I found this video after I made a cup of green tea with a teabag and boiling water. I then let it steep for 4 minutes as I do with black tea. Very bitter and not nice. I now know where I went wrong. Thank you Mr Mie Leaf, you are clearly an authority on tea making.
the other issue with green tea from a bag is usually what they put in tea bags is the dregs left over from processing the higher end loose leaf teas, or later summer harvests where the leaves are not as tinder and desirable. like he said in the beginning, get good quality leaves. then learn what it takes to get the result you want from them.
Get a water boiler where you can set the temp! Best money I ever spent to make my tea drinking more pleasant. Got modes for 40, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 degrees. Its neat!
+Atwa Been tempted to get one for myself, but I've heard that a lot of them have the same problem; yes, the kettle will heat water to 80 degrees, but only a certain volume of water. Too much/not enough water and the actual temperature is different from the stated one. Have you experienced that?
Real time display? Seriously, I've been hunting high and low for that, not having that information is one of the things that put me off buying one. What make is it?
+Zoomy Agree that a good quality water boiler is perfect for teaheads but there is varying quality out there (we wish Zojirushi was distributed in the UK). Another alternative is to get a kettle with a temperature display - there are many of them being made and they work perfectly to get the exact temperature.
using loose leaf green tea is such a game-changing! I start to drink green tea since I was a teen purely to lose weight lol. of course I started with the tea bag and it tastes horrid! very bitter and dark in colour. but I keep drinking for the perseverance of losing weight. then I try loose tea leaf and damn I feel like I have found a whole new world. it tastes very delicate and just how a green tea supposed to taste. I never watch how to brew green tea properly but I watch this just to gain knowledge. somehow after many years, I did it right without any guidance, I'm proud of myself! after a decade I still drink them and no more bitter taste! my friend hates it and she said she has to add sugar 😖
I've been drinking green tea since I was teenager. I am addicted to it. Can't start my day without my green tea. Thank you for your informative videos!
Don Mei & I have similar taste preferences. I subscribe to Meileaf and at worst, have never been disappointed. Expensive yes, i hope the workers get a fair wage, as i appreciate their hard work. 😋 Yummy!
Thank you for your guides to tea brewing, I find yours to be the most effective and informative. Another, imo huge, parameter of tea brewing is the water itself. Compare filtered/bottled water to tap water... I did once and never brewed with tap water again. It ruins taste and even looks. I think water should be as neutral as possible to be a medium for our good tea.
Thankyou so much for the help, I brew mine with hot water direct form the kettle and it comes out brown and bitter. Trust me this has been a blessing from God. I have very little to no stomach issues when I drink this. ill continue doing this as I am trusting the process. awesome video.
in last 6 months i starts drinking tea, and green tea is one of my favorite. but sometime i can't stand for its bitterness. thank you for guiding me to brew in 80 degrees, and use chinese way which only takes 10 seconds. now my green tea taste so good and even my friends really like it. the taste is not bitter at all. Don May you are the best on these!
Very good information, exactly what is needed. A question though: if I have tea left, how about reheating it on a stove plate? How much of the quality is lost? is what I mean. Thanks!
+Loorangi Thanks for watching and for commenting. You should throw away any tea that is leftover and not consumed within an hour or so. The reason is that the tea oxidises in air and loses health benefits and flavour. You can put leftover tea in a sealed container and refrigerate for a cold tea if you want to but we would never recommend reheating tea.
Man you are great at explaining these techniques. I can see you are very passionate about it. It comes through in your explanation. Truly wonderful tea videos.
I like the video, very informative. For a black tea drinker, my first time to do green tea. I used a lot of tea leaves; so I think I did it the Chines way, and it is a Chinese green tea as the seller told me ....
great video as always.... In Don's world time seems to be flowing a little more slowly than it is usually XD ...that 20s were actually something around 40-45s :)
Hi Kooli. In terms of maximising the health benefits you should generally brew a tea strong and drink fresh. In other words steep, hot and long and immediately drink. This maximises the extraction of all the health giving properties but will not necessarily produce the tastiest tea.
Very well explained. This is a nice tutorial for all including a beginner like me. I was just confused a little about the brewing time. I though he mentioned that the brewing time for western tea should be 2 min but I also thought I saw him brewing for 20 secs. I'm confused but I'll watch it again. I probably missed something.
