Is Loose Leaf Tea Better? Loose Leaf Green Tea vs Tea Bags
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Is loose leaf tea better than tea bags? In this video, we are going to be comparing loose leaf green tea to tea bags to see why is loose leaf tea better when it comes to health benefits, sustainability and more. We'll also compare the flavor of loose leaf green tea and tea bags to see why does loose leaf tea taste better.
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0:00 Introduction
00:26 Benefits of Loose Leaf Green Tea
00:50 Teabags Contain Lower Quality Tea
01:13 Teabags are Bad for Brewing
01:40 Teabags Aren't Cheaper
02:14 The Benefits of Loose Leaf Green Tea
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This video sends the wrong message that brown colored tea is bad while green is good quality. They are two different type with their own features. Also not all green tea is colored green.
Nah, you got it wrong...
I think you got the wrong message if I’m honest lol
@@mrmunna9072 nah. The creator is clearly comparing to different types of tea. And the darker ones (teabags cuz they're usually gunpowder types) are shown as the lesser one. So people are going to think that their color represents quality.
It would have 100% been a better video if he had used both black tea or both green, but I think we can all agree. Bagless is best ♥
You are correct imo. Recently I made a green tea but the color is not so green. Just today I bought Oi Ocha green tea in a teabag and the color is absolutely beautiful green.
I have brewed tons of loose leaf tea and now I just eat them and drink plenty of hot water to let them brew inside my stomach.
Im glad you like eating them! This way the tea isn't wasted
@@Nioteas :skull:
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As a frugal person, tea is one of those few items where I actually splurge, so worth it!
yes it really is!
This is wonderful - thank you
0:58 This is an eyeopener. Thanks bro.
you're very welcome!
Need to go purchase, thanks for sharing
Brilliant explanation…what I assumed but good to know.. cheers!
My issue is still the same, I adore tea a lot but it's painfully expensive to purchase loose leaf tea.
I was figuring on the cost as well but this tea is quite fair and zero bitter taste
Organic Gunpowder Green Loose Leaf Tea | Brew 200 Cups | 16oz/453g Resealable Kraft Bag | by FGO www.amazon.com/dp/B07XM9GYYS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_QP23SMFNCP3TCQYNX3VV?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
@@asmru6982 I'm a bit new to green tea. I started drinking NUMI gunpowder in bags and just jumped to their 1lb loose leaf. Have you tried NUMI? I'd like to try the one you have here.
You should plant your own... I don't know how it works in other countries, but here in Guatemala it's pretty easy to ultimately grow every tea flavour yourself.
Loose tea is cheaper..and better quality.. atleast here in india
@@r3sherakoraman where i live a small bag of loose tea cost's like 20€
what tea is that beautiful green one, please?
This is the best tea video I've found. I've been looking for good green tea, but all I get is yellow, orange, or brown tea. I want tea that comes out green. I've tried match but I don't really love the flavor. I'd love to know where to get the teapot you use.
I'm so glad you like the video! We'll send you a free kyusu teapot when you sign up for the monthly tea club at nioteas.com
Then your best bet would be steamed (usually Japanese) green teas. Maybe gyokuro or sencha.
I've had this one: meileaf.com/tea/fukamushi-saeakari-sencha/ (not affiliated)
And it really has a deep olive green colour to it when brewed. Very savory and thick feel.
Most Chinese teas are pan fired at the kill-green process (the step in the tea processing which deactivates the oxidase enzyme), while most Japanese teas are steamed.
That's the main reason why most non-Japanese green teas come out in yellow tones.
Also, some oxidation can always happen during the processing, especially with cheaper teas & tea bag teas that have large surface area. (due to all the small particles, fragments, instead of whole leaves)
Which could cause a more amber-orange colour.
Also, because of the steaming of most Japanese teas,
not alone do they look greener (also due to the shading many Japanese teas go through),
they break up a little more (nothing like tea bag dust though),
so Japanese teas in general are 'thicker' and 'cloudier', because more leaf material gets into the tea (making it even more green), while Chinese green teas tend to have a clearer liquor/tea.
I prefer Chinese green teas due to their higher notes, mostly floral aromas of orchids, jasmine (and no, the actual tea, not just the scented varieties that actually use jasmine), etc. And their sweetness and notes of light fruits. (in comparison to the typical stone fruits like plums & apricots more commonly found in black & oolong teas)
Japanese green teas to me - although I like the thickness, the mouthfeel - are mostly savory/umami (partially due to the higher l-theanine concentrations, because of the shading) with some sea breeze notes.
