How Japanese GREEN TEA is Made | Farm to Factory ★ ONLY in JAPAN

[@onlyinjapan]

This is part 2 of a planned 3 part series on Green Tea & Matcha 🍵 update: the next episode will come out later in 2023 😋🎉 PART 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnPQhYGhjbR6oKM

[@dolan-duk]

0:32 Typo in the title card. "Facory"

[@lo1bo2]

Compliment: This was interesting enough to watch all the way through, and I don't even LIKE tea!

[@onlyinjapan]

@@dolan-duk I’m aware and there’s nothing I can do 🤷🏻‍♂️ gosh, 150 people previewed it before release - and my eyes 1000 times. Must have been an accidental backspace before the final render. That’s life - mistakes makes it special and one-of-a-kind 😂

[@talusxelen8069]

Wow, part 3 is FAST considering part 1 was over a year ago. Sitting through the covid lockdowns must have frustrated you trying to get this out. Glad to see you out again!

[@dolan-duk]

@@onlyinjapan No worries! Maybe once all the parts are done you can do a "director's cut" version of all of the parts combined (with whatever edits needed). I'm sure many of us will watch it again! I look forward to all your edited videos (lovely host with great videography!) since the livestreams aren't really my cup of tea most of the time.

[@UFOBobTV]

Your videos are always informative and entertaining, and this video is no exception. I was truly fascinated how the Japanese use other ingredients to improve the taste of older green tea. P.S. the drone shots were simply stunning.

[@JennyverseLive]

Agreed!

[@FJGenso]

I lived in Shizuoka for 2 years, thank you for telling the world about Shizuoka's green tea. I remember I cycled through a massive green tea farm on the northern part of Shizuoka city. Now I kinda miss living there, haha. I hope this channel can grow more and regain its former glory

[@onlyinjapan]

Create THE BEST content and stories I can and it will grow :) glory is nothing I care about - just tell a great, original story that inspires ٩(^‿^)۶

[@daniel_poore]

@@onlyinjapan I dont think i realize the channel shrunk, although i did think i recall this channel originally being several people with John as only 1 of the hosts / members... i kind of forgot about the channel for a little while and recenty rediscovered. Love what i used to see back then, and I have loved all this more recent stuff too. Keep telling the story of Japanese culture. As an American who hasnt been able to leave north america, I find this channel very rewarding to watch. Thanks man.

[@akey1920]

Thanks!

[@onlyinjapanGO]

Thank you Ake!

[@akey1920]

@@onlyinjapanGO You're welcome. I'm still waiting for the next episode : Japanese Matcha Production Farm to Table

[@helenmaghinay7304]

I've recently discovered that Japanese Green Tea is so good with sweets, or as an alternative to coffee with breakfast. It cleanses your palate with every sip, making you appreciate also the flavors of your food. I enjoyed this episode! Will check out the rest of the series!

[@sanashi27]

It's amazing how much tea leaves they can produce with a big farm like that. Whenever I watch videos like this I'm always amazed at the hardwork and care they put into the entire thing (from growing to harvesting, etc.) so while I think the end product is pretty expensive, I can see exactly why.

[@AndrewDrazdikJr]

The "Tea Ceremony" and history of Japanese etiquette a 700 year tradition of cultural trade customs. Green tea has been involved with many nutritional investigations of science with human metabolism. This video demonstrates the industrial practice that quality experts can relate to process design across the industry. A very good job as touring assessment of the manufacturing plan and quality manufacturing. Good job John Daub!

[@anthonysinclair5721]

I absolutely love the stringent discipline that so many Japanese things are produced with , we could sure use a little or a lot of that in the rest of the world! 🙏😎

[@jason_from_canada]

When I make a cup of tea, I won't look at it the same way after seeing the process it goes through. I enjoy all the different kinds of green tea but like my genmaicha 😋🍵 Enjoyed this John 👍

[@ふぶきさくら-s1l]

I didn't know how to make green tea even japanese. Thank you for introducing it.

[@chariklia86]

I usually drink green tea in the morning. I like the process of tasting the different Japanese teas.

[@xjAlbert]

Wonderful mini-documentary! Adorable mini-monorail at 2:19 Quick answer to why roasted tea & genmaicha were created at 10:37

[@deannaatkinson3004]

SENCHA!!! My day to day choice of beverage. I love to try sencha from different growers and different grades. Now to see the process it goes through makes it even more special. Sadly, KZbin doesn’t offer ‘Smell-O-Vision’ yet. The production quality of your videos, combined with the information content, makes me happy to watch them. Stunning aerials. I would love to see a supplement to this series focused on the production of the highest grades of teas…gyokuro.

