibly cheaper than their bagged counterparts and the quality is almost always better. Even with bagged brands: Tazo is way better than Republic of Tea if you ask me and the latter is more expensive.

    • @eldictator1
      @eldictator1 5 лет назад +12

      Twinings chamomile is just powder rather than the whole flower head, try yorkshire gold breakfast tea

  • @olekaarvaag9405
    @olekaarvaag9405 5 лет назад +1766

    Friends: Dude you have to stop being so irritating.
    Me: I don't know what you're talking about.
    Also me: 2:20, 2:40, 3:01, 6:00, 6:21, 8:40, 8:57, 11:43, 11:59, 14:51, 15:10

    • @luisacosta2028
      @luisacosta2028 5 лет назад +83

      Omg i'm laughing so hard hahahahahaha

    • @austinroberts8366
      @austinroberts8366 5 лет назад +56

      That’s the best comment I’ve ever seen on this platform, thank you so much for this encounter

    • @nacienlos70
      @nacienlos70 5 лет назад +5

      Hahaha

    • @stellar783
      @stellar783 5 лет назад +16

      It’s like a bird call

    • @baudrey15
      @baudrey15 5 лет назад +3

      I can't stop laughing omg 😂

  • @isaackracoff1021
    @isaackracoff1021 5 лет назад +262

    Everyone: We demand a tea episode!
    Epicurious: **sluuurp** **squeak** **squeak** **squeak**
    Also Epicurious: What, isn't this what you wanted? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!!!

    • @slaxxer113
      @slaxxer113 3 года назад +1

      I find it so cringey, that totally diles down the taste and he isn't even brewing gong fu

  • @ythehunter755
    @ythehunter755 5 лет назад +556

    Just because it is more expensive doesn't mean it is higher quality. Most of the price is in marketing and shipping/handling

    • @JotaC
      @JotaC 5 лет назад +28

      That's interesting, reminded me of the cheese expert video, in which she did say that some cheese was better but it was cheaper because of shipping and Subsidies policies in certain countries, so, even if it isn't better, a true expert can still know if it's pricier or not.

    • @carlangelo653
      @carlangelo653 5 лет назад +9

      @@JotaC I think that would be harder for tea, it is a bit easier to determine the origins of cheese, because there are types of cheese that are only made in few places. Unlike tea which is often made in several countries or places, making it a lot harder to determine it's origin and price. I think he went with quality instead of actual price because usually high quality tea is more expensive.

    • @setsu2221
      @setsu2221 5 лет назад +1

      Except when talking about high-quality products. Gyōkuro and imperial teas definitely deserve their high prices. Rarely do I feel the urge to eat the leaves of low-quality teas, but Gyōkuro leaves shouldn't be thrown out.

    • @Snakeplisskin440
      @Snakeplisskin440 5 лет назад

      I found this to be true for black tea. I often go for Prince of Wales by Twinings in loose leaf. I've had Teavana black teas. I've bought black teas from iherb and tried different brands, all more than the Twinings but still went back. Their lady grey is pretty nice as well.

    • @MrBezazel
      @MrBezazel 5 лет назад +1

      Also depends on when the tea is harvested and not just handling of the tea itself. Prematurely picking tea buds will usually result in more expensive tea because it means more of a flavor...plus you're picking it before an entire tea leaf can be grown for more of a yield but less concentrated of a flavor.

  • @teaformeplease
    @teaformeplease 5 лет назад +276

    Here's the thing Epicurious, if you're going to do comparisons you need to use the same exact type of teas! Two oolong teas that are totally different oxidation levels and leaf style is meaningless. The same goes for the two different style green teas and tasting earl grey alongside an unflavored black tea. You can do better!
    That being said, Emeric did a great job with what he was given :)

    • @sarahgiggles9444
      @sarahgiggles9444 5 лет назад +14

      I wonder if they were trying to make it a little tougher on the experts. Sometimes in the past the choice is so obvious that a layman viewer can easily tell from video alone. I agree though - I wonder if the folks that selected the tea options weren't very familiar with the products and didn't realize how truly different they were.

    • @teaformeplease
      @teaformeplease 5 лет назад +31

      @@sarahgiggles9444 It does seem like whoever selected the tea didn't know any better. A lot of people think of green tea as a singular thing when there are thousands of different varieties from many different regions.

    • @connorp3030
      @connorp3030 5 лет назад +26

      Tea for Me Please I think they pick contrasting examples deliberately so that the expert can touch on the differences and shed some knowledge on the different production methods.

    • @teaformeplease
      @teaformeplease 5 лет назад +23

      @@connorp3030 I know you mean but it's not that simple. What they did here was like comparing a red wine to a white wine because they are both made with grapes. It would be very easy to select the same green tea, say Dragonwell, at two different price points. There would be a lot to talk about in terms of quality, processing, etc.

    • @Supernaturalman92
      @Supernaturalman92 5 лет назад +10

      It looked like he was doing a comparison between a tieguanyin and a wuyi rock tea. Completely different categories.

  • @Rapidpanda1st
    @Rapidpanda1st 5 лет назад +693

    2:20
    In the ninth circle of hell, you're stuck in a room with hundreds of these guys.

