Taiwanese Oolong Tea: A Thriving Tradition | Eco-Cha Teas
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- A documentary of the establishment of a family-run organic tea farm and factory in Lugu, Taiwan. A traditional Oolong tea farmer who followed the trend of transitioning to high mountain tea production has returned to his family land to go organic. An overview of small-scale traditional tea making and the development of large-scale tea production in recent decades in the Taiwan tea industry.
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00:00 - Introduction: What is Oolong Tea?
00:43 - Mr. Lin: Sustainable Tea Farmer
01:10 - Oolong Tea Processing Steps
01:10 - Tea Leaf Harvesting
01:17 - Solar Withering
01:30 - Oxidation Through Shuffling and Tumbling
02:10 - Fixing or "Kill Green" Through Heating
03:02 - Tea Rolling and Drying
03:12 - Tea Rolling Machine a Taiwanese Innovation
04:00 - Mr. Lin's History in Tea Making
04:36 - Taiwan Famous for High Mountain Tea
04:46 - Mass Production of High Mountain Tea
05:10 - Artisanal High Mountain Tea
05:26 - Mr. Lin Repurposes Family Land for Organic Tea Production
05:47 - Fruit Orchard Failure
06:17 - Processing Tea in China
07:39 - Taiwanese Invest in China Tea Factories
07:49 - Going Organic
08:27 - Motivation Not to Harm Life
08:58 - Fruit Orchard to Organic Tea Farm
09:24 - The Organic Tea Farm
10:04 - Organic Inspectors Survey Farm
10:29 - Natural Scenery of the Farm
11:10 - Added Value of Organic Tea
11:34 - Growing Tai Cha #20
12:09 - Irrigation and Water Source
12:54 - Preserving Topsoil and Preventing Soil Erosion
13:49 - Two Years to Harvest
14:20 - Natural Fruit Fungicide
15:31 - Inaugural Certified Organic Tea Harvest
15:57 - Leaf Processing in Home Factory
16:19 - Rolling and Drying
16:43 - Factory Second-Hand Equipment
16:52 - Organic Certification
17:08 - Roasting First Batch
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bravo.
Beautiful material showing the history,process of creating a traditional tea 🌱🌿🇹🇼production recipe.I wish all the best from 🇵🇱🕊️🤝
Glad you enjoyed it! We're so happy to be able to share our love Taiwanese teas with the rest of the world! Cheers!
Great video, good work all
Wow
He looks so happy and proud of his tea, I want to try some of it
I love this video!!!
So much experience and mastery being revealed. What an amazing opportunity.
Very clear, very good understanding. Congratulations to this good explanation of Oolong.
很高興 臺灣越來越多農民願意付出心力,耕作有機植物. 其實 甜柿也很好吃,留下幾棵, 工作休息時 給農戶當點心 ..
I'm amazed by the jungle like environment from which this tea is grown.
'the fascination of what's difficult' William Butler Yeats. The fascination of what's organic Mr. Lin
Yes, that's so true! 🙂
謝謝您，深愛這片土地。
Wonderful!!
i sure would like to purchase some of his tea to try...seeing this made me want to support his efforts very much.
He ships to USA & very reasonable if not free shipping too!
Hey, great video.
Thank you for sharing .......
We love to drink ......
I hope one day I will be able to make my dream come true and become tea producer )
we love to drink green tea too
This video was so insightful and revealing! I just came back from studying in Taiwan, so I appreciated having the chinese characters in the subtitles. Thank you for making this video!
We're glad you liked it! Learning Chinese is not easy. Keep up the study!
@@EcoChaTeas When did you first start learning Mandarin? I've been studying for about 6 months and someday hope to be able to converse with tea growers like this.
@@ryanpeterson1664, Andy started learning Mandarin since 1988 and a lot of it was picked up from just living here in Taiwan. Keep up the study! It's not an easy language to learn, but with consistent effort and lots of practice, you'll get there! Thanks for writing!
I got into higher quality loose leaf tea almost two years ago and quickly realized my love for oolongs, especially lightly oxidized ones. This documentary was informative and gorgeous! Thank you.
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thats not love, thats just affection.
drinking tea for only 2 years and you already fell in love. thats a tragedy but you will learn one day
On my gap year school trip, we were going up to alishan to go through the parks and learn about its history under the japanese, and on the way we stopped at a little tea shop near some tea fields, the man who ran the shop told us he owned alot of the field, and gave us a tour of his plant, then him and his wife squeezed us 23 norwegian students into their tiny shop to taste their tea, none of this was planned, we didnt pay for it, nor had we warned anyone in advance, we were just stopping so those of us who wanted some tea could buy some, that expirience is what really got me into tea.
