"NEVER brew green tea in an IRON kettle" - The Story of My First Japanese tea
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- It's almost already 16 years ago since I drank my first Japanese green tea. When I was young I had no clue how to properly brew it and what it was supposed to taste like. In this episode I relive my young naive times.
** Explicit content ahead ** Don't try this at home ***
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most of consumer iron teapots are enameled from the inside, so the iron wont come into contact withe tea at all, but also you cannot heat them up. iron kettle is for boiling water and pouring the water only, teapots are for brewing teas, those just look alot like kettles. great video and explanation! thx!
I started laughing the moment I saw you laugh because it said it all!!! Lesson learned ... and I am glad you share it with us.
I would have never guessed this would happen! Just got an iron pot and I’m thankful it’s enameled since green tea/jasmine is my favorite. Great video, you’re hilarious thanks for sharing.
Things are more complex. The iron kettle should be seasoned. Typically that is done by boiling hard water repeatedly so it has a protective layer of calcium carbonate. That layer will prevent oxidization of the iron, and corruption of the tea. Also, if there was any oxidization of the iron, one would boil black tea leaves in the kettle for a long time and that would generally reduce the oxide. It is not correct to say that kettles are only to boil water, even though that is a frequent use. It is entirely possible to make tea in cast iron kettles if one follows the proper process.
Although it could be possible to make tea in an iron kettle, why would you want to? There are much better applications around such as clay tea pots etc.
Wonderful, Love it. With age comes wisdom, It amazing how naive we are when we are young. Thank you for sharing.
Every day is a new opportunity to learn something new and improve who we are and what we do in this world.
😂😂😂 so funny!!! Thank you Tyas for this very useful tip!
And now I am looking at a similar teapot on my shelf, nodding and knowing why I didn’t enjoy green tea all those years ago.
So funny to see that you can relate!
With each mistake we learn something new that will improve our practice or approach!
There were so many mistakes when it comes to me and green tea. Most greens sold here have such incorrect brewing temperatures. 90 degrees, four minutes. And yes, I did use THAT pot. Luckily not anymore.
The story alone would have been a good video but you braved the oxidised brew to inspire us further, well done! Perhaps it was 17 years ago I got my first green tea, loose leaf, and entirely unprepared I dumped some into a cup, poured on the scalding water, and attempted to drink the unstrained potion with dignity. This tea thing, everyone should try it, I said. But live and learn indeed!
the sorcerer supreme is brewing sencha ... i wish Doctor Strange can join too lol i didn't know that the iron does this great video!
I had a similiar experience when I first started with loose leaf tea. An enameled cast iron tea pot with an incredibly small brewing basket and high capacity for liquid. Every brew tasted exactly like warm or hot water. Great for decoration, not so much for tea!
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
We made that mistake and wondered why the tea tasted so awful. Thank you for making this video. I will take better care of my iron kettle and will not brew green tea in it.❤
Do you advise using the Kettle as a hot water holder and then you can pour it into your Kyusu to brew?
Yes, an iron kettle is great to boil your water, but not to brew your tea in.
Lol thank you, your video answered the question I have spent days trying to answer! Now I know why NOT to brew tea directly in an iron kettle! Question, do you happen to know where I can buy an authentic uncoated iron kettle online? They are so hard to find. God bless!
Please contact us directly at The Tea Crane. We can help you with sourcing authentic wares for the tea ceremony directly from the source in Japan.
Is the oxidation the same reason why? ... when i brew green tea in a porcelain teapot. I remove the strainer and poor my first cup. After an half hour I poor my second cup and it is darker and tastes differently than the first cup. Even when I stir the tea before the first cup.
This is the result of plain oxidation of the liquor after it has been brewed. The liquor comes in contact with air, which causes the brew to oxidize if it is exposed too long. With the iron in the kettle and additional cause for oxidation is added and the oxidation happens sooner.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on... Oh, wait! 😂
do the japanese smoke pall malls?
I have seen pretty heavy tobacco around though.
How do you seasoned the inside?
This kettle has been with me for over 16 years already. In the beginning I made tea in it. Now I only use it to boil water.
Thanks for sharing. I did laugh quite a lot at your expense; sorry. Excellent video for beginners!
Thank you! Glad you got a laugh out of it!
So... how DO you brew Japanese tea?
For that I have other videos! Have a look at them on my channel.
So what am I supposed to brew my tea in?
A kyusu would be a good start!
@@theteacrane Excellent! Are there any cast iron kettles that can be used? I just love that look
@@IamColt13 no, those are meant for boiling water primarily. Although recent versions have come out with an enameled interior so that the iron can’t affect the tea when used for making tea. They are however more popularly in use in the west for their Eastern appeal and are hardly ever seen used in Asian countries.
@@theteacrane Thats funny, exactly why I want one because they "look and feel" cool! Thank you for the insight!
Drink green tea all the time in an iron kettle
Nobody told you that they put toilet water in there when you weren't looking ?!
How about other metals?
What about other metals?
@@theteacrane Any metal kettle's are good?
hehe
OK, je ne suis pas là seule à qui s'est arrivé 😋/OK, I'm not here alone to what happened.
So funny that you share this experience!
Cast iron needs to be seasoned lol
And we are in the process of it 🙃🙏🏻
😂😂😂
Whelp at least you get your Iron intake lol 😂
There’s a difference between an iron “teapot” and an iron “kettle” and it looks like you are using the “teapot”.
The iwachu website says (when translated) don’t boil water in the teapot.
The iwachu kettles and teapots look very similar but are different . The kettle is pure iron, unlined. And the teapots are lined with something which is why that water was black.
Also I think when you first purchase one you’re meant to keep boiling water and discarding it until it runs clear, before using it for drinking .
I could be wrong, trying hard to find all the correct info before making a kettle purchase .
What I am using is a kettle.
It is pure unlined iron on the inside.
The teapots are enameled on the inside to prevent the iron from getting in contact with the tea. And so it makes it safe to brew tea in them.
But you can’t brew tea in the non-enameled iron kettles because the interaction between the iron and the catechines in your tea will make it black.
Damn that look like torture
Reliving the memory was certainly not so pleasant, but the lessons learned from this experience are gold!
"Don't try this at home."
"Make the mistakes so you can learn."
I dunno, I'm getting conflicting messages here.
You’re welcome to pick the one that works for you.
I made the mistake and share it so you don’t have to. But everyone is different, so what you do is ultimately up to you 🙏🏻😇
Weebs are jealous of this guy
you drank iron
To avoid that I had to spit it out.
Not foolish Tyas, just not so well informed
A kettle is never for brewing; only boiling. Clickbait. A kettle is not a teapot. Clickbait.
That’s exactly the point of this video. To inform people that it isn’t for brewing, through sharing a personal experience so that other don’t have to suffer the same mistake 🙏🏻
...what was the point of this video? You didn't cover how to do anything or what not to do. You didn't teach anything at all EXCEPT why the tea turns black, that's it.
Just to share my first experience with green tea and how I failed blatantly at brewing it properly. This to show that everyone starts at the bottom and that the fun is really just in starting the journey and going the way. Some viewers might relate, others could get intrigued, while others perhaps think nothing of it at all 🙏🏻
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From the moment this video started and I saw this guy wearing his garment I knew this video was going to be legit.