    • @Direnaar
      @Direnaar 5 лет назад +93

      Shhhhlurp shhhhlurp shhhhlurp shhhhlurp "Yup, it's tea"

    • @lairizzle
      @lairizzle 5 лет назад +2

      I loled

    • @mrmorganmusic
      @mrmorganmusic 5 лет назад +4

      The SLURPING. Super interesting, but ugghhh....

    • @reddevilthpandroid
      @reddevilthpandroid 5 лет назад +2

      Thanks for the laugh!

    • @heliaalves4820
      @heliaalves4820 5 лет назад +1

      Oh my, you made me laugh

  • @BillyGollnerMusic
    @BillyGollnerMusic 5 лет назад +428

    “Sir, this is a Starbucks drivethru”

  • @jusemoma
    @jusemoma 5 лет назад +776

    new idea, chalk expert that does the backgrounds for your videos guesses cheap vs expensive chalk

    • @aislingmeehan9862
      @aislingmeehan9862 5 лет назад +2

      YAAAA!

    • @8YoHoJo
      @8YoHoJo 5 лет назад +2

      Yes!

    • @lucasbiermann257
      @lucasbiermann257 5 лет назад +7

      not that hard to see the difference tbh... anyone that goes to an art supply store can see the difference withing seconds just by looking at the high quality chalks.

    • @maddi66515
      @maddi66515 5 лет назад +7

      They did a video about her ruclips.net/video/3yec_Gc5JiM/видео.html

    • @AshesAshes44
      @AshesAshes44 5 лет назад

      Boy-howdy, but there's a big difference in chalks and surfaces. It *would* be interesting to see a comparison, especially for art geeks.

  • @pirhan
    @pirhan 5 лет назад +671

    Thank you Epicurious! Honey request please :) :) :)

    • @diamondrose92
      @diamondrose92 5 лет назад +16

      Ohh yes a Honey one would be great!

    • @bliepblooper2555
      @bliepblooper2555 5 лет назад +9

      Damn good idea!

    • @sydniedempsey6424
      @sydniedempsey6424 5 лет назад +3

      that would be awesome!

    • @bobbyrejek6013
      @bobbyrejek6013 5 лет назад +6

      Yeeeeeeessss, as an amateur mead maker I'd love to see how they parse out the qualities of wildflower honeys vs infused and buckwheat honeys. Interesting stuff!

    • @cnsummers4086
      @cnsummers4086 5 лет назад +4

      Yes, please - from dollar store up to the best NZ organic UMF 20 manuka honey! That would be so cool lol

  • @ficfaery
    @ficfaery 5 лет назад +87

    I always enjoy these comparisons with experts. And while he did a great job describing the look of the teas and scents I was really hoping for some more in-depth discussion on what really makes a difference in flavour and is worth paying for. He mentioned it slightly with the herbal tisane.
    Also, Earl Grey is a flavoured black tea and shouldn't have gone up against a straight black tea. You could have separated them into two categories.

    • @---hc6tf
      @---hc6tf 5 лет назад +4

      I assume you are from the states.
      If you want to consult experts in tea, you consult the Chinese, Indians, or Japanese connoisseurs. Farmers can really give you an idea about changes in their tea from year to year. It's fascinating. You learn a lot about the geography and changes in the soil.
      You shouldn't take the word of a US tea blender so seriously.Tea blenders tend to be the business of selling, in the United States... tisanes and carbolics are really pushed because it's what sells.... that's not tea (or at least, not good tea). Tea isn't big in the United States, you have to order internationally to find decent tea. Most of us are all drinking garbage, like a burnt $.99 McDonalds cup of coffee.
      Tea blenders elevate their standards (which costs money), when consumers change their tastes. Right now, the market in the United States is certainly growing... but it's not good enough to demand quality. People largely drink tea here when they are in the mood to feel fancy. We have a coffee culture.
      For now, we have things like Teavana and Harneys to give us a little idea. It's cute. Sometimes they have nice wares.

    • @CHloE748
      @CHloE748 5 лет назад +8

      I was thinking the same thing. I know absolutely nothing about tea but I know that earl grey and regular black tea are very different. And to the comment above me, you sound like the most pretentious person in the world by saying no American knows what “real tea” is and their opinions don’t matter. I’m guessing you are also a moron that believes in cultural appropriation and that all white people do is steal other’s cultures, huh?

    • @internetguy8075
      @internetguy8075 5 лет назад +1

      I thought the same thing about comparing the Earl Grey with the regular black tea. That was strange. The person picking those for the segment might not have been much of a tea drinker.

  • @digi-i
    @digi-i 5 лет назад +153

    "Moving on to Tea B"
    "I'll take 'things you don't want your Dr to say for 100' "

  • @MegaDeath125
    @MegaDeath125 5 лет назад +1465

    where's the weed episode

    • @loveislove2359
      @loveislove2359 5 лет назад +3

      I was searching for it

    • @MoreTrenMoreMen69
      @MoreTrenMoreMen69 5 лет назад +47

      Jhonatan Snoop Dogg should be the person they have reviewing it

    • @SolaceMcfly
      @SolaceMcfly 5 лет назад +4

      @@MoreTrenMoreMen69 deadass

    • @tanhuulusoy
      @tanhuulusoy 5 лет назад +11

      @@MoreTrenMoreMen69 nah he smokes blunts, not pure green, B Real would be better

    • @florisvanelk2930
      @florisvanelk2930 4 года назад +7

      @Hasiger Hase ever heard of edibles?

