What is WILD Tea? Tasting an ancient tea variety.
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2021
- You may hear the term 'Wild Tea' being used to sell tea but what does this actually mean? I give you my opinions and taste a special Yunnan Black tea made from a purple sprouting ancient variety of tea tree called Dehongensis.
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Love these! Don you got me hooked..a few hundred dollars later now I have a good tea and teaware collection
Awesome!!! Good luck on your tea journey!
Always love having a large gong fu session while watching don’s vids and relax
Well Don, since you asked... Epigenetics, heritable changes in gene expression, is strong in plants. Plants (and other organisms) can turn genes on or off, and that state can be passed on to offspring (often through DNA methylation). This is the manner in which plants can have offspring that have similar expression patterns to their parents but different from genetically similar individuals which have experienced different conditions. I can't say how much it's happening in this situation, but the mechanism is well know and is pretty common.
Many thanks for the added expertise. 👍
Great points on the 3 types of wild tea you mentioned. If it wasn't planted by a human and is just growing naturally, I think that alone makes it truly "wild" and special. To me, no big deal that people would manage it's surroundings and help it along. In fact, without that care, wild plants eventually become extinct. It is most significant that it would grow as it will, where it will, in the perfect environment it is suited for. Perfect soil, weather, location, etc. As a result it will have a superior phytonutrient profile and possibly effect and even taste if it was a healthy strong mature plant.
You are our tea Guru, i have learned so much from you. Thank You.
Great vid. Interesting video on a topic I haven't really heard too much about.
Have you ever tried yerba mate or thought about doing a video about it?
Nice to have another tea video in the feed Don. Many thanks.
I love your videos Don. Thank you for your wonderful content. May you and your family be well and happy.
The first 10 mins is as good as any TED talk I've heard--incredibly interesting and educating. Thank you
Interesting, my undergrad thesis was about comparing quantities of polyphenols between C. sinensis and a wild and uncultivated species C. irrawadiensis, to see if there was any worth cultivating these other species of tea leaves.
Did you find out anything cool?
@@missourimongoose8858
I found a puzzling question. According to the data, C. sinensis, has the highest range of antioxidants and in the highest quantities, when compared with other species within the genus (where there is data available). How were the farmers in China to know to start growing that one thousands of years ago when several other wild species were within a 3 km radius? What technology or intuition were they using?
I couldn't get funding to study the issue further 🤣
@@DavidsonLoops do you think that the high quantity of antioxidants is do to selective breeding or species? And does the tea tree age matter?
I'm always so fascinated with the notes you get to smell and taste from the teas. ♡
Same I also am fascinated by it ans seeking that tea palate I just keep practising and practising I also sometimes deliberately look for the flavours he has detected. I also now have three gaiwans which means I can compare three different teas.
Gotta love that entourage effect! Hope it made Friday night even more blissful! Also didn't know myrcene was in hops.. but makes sense with one of my fav combos..
i just tried ancient haze. i gotta say that this is one of my favs so far, it is truly an amazing tea!
Same for me, and not a particularly expensive one for that mater.
Thank you for making these video's! Drinking tea during having a very bad cold at the beginning of my daughter's pregnancy helped keep me alive.
I just drank a mint tea, a Sage tea, a couple varieties of sage tea tbh.
Sometimes even just hot/warm water was the cure. And broth.
Great video
Very interesting, I haven’t tried any wild tea before I think!
When tasted I suddenly sound myself reaching for a little soft brown sugar in, I never put sugar in tea but cook in me reached for it, it really brought out the rum, sticky honey, ginger spice notes. I think the spice in ginger/turmeric/ground coriander
Yes! I love a dian hong that has a hoppy sourness
Fantastic video! I always love your teas when I order them. I love how much you interact with the community and educate us. I did have one question, though.
On a lot of forums I've heard of other vendors being talked about alongside Mei Leaf. Yunnan Sourcing and What-cha being the two most repeated ones. What does Mei Leaf offer that these other two do not? Is there a heir archy of quality compared to price that makes them comparable?
Hi. I have not personally tried teas from these sellers but given that they are talked about in the specialist tea forums a lot, I assume that their stuff is good and sourced properly. How their tea compares with our selection is probably going to be a matter of taste and price points.
Haha big fan of yours.
This taste profile reminds me of Energy drinks' flavor selling in my area.
I like his videos, but i absolotely hate it when people start meticulously describing flavors like that... People that have been around flavors and aromas for a while see this kind of BS from miles away...
Seriously. Same in whiskey, the whole point in giving these notes is to help other people understand what they’re experiencing, give notes that most people could relate to. Such specific notes may be interesting when your tasting alone, but not helpful when trying to relay your experience to others.
Danke...
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Did the ancient haze name come form the entourage effect thing you mentioned? ;)
Yeah pretty much 😏 but thought it worked well with the idea of a haze (mist) of aromatics floating in an ancient forest.
@@MeiLeaf Hehe. Im wondering if the same terpenes like myrcene, pinene etc are on tea than on other plants giving the aroma, or if its some other compounds giving notes similar to for example pinene in pine trees to the aroma of tea?
I like my tea trees like I like my women.. Mature and experienced. 😉
Ah, not bitter, cloying and expensive then? ;)
This is the first time that I've heard cat urine as a descriptor for the flavors of a tea.
half expected to see a stock photo cat pee in a jar :P
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DON you are right. Look up epigenetics and how its influences gene expression over generations of plants and animals.
You should call it “I Qi A”
Wonder if he knows about Yaupon tea?
Hello do you ship to the USA?
Yes every day!
@@MeiLeaf ok I tried to place an order and it didn’t go through
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Next you need to try Armenian tea
elderberry flowers please not cat pee... this is my n°1 tea..thanks
What are turps?
terpenes. Basically has a lot to do with the scent.
@@nukiesduke6868 It's the same thing?
@@bigchunguselementaryschool8312 Yup turps is just a slang term for terpenes :P
Would probs use terps instead of turps otherwise people might mistakenly think you are referring to turpentine instead of terpentine (or in the case of a tea like this, more likely terpenoids).
@@LangCashman I think terpenes are actually derived from turpentine.
So my dudes, I can't stand the bitter taste of tea. So I put sugar in it. Am I a heretic? Sometimes milk.
There are so many teas without ANY bitterness!Taiwanese oolongs,Wenshan Baozhong,black teas from yunnan tasting almost like apple cider,sweet,creamy,fruity teas without ANY bitterness...zero,nada,nothing!-
Find them - and then come back to appreciate bitterness.😐
30-45 second Brew time for green tea. Remove the tea bag/leaves after brewing. Don't drink boiling hot, you won't be able to taste it. Let it cool a few minutes. Kyoto sencha rose is especially sweet and delicious, but most higher quality green teas can taste sweet. Find a good tea cafe where they set timers and Brew the tea for you, or a fancy coffee shop(but less than a 1/4 of them do tea well). Overbrewed tea will always be bitter. Good luck!
If you have whole leaves and Brew it yourself, the second steep (same leaves, fresh cup of boiling water) can be even better. Brew slightly longer 1min approximately. Watch the Mei leaf videos on gongfu brewing and rinsing tea.
Here's a great video on brewing
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