CAN JAPAN COMPETE WITH CHINESE BLACK TEA?

The search for Japanese Black Tea for Mei Leaf has taken us quite a few years. We are so happy to showcase the first Japanese Black tea to be selected and it is a sweet and satisfying winner!
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[@teaandmusic]

Welcome back Celine! Such a beautiful little one you and Don have welcomed into this world. Congratulations! Cheers! 🙏🍵🍵

[@offworlder777]

It’s been a wild ride watching Mei Leaf grow, even in just the past few years. Congratulations and best wishes for the both of you and the baby! ALSO 8:40 the perfect tea pet pig snot bubble right out of a cartoon

[@joetexas1546]

Congratulations again guys-Celine looking great! Sending Chi your way!😃👏❤️

[@clairepaley6735]

Congratulations to you both on your beautiful new arrival! Thank you Celine for demonstrating to us other ladies that you keep being yourself after a newborn comes along, i appreciate that a lot.

[@jasonblack4208]

"I feel like I'm dealing drugs sometimes" *literally makes videos on getting tea drunk and calls customers Tea Heads* you are! :P

[@Cratees]

Omg cuteness overloaddd🥰 Cheers to the new successor of Mei Leaf!!

[@reubenk1615]

May very well not turn out that way. We may have a rebal

[@kjrodriguez835]

Another great informative video, and a great bonus to see your beautiful baby. It’s wonderful to see your family grow, the tea makes me feel good and watching all of you does as well. Thank you.

[@Stvan-r3g]

Glad to see you all doing great! Certainly looking for more variety from Japan - can't wait to see what you are going to find out next!

[@ncizzyk3795]

Wow! Skip a few videos and there's a new Teahead! Cheers and congrats to you both on an absolutely adorable addition!

[@Peraou]

It's always an amazing day when Mei leaf posts a video!! So glad to have all you guys back happy and healthy! Best wishes ^_^. Also! I'm enjoying this video today while I'm blind-grading some oolongs (including a competition grade Da Hong Pao!) for the Toronto Tea Festival as one of the judges! What a great day indeed hahah

[@reubenk1615]

Sounds fun

[@VallaMusic]

a future tea aficionado is born ! great video - so happy to see mom and baby are doing so well

[@GlennHigley]

I love your Kaori Fuji Black. It was my first taste of your teas and the most delicious, complex and interesting black tea that has ever crossed my lips. Thank you. I've some Little Tong Mu wending its way across the Pacific and I look forward to experiencing it as well. BTW, I love my blue-green porcelain tea set and know that it will bring me and my guests much pleasure in the years to come.

[@helpfulnatural]

So fun to watch your tea tastings as a family. :-) She's just precious and great to see Celine back on video! Black tea is one of my absolute favorites. :) I'm watching this while drinking my morning matcha, no breakfast yet. Your descriptions of these teas are going to make me eat sweets instead of something healthy for breakfast! Lol! :D

[@patrickmcmullen1467]

Good to see that you have found something in the way of a Japanese black that you like. I’ve had a few over the years and I really have enjoyed them. You’re right they don’t look the prettiest because they’re using their cultivar and of the way they’re picking them in their traditional manner but I’ve always found that I enjoy the taste of the blacks and the oolongs that I’ve purchased directly from Japan. I do applaud your effort‘s to try and get them to diversify a bit! It has been rather hard trying to find any type of Japanese tea other than green but as you say they make some stellar green teas! Thanks for sharing the video especially of the new family member, it’s great to see Celine back. Looking for more good choices for us and people will come and purchase them, cheers keep drinking the good stuff!

[@leoholberg9776]

I was in Japan in 2018 and I lived at a tea farm, and tasted some black teas. I really enjoyed the Chiyonoen Tea Farm black tea. Very malty and deep. One of my black tea favorites

[@leoholberg9776]

I still have some that I could send

[@achukmvlid.johnson9588]

Too cute!! Beautiful family. Always enjoy you and you can make my day.

[@RosesofWillows]

0:35 The newborn "what is that?" glare always cracked me up

[@MeiLeaf]

😂 We can't stop laughing at that expression

[@tanialovestea7578]

Great video 😁👏🏼👏🏼 Welcome back Celine! I think both of your voices is so soothing to baby Aiyana... Congratulations you two!