  • @iverefiner2738
    @iverefiner2738 5 лет назад +242

    Everytime he says "tea B" I think of Tuberculosis.

  • @Huldran
    @Huldran 5 лет назад +10

    The best part about these videos is when you can actually see how interested and hyped the experts are. I love it!

  • @zodiakofficial4093
    @zodiakofficial4093 5 лет назад +27

    The most extreme difference I experience is with Japanese green tea. I have a obsession for it since many years. First I was shocked by the price, especially on really good gyokuro, but you can really tell the difference. If you have Kukicha, which is stem tea and a Karigane(which is high quality Kukicha) the Kukicha tastes much more dull, but with the Karigane you have lots of floral notes, which is amazing. But the most difference is with the second and third brew of your tea. Good quality green teas can be brewed 3 or even 4 times and still taste good(sure the flavor profile changes a little). But with low quality the second brew already is nearly tasteless.

    • @eltacogordito6096
      @eltacogordito6096 2 года назад +2

      karigane is my favorite tea after a random chinese green I once had and have never found since

  • @OceanicMarauder
    @OceanicMarauder 5 лет назад +1123

    Y'all need to hire someone to professionally caption your videos. I keep reading "TB" as " tuberculosis." I'm hard of hearing and rely on closed captioning to fill in the gaps when I watch videos. Captions help everyone, not just deaf people.

    • @nf8498
      @nf8498 5 лет назад +53

      I'm hoh as well! Honestly would be nice if the bigger channels and companies on here devoted some time towards captioning

    • @OceanicMarauder
      @OceanicMarauder 5 лет назад +31

      @@nf8498 I agree completely! While I'm "hearing enough" to make out the majority of the words and fill the rest in, there are people who aren't. Accessibility is so important. Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (a deaf/disabled youtuber) did a thing during the intertional week of the deaf on how to caption youtube videos. I share that as often as I can.

    • @rebeccanielsen5005
      @rebeccanielsen5005 5 лет назад +19

      Yes! Captions are so important to increase accessibility and ease of use! It would be nice if they could even just open their captions so viewers can submit them, like how some smaller RUclips creators do. I guess larger content producers don't like doing this because they are worried about what would be submitted, but the people who are willing to submit captions aren't usually the kind of people who are writing mean spirited commentaries. I hope that the larger RUclips channels start letting captions be submitted or hire some to do it professionally like you said, it would make their content so much better.

    • @HiMyNameIsColdguy
      @HiMyNameIsColdguy 5 лет назад +5

      I highly encourage this to take place as well

    • @arandomyoutubeuser_____8930
      @arandomyoutubeuser_____8930 5 лет назад +25

      While I'm not deaf or hard of hearing, I'm completely behind this idea. It's ridiculous the amount of times I've seen lazy subtitles... not just on youtube, but on TV. Sometimes it is honestly utter nonsense- a mix of random letters. Again, I'm not deaf, but I've known people that are, and I've studied ASL. This definitely needs to have more effort put into supporting deaf and hoh people.
      And if I had to rely on subtitles, I would read TB as tuberculosis as well.

  • @AntonioKowatsch
    @AntonioKowatsch 5 лет назад +339

    This guy: drinks tea and turns into a bird.
    Alright man...

  • @ashknoecklein
    @ashknoecklein 5 лет назад +278

    I love all this info, but I gotta say that the sound of tea being pulled through teeth is the opposite of ASMR, lol.

    • @makkmano8177
      @makkmano8177 5 лет назад +6

      its ASMR, not for the tingles, but for the shivers

    • @tychowozniaki9269
      @tychowozniaki9269 5 лет назад

      After getting used to it I like it now, but it is kinda weird

    • @lawrencewei3583
      @lawrencewei3583 5 лет назад

      Ttttrrrrrriiiiiigggggggeeeeeerrrrrreeeeeeeddddddd

    • @ianhayden6088
      @ianhayden6088 5 лет назад

      weehawk who said it was ASMR

    • @stillnotstill
      @stillnotstill 5 лет назад +2

      weehawk yep, set off my misophonia and made me stop watching, I love these comparison vids so I will just wait for the next one ☺️

  • @mr.maguire1255
    @mr.maguire1255 5 лет назад +163

    “In the land of teabags”
    *Halo flashbacks*

  • @PeterandYen
    @PeterandYen 5 лет назад +1004

    I feel cultured after watching this 🌿

    • @PauhovXiong
      @PauhovXiong 5 лет назад +10

      Peter and Yen I was also an uncultured swine until I watched this 😱

    • @springrollwang4441
      @springrollwang4441 5 лет назад +3

      In taiwan, everyone is drinking tea everyday, and coca cola has difficult time to expend the market.