Also nice, but less complexity then Chinese green teas imho. Not so much of a bouquet.
A relatively common Chinese green tea definitely worth trying some day is longjing, flowery & nutty. mmm
And tieguanyin is an oolong that quite commonly is less oxidized, so verging closer to green teas. Also definitely woth a try if you can get your hands on some one day.
And sheng pu'ers, but they are a world on their own though. They can even give you psychedelic-like ('cha zui'/'cha qi') effects. Not just the caffeine, that's for sure.
They can have sweet notes, fruits like bananas & strawberries & muscatel, etc. Pretty wild. (But also quite pricey.)
They come from tea trees hundreds of years old, growing semi-wild.
Not the average commodity tea bush you see in the videos & pictures.
@@Nioteas such a great video! Thank you for this!
@@shaynajones4493 thank you so much! Im glad you like it
I agree with what you said. The only thing different from him is I want a container that holds a pint of tea to then pour into my pint glass. haha
Thank you for the video. Do you have any suggestions or links for the tea brewer's in the video?
you can get the teapot for free on our website nioteas.com when you order either the monthly tea club or the mega sampler with free teapot!
@@Nioteas is this deal still available? I can't find the mega pack your talking about. I want to get into these teas.
Excellent video! Thank you Sir!
thank you so much for watching!
@@Nioteas Your very welcome! Cheers!
Hi! Any recommendations for brewing Jun kombucha which utilizes green tea?
Thanks for commenting! Unfortunately we really don't know anything about Kombucha but would love to learn
Hi, awesome video. What teapot would work best for chai tea?
I would say go for porcelain or something glazed so it doesn't season the teapot with all the spices
im new tea, do you know any trpes of tea that taste good fo beginners?
What if I just put the tea leafs in hot water and drink the tea and tea leafs
Give us a link where to buy legit green tea pls
Wow makes me want to brew tea with lose leafs
yes you should try it! It's a whole new world
I'm addicted to Bigelow green tea right now. I drink 3 8oz cups a day.
I would like to give my taste palette an amazing experience in complexity in flavor and give my mouth and mind happiness I can be hooked on
...I understand that freshness and harvest has alot to do with it. So in your opinion what brand right now in the US would you recommend for me?
it is difficult to get good green tea in the U.S, that's one of the reasons we started Nio! We travel around Japan to find the best organically grown green tea and ship it to the E.U and the U.S for free. All the teas we mention in the videos can be found on our website and you can find information on which farm they are grown on and who produces them
What about self filling compostable tea bags? I’ve been loving putting my loose leaf in and then composting the full tea bag
Yes we have a video about making your own teabags
link?@@Nioteas
Ty for that .New sub here.gave thumbs up too.💛😋
thank you!
What kind of tea pots are you using?
Kyusu teapot
Where did you get that tea pot?
you can get the teapots at Nioteas.com we even give them for free with certain orders
While I completely agree about the better quality and health benefits of loose tea, sometimes a tea bag is more convenient. Especially if you want a quick cup of black tea + milk in the morning and don't have much time.
Since you can steep quality tea leaves more than once I always do that or it'd be a waste, some teas I even use up to 4-5 times a day. Which ends up with me drinking too much tea. Sadly I have caffeine sensitivity so I end up unable to sleep.
Loose tea is definitely a good choice when you have time and want to savour it, especially for green tea. Green tea in tea bags is very low quality, the taste is incomparable to loose leaves. But for black tea I really don't mind tea bags, the milk always softens it up and makes it good enough.
Thanks for this! You are right, they can be convenient. Thats why I actually pack my own teabags (filled with premium loose leaf tea) to take it on trips! You can then make great tasting green tea in seconds wherever you go. I hope that helps :)
Well if you're adding milk to tea there's your problem
I need to know the black infuser that you have!
you mean the black tea? You can find it on our website: nioteas.com/collections/japanese-teaware-and-japanese-tea-accessories
Wow i never knew that about tea bags. Will definitely start making loose leaf tea. But where do you get the leaves from to make looseleaf tea
you can get everything from our website nioteas.com. We are having a great sale going on for the summer time: nioteas.com/collections/summer-sales
Where can you buy good quality tea leafs or which brands would you recommend?
you can get them from us! We get all our loose leaf tea from the farmers directly
This is a first, going to have to try it, and the tea bags leaves a aftertaste I don't like which has that papery taste to it.
yes exactly! Some teabags are worse than others but they all inevitably have this papery taste
how big is the difference in taste, would a tea "casual" notice or is it very subtle?