That's a fantastic story! That must have been a sight to see all of you packed into their shop to sample tea! Yeah, we're always amazed by the generosity and genuine warmth Taiwanese always show us. From tea farmers to vegetable vendors in the local market, folks here are so friendly and always wanting to help and your story backs that up even more. Thanks for sharing it with us!
I'd like to grow some tea here in Florida. Definitely, couldn't grow high mountain tea since there are no mountains here. Maybe I'll invent low swamp tea.
Swamp tea! We'd like to see that! 😁
You should look up Master Tsai Yi Tze, he's just been awarded the title of tea mountain protector- he goes around educating farmers about switching to organic tea, and has also set up a foundation that pair investors with farmers to ensure that their income remains at a stable, livable rate for the first 5 years when switching to organic (which can affect both the quantity of yield and quality of the leaves until the plants get used to their new clean way of living!) Really a fantastic project.
thats so sad i thought taiwanese farmers are all organic
i read a documentary about farmers that making paochung tea in taiwan. i thought they were all traditional farmers without pesticides. was that all fake?
I watched this after reading label on the box
Thanks for tuning in to our channel! Which tea did you get and how did you like it? Be sure to subscribe to this channel to be sure you get any updates! Happy brewing!
so how did the inaugural harvest taste?
Love the video. Iv just finished a tea tour in pinglin! Would it be okay to use one or two clips from your video for a fun video I'm making about Taiwan culture? I will credit you. Let me know?
Hi Kiril! You film some pretty fantastic stuff, especially the drone shots! We'd be happy for you to use some of our clips in your video. Let us know if you need anything else. Cheers!
Thanks so much@@EcoChaTeas ! Appreciate it.
My general experience of Taiwanese teas is that they tend to be very mild and sweet for some reason with very little bitterness. Is that a common trait?
@IntermediateJesus, sorry for the long delay in replying. Thanks for your comments, and interesting observation! Were the teas that you have tried heavily oxidized? It is common that the higher the degree of oxidation, the sweeter the flavor will be. This would include the black teas, particularly ones made from small leaf type tea plants. Let us know what Taiwanese teas you have been drinking, and we may be able to speak to that point more specifically. Thanks again for your input!
@3:18 Rolling machine... I always wonder if there is a difference for the leaves deep inside the core or at the perimiter.
Q: How do the plants gets pollinated? (asked myself if bees are limited to a certain height - but cannot find something)
Regarding the rowing machine, that’s a good question. Theoretically, all the leaves get moved around fairly evenly so the ones at the center get pushed out to the side and vice versa. As for pollination, typically bees and other nectar drinking insects do this. Cheers!
Could you give us a eshop link or name how is the tea named from this farmer? I would like to try it in Slovakia somehow…
We have some of his tea available here: eco-cha.com/products/eco-cha-tea-club-reserve-tea?variant=44048551379167. Let us know how you like it! Cheers!
Just ran across this video. Is there a link to purchase this tea? Does he sell to the public?
We're out of the particular tea featured in the video, but we have a number of similar sustainably-produced teas available on our website eco-cha.com. Cheers.
We actually do have some of this tea still in stock! You can buy it here: eco-cha.com/collections/taiwan-oolong-black-blended-teas/products/light-roast-organic-oolong-tea
Do you know how I could reach Mr. Lin? I am really would like to buy his tea!
Thanks for your support! Mr. Lin's tea can be bought through our site here: eco-cha.com/products/eco-farmed-light-roast-oolong-tea
I wish him the best of luck, but this venture is an uphill climb. There's many fantastic oolong farms in Taiwan with much older trees. By the time he retires, his trees will just begin to come into their own.
Oolong can vary a lot although scented fruit ones are just awful (it makes a terrible mix with fruit from what I tried) unlike green/black tea for some reason although it is nice plain. Floral ones are not the best and I have not had a good experience buying it loose as I am unaware of jasmine flavoring in some which is better than orange oolong (just not a good flavor). A plain one has a steeped grill-like taste which is rather nice
One thing about oolong which people may not like is this - loose leaf ones often look like any of certain teas could (some are grain like) although when actually steeped the leaves get very long. It is impractical for people who like to wash loose tea leaves or other grinds down the sink. Its OK if you have a box for kitchen waste, though
"Here are people who asked not to be filmed"
"Here we are, discreetly filming them"
way to go dude, never buying your teas because of this
The inspectors requested no closeup shots of them, which we fully respected, so as not to reveal their identities.