[@onlyinjapan]

The next episode on Matcha was film with tea grown under black tarps. You can imagine what kind that way 😂 should be a great follow up. I’ll release it at the end of January when Matcha flavored confections start coming out for spring 😋 I was going to make this a long episode on both, but it made more sense to separate them and add in more confections in the matcha one.

[@deannaatkinson3004]

@@onlyinjapan matcha and matcha confections? I’m up for that. I eagerly await anything from you. Only wish there was a chance I could get to Japan to experience it all in person. Instead I just live vicariously through those who can.

[@jkoadventures7401]

Sugoi! I didn't realize that the green tea processing was so complicated and that the tea taste depended so much on harvest date. This video is very informative! Excellent work!!!

[@michaelsasano8622]

LOVED THIS!! I love Japanese green tea and always try to enjoy a cup as often as possible. Hojicha being my favorite. Never thought about the precise details on how tea is cultivated and roasted. Thank you for sharing this video John!

[@KPLeep]

I always get so excited whenever i see a new John Daub episode. And every time it makes me wanna travel to Japan even more! :D

[@oleksandrzubchenko210]

This is exactly the type of John's content we all love.

[@LetsgowithHyro]

What a beautiful and colorful green vlog. Love Green Tea and it's interesting to see all of the process, thank you!

[@SUPERGENKI]

That was such a superb video John. And the "tea-man" looked exactly as I expected him to look, except I might expected him to wear a strawhat instead of a baseball cap, but I guess he's just a very fashionable "tea-man". Great work on the video - top shelf quality. ^^ Best regards, Thomas

[@DarkstOfficial]

Its amazing to see how much work goes into Green Tea, I much appreciate it more! Thanks John! Great work, drone shots look awesome

[@kostisvin2104]

Nice as always, it have been a while since i have watched your videos, i will catch up !!!

[@carlvincent12]

Knowing now I’m allowed to enter Japan just makes me so happy

[@zulfadhlihakim-jo9xj]

amazing video as always...thanks John..

[@steven8-stones719]

As always a great video!!! Never fails… Cant wait to see the Matcha video

[@Aiken47]

I really love green and matcha teas, thanks so much for this documentary video.

[@frankmacleod2565]

Great video John

[@b1uemchen]

Adding green tea to my shopping list for Japan.

[@exxon5430]

I am back again. Love this vedio n rewatch! I recommend to all my rekatives. 18.12.24 wed 最高！！！ I remember you go try all vending machine of green tea..... becos of you, i start drink green tea too, thanks! 😊

[@josephkevinmachado]

Its a great day when John drops a video!

[@ZebraLens]

That farm monorail looks like it could be fun and relaxing 😀😌

[@CardinalKaos]

I get unreasonably happy when I get a notification that you posted a new episode. UNREASONABLY.

[@AE1OU]

7:11 That vibrant green color is so gorgeous. The senchas I've bought and tried so far has mostly either been yellowish green or light green. I have not found a brand that looks as green as that, I need to find that brand. Bet that processing factory smells heavenly.

[@DRC644]

The number of people and the amount of time it can take to make something as "simple" as tea is astounding. Thanks for another great video.

[@Kalumbatsch]

Mmm.. you can almost smell the wonderful aroma of that two-stroke exhaust.

[@Xfootball7]

Hey John. Thank you man I really liked this video. Also I love drinking Japanese green tea 👍🙂

[@JunipersTravelJapan]

Hi John! I used to live in Shizuoka for more than 10 years. My neighbor runs a green tea company. I didn't know how fukamushi sencha is produced, so it was nice to learn the process by watching your video. There is a pretty little village called Ikegawa in Shikoku, which produces green tea. Also there is a very clear river in the area and you can enjoy kayaking. I enjoyed a cup of tea and a tea dessert at a nice cafe in front of the river and tea field. You must go there.

[@mariaeckstein652]

Lovely! Very informative & eye opening. I enjoyed every second of your video.

[@ilcilc2910]

While your Japan GO! channel has it's charms and I like the livestreams I still prefer this due to it's polish and informative nature. I still wouldn't trade one for the other though. Thanks for your effort Mr. Daub.

[@NextdoorHomestead]

As a gardener, this may be my favorite ONLY in JAPAN series yet! Utterly fascinating =) Quick heads up that your intro chapter has a small typo ("strat").