Oh you'd notice it alright. I made a teapot of good quality flavoured green tea to my cousins and aunt, and they were all charmed. They all commented about how aromatic and soft it is. Not bitter like they were used to.
Where do I get those glass cups ?👀👀
we get them from Bodum and the teapots you can find on our website
What is the different between cold green tee and hot green tee
when you brew the tea cold the extraction is different so you actually end up with a smoother and sweeter tea. If you want to try it, our best tea for cold brew is this one: nioteas.com/products/sencha-shizuku-matcha-powder
Is it still true that the tea dust in tea bags is excess tbyproduct? I don't see how this can be true anymore when 90% of tea is sold as bags. I bet tons of loose leaf tea is powdered to be sold in bags from the start.
It isn't. Many manufacturers bullshit customers by saying such things but if tea bags are the product of loose leaf throwaways then you'd have to produce a disproportionately giant mountain of loose leaf to supply. Tea bag tea is specifically picked tea processed in a completely different manner, so much so it would be virtually impossible to produce as a by product of loose leaf tea.
@@elmodiddly That is exactly what I was thinking. Do you know how to back that up at all. I want to fight people on reddit with that info.
Awesome 👏
Can this be done with black loose leaf tea?
yes there are some black loose leaf teas that are amazing!
i boil the tea leaves directly from the tree to boiling water, its fresh. or is it wrong?
if you like it you can try! normally they need to be dried from 70% moisture to around 4-7% in order to infuse properly
Compost my tea heck yea 😊
yes you can try it!
Can I put all my opened tea bags in a jar? Then make tea in my french press?
You're still drinking rubbish, leftover tea leaves though...
@@elmohead yes. Duh on me. I'm going to order loose green tea today!!!
My grandmother actually used stainless steel tea balls. I'll be buying one of those too!!
@@Adeline9418 don't even bother with the steel balls. Hot water + tea leaves in a clay pot. Simple is best! If you want to see why cramming tea leaves in steel balls is a bad idea, just watch this video:
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You need space for the leaves to expand.
I enjoy tea in bags but I'm going to buy loose herbal tea and try something new for more freshness and quality 🍵sip...sip
yes try loose leaf tea and compare it to the teabag
When your tea looks yellow, it's not green tea, it's yellow tea
there is actually a type of tea called yellow tea and it's an entirely different category! If you want to learn more about green tea, you can get our ebook for free which contains 100 pages on all the best information we’ve learned during our travels around Japan. You can get it here: nioteas.com/pages/ebook-discount-code
But where can I get a glass cup like that?!
you can get it from Bodum
What if you just remove the tea from the bag and use it in your pot along with some lose leaf? It would then give it plenty of space to expand making a some what better tea right?
yes this would solve one problem but also the leaves used in teabags tend to be very low quality
Yes but wouldn't expending the space make for a somewhat better tea?
There's actually some good quality tea in bags, but usually it's premium brands. They don't come in the usual bags, but in pyramid shaped ones so the leaves can expands better.
Where do I get this tea pot that you’re using in the video????
you can get a free kyusu teapot when you sign up for the monthly tea club: nioteas.com/products/monthly-tea-club-with-free-red-kyusu
Tea bags are now being shown to contain some elements that may not be healthy
The only time I wished I have a credit card but noo lebanon has to be the worst country for that, if only your website accepts paying cash at the order
Are coffee bags unhealthy as well?
Yeee
Teabags are just more practical. I can make whole leaf tea at home but much hassle when Im at the work and such.
yes I understand. One thing we do when we travel is pack silk teabags full of loose leaf tea so we dont need to bring any teaware. The bag itself is bearable but the terrible tea inside teabags is not haha
Those are two different types of tea, the one that is brown in colour is a Chinese green tea and the vibrant green colour tea is a Japanese Sencha green tea.
that's not true, Chinese green teas are usually yellow in color and are still good. Low quality teabag teas are orange or brown
@@Nioteas maybe good Chinese tea looks yellow but never THAT green. So I said those were two different tea varieties. But I do believe loose tea tastes much better than tea bags brewed teas. Tea bags also have to be glued to seal the leafs in the bags which can leach into our teas and is not good for health.
