Bringing China Folk House from Yunnan China to West Virginia with John Flower [Teatime with Jesse]

John Flower took this farmhouse from Yunnan, China, and rebuilt it in West Virginia!
Hi tea friends, we're in West Virginia for this Teatime with Jesse episode. I share some red tea with John Flower, Co-Founder of China Folk House and Director of the Sidwell Friends School Chinese Studies Program. We explore how a farmhouse saved from a dam in Yunnan became a center for community and cultural exchange in West Virginia. John's China Folk House Retreat project offers unique insights into traditional agriculture, architecture, and crafts from rural China.
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[@shinybreloom4027]

John Flowers is such a wonderful soul.

[@user-jk5um1om8l]

Shouldn’t be surprised by Jesse’s interviewing skills (years of stage and television experience after all!) but I am still pleasantly surprised that “tea guy” is good at this. 😂 Asks sophisticated questions, while preparing tea - in front of a live audience lol. I’d scald myself…

[@NathanialBolick]

this is one of the best teatimes of the bunch, but i laughed every time Jesse said “cut to the ___ footage” and there was no clip. he even said “we have noodle footage” and there was nothing 😂

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

Drinking DuiDui’s 2010 reserve shou puer while watching this at work. Always so good to drink

[@mxlies15]

Recently got my own 50 gram bag of the 2010 im gonna have to get a full cake since he got them back in now lol

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

@@mxlies15 he did????

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

@@mxlies15 I think the 2010 reserve is off the site. Maybe replacing with 2011 reserve soon

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

@@mxlies15 Lolol it’s so good I’ve been checking the site daily

[@faym2350]

Thank you for having this wonderful interview with Mr.Flower and the China Folk House. I watched the fil documentary how the China House was disassembled. I am so glad you introduced many interesting guests to your Podcast and KZbin but this China Folk House interview is so real and people can visit .

[@jdaragon]

Thank you for sharing this story with us. We have several indigenous communities in the US that still choose to go without connecting to the power grid. Some among the pueblo tribes, being the oldest continually inhabited communities in North America.

[@MoriendumEst.]

Amazing story, great podcast!

[@austincastilo]

Inspiring. Love the interview, very interesting!

[@Veeeee.]

The longer video linked explains it but basically the house was in Yunnan China and it's now in West Virginia

[@gmorel1916]

Eyyyy. My state! I need to go check this place out

[@mxlies15]

Already emailed about a tour of this place before i even finished the video, cant wait to visit!

[@18waywardson]

Amazing content, thanks!

[@upsidedownbagofflour697]

Easily my favorite episode yet! So much about this story speaks to my heart - the knowledge of everyday people valued for its uniqueness and relevance to modern life even as modern practices threaten to displace it. The merging of academic and practical learning. Cultural exchange that highlights rather than absorbs the cultures involved. Wonderful to see such a profound place through of all things a tea podcast. So many things about this house were explained but one thing I didn't see mentioned are the plants in the front. Are those Yunnan plants? Or maybe West Virginia ones, like the wood used for the back houses?

[@Eyes_Unclouded]

Awesome content Jesse👏

[@roseoznz]

So cool thank you for sharing this!!

[@Arrowstrike50]

I usually just watch your shorts but this podcast interview was incredibly well done and interesting!! I loved learning about the house’s story!! Great work this deserves so many more views!!

[@jessesteahouse]

@@Arrowstrike50 thank you! I do a ton of work on these podcasts and we just don’t get as much traffic as the shorts, glad that you enjoyed it

[@Arrowstrike50]

@@jessesteahouse your hard work certainly shows! I’ll be watching these podcasts much more going forward :) thanks for the great content!

[@Bobdylan12121]

I wish I had known you were in WV! I have thought about going to this place ever since I saw their website (after you got me into tea). I have never met another person in this state who understands chinese tea!

[@HUZZAH-4Life]

Found another person in WV that loves Chinese tea culture!

[@jings9]

$98K?! Geez. But I would say the roof was the last piece of this wonder to be authentic!

[@lorenkuhn3806]

I didn't know Brent Spiner speaks Chinese

[@SebastianKettle-eu1rd]

Anyone know what thermos is being used? Would love to have a thermos that works for boiling water and keeps it hot on a long trip if I wanted to take some stuff to have tea outdoors somewhere

[@andrewzimba7432]

Where can we watch this movie about transportation of the house?

[@CeeRigo]

Hey Jesse! How do I get my hands on a thermos like that?

[@jessesteahouse]

I assume they brought these from China! But maybe they’re available online somewhere, it’s just what they had on hand

[@CeeRigo]

​@@jessesteahouse thank you! I'll keep my eyes peeled, none of these regular thermos have the capacity for all these steeps.