Hi. Thanks. My recommendation so all teas like green teas are like matcha (pure match not matcha powder, not match blended w/ other stuff, though this method still won't be able to match pure match in terms of medicinal benefits), if one is not too picky with taste is to just brew the leaf (if it's tea bag, open the back pour it into the cup) as long as possible (the longer the more potent but the more bitter though) and just add some sweetener like pure honey if you like or Stevia (to avoid being a diabetic later in life- which could cause blindness and other complications), eat the leaves with the spoon first (it's bitter but it's not that bad) and then drink the brew. I use measuring tools all the time including a stop watch. I hope someday, there'll be a high tech cup and bowl that has a temp indicator (analog maybe) and a USB heater to maintain 80 C, 90C for white tea at 1 to 1.5 minutes) that also has a built-in graduation and built-in weighing scale in the cup (could be analog as well), a wind up timer built in too, and it looks like a traditional japanese bowl design. God bless, Proverbs 31
Wow, thank you so much! A really good video as usual and you've perfectly answered my question ^_^ Thanks to you I now know how to brew green tea (important part of my day). Big thumbs up!
Thanks for the good video! I think this applies to most green teas, but there seems to be an exception - Longjing. I totally fell in love with Longjing after my trip to China and was astonished to realize that good quality Longjing doesn´t turn bitter if made with boiling water and long brewing time. What´s your take on that? You can get more brews if you use 80-degree water, but I enjoy the stronger taste and falling leaves that I get when I brew it with boiling water.
I hope that one day you will make a video on the perfect Morocco tea :) gunpowder is such a bitter tea and Moroccans tend to use boiling water which does not help. As per the subject of this video a different water temperature could make a huge difference! thank you!
I've been drinking 3 quarts of iced green tea a day for a few years. I cold brew it at least 6 hours in the refrigerator, never with hot water. Cold brewing doubles the catechins and halves the tannins and caffeine. No bitterness, no Sweetener needed.
hi, I really appreciate your always accurate videos, is there a video on Japanese cast iron teapots, their use, strengths and weaknesses? thank you very much
Very enjoyable to watch. I am by no means a tea expert - I drink my tea from regular "bags" or whatever they're called. But it would be nice to try tea made like this!
You entire series is excellent. Thank you for sharing you knowledge and experiences with us. I think you made a subtle but also important point toward the end of the video that perhaps you can clarify / expand? We know that people with sensitive GI tracts and inflammatory disorders will benefit from the many compounds in green tea, but apparently some do not tolerate tannins. This video implied toward the end that longer brew times and higher temperatures would be higher tannins, so might another benefit of lower temperature and lower time also be less tannins and thus more suitable for those desiring less tannin but still wanting the health benefits of green tea?
Hi. Yes, brewing hotter and longer will increase tannin content in the tea and we believe that some people cannot tolerate too much tannins. So brewing can be experimented with to enjoy the taste and some of the heaqlth benefits without extracting too many tannic content and we recommend anyone that feels nausea after strong green tea to try to brew cooler and shorter.
I am just back from Huangshan China. Bought some Mao Feng and Hou GUI. Looking forward to trying them. Also I was in Camden last December. Visited your shop and bought some Duck Shit OOlong. Unfortunately you were not in. From Malaysia. Regards.
In Greece we have Madras, a great tea company. They have all kinds of tea (green, black, white, pu-er, oolong, etc.). But what is special about them is that they flavor tea naturally (orange, apple, litchi, lemon, etc.) without adding any chemicals to it. Unique!
I drink Sencha Organic Green Tea Leaf.. I brew around a tablespoon in one cup of water. Using the strainer from my teapot in the top of the cup. The water has either not boiled yet or has boiled and sat for a minute before brewing. I also had a pinch of honey. I usually brew for 1 to 2 mins max. I like the taste. I am in it for the health reasons more then taste. I would like to know if you can rebrew the same leaf. If so how long can it sit without loosing any nutrients before rebrewing. Thanks. also I enjoyed the video and learned from it. Cheers!!
You can keep reinfusing the same leaf a few times and you can keep them for up to 12 hours if you store them properly: ruclips.net/video/Xfog_jJ9zis/видео.html
Here one more. I even rewatch because lots of information and steps to make along the process. Calls for clean cut attention, like a meditation almost. Right?
Thanks for the class! :) I love bitter green tea, I wait small bubbles and brew for 10 min+ Do u know what tempeture is the best to have the most Vitamin C? As it loses with heat.. The more bitter the more polyphenols? Thanks!
Love the videos, they have all taught me a lot and am excited every time I receive my order. One question, at my work we are told not to pour hot water over tea leafs because it can burn the tea. This surely isn't true? We use Canton tea company, teas like dragonwell green, gunpowder.. etc. Temperature of the water ranging from 69degrees - 95 degrees depending on the tea. Can you tell me if this is myth?