[@RabbitFoodFitness]

This is such a fun video! Congratulations!!! Your daughter is so beautiful! On another note, Kaori black sounds like my jam. I haven't been able to find a black tea that I enjoy because I have a very strong dislike for chocolate and every type that I have tried has that chocolate taste to it. One of my favorite teas is a unique oolong that I found from a tea company that is in my area that they have named cookie monster because it really does taste like baked goods and cookies! If Kaori black tastes similar to that I am going to have to try it!

[@sherry3099]

Fascinating comparison! You are a beautiful family-welcome to your precious one and future tea head! 🍵

[@needlenutz10]

Beautiful Baby! Super beautiful addition to the Mei Leaf tribe!

[@ClaudiaRamirez-ut3ts]

Celine! You go mama! Congratulations to you both 🙌💗 Don, can you make a video on herbal "tea" for health purposes please?

[@chrisladouceur4093]

Love Little TongMu. Looking forward to giving the new Japanese teas a go. Definitely excited for the new batch of master’s matcha and gyokuro. I agree that the Japanese tea market needs more diversification. It’s the reason I don’t really explore their teas. Green tea is all they seem to give real attention to, and even then it’s highly standardized. Thanks for another great video, lovely seeing the little one :)

[@Lau_rao]

Oh welcome back Celine🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ Thanks for this video, it's nice to learn about Japanese black tea, not too long ago I didn't even know that it existed 🤷‍♀️

[@sadiedavenport]

Congratulations on your little one! Celine, you look radiant ✌️

[@56932982]

Best wishes to your new little Tea Head. Coincidence. Just today I had a nice session of Japan Black Asatsuyu grown in Yakushima imported by Tea Gschwendner. That tea is no longer in stock. I will miss it. But it looks like your Kaori Black will be an even better successor. I am curious to give Kaori a try.

[@smihca]

Lovely your Trio! Thank you for showing us this interesting inspired new comparation.

[@ReedJanicki]

Congrats on the little tea head! She's beautiful!

[@Colectionarul]

Omg our new Tea Head first video :D Thank you for that. And my first shout out ^_^

[@livnic2000]

Congratulations Don & Celine for the baby!

[@femkelodewijk9086]

Celine! Welcome back, you look great. And welcome little Aiyana to our teacommunity. Thumbs up for Celine, carrying your baby in a sling. I carried Robin aswell, she loves it...I love it... we still do actually 😁. Feels so great to have your little one close to you. 😍

[@pandyonYT]

Baby's first KZbin video. 😂 Thank you for this video, I've been looking for some new Japanese options.

[@GyZsiga]

Good to see you again, but now from Hungary! :) Just going to try our actually signature blend from the shop. ;) Thanks again for the few encouraging words, and the lovely time at your tea house! Congrats on the little beauty - she seems like an adorable, well-mannered little lady - and though a little late also on your birthday! :)

[@MeiLeaf]

Many thanks for coming in, it was great to meet both of you.

[@TARANTINATube]

I love this so much. You guys are goals 🍃😍 Celine you are amazing.

[@someonerandom256]

Congrats on the sweet baby!

[@TomasSliz]

Hi Don, I would love to hear about caffeine vs sleep and which teas are suitable for afternoon/night tea sessions. Maybe you can mention it in the upcoming video - caffeine vs pregnancy.

[@erikdekeersmaecker843]

Great video. I just finished my paper on Wakoucha for my ITMA training, and I tasted a lot of them (and some were fantastic). Very curious to taste yours ! and a nice comparison, this.

[@jang.1185]

Nice :) It was funny that you mentioned marzipan with that Little Tong Mu, because I found it in Longan Lapsang (batch 0619). And I thought to myslef: "Well, I am getting marzipan - like in a Xin Ren Xiang Dan Cong. Why it is not written in description on the box? Hmmm." So maybe I am not crazy :) Actually in the past I bought 1kg of higher quality marzipan to get familiar with that taste and aroma. It was the smallest amount I could order :) . I was having it sometimes with that oolongs...

[@sebastiank9175]

living and working in china and a tea fanatic I have tasted all sort of chinese tea. recently a trip in Japan I have tested for the first time Japanese black tea but I have to say the Japanese black tea are very similar to Indiana European very strong in flavor which has their very own unique feature whereas the chinese one are extremely smooth and fragrant, unfortunately I have to pick the chinese black tea over the Japanese one. the chinese method of making yea is also more refine and the sipping time is a lot lesser thus giving it a smoother and less astringent and bitterness. the chinese also use extremely old tea trees or wild, semi wild tea tree which goes their tea a lot more Energy or the QI. the chinese have been making tea for thousands of years and they they definitely know how to make the best tea in the world and still is. sorry to say that the many chinese tea I have tasted in Europe and around in world are not the best quality, most are just average quality sold at unreasonable price.