    • @ganjazz
      @ganjazz 5 лет назад +7

      I started sipping my tea the same way as he did with the sound, my girlfriend wasn’t so happy about it.

    • @alexsitaras6508
      @alexsitaras6508 5 лет назад

      Just wait for the yogurt episode.

    • @toxicperson8936
      @toxicperson8936 5 лет назад

      🍵 ☕️

  • @ista3295
    @ista3295 5 лет назад +258

    I would happily start captioning your videos for you if you gave me the means. I’m seeing a lot of comments from people who are deaf or hard of hearing and i’d love to help! Please give your supporters an avenue to caption your videos!

    • @danip3270
      @danip3270 5 лет назад

      Asti There is captioning right now for this video.

    • @ista3295
      @ista3295 5 лет назад +39

      Dani P The captions are auto generated and if you look at them, they aren’t completely accurate! So i think a lot of us wouldn’t mind helping to make edited accurate captions for those or are deaf or hard of hearing.

    • @alt_warn4211
      @alt_warn4211 5 лет назад +14

      Maybe they should stop being so lazy and just listen

    • @gattocat3729
      @gattocat3729 5 лет назад +37

      @@alt_warn4211 what are you saying mate? DEAF people cant hear, they are not lazy not to hear sound

    • @alt_warn4211
      @alt_warn4211 5 лет назад +21

      @@gattocat3729 they're not going to be able to hear with that attitude

  • @JoeyLavarias
    @JoeyLavarias 5 лет назад +1639

    Simply Nailogical just entered the chat

    • @therealjim
      @therealjim 5 лет назад +28

      david's tea is shaking

    • @Belaybabe
      @Belaybabe 5 лет назад +29

      beyyyynnnnn

    • @zammyinghug5255
      @zammyinghug5255 5 лет назад +5

      Yaaz! Ey cristine! 🙌

    • @ninjaahjumma
      @ninjaahjumma 5 лет назад +11

      I wish there was a way to tag Cristine to this video...

    • @JR-lq5eh
      @JR-lq5eh 5 лет назад +6

      Would be great if she did a review video of this

  • @kathlynkelley7867
    @kathlynkelley7867 5 лет назад +26

    I knew who he was as soon as they said his last name. I love Harney & Son's teas. The cinnamon and the green tea with coconut are the best.

  • @tonyeriksson8803
    @tonyeriksson8803 5 лет назад +752

    So tea bags are the chicken nuggets of tea.

  • @MisserimusPexer
    @MisserimusPexer 5 лет назад +9

    Yay! People have been asking for a tea expert for ages. Well done, Epicurious, for listening to your fans!

  • @heartofmythril
    @heartofmythril 5 лет назад +33

    This guy is adorable. "It's kind of silly." Yes, it is but I love it and you.

  • @babydoll3906
    @babydoll3906 5 лет назад +64

    Omg I died when he started doing the weird slurpy thing

    • @slaxxer113
      @slaxxer113 3 года назад

      It doesn't even have that much of a positive effect. Just for show

  • @dragonoyxd
    @dragonoyxd 5 лет назад +22

    Please do the traditional Chinese style tea expert as well. I think it's important for people to understand the differences

  • @europeansovietunion7372
    @europeansovietunion7372 5 лет назад +79

    It's quite easy to tell: less chirping = cheaper tea.

    • @lucasbiermann257
      @lucasbiermann257 5 лет назад

      that chirping is more to show off than anything else. true experts they taste the leaves instead. its much more accurate. the chirping its done more with coffee so they try this technique with tea too...

  • @amanioreilly9283
    @amanioreilly9283 5 лет назад +326

    Hey there scroller, you are tea-rrific and that’s the tea.
    I hope your day is full of positivi-tea.

    • @thievinglittlegoblin404
      @thievinglittlegoblin404 5 лет назад +6

      Okay I appreciate a good pun but this is just a stretch

    • @Outmind01
      @Outmind01 5 лет назад +12

      All these puns are leafing me wanteeng more!

    • @Akeldama1570
      @Akeldama1570 5 лет назад +12

      You're such a sweet-tea

    • @korosensei4384
      @korosensei4384 5 лет назад +8

      Teank you kind sir, I wish you tea same.

    • @msv4024
      @msv4024 5 лет назад +3

      I actually have a tea called tranqili-tea

  • @MysticNarratorNook
    @MysticNarratorNook 5 лет назад +113

    They should have hired uncle Iroh for this.

    • @maximedurand8747
      @maximedurand8747 5 лет назад +6

      Jasmine tea for uncle Iroh !

    • @sth5033
      @sth5033 4 года назад +6

      maxime durand jasmine is actually zuko’s favorite, uncle iroh likes ginseng

  • @evilcatgaming9056
    @evilcatgaming9056 5 лет назад +84

    This man makes me want to tear open my tea bags and satchets.