Glad to see your based in London, i might actually be able to visit you guys! just getting into tea and i might buy from your online store as it all seems like very high quality stuff :) thanks for the videos
After watching many of your videos I noticed something: you never use a pot with a removable infuser but two separate mugs/pots (in one you infuse the tea and them pour into the other) Is it more convenient? And, since the infusion doesn't take long - does the material of the infuser matters? Cheers.
Such a nice and useful video. Thanks very much. I usually made fruit green tea such as orange green tea, lemon green tea. Can you tell me which is the best brewing time if I use the green tea for making fruit green tea?
I'm sure in one of your videos you stated the content of caffeine in descending order most to least is white, yellow, green and black (unsure if you commented on PuErh). that the caffeine directly correlates with the amount of processing. When I search I get different info from different sources. what you stated makes sense to me coming from a coffee background. the longer one roasts coffee the less caffeine because it leaches out with the oils that exit the bean through expansion, etc.
+Tonya Randy dos Santos Caffeine in tea is quite complex because it depends on which leaves are chosen (young leaves have the highest caffeine), when they were picked and how they were processed. So some black tea does have higher caffeine than green tea but as a generalisation the caffeine rating from high to low is: GREEN, RAW PUERH, YELLOW, BLACK, COOKED PUERH, WHITE, OOLONG.
thanks, you are very thorough in your explanation . what I have learned is 80 c for 20 seconds is the ideal for aroma extraction. Is this applicable for tea ball infusion ? Should I then infuse it longer with tea ball (put it back in) to extract thus benefit from catechin, and the time now is depending on our liking.
From a health perspective, it would be interesting to have tests run on all the various tea groups .. Green, Black and Peur and get a few different ranges of beneficial or otherwise natural constitutes, how they are effected by times and temps. Im interested in the Peur Groups more than other since they tout the widest range of health benifits.
I was bored with this high quality organic Japanese green tea I had, I thought it was a waste of money but nonetheless glad to try. Today, I ignored the "steep for 1-2 mins" on the label and it was much tastier! I think now I get the love for green tea (generally). You can't expect a bold, punchy, and bitter black tea mood, it's much more mellow and calm and bright.
One question please: I brew green tea with HOT water for 5 min and it's become dark green and bitter but it's not butter me because I add goji bears, The question is Longer brew make it more healthy?
Yours videos are awesome, very informative and interesting. I always loved tea, but today I went out and bought the kung fu tea set and tried it... OMG I LOOOVE the whole experience. Thank you, Lots of love from Dubai
I am delighted to have found this channel! I found it by accident when I was looking at whether or not I might be able to make iced tea using green tea, and if so, whether it should be hot (let's say 80 degrees C) or cold brewed. This heatwave we're having just made me think about having my green tea cold instead of hot. Your thoughts on this would be most appreciated - and maybe that's a subject for a video one day? (You may already have done it - I have yet to go through your back catalogue, but I've subscribed so I will keep an eye on the channel in the months to come.)
you can certainly brew green tea cold. especially the Japanese varieties. Similar to cold brew coffee, it can take several hours vs the 20 seconds or so for hot brew. You may need to try several experiment to find the right flavor balance for your taste.
Excellent video, thank you! I would be very interested in your personal relationship with tea, how did you get "into it", what made you choose tea as your profession, in short: why tea and your philosophy. I always enjoy people not only celebrate tea, but their idea about it. Oh, and maybe you do have some book recommendations?! Books about tea must be the second best thing to the goodness itself. :)
+magnanimity Thanks, we will get Don to do a video about his relationship and story with tea! Regarding tea books, we have yet to find one definitive book (if that's possible) and most of the good ones are poorly translated from Chinese. Do you have any favourites? Let's get together a list and we can review!
The advice here on weights contradicts the measures indicated on Mei-Leaf's own tea packets: Don says for Chinese style brewing, use 5-6g per 200ml water Most of the green teas on the Mei-Leaf website say 3-4 g per 100ml (not 200ml) Even the Oolongs are 5-6g per 100ml So what is the correct answer @Don ?
Trying to switch to green tea since I am badly addicted to energy drinks here in the US. I want to watch my kids grow up and I know the energy drinks are a major risk to me at this point. Thank you for your informative video. Is there any green tea that I'd be able to make into a cold brew? I want to take a lot to work with me and drink it cold since I won't have time to heat or brew while im working. Plus it's super hot here 😅
Do you show anywhere which tools, pots, utensils, sifters, kettles.. etc. needed to have complete process from boiling water to taking out the leafs, cups, .. all the dishes? If possible please make such video. I am also looking into Matcha tea prep and to make it practical and simple but gooood. Thanks again. I wish I can give you 10 thumbs Up!
