How to Brew Green Tea Properly
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- Опубликовано: 10 янв 2016
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Learn how temperature makes a HUGE difference when brewing Green Tea. For all the Fahrenheit heads out there, 80 degrees celsius is 176 fahrenheit and 95 is 203.
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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.
“Like a new potato” I love him
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!
I was kept at my toes throughout the video - thanks for being so entertaining yet informative!
SO AWESOME!! LOVE HOW YOU GO INTO SO MUCH DETAIL!!
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 appreciate the very in depth break down! Thank you!
Thank you for your informative videos about tea! I am becoming a fan of both your teas and your videos! Keep doing it!
I just got my tea set and your videos are a really helpful starting point, thank you very much for making these!
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 love your love for green tea. Thanks for the info.
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. :)
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!
This is so good! Such high quality content!
Hands down the most valuable video in that matter. Thank You!
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!
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.
Your videos are real eye-openers. Thank you so, so much!
Thanks for watching.
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 !
stumbled on your channel. soo informative! love it. subscribed 😊
Wonderful video! I really enjoyed watching.
Wow amazing ,complicated, head scratching video . Well ok I did learn a lot so thank you 👍🏽
Very helpful, it has changed my tastebuds 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
Thanks for your detail explanation. It's worth listening.
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Fascinating and informative! Thank you!
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.
Very educational. Love your videos, thank you for the effort!
+Veronika K Thank you!
Unbelievable, this vid is great! Now I realized the differences in preparations and all the mistakes I was making! Thanks a bunch!
Wonderful class Professor Tea Leaf! Thks!
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 good camera and audio work makes well presented and helpful video.
Love it how he goes to so much details. 👌👌👌
Very informative-----!
Thank you, Don!
Wonderful information, thank you so much!!
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 😖
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!
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This was excellent and really informative, thanks
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!
Elegant classy ! Beautiful. Please post more tea master classes! ❤
very informative. thank you
Thanks dude, you’re the best!
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.
Wow.... thank you so much ... I've a problem with my gums reseeding. I hope the green tea will help with the problem...
Excellent demonstration & rudimentary directions for novice tea drinkers. I will definitely switch from tea bags to loose tea.
Very interesting video and I have learnt to make tea properly!
great videos, thanks for the info!
Keep up the good work! loving your work!
+MrTombiga Thank you! :)
Thank u so much for sharing this..i brew greentea by wrongway! I will use this to brew my green tea..thanks!
I love your passion
Thank you for teaching me how to make green tea i use to make the water boil and use right away
thank you for sharing tea knowledge,its really amazing
Thanks Roy!
I see you already answer these questions in a video.
That I am watching now, thanks. Cheers!
Ah ok!
Thank you, I enjoyed your video.
So interesting! Thank you :)
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!
Very nice. Subscribed.
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Thank you so much agood video for various teas
Sounds good, looking forward to seeing if their is a difference detected on your end.
It makes perfect sense. One way you are over cooking the tea. I’m excited to try this
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 :)
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.
Best channel about tea culture on YT.
Superb knowledge sir
Great Information. Thank you
Excelent video!
Very nice video, you convinced me to subscribe. Well done sir!
Welcome!
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!
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?
Nice explanation! I suscribe
Welcome!
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.
Brilliant video... keep it up
I loved the new video and I really don't know much about pu erh teas and how to find good pu erh maybe you can make a video on it
+Kaydens Magic We have a video about PuErh production if you are interested: ruclips.net/video/d2BekCvAZqM/видео.html
We will be making more about PuErh brewing!
Very informative video. I subscribed!
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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.
Greetings from Hungary!!! Great videos!!!
Love Hungary! Great food, great people and a rich history. Szia!
Great video 👏👏👏 I miss Imperial Green and Dragon Pearl tea
Good info! Subscribed!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
Hello! Loved this video (and more from your channel). It answered most of the questions I had about green tea brewing.
Just had one question - so when I have leaf tea, I enjoy it so much I tend to top up the water in the pot and brew it several times till it gets almost clear. Throwing away the tea leaves seem to be a waste, but then my Chinese friend said it may be bad for health to drink tea that has been brewed multiple times.
How many brews do you normally make with one portion? Thanks!!
Brew it! Superstitious! Lol
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!
Hi, can you please make a video about Kukicha? Is it higher in l-theanine than others green tea? Thanks a lot, keep the good work =)
Wonderful.thank you
Dear Don, do you do any videos on Darjeeling tea? I just love Darjeeling and will be benefited from your wisdom on it
Great vid! I'm interesting if water temperature and brewing time affect the amount of theine in tea? Thanks
Thank you!!!
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.
Thank you so much! 🍵
Great video
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 ....
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.
nice video, do i need to rinse black darjeeling tea? thank you.
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).
Nice Videos thanks! One thing you could add is the quality of the water (filtered or spring), which makes in my opinion also a big difference. What is about japanese green tea. I always drink sencha, which i brew 3 times on 70-80° for 2 minutes(1. brew 70/2. 80/3. 80) and its really good like this. i just heard of the gong fu brewing method (and directly ordered a Filter Tea Pot) but only in connection with chinese green tea.
Yes water is super important and something that we should do a video on. The japanese method of low temp for long works very well with Japanese green and can work for Chinese delicate greens and whites too.