    • @johnrankin7135
      @johnrankin7135 5 лет назад

      Preach

    • @cryokiller1
      @cryokiller1 5 лет назад +2

      Do it and get an infuser

    • @cryokiller1
      @cryokiller1 5 лет назад +2

      Also try large leaf teas. Darjeeling full leaf white is amazing

    • @bendixtrinity8337
      @bendixtrinity8337 5 лет назад

      and explain to people around you the characteristics of the tea and pretend to be an expert...xD i would do that jokingly

    • @natsinthebelfry
      @natsinthebelfry 5 лет назад

      I always have this urge... now I can just play it off like I'm a tea expert, lol

  • @roz_gardiasz
    @roz_gardiasz 5 лет назад +118

    Tea expert is what i aspire to be in life

    • @DingoDIDeatmybaby
      @DingoDIDeatmybaby 5 лет назад +1

      You can be a tea bag expert by taking several professional courses...and taking deez nuts in yo face! Ha! Got eeem

  • @jacobreinhardt3786
    @jacobreinhardt3786 5 лет назад +61

    That slurp shocked me everytime

  • @dw.imaging
    @dw.imaging 3 года назад +21

    This man, in all seriousness, is a true master. He got those tea-tattoos at at the tea-bending temple when he was twelve. He is a Tea Avatar and member of the White Lotus. According to my sources, he has prepared Jasmine Pearl tea for General Iroh of the Fire Nation. Not only is it a lovely tea when brewed (the pearls one “blooms” in your cup with a strong scent of jasmine), it is calming on the tongue and easy to pack to carry with you.

  • @jz4461
    @jz4461 5 лет назад +81

    When are you bringing a meme expert in?

    • @DingoDIDeatmybaby
      @DingoDIDeatmybaby 5 лет назад +4

      Ah yes, this one is more versatile, allowing for more situations to be used in. Although it is another label meme, and thus it's not a safe investment, the deep frying increases the dankness of the meme.

  • @javierev4994
    @javierev4994 5 лет назад +751

    They should do cheap weed Vs expensive weed

    • @ljbrandt500
      @ljbrandt500 5 лет назад +8

      With Towelie

    • @DarkNexus530
      @DarkNexus530 5 лет назад +21

      Towelie doing a Weed Expert video? I would pay to watch that.

    • @8YoHoJo
      @8YoHoJo 5 лет назад +16

      It's called cannabis you hooligan!

    • @martin-o6n4e
      @martin-o6n4e 5 лет назад +13

      They tried, but they couldn't finish the show.

    • @KaylaNoelle1
      @KaylaNoelle1 5 лет назад +5

      Honestly, especially because weed is so weird. Sometimes it can smell like skunk and sometimes it smells like a heavy floral perfume and I honestly don't know if one kind is better or if they are just different.

  • @gil5501
    @gil5501 5 лет назад +257

    Well I’ve been drinking tea wrong my entire life

    • @manatee82140
      @manatee82140 5 лет назад +30

      Same, but I think I'd rather keep drinking it wrong to be honnest.

    • @caerys
      @caerys 5 лет назад +62

      _ffttttew fttttewww fttttteewww_

    • @TheMrBigBadBrad
      @TheMrBigBadBrad 5 лет назад +3

      It's not really tea if you don't put milk in it.

    • @poseidon1477
      @poseidon1477 5 лет назад +7

      Araldor123 r/gatekeeping

    • @Tarooo89
      @Tarooo89 5 лет назад +4

      @@poseidon1477 r/linkingtoredditoutsidereddit

  • @nordiskkatt
    @nordiskkatt 4 года назад +64

    I thought it was interesting that as long as they served him actual tea, he knew what was up with no hesitation. And I do think it was a little unfair to give him tisanes/herbal tea, given that that's not his expertise!

  • @CrippledMerc
    @CrippledMerc 5 лет назад +68

    Tea B, or not Tea B, that is the question.
    According to Dr. House, it’s never Tea B.

  • @asaphobbies3366
    @asaphobbies3366 5 лет назад +156

    They could probably make a "behind the scenes - making of the Epicurious background artwork" and double their views

    • @nicholasspaethe7584
      @nicholasspaethe7584 5 лет назад +4

      ASAP Hobbies they did a month prior to this video

    • @arikakarin2323
      @arikakarin2323 4 года назад +6

      Here is the video to the chalk art...
      ruclips.net/video/3yec_Gc5JiM/видео.html
      It didn't have much views I guess.

    • @SamanthaSeltzer
      @SamanthaSeltzer 4 года назад

      Arika Karin i know i feel like you and i are the only ones who watch Price Points and have seen her video! Lol

  • @isoldam
    @isoldam 5 лет назад +6

    I've run into the same problem with chamomile tea. I've bought expensive chamomile that did not taste as good as cheap chamomile tea bags. Nice to see Emeric Harney. Harney and Sons is one of my favorite tea sellers and has a great selection of quality loose and bagged teas. Their tea tins are to die for, as well.

  • @Karl23extreme
    @Karl23extreme 5 лет назад +35

    I tend to subconsciously do the teeth thing when drinking tea by myself and it seems to really bring out the flavor. I thought it was all in my head until i watched this video.

  • @jake9705
    @jake9705 5 лет назад +398

    YES!
    Now do wine, scotch, tequila, vodka, cigar, and weed experts!