+New Sigmund Freud Hi, thanks for watching and for the 10 thumbs up :) We don't have a video showing all the teaware but that's a good idea so we will try to make one. For matcha we have done a video which might interest you: ruclips.net/video/WgbqUv59l9A/видео.html
I prefer a slightly cooler temperature, more like 65-70 degrees (or 60 for Gyokuro). however, this is likely because I use sencha as opposed to dragonwell (never really developed a taste for dragonwell. I like the fresher taste of sencha).
+Frusciante031 White and green tea is quite close when you talk about how to brew it properly. I drink Bai Mu Dan regularly and I personally prefer to brew it with a temperature around 70 degrees Celsius with an amount of tea as in this video, and with a brewing time a little longer than in this video, maybe up to one minute. I have also tried a smaller amount and brewing time up to almost ten minutes and still there is almost no bitterness. Also try to brew it as mentioned and drink it a bit colder, much happens to the taste, and you can even try it as ice-tea.
note: scientifically, the amount of water to add to drop the water to 80 degreees obivously depends on the tempearture of the water added. My tap water at its coldest is about 15 degrees, making the amount of it that i need to about 25%, taking the really fast temerature exchange in count. Realistically it also depends on how much boiling water you are working with, since less amount of water will go down in temperature more/faster while pouring/being in the kettle
I found this video after I made a cup of green tea with a teabag and boiling water. I then let it steep for 4 minutes as I do with black tea. Very bitter and not nice. I now know where I went wrong. Thank you Mr Mie Leaf, you are clearly an authority on tea making.
the other issue with green tea from a bag is usually what they put in tea bags is the dregs left over from processing the higher end loose leaf teas, or later summer harvests where the leaves are not as tinder and desirable. like he said in the beginning, get good quality leaves. then learn what it takes to get the result you want from them.
Get a water boiler where you can set the temp! Best money I ever spent to make my tea drinking more pleasant.
Got modes for 40, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 degrees. Its neat!
+Atwa Been tempted to get one for myself, but I've heard that a lot of them have the same problem; yes, the kettle will heat water to 80 degrees, but only a certain volume of water. Too much/not enough water and the actual temperature is different from the stated one. Have you experienced that?
+Zoomy Never experienced that, my have a real time display of the temp of the water currently inside, and even just one cup it heats up the right.
Real time display? Seriously, I've been hunting high and low for that, not having that information is one of the things that put me off buying one. What make is it?
+Zoomy Agree that a good quality water boiler is perfect for teaheads but there is varying quality out there (we wish Zojirushi was distributed in the UK). Another alternative is to get a kettle with a temperature display - there are many of them being made and they work perfectly to get the exact temperature.
Yes in China they use the size of bubble - Shrimp Eye, Crab Eye, Fish Eye and Raging torrent for different water temperatures.
using loose leaf green tea is such a game-changing! I start to drink green tea since I was a teen purely to lose weight lol. of course I started with the tea bag and it tastes horrid! very bitter and dark in colour. but I keep drinking for the perseverance of losing weight. then I try loose tea leaf and damn I feel like I have found a whole new world. it tastes very delicate and just how a green tea supposed to taste. I never watch how to brew green tea properly but I watch this just to gain knowledge. somehow after many years, I did it right without any guidance, I'm proud of myself! after a decade I still drink them and no more bitter taste! my friend hates it and she said she has to add sugar 😖
After watching you for a few years I rewatched this and I love how much you’ve evolved in your video techniques 😊
I'm also enjoying watching the older videos and noticing the evolution. 🤓
I've been drinking green tea since I was teenager. I am addicted to it. Can't start my day without my green tea. Thank you for your informative videos!
Seven years later and you're still helping us out. I'm practicing with an Azores green tea I picked up in Portugal. A wonderful game. :)
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I was like 🤨😂😂😂😂
Don Mei & I have similar taste preferences. I subscribe to Meileaf and at worst, have never been disappointed. Expensive yes, i hope the workers get a fair wage, as i appreciate their hard work. 😋 Yummy!
Bang on. Good green tea brewing is very much about finding the right temp for the individual tea leaf. Keep the good videos coming!
+Gord Henry Thanks for watching - more videos are in the pipeline!
Thank you for teaching me how to make green tea i use to make the water boil and use right away
Thank you for your guides to tea brewing, I find yours to be the most effective and informative.