[@amydiane8335]

Black tea I love it 😍

[@pip5528]

Aww, the baby is finally here! Love her name, too!

[@PontusPresents]

Naaw so cute! Congratulations and love from Sweden! :-)

[@BS38114]

Don, congratulations to you and Celine.

[@migueljaime7079]

Where did you get that baby wrap shirt??

[@thebarefoottealady]

Oh man, the need for baby dancing is real. I think he lived in my ring sling while I was on mat leave. Mine is just over 10 months now and apparently he loves Don's voice because I can't watch your videos while I'm nursing because kiddo keeps getting distracted! Welcome back, Celine.

[@user-xu4xj7bf2q]

Congratulations! 💖💖😍😍

[@RosesofWillows]

Japan's should have more ....VarieTEA? :3

[@reubenk1615]

Ohh!!! Punny Tea!!! My Favorite!! A new catagory

[@jordeelhaymon9416]

Oww hello, baby! Congratulations you two, you made a beautiful new teahead.

[@asgnp86]

Black teas made from the Assamica and assam/ burmese hybirds are generally the best in my opinion. Ceylon and Assam.

[@angelaphillips4183]

Congratulations adorable little one

[@MarinaC2112]

Welcome back Celine, I can’t with the baby cuteness overload

[@GameraS2K]

Congratulations on the beautiful baby! Oh right I came here for tea.. yeah sorry I don't know that I will retain anything from this video other than happiness for you two :P

[@kingrichardiii6280]

warm welcome to Aiyana. and welcome back to Celine.

[@NayNay-zm5ln]

Whattttttttt????? This is one of the best ways to start one’s Saturday morning.....with my Mei Leaf tea family!!!!! Celine!!!!! You were so missed!!!! If I did not see little Aiyana in your arms I would not believe that you had just gone through the “Birthing miracle.” You look ABSOLUTELY gorgeous. You are glowing!!!! Aiyana is so beautiful...... 🥰🥰🥰!!!!! Don, you have that proud happy father look. I don’t get it..... no one looks sleep deprived😁..... it must be the tea😁. Where was this tea when I needed it???? Thank you for yet another great video. I will pick mine up on my next visit to London. Congratulations again on your little blessing!!!😘😘😘

[@eireannsg]

The best way to start one’s Saturday morning is not that junk black tea but a good cup of Tie Guan Yin tea. Anyone who is lazy can make black tea.

[@eireannsg]

@@NayNay-zm5ln Guess you understood NOTHING.

[@NayNay-zm5ln]

eireannsg and you....?

[@eireannsg]

@@NayNay-zm5ln Its about YOU who doesnt understand anything. I know the lazy people who produce black tea because they dont work to make good green tea or partially fermented tea.

[@NayNay-zm5ln]

eireannsg 😊😘

[@generalfeed123]

ship to US?

[@maehm]

Congrats and all the best :-)

[@Alexanderstarreveldo]

awesome, can't wait :-)

[@annapery3195]

Welcome back Celine! Mazal tov! What a beautiful little tea- princess! Best wishes from Israel 😍🙏

[@adamsvetlik6636]

Oooh, yess :) I was cirrect with my guess :) P.S.: Cute baby!

[@veergovsky]

learning about Chinese teas was like epiphany, now nothing compares to Chinese tea...

[@johngalt975]

At what age can babies drink tea?

[@MeiLeaf]

Check the video about Tea and pregnancy in the description for more information but usually in China they start sipping a little at 3 upwards.

[@ctflonewolf]

If the PUERH wants to cry , it's OK :)

[@petra.andersen]

Kisses to Aiyana from Petra and Sophie

[@jasonblack4208]

Hi baby! :)

[@frostxue2171]

Hi Don, lovely baby! But I saw you were using a bright light to shoot your video, that will potentially hurt your kid's eye; a baby is not supposed to be exposed to bright light.

[@ScepticalElephant]

i don't know about "Japanese Black Tea" but "Japanese Green Tea" is more like "Rotten Fish Puke Tea" !

[@MeiLeaf]

😮

[@CobraQuotes1]

chinese tea is better

[@jakubsirius]

babies shouldn't be in the videos which have its purpose in tea... it interrupts the focus