  • @waasar
    @waasar 5 лет назад +80

    Cool taste testing technique, but watch out though: if you try this outside, in the spring season, it might trigger birds to drop worms in your mouth.

  • @raggedyhaggity250
    @raggedyhaggity250 5 лет назад +256

    *CAN WE HAVE TEA EXPERT PART 2*

    • @WilliamAndrea
      @WilliamAndrea 5 лет назад +21

      Requests: Earl Grey (focusing on the bergamot), genmaicha, rooibos, maté, masala chai, jasmine, white, smoked (like lapsang souchong), maybe flowering

    • @ohrats731
      @ohrats731 5 лет назад +3

      William Andrea yessss lapsang souchong. I’m always thinking about smoky teas lol

    • @HallStigerts
      @HallStigerts 5 лет назад +12

      Also, a comparison where Epicurious doesn’t give the tea expert a green oolong and a roasted oolong. Compare, like, two high-mountain Taiwanese oolongs or two Wuyi rock oolongs, but don’t cross over ffs.

    • @i2cjam833
      @i2cjam833 5 лет назад

      Why to litter RUclips??

    • @danielwa4819
      @danielwa4819 5 лет назад +1

      @@HallStigerts EXACTLY. its so strange seeing him compare the prices of two of the most prized oolongs. I'm guessing its Taiwan Jin Xuan "milk" tea because of its unique transparency unlike most oolongs and the second judging by how dark it is probably Da Hong Pao (which btw is very pricey) or TieLuoHan. Very baffling to me if thats the case assuming im right. The only explanation i can come up with is that he was given a lower grade or even fake dark oolongs.

  • @arizonad8012
    @arizonad8012 2 года назад +4

    I'm not a tea expert, but I use to spent a lot of time in the village with my grandparents.SoI have seen a lot of fresh and dry herbs, and teas.I was able to guess every tea by colour and the actual dry content...Very proud on myself :)

  • @MsSHINeeTVXQSuju
    @MsSHINeeTVXQSuju 5 лет назад +232

    about time...BLACK TEA FTW!!!
    side note: every time he said TB i was like "tuberculosis"

  • @VidaDoForex
    @VidaDoForex 5 лет назад +323

    It doesn't really have *sniff* too much *sniff* aroma going on.

    • @eclipsedbadger
      @eclipsedbadger 5 лет назад

      Really depends on your taste. I can smell green tea just fine, and even taste it without problem...My friends just HATE it because they can't taste anything nor smell it, and they don't understand why I'm obsessed with green tea LOL
      If you have a favorite tea or love to drink tea, after a while you can get aroma and taste and all those fancy words for smell :P

    • @sylasviper715
      @sylasviper715 5 лет назад +2

      *BREATHES WHOLE CUPPA THROUGH NOSE*
      “DASSA RAYT FAKEN SNEFFFE TE”

  • @mrsgiggles85
    @mrsgiggles85 5 лет назад +134

    Man those tea noises really got me

  • @geeninallcaps4678
    @geeninallcaps4678 4 года назад +45

    Me:
    "Ooh! Tea expert. So fancy!"
    Tea expert:
    "Slurp! Chirp chirp chirp!"
    Me:
    😲😶😶😐
    🤷🏿‍♂️

  • @klu222
    @klu222 5 лет назад +7

    While working at a student store at a university I convinced my boss to switch to harney and sons tea. I called the company to place an order and spoke to one of the harney family members. This was over a decade ago, but it always made me favor their teas. They're a family still close to their business:)

    • @theodoreloretz9804
      @theodoreloretz9804 2 года назад

      My partner is obsessed with Harney and Sons. It's really good, especially the green tea blueberry one. She's thinking of starting a collection

  • @biridianaaguilar4552
    @biridianaaguilar4552 5 лет назад +134

    Maybe a rose/flower expert video? Maybe comparing flowers sold by real florists and flowers sold in grocery stores?

    • @b.sharp.
      @b.sharp. 5 лет назад

      I need this video in my life

    • @abouttime837
      @abouttime837 5 лет назад +12

      only if they do a taste test

    • @biridianaaguilar4552
      @biridianaaguilar4552 5 лет назад +2

      A T duh, how else would they be able to guess the price point?

    • @Br0wnEyedQueen
      @Br0wnEyedQueen 5 лет назад

      Don't know about prices but the reason grocery store flowers don't have any smell is that they're bred that way, you can have scent or longevity but not both and of course, with shipping and everything, grocery stores want long-lasting but you're then sacrificing that beautiful smell, all those poor roses...

  • @Qsharpminor
    @Qsharpminor 5 лет назад +49

    Basing on the appearance of the green teas test, my guess is that the A one is 龙井 (lóngjǐng) “dragon well” tea the B one is 铁观音 (tiěguānyīn)- much richer in colour and heavier in taste. In China tiěguānyīn is much more appreciated, that’s why the price’s difference

    • @merdufer
      @merdufer 5 лет назад +10

      Tieguanyin is a oolong... The lighter, "greener" variety of tieguanyin has a floral aroma and a very light color in the cup. The stronger, "blacker" variety of tieguanyin has a richer, roasted aroma. Neither of them tastes/looks like B in the green tea test, and the price point is too low for the typical tieguanyin anyway. I'm pretty sure Tea A in the oolong test is actually a mid grade light tieguanyin.