Another, imo huge, parameter of tea brewing is the water itself. Compare filtered/bottled water to tap water... I did once and never brewed with tap water again. It ruins taste and even looks. I think water should be as neutral as possible to be a medium for our good tea.
+energale Absolutely agree. Water is fundamentally important and we will be doing a video on this too.
I was actually thinking the same. Why did he bring that up? That’s a HUGE part in good tea these days.
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I love your love for green tea. Thanks for the info.
Thankyou so much for the help, I brew mine with hot water direct form the kettle and it comes out brown and bitter. Trust me this has been a blessing from God. I have very little to no stomach issues when I drink this. ill continue doing this as I am trusting the process. awesome video.
SO AWESOME!! LOVE HOW YOU GO INTO SO MUCH DETAIL!!
Very good camera and audio work makes well presented and helpful video.
in last 6 months i starts drinking tea, and green tea is one of my favorite. but sometime i can't stand for its bitterness. thank you for guiding me to brew in 80 degrees, and use chinese way which only takes 10 seconds. now my green tea taste so good and even my friends really like it. the taste is not bitter at all. Don May you are the best on these!
Excellent demonstration & rudimentary directions for novice tea drinkers. I will definitely switch from tea bags to loose tea.
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I have a suggestion for a video. The different types of clay for Yixing zisha teapots.
+urpoche Yes this is a good one!
There are videos on it.
Very good information, exactly what is needed. A question though: if I have tea left, how about reheating it on a stove plate? How much of the quality is lost? is what I mean. Thanks!
+Loorangi Thanks for watching and for commenting. You should throw away any tea that is leftover and not consumed within an hour or so. The reason is that the tea oxidises in air and loses health benefits and flavour. You can put leftover tea in a sealed container and refrigerate for a cold tea if you want to but we would never recommend reheating tea.
+chinalife Tea House Ok, great, Thank you.
It makes perfect sense. One way you are over cooking the tea. I’m excited to try this
Sounds good, looking forward to seeing if their is a difference detected on your end.
Best channel about tea culture on YT.
Thank u so much for sharing this..i brew greentea by wrongway! I will use this to brew my green tea..thanks!
Man you are great at explaining these techniques. I can see you are very passionate about it. It comes through in your explanation. Truly wonderful tea videos.
Wow.... thank you so much ... I've a problem with my gums reseeding. I hope the green tea will help with the problem...
Thank you so much for this video! So helpful. Can’t wait to try this at home. Love green tea so it will be fun to see the difference. 💗
I like the video, very informative. For a black tea drinker, my first time to do green tea. I used a lot of tea leaves; so I think I did it the Chines way, and it is a Chinese green tea as the seller told me ....
great video as always.... In Don's world time seems to be flowing a little more slowly than it is usually XD ...that 20s were actually something around 40-45s :)
I love your passion
Could you make a video on preparing different teas for the health benefits, as opposed to for the taste.
Hi Kooli. In terms of maximising the health benefits you should generally brew a tea strong and drink fresh. In other words steep, hot and long and immediately drink. This maximises the extraction of all the health giving properties but will not necessarily produce the tastiest tea.
Mei Leaf Oh okay awesome. Thank for the response!
Very well explained. This is a nice tutorial for all including a beginner like me. I was just confused a little about the brewing time. I though he mentioned that the brewing time for western tea should be 2 min but I also thought I saw him brewing for 20 secs. I'm confused but I'll watch it again. I probably missed something.
Hi. Thanks. My recommendation so all teas like green teas are like matcha (pure match not matcha powder, not match blended w/ other stuff, though this method still won't be able to match pure match in terms of medicinal benefits), if one is not too picky with taste is to just brew the leaf (if it's tea bag, open the back pour it into the cup) as long as possible (the longer the more potent but the more bitter though) and just add some sweetener like pure honey if you like or Stevia (to avoid being a diabetic later in life- which could cause blindness and other complications), eat the leaves with the spoon first (it's bitter but it's not that bad) and then drink the brew.
I use measuring tools all the time including a stop watch. I hope someday, there'll be a high tech cup and bowl that has a temp indicator (analog maybe) and a USB heater to maintain 80 C, 90C for white tea at 1 to 1.5 minutes) that also has a built-in graduation and built-in weighing scale in the cup (could be analog as well), a wind up timer built in too, and it looks like a traditional japanese bowl design.
God bless, Proverbs 31
Wow, thank you so much! A really good video as usual and you've perfectly answered my question ^_^ Thanks to you I now know how to brew green tea (important part of my day). Big thumbs up!