Okay I see your point, I thought you were saying that all Chinese teas are bad or that all Japanese green teas are green. I think we agree!
I drink 7-8 cups of tea every day. But I really hate tea bags and very rarely use them. I always brew my tea and enjoy it.
Yes this is a smart move! Have you tried any of our teas yet?
@@Nioteas No I haven't tried your teas. I live in the Netherlands. I am not sure if it is available here.
@@mehdisoozande8768 we can ship for free to the EU without customs fees: nioteas.com
Ha, funnily this is why I don't use loose tea leaves often. When I do use loose tea I drink too many cups. Since it can be steeped more than once I feel bad throwing away the leaves after just one brewing.
@@MicukoFelton I brew some tea leaves in a teapot which is enough for me for around 2 hours, I keep it on a candle warmer and drink. Once It is done, I make a new teapot and continue till evening.
You actually save alot of money on a per cup bases if you buy your tea in cake form. And alot better quality
yes I agree! It's not as expensive as people think, even with the premium stuff
The thing that makes me laugh, is, the tea bag stuff is the trash left over from sorting the better quality leaf.
It's a slight of hand IMO.
yes exactly! Also it is easier to hide low quality leaves when they are in a bag
Warm water and 1
Minute of steeping?
yes! This is enough for most Japanese green teas
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thank you!
Why You Should Use Loose Leaf Tea Instead of Teabags 0943am 1.7.22 loose tea sinks ships!! it is nicer, though, to use loose tea as opposed tea bags and... and, provided you have decent water supply - which i dont - tastes far superior. depends which tea provider you use... a bigger leaf as opposed to some company which has merely tipped the loose leaves which were destined for a bag into a box seems to be the key. ironic that i have yanks telling me how to brew a decent cup.
tea bags also have nano plastics and when heated are very dangerous
yes that makes sense
Also, always let teabags or leaf tea for at least 5mins. 1min is just too fast.
okay next time we will try this
tea bags are "one of the most common" ummm...be honest. Most common method.
Bro is comparing the highest grade loose leaf tea with some shitty bagged tea. Thats gyokuro tea or something which costs a pretty penny
He was being too kind. Tea bags aren't even tea.
We've never been accused of being too kind to teabags before haha
Could you recommend me some good green tea? I use Tie Guan yin and they last about 3 times max before losing flavour
@@raulstl2891 I would go for the fukamushi yamaga to start with, this is one of our most popular teas and it has a ton of flavor
Tea from a tea bag is just nasty.
I agree!
Dude, you're manipulating.
It's not brewing which is time-consuming. You need to CLEAN the pot, before you're making next tea. You just hidden it from equasion.
People use tea bags, because they just throw them out, and dont have to wash whole pot from tea leaves , which is uncomfortable. Also, you need to make dirty two piece of dishes... one pot, and one cup.
Just don't manipulate. :)
Personally we just swish out the leaves after each use of the teapot, its actually not meant to be "washed"
@@Nioteas Im using teabags, and from time to time , whole leaves. It's so much easier with bags. I just hate those leaves. Cause I need to dispatch them. Where will I dispatch them? Yes, I need to make messy stuff, into the bin. But cannoit do it in my room, because i dont want to throw "food" into my room bin. Because I throw there only "non food" stuff, so I dont have to throw it out regulary, everyday. most of the stuff there is paper, etc.
With teabags, I can make tea directly in my room. Dont have to go to kitchen (in my case, I need to go through stairs, it's one level up). I have there kettle in room. I just pour water there, and pour it on cup with tea bag. Then, after I drink it, I just put teabag into place, and it will dry out. I cannot do it with leaves, cause it needs to be washed.
Or I need to use second pot. I cannot do it with pot, without water, because I make my fingers and palms dirty, and have to go wash them out after. also, it's difficult to wash the pot properly from leaves.
Also, after I drink tea, I need to dispatch leaves immidately. Otherwise, they start to ferment. And then , taste is bad. I need to wash the pot.
Tea bag is already away, when I start to drink tea. So it's easy. Much easier.
And when I drink 1-2 cups of tea, wow it would be so much work with tea leaves... but almost no work with tea bags.
Iroh @iroh is this right