    • @pandatours
      @pandatours 5 лет назад +3

      Dragon well is one of my favorites and it did look like it but that price point is a little suspect. I’ve never bought dragon well in America though, I’m lucky because my parents and their friends just go straight to Hangzhou because it’s close to Shanghai. It’s not cheap!!! Not sure about prices in Zhejiang but I bet it’s similar

    • @merdufer
      @merdufer 5 лет назад +1

      @@pandatours Green Tea A looks to me like some kind of sencha. I'm not a green tea expert though. I'm addicted to oolong so that's mostly what I know about.

    • @pandatours
      @pandatours 5 лет назад

      merdufer Oolong is also one of my favorites!! I bought a bagged kind from Whole Foods that is fairly good but let me know if you have any recs (bagged or loose leaf, America or China)

    • @merdufer
      @merdufer 5 лет назад +1

      @@pandatours The one I always highly recommend is Phoenix Dancong. I'm not sure where they would be available in America, but it's fairly available in cities along the east Chinese coast, especially Shantou. It's not too pricey, and it has a balanced yet unique flavor. The aroma is very floral, and the taste has rich roasted quality to it, with a sweet undertone that's almost like fruit, or honey.

  • @Holly_hamigakiko
    @Holly_hamigakiko 3 года назад +13

    Oolong tea is my absolute favourite. I always felt like it was somewhere between green and a standard black so it was fascinating to see that is actually a thing. I've never seen one brew clear like that before, so now that is on my bucket list of teas to try.

    • @eltacogordito6096
      @eltacogordito6096 2 года назад

      I have a strong suspicion the light oolong he drinks is tie guan or something from the Anxi region of China, I had it a few times in college and it is very unusual among oolongs

    • @hangyang9201
      @hangyang9201 Год назад +1

      ​@@eltacogordito6096 I am pretty sure that expensive oolong tea is tieguanyin, which is also my favorite type of tea so far. But I can't afford that price😂

  • @soaringaegis
    @soaringaegis 5 лет назад +67

    When he doesn't give the tea a full three slurps XD

    • @playsaboutmycat
      @playsaboutmycat 4 года назад

      🤣

    • @loghorizon45
      @loghorizon45 4 года назад +5

      He's like "Nah, I won't pass this trash through my taste buds one more time. Daring that to call tea." :D

  • @bazlow8069
    @bazlow8069 5 лет назад +79

    If I drank my tea like that in the office I would get yelled at.

    • @TheBigYC
      @TheBigYC 5 лет назад +3

      Then maybe you should find a new office.

    • @peoplepeople21
      @peoplepeople21 5 лет назад +3

      Do you blame them?

    • @rolandaustria7926
      @rolandaustria7926 5 лет назад +1

      Every office needs a tea room. I work in Japan and I've been working in several places that always have those. It has large windows with a beautiful view too.

    • @stevel.3903
      @stevel.3903 5 лет назад

      Well an office isn't the right place for such a tea tasting anyway...

  • @mirianv4656
    @mirianv4656 5 лет назад +27

    As a south african, i wish rooibos was featured. I know he might also get that wrong though cuz the pricing in america is STUPID. Before i started getting mine shipped over from SA, i would pay crazy prices for individually wrapped teabags in boxes on 10! Give me freshpak or laager any day

    • @AlexanderPavel
      @AlexanderPavel 5 лет назад +12

      But Rooibos isn't tea, it's a tisane. The fact that they gave him chamomile (which is a tisane) is dumb. He's an expert in tea, not in herbal infusions or tisanes.

    • @itsmevanilla3244
      @itsmevanilla3244 5 лет назад

      @@AlexanderPavel Hi what is the difference between a herbal tea and tisane then? I have no idea so im asking

    • @marissasun77
      @marissasun77 5 лет назад +1

      Itsmeee Vanilla herbal tea isn’t tea either

    • @AlexanderPavel
      @AlexanderPavel 5 лет назад +5

      @@itsmevanilla3244 a tisane is just another word for "herbal tea". I prefer tisane because I feel the phrase "herbal tea" is misleading

    • @princessaria
      @princessaria 5 лет назад +6

      Itsmeee Vanilla-"true" tea is all made from the same plant: camellia sinensis. Black tea, green tea, white tea, matcha...it's all made from the exact same plant, and they only differ due to how the plants were grown, when they were picked (white being made from young tea leaves, black being made from mature ones), how they were treated and the level of oxidation, etc.
      Tisanes are made from herbs, flowers, etc. Anything that doesn't come from the camellia sinensis plant is a tisane. Although true teas are often blended with other herbs, fruits, spices, etc. Since they have actual tea leaves as their base, they're still considered "true" teas.

  • @paiwanhan
    @paiwanhan 5 лет назад +192

    The floral tea test is absolutely unnecessary. There are so many more types of tea, with real tea leaf, if you want to fill the time. You can probably do ten episodes with just straight up tea alone.

    • @bigchunguselementaryschool8312
      @bigchunguselementaryschool8312 5 лет назад +4

      My words.