+ShareTheKey Thank you for asking the question!
Thanks for the good video! I think this applies to most green teas, but there seems to be an exception - Longjing. I totally fell in love with Longjing after my trip to China and was astonished to realize that good quality Longjing doesn´t turn bitter if made with boiling water and long brewing time. What´s your take on that? You can get more brews if you use 80-degree water, but I enjoy the stronger taste and falling leaves that I get when I brew it with boiling water.
Thank you for your informative videos about tea! I am becoming a fan of both your teas and your videos! Keep doing it!
I was kept at my toes throughout the video - thanks for being so entertaining yet informative!
I hope that one day you will make a video on the perfect Morocco tea :) gunpowder is such a bitter tea and Moroccans tend to use boiling water which does not help. As per the subject of this video a different water temperature could make a huge difference! thank you!
OK thanks for your suggestion we will add to our lists.
Very helpful, it has changed my tastebuds for green tea!
Thanks for your detail explanation. It's worth listening.
Elegant classy ! Beautiful. Please post more tea master classes! ❤
I've been drinking 3 quarts of iced green tea a day for a few years. I cold brew it at least 6 hours in the refrigerator, never with hot water. Cold brewing doubles the catechins and halves the tannins and caffeine. No bitterness, no Sweetener needed.
Very good to know...i love iced tea so this is right down my alley
I always add honey to green tea. And I love green tea!
hi, I really appreciate your always accurate videos, is there a video on Japanese cast iron teapots, their use, strengths and weaknesses?
thank you very much
Very enjoyable to watch. I am by no means a tea expert - I drink my tea from regular "bags" or whatever they're called. But it would be nice to try tea made like this!
You entire series is excellent. Thank you for sharing you knowledge and experiences with us. I think you made a subtle but also important point toward the end of the video that perhaps you can clarify / expand? We know that people with sensitive GI tracts and inflammatory disorders will benefit from the many compounds in green tea, but apparently some do not tolerate tannins. This video implied toward the end that longer brew times and higher temperatures would be higher tannins, so might another benefit of lower temperature and lower time also be less tannins and thus more suitable for those desiring less tannin but still wanting the health benefits of green tea?
Hi. Yes, brewing hotter and longer will increase tannin content in the tea and we believe that some people cannot tolerate too much tannins. So brewing can be experimented with to enjoy the taste and some of the heaqlth benefits without extracting too many tannic content and we recommend anyone that feels nausea after strong green tea to try to brew cooler and shorter.
Your videos are real eye-openers. Thank you so, so much!
Thanks for watching.
This video addressed many of the questions I was beginning to have and gave me enough information to do additional research. Thank you!
Thanks Amber!
I am just back from Huangshan China. Bought some Mao Feng and Hou GUI. Looking forward to trying them. Also I was in Camden last December. Visited your shop and bought some Duck Shit OOlong. Unfortunately you were not in. From Malaysia. Regards.
I like to infuse at lower temp for the first few infusions. Then do a high temp final infusion to pull out more from the leaf before discarding it.
In Greece we have Madras, a great tea company. They have all kinds of tea (green, black, white, pu-er, oolong, etc.). But what is special about them is that they flavor tea naturally (orange, apple, litchi, lemon, etc.) without adding any chemicals to it. Unique!
This is so good! Such high quality content!
I drink Sencha Organic Green Tea Leaf.. I brew around a tablespoon in one cup of water. Using the strainer from my teapot in the top of the cup. The water has either not boiled yet or has boiled and sat for a minute before brewing. I also had a pinch of honey. I usually brew for 1 to 2 mins max.
I like the taste. I am in it for the health reasons more then taste. I would like to know if you can rebrew the same leaf. If so
how long can it sit without loosing any nutrients before rebrewing.
Thanks. also I enjoyed the video and learned from it. Cheers!!
You can keep reinfusing the same leaf a few times and you can keep them for up to 12 hours if you store them properly: ruclips.net/video/Xfog_jJ9zis/видео.html
Nice video. Green tea is good, but I'm more partial towards black teas rich flavor.
Greetings from China! Did you try to brew same tea second time?
I just got my tea set and your videos are a really helpful starting point, thank you very much for making these!
Really enjoying these videos I'm binge watching you guys right now
+Ian Buchanan Lovely stuff, we love binge watchers!
Here one more. I even rewatch because lots of information and steps to make along the process. Calls for clean cut attention, like a meditation almost. Right?
+Loorangi Haha we didn't think about that but happy that you it draws your attention like a meditation. That is a high compliment indeed so thanks!