[@onlyinjapan]

Thank you! I had a couple of small errors I’m with spelling - my previewers missed them too 😂 I was curious too which is why I made this one 🍵

[@CistudeSuisse]

Can't wait for the last part of this fantastic serie 💚💚💚 yummy matcha 🤤

[@VerhoevenSimon]

It's always amazing how much work and care goes into making green tea.

[@Mike-Eye]

Love your videos! Long time fan!

[@manci.manwlhs]

yaay I have been looking forward to this. Thank you~ 😊

[@graceho7845]

Learned so much. From now on, I have a whole new level of appreciation when I enjoy Sencha! Looking forward to next episode

[@Gimmeanamepls959]

Yummy green tea

[@HitsuTwistedTalong]

the green color is mesmerizing

[@corsaircarl9582]

I was never a green tea/matcha guy, but I do find stuff like this fascinating

[@Zojirushi.2.16]

I’ve seen the first one a few times as it was good, I imagine I’ll watch this a few times too.

[@thepowerstation2702]

😊 👍 Thank you very much John for another top 🔝 quality video. I ♥ Green Tea 🍵. ✌️ 💖 🙏 Levent 🦁

[@aasc8120]

Really liked the episode! Always learning. I have good memories of Shizuoka, there a woman while working left her post just to show me directions. My home island produces green tea too. Can't wait for the next episode! Thanks John!

Gained an appreciation of Green Tea! Thanks!!

[@dianebaker5243]

Lovely video. Thanks for sharing 🎄 ❄️ ☃️

[@raymondcenteno5835]

We think of green tea as being just dried leaves but there’s so much more to the process. Thanks for this video. And bonus, I learned that a 1 yen coin is 1g.

[@onlyinjapan]

Me too! I actually weighed one ¥1 coins then 3 ¥1 coins and it added up! So interesting 🍵 thanks Raymond!

[@KSPRAYDAD]

@@onlyinjapan But did the Bank of Japan do that on purpose?

[@dj.hennuy1868]

You covered the tea processing comprehensively from this video I now know something about green tea!

[@malakangel9322]

Another quality video from one and only John Daub🎉

[@joshcomeau1365]

Amazing, thanks for sharing John!

[@romainvicta3076]

John you are honestly the most hardworking youtuber I know of ; your production quality really shines through and your personality is perfect - i hope you can get some rest over the christmas period - Have a lovely christmas mate

[@1973Washu]

I like these long form video essays .

[@jarihult]

Great video and not new from me actually , i've been on tea plantation on Sri Lanka so , its still great to see how they do that in Japan😎Thank you John🙂👍!!!

[@buildingfactory]

I love to watch these videos in the morning with a big cup of coffee!

[@onlyinjapan]

Working on a bunch of them to keep you sipping on more morning 😃☕️

[@daniel_poore]

John, I can never help but feel like you saw an episode of "how its made" and modeled your entire career around it, from what and how you cover things to the intonation and delivery of your voiceovers, its all so.... close! Lol at any rate your channel is amazing and has brought me alot of enjoyment over the past few years since Ive started watching.

[@JFebrillet]

I remember seeing you in the tv show japanology I am so glad you continued making content. I subscribed right away I love learning videos about japan.

[@scarlatti222]

5:41 is someone whistling or that would be the sound of the machines ?? It sounds musical to me ears

[@danielference2252]

Amazing, thank you for offering us a window into the process, farm to cup!

[@ramsessilent]

love green tea this farm is awesome! thanks for the share! stay awesome!

[@Pebbles2639]

Great new Video John! Very interesting and informative! Had no idea so much went into Tea!

[@InTheWind_]

We are farmers in Scotland and love farm-to-table videos!!

[@dusk-i3m]

Another quality production from John. Looking forward to the next part of this series!

[@japanvibes315]

Tq for making documentary about japan. I luv vide whenever is about japan content

[@alamri20]

I love green tea..looking at the process, I have a greater appreciation for green tea now.

[@AvaFayIliza]

I love it, John! I can't wait for the rest of the series! 💖 -Ava

[@japanvali7001]

Green Tea ......... such a Great thing to exist I love drinking a cup or two And after watching this great episode i know the exact process....now the tea will taste a lot better. The mini Shinkansen🚄 at the field was the best Thank you for this informative Dokumentation

[@TheEftimies]

It is so cool to see on how meticulous they are. This just proves their passion and their excellency. We are a coffee and tea drinker but not so sure if we ever tried their teas. The coffee that we drink usually comes from South America and Ethiopia. And teas are usually from Sri Lanka. We would love to try it. Hoping soon and also hoping to visit Japan!👌🏻

[@Buenosdiiaz]

Fantastic video and can't wait for that Matcha dessert in part three!