    • @loveislove2359
      @loveislove2359 5 лет назад +18

      The American producer of the video probably don't have the knowledge. They missed the opportunity to introduce more kinds of tea.

    • @susiechoban1542
      @susiechoban1542 4 года назад +10

      Exactly. Herbal “tea” is not actually tea, since it’s just floral and herbal infusion. Tea must contain tea leaves, tea being a plant of its own. And out of all floral and herbal infusions, they really chose chamomile, one of the worst possible bitter and unenjoyable things you can drink. They could film a longer video with actual tea.

    • @gray_gogy
      @gray_gogy 4 года назад +9

      @@susiechoban1542 chamomile tastes great idk wym. Especially with some honey and you can even add some mint

    • @arikakarin2323
      @arikakarin2323 4 года назад

      It is intentional

  • @kaylag9579
    @kaylag9579 5 лет назад +203

    So I have been burning my tea?

    • @SantiYTx
      @SantiYTx 5 лет назад +57

      yes you donkey

    • @kaylag9579
      @kaylag9579 5 лет назад +44

      Santi you could just say yes... 🙄

    • @jort93z
      @jort93z 5 лет назад +42

      It depends what tea you've been making.
      Black tea, herbal tea and fruit tea are made with builing water. For all other types of tea you let it cool down to 70-85°C depending on the type of tea. Good tees often have it written on their container, box, bag or whatever they come in.
      If you use a higher temperature, your tea will be more bitter.

    • @kaylag9579
      @kaylag9579 5 лет назад +14

      jort93z thank you! I am brand new to drinking tea so I really appreciate this information. 😊

    • @jocaingles8464
      @jocaingles8464 5 лет назад +14

      @@kaylag9579 Santi wasn't being rude, he just referenced gordon ramsey. He probably thought you would get it, don't be sad

  • @Das_Vert
    @Das_Vert 5 лет назад +41

    Every time he said “Tea B”, I thought of tuberculosis. Poor people with TB are gonna be scarred.

    • @chruw
      @chruw 5 лет назад +6

      Rip Arthur Morgan

  • @CarthagoMike
    @CarthagoMike 5 лет назад +37

    I might be going a bit off-topic here,
    But I really like his beard-style.

    • @pisse3000
      @pisse3000 5 лет назад

      I completely agree. It's very nice. So much so that I might have to take a trip to the barber shop.

    • @turtleduck6400
      @turtleduck6400 5 лет назад

      pisse3000 for some reason when I read your comment, I processed it as I might have to make a soup. I was lost for like 5 min

  • @kimnorberg9783
    @kimnorberg9783 5 лет назад +73

    Personally I think, a tea expert has to have great knowledge on Chinese teas, as solely for green tea, we have like more than hundreds of different kinds. Beyond imagination.

    • @reveirg9
      @reveirg9 5 лет назад +14

      You must also understand that there are tons of fake tea or dishonest tea merchants in China so it's extra difficult for someone who doesn't speak Chinese to be an expert in Chinese tea.

    • @ch3rrikiss
      @ch3rrikiss 4 года назад +4

      Also, Indian teas, which are just as numerous

    • @DXangel1245
      @DXangel1245 4 года назад +1

      I think a tea
      expert is a person who actually knows the leaves of the tea not just the flavors they can produce so if he had a bag educational background in plant studies I’d be more likely to believe what’s coming out of his mouth to an extent

    • @patbingsoo5219
      @patbingsoo5219 4 года назад +2

      @@ch3rrikiss Ehhhh, I'd say less so because of the thousand year head start China and Japan had over India, at least in tea cultivars.

  • @thecardboardstacker
    @thecardboardstacker 5 лет назад +5

    We need a part 2! It should cover puerhs, yellow tea, Darjeeling, Sencha, and more!

  • @californiateaherbal2491
    @californiateaherbal2491 5 лет назад +5

    Really enjoyed this! We've been in the tea business for over a decade and totally passionate about loose leaf tea and herbals and share that on our channel. As an aside, the chamomile is not true tea, it's an herbal/tisane and, unlike the tea, has no caffeine. True tea only comes from one plant..Camellia sinensis, same genus as the garden flower, different species...which (depending on oxidation levels) gives us white, green, oolong, black, puerh and even 'yellow' tea, which is not very available in the U.S. The most interesting in this video to me was the oolong category. It looked like the one on the left was Bao Zhong and the other (dark/more oxidiized) was Wuyi. The prices seemed very off to me on some of the teas. Tea bags are dust and fannings and, if you've never had loose tea, there is just no comparison. One thing people used to say when we had our retail stores was 'I never knew tea could taste like this'. We just licensed a commercial 1 min. tea brewer to a large mfr., and hopefully people will someday be able to go into a coffee chain or fast food place and get perfectly brewed loose tea in 1 min.

  • @jeremymcfly9508
    @jeremymcfly9508 5 лет назад +9

    I busted out laughing when he did that chirping noise 😂

  • @thatoneguyc8312
    @thatoneguyc8312 2 года назад +6

    I love how the difference between the expensive and cheap is like 2 bucks.