Could you make a video explaining the difference and comparing Chinese and Japanese green teas?
Yes we will do this video.
Thanks for the class! :)
I love bitter green tea, I wait small bubbles and brew for 10 min+
Do u know what tempeture is the best to have the most Vitamin C? As it loses with heat..
The more bitter the more polyphenols? Thanks!
You have to be a real tea lover because that is a lot of work just to get a drink of tea.
Love the videos, they have all taught me a lot and am excited every time I receive my order. One question, at my work we are told not to pour hot water over tea leafs because it can burn the tea. This surely isn't true? We use Canton tea company, teas like dragonwell green, gunpowder.. etc. Temperature of the water ranging from 69degrees - 95 degrees depending on the tea. Can you tell me if this is myth?
The leaves are not actually burning but hotter water extracts a different balance of compounds (which may taste more bitter for green tea).
Glad to see your based in London, i might actually be able to visit you guys! just getting into tea and i might buy from your online store as it all seems like very high quality stuff :) thanks for the videos
After watching many of your videos I noticed something: you never use a pot with a removable infuser but two separate mugs/pots (in one you infuse the tea and them pour into the other)
Is it more convenient? And, since the infusion doesn't take long - does the material of the infuser matters?
Cheers.
First minute is a disclaimer saying everyone makes tea different and that this video is a good starting point
I want to brew Green tea loose leaves for pure Health benefits ..do you have a video explaining how to do properly with a glass teapot ?
This was excellent and really informative, thanks
Such a nice and useful video. Thanks very much. I usually made fruit green tea such as orange green tea, lemon green tea. Can you tell me which is the best brewing time if I use the green tea for making fruit green tea?
Thanks dude, you’re the best!
I appreciate the very in depth break down! Thank you!
I'm sure in one of your videos you stated the content of caffeine in descending order most to least is white, yellow, green and black (unsure if you commented on PuErh). that the caffeine directly correlates with the amount of processing. When I search I get different info from different sources. what you stated makes sense to me coming from a coffee background. the longer one roasts coffee the less caffeine because it leaches out with the oils that exit the bean through expansion, etc.
+Tonya Randy dos Santos Caffeine in tea is quite complex because it depends on which leaves are chosen (young leaves have the highest caffeine), when they were picked and how they were processed. So some black tea does have higher caffeine than green tea but as a generalisation the caffeine rating from high to low is: GREEN, RAW PUERH, YELLOW, BLACK, COOKED PUERH, WHITE, OOLONG.
+chinalife Tea House Thank you. That's very helpful.
Wonderful class Professor Tea Leaf! Thks!
I like to start lower temp. especially for Japanese teas
Very educational. Love your videos, thank you for the effort!
+Veronika K Thank you!
thanks, you are very thorough in your explanation . what I have learned is 80 c for 20 seconds is the ideal for aroma extraction. Is this applicable for tea ball infusion ? Should I then infuse it longer with tea ball (put it back in) to extract thus benefit from catechin, and the time now is depending on our liking.
Thank you so much agood video for various teas
nice video, do i need to rinse black darjeeling tea? thank you.
From a health perspective, it would be interesting to have tests run on all the various tea groups .. Green, Black and Peur and get a few different ranges of beneficial or otherwise natural constitutes, how they are effected by times and temps. Im interested in the Peur Groups more than other since they tout the widest range of health benifits.
Western style: 2g to 300ml. 1.5-2 mins brew. Chinese style 5-6gr to 200ml. 5-10 seconds
Really enjoyed this video as it was well explained and I agree that this is a really important point to make with the heat of the water !
I was bored with this high quality organic Japanese green tea I had, I thought it was a waste of money but nonetheless glad to try. Today, I ignored the "steep for 1-2 mins" on the label and it was much tastier! I think now I get the love for green tea (generally). You can't expect a bold, punchy, and bitter black tea mood, it's much more mellow and calm and bright.
One question please: I brew green tea with HOT water for 5 min and it's become dark green and bitter but it's not butter me because I add goji bears, The question is Longer brew make it more healthy?
Yours videos are awesome, very informative and interesting. I always loved tea, but today I went out and bought the kung fu tea set and tried it... OMG I LOOOVE the whole experience. Thank you, Lots of love from Dubai
+Beauty Artista brewing Gong Fu style adds so much flavour, enjoyment and craft to tea drinking. We are so happy that you are going Gong Fu!