[@jediron169]

I never new there were different varieties of Green Tea, and how much went into. Fascinating.

[@kianaekong3552]

Thanks for showing us the process, now I know how my fav sencha get it's vivid green colour. In fact I am sipping a mug right now while watching this video. Cheers 🍵

[@kianaekong3552]

@@babazeropointer Do agree the video release on his main channel is few and far between. That is the disadvantage of a one man show where he do everything from planning and negotiating access permission to editing and releasing video notifications across various social medias all by himself. All that work on top of his duties as a husband and father plus managing the postcard and parcels of his patreon supporters. I like his main channel videos as the quality is good showing a lot of details other KZbinrs left out in their rush to churn out videos. As for recycled old topic, we know the green tea topic spans across multiple episodes since John brought us all with him to the various shooting locations via his OIJ Go streaming channel and we look forward to the next tea video on matcha. Cheers 🍻

[@nxrm]

Outstanding video about the green tea harvest. Looking forward to the next episode: Matcha ne! :)

[@farismirrazakamar1303]

Looking forward for your upcoming matcha episode 👍👍👍

[@onlyinjapan]

It should come out in January. I have to make one more trip to Shizuoka or a restaurant to film the confection making scene. The factory and farm scenes are gorgeous and it's so interesting how they are same in many ways and also so different!

[@farismirrazakamar1303]

Good luck on your projects john, i'll always be waiting for your new episodes

[@Jdmjunkie001]

I almost forgot this channel existed, glad I am subscribed!

[@jenesisparker6748]

I came from live on Instagram. Very exciting to see about green tea and how it's made and process cool

[@onlyinjapan]

Hey! Welcome to the other side - on KZbin! Green Tea really is a lot more sophisticated than just tea leaves in a bag - something I didn't respect until making this episode!

[@henrychew235]

Thanks for another excellent video, never realized the process of making drinkable high quality green tea is this complicated! We really take for granted as end user on the final product we comsumed. Definitely would love an episode on hojicha!

[@expertcritic7704]

Another great video as always John 👍🏻

[@thedude8046]

I love green tea! I drink it every day!

[@nathanp5990]

High quality as usual John. Thanks for such fascinating content

[@scottieh6542]

As always, great job John! Beautifully produced, entertaining and informative!

[@DrSid42]

Just was in matcha museum (more like how it's made than history) in Nishio, nearby. Can't wait to the next episode !

[@cobrabeebop]

another great video 🌿🌿🌿👍

[@StarlordStavanger]

Love it when you make these videos John-san, keep up the amazing work!

[@czarodzi9967]

That was a great overview of the work to make green tea, very cool to see all the specialized equipment that they use. It was a little scary seeing the worker reach into the one machine that rolls around the dried leaves.

[@matttdb]

Wow! You always bring a smile to my brain when you teach us new things from Japan. You truly are a master at production. Thank you. Those shots in the machines and the slow drone pull back while following the tea cutters were amazing. Not to mention the epic aerial shots. Can’t wait for your next video.

[@papaalphaoscar5537]

Top notch and informative as usual. You can really see that effort has really been put in to making the video.

[@cyberrider1765]

Awesome video! Thanks John

[@ChritsianBucic]

Nice and surprising topic! I enjoyed that moment! Thank you!

[@dvddpr]

Great episode John!

[@manci.manwlhs]

Yaay another green tea episodes. 🤤 Looking forward to part 3. 🍵😊

[@alexshozo]

Such interesting insights as always! Now I'm sure my first drink when I'm back in Japan will be some Green Tea!

[@ashishxx]

That tea grading exam looks very objective.

[@RosettaStonedd]

I was looking forward to the new episode! Thank you!

[@kirkbest3238]

I’m a tea drinker and it clears the mind

[@007007gf]

Awesome start for green tea video. That was a lot of drone shots and details on the process. I can see why it took a while to get this done. I have been drinking more coffee than tea in recent years. I do drink Fukamushi at home. Can't wait to go Japan to replenish my stock. I like how you added your live stream at the tea farm with the open hut with Dean. Cheers to Kanae and Rio.