I am delighted to have found this channel! I found it by accident when I was looking at whether or not I might be able to make iced tea using green tea, and if so, whether it should be hot (let's say 80 degrees C) or cold brewed. This heatwave we're having just made me think about having my green tea cold instead of hot. Your thoughts on this would be most appreciated - and maybe that's a subject for a video one day? (You may already have done it - I have yet to go through your back catalogue, but I've subscribed so I will keep an eye on the channel in the months to come.)
you can certainly brew green tea cold. especially the Japanese varieties. Similar to cold brew coffee, it can take several hours vs the 20 seconds or so for hot brew. You may need to try several experiment to find the right flavor balance for your taste.
Don't mind bitterness, is it healthier longer brew with just boiled hot water? Thanks
great videos, thanks for the info!
Great vid! I'm interesting if water temperature and brewing time affect the amount of theine in tea? Thanks
Very interesting video and I have learnt to make tea properly!
Excellent video, thank you! I would be very interested in your personal relationship with tea, how did you get "into it", what made you choose tea as your profession, in short: why tea and your philosophy. I always enjoy people not only celebrate tea, but their idea about it. Oh, and maybe you do have some book recommendations?! Books about tea must be the second best thing to the goodness itself. :)
+magnanimity Thanks, we will get Don to do a video about his relationship and story with tea! Regarding tea books, we have yet to find one definitive book (if that's possible) and most of the good ones are poorly translated from Chinese. Do you have any favourites? Let's get together a list and we can review!
What i get from that is the hotter brew extracted more catechins. The tea with the lower temp might taste better but it is not better for you..
Unbelievable, this vid is great! Now I realized the differences in preparations and all the mistakes I was making! Thanks a bunch!
Superb knowledge sir
Wonderful video! I really enjoyed watching.
The advice here on weights contradicts the measures indicated on Mei-Leaf's own tea packets:
Don says for Chinese style brewing, use 5-6g per 200ml water
Most of the green teas on the Mei-Leaf website say 3-4 g per 100ml (not 200ml)
Even the Oolongs are 5-6g per 100ml
So what is the correct answer @Don ?
My cardiologist suggested i start drinking green tea to aide in weight loss. How often a day should i drink a cup?
Hands down the most valuable video in that matter. Thank You!
Trying to switch to green tea since I am badly addicted to energy drinks here in the US. I want to watch my kids grow up and I know the energy drinks are a major risk to me at this point. Thank you for your informative video. Is there any green tea that I'd be able to make into a cold brew? I want to take a lot to work with me and drink it cold since I won't have time to heat or brew while im working. Plus it's super hot here 😅
Do you show anywhere which tools, pots, utensils, sifters, kettles.. etc. needed to have complete process from boiling water to taking out the leafs, cups, .. all the dishes? If possible please make such video. I am also looking into Matcha tea prep and to make it practical and simple but gooood. Thanks again. I wish I can give you 10 thumbs Up!
+New Sigmund Freud Hi, thanks for watching and for the 10 thumbs up :) We don't have a video showing all the teaware but that's a good idea so we will try to make one. For matcha we have done a video which might interest you: ruclips.net/video/WgbqUv59l9A/видео.html
I prefer a slightly cooler temperature, more like 65-70 degrees (or 60 for Gyokuro). however, this is likely because I use sencha as opposed to dragonwell (never really developed a taste for dragonwell. I like the fresher taste of sencha).
Yes these lower temperatures are more suited to Japanese steamed and broken green tea.
Could you make a "How to Brew White Tea Properly"?
I'm interested in the best way to brew Pai-Mu-Tan/Bai Mudan.
+Frusciante031 Thanks, added to our video list so keep watching!
+Frusciante031 White and green tea is quite close when you talk about how to brew it properly. I drink Bai Mu Dan regularly and I personally prefer to brew it with a temperature around 70 degrees Celsius with an amount of tea
as in this video, and with a brewing time a little longer than in this video, maybe up to one minute.
I have also tried a smaller amount and brewing time up to almost ten minutes and still there is almost no
bitterness.
Also try to brew it as mentioned and drink it a bit colder, much happens to the taste, and you can even try it as ice-tea.
+zocker bit Thank you for advice. I will try ice-tea definitely.
note: scientifically, the amount of water to add to drop the water to 80 degreees obivously depends on the tempearture of the water added. My tap water at its coldest is about 15 degrees, making the amount of it that i need to about 25%, taking the really fast temerature exchange in count. Realistically it also depends on how much boiling water you are working with, since less amount of water will go down in temperature more/faster while pouring/being in the kettle
Dear Don, do you do any videos on Darjeeling tea? I just love Darjeeling and will be benefited from your wisdom on it