Irish Grown Tea - From Bush to Pot

[@fairyberry444]

This is such a sweet video. I can really see all the love and care you've put into this plant.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you

[@FensterfarmGreenhouse]

This is a great demo on the proper way to make tea from your own plants. I had never seen it done prior to this video. Thanks. Chuck

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Fensterfarm Greenhouse I am glad you found it interesting, Chuck. Thank you for watching.

[@chickadee6373]

I just bought a tea plant and your video is the best one on You Tube for growing tea in the UK. Very encouraging!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@rubenskiii]

Aside from thanks for showing how you process the tea as a small batch grower, what a lovely little teapot! The dragon snout being the spout is a great touch. Warm greetings from The Netherlands!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you so much. The teapot is a Chinese one, bought by a family member in China years ago. I love it too.

[@lindalee4768]

What a great pleasure to have a cup of fresh brewed tea grew from your own garden. May i suggest you have cuttings from your big tea plant. Soon, you will have full garden of tea plants. Thank you for sharing your joy.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thanks for watching :)

[@TheKetholly]

OMG, I loved this! I lived in 2011. I love tea and Ireland, so, it's perfect to me watching you!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thanos for subscribing and happy growing !

[@LilFrugalGardener]

What a great accomplishment and so encouraging that you're able to grow tea in Ireland! Thank you so much for making such a beautiful video and I look forward to more of your updates =)

[@GardeningatDouentza]

The Frugal Gardener Thank you for watching :)

[@hughgabin8068]

I LOVE your tea pot. :P I am also looking into growing some tea in a less than suitable climate. Wish me luck over here in the states! :)

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Good luck :)

[@andreasoilander5407]

Every tea lover's dream, to grow and brew your own tea! You are so lucky! :)

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Andrea Soilander It was a small yield for so much trouble but a good novelty. Thank you for watching, Andrea.

[@TenshinArts]

Thank you for this video! I'm going to try and grow my own tea, seems really easy and it looks way better than store bought.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I wish you every success! Do bear in mind though that the yield is low. Only the youngest top leaves get used in tea so you would need a number of bushes to get any kind of decent volume.

[@1deepstar]

very nice, I was looking for something straight forward about making your own tea. I live in Hawaii and recently acquired several tea plants. I've spent some time looking at vids before I came across yours...most helpful. ...thank you

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Hey, that's great and I'm sure your climate will be great for growing the tea plant. I'm glad you found my video useful and happy drinking!

[@mandyorchids4938]

Amazing! This was great thank you, the tea looks tasty :)

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Arlene Ontiveros The tea was surprisingly tasty and not what it usually tastes like. Thank you for watching.

[@eviru_]

Finally a video showing how to process homegrown tea! Before this I could only find videos about how to grow the plant or how tea is processed on a mass scale which is not helpful when I just want to know the best way to process my homegrown sinesis. Thank you! If you could show us how to process it into green tea as well that would be great!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jaynescanzano2412]

oh, I just love a cup of herbal tea! I am going to have to borrow your idea of growing my own camellia sinensis. 😍

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Jayne Scanzano Borrow away! Thanks for watching :)

[@laurieparis2203]

Did a search to find this after you mentioned it in the Grow it for Joshie KZbin. Very cool!🌱

[@GardeningatDouentza]

:) Still growing strong too. Next year we will make tea with it again :)

[@andyfx7.929]

Well Barry's tea are not under threat.......... This week! :-) Well done Rachel, good fun.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

andy friel Let them watch out next week! Thanks for watching, Andy :)

[@linkseasonuk772]

Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Welcome

[@desertplantsofavalon]

This is such an INCREDIBLE video Rachel :-) I LOVED it, you can't beat a nice cup of tea and all natural and made from your own beautiful garden :-) Thats so amazing that you have grown your own cuppa, and i bet it tasted much nicer and smoother than Barry's or Tetley's :-) Thanks so much for sharing Rachel XXXXX

[@DraconianRain]

I thoroughly enjoyed this. It's given me some ideas on how to make tea with my own plant. I have Camellia sinensis assamica and I was getting confused about how to make black tea. A lot of what I have seen, people steamed their leaves first but I think I will try your method first.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Yes, we amended the process slightly ourselves and this works well for us and makes great tea. Good luck!

[@oishd6077]

When you said "if you're in a place more like India , you'd have more of these teas", i smiled a bit because i am from Assam, India which is famous for its tea and if i am not wrong then it is the biggest tea growing region in the world.. and yes!! We do have lovely tea gardens here and I'd love you to visit us here someday...

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Hello there and thank you for your comment. I would dearly love to visit Assam some day. Take care and happy growing.

[@Cesc8170]

Hello, had not watched this video, and what you tell us there comes in handy really because I got today a Camellia sinensis var. Assamica. Thanks to you I now know how to make black tea, which is, allong with the green one, my favourite. ^_^

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Ah, very good. And I'm sure your camellia will do better than mine in sunny Spain. Best of luck! 😇

[@Cesc8170]

Thank you! And if I kill it...nah, I'll give it so much love it won't dare to die...It looks sooo pretty with it's long leaves

[@hw9943]

Wow amazing ! Thank you so much for posting this I’ve been really curious about whether I can grow this plant in Ireland and make my own Matcha tea the traditional way that they used to in Japan however that being said doing it myself and making my own ceremonial grade Macha for my own health.. This has given me much hope that it is possible and as I’m studying about the strict practises of harvesting and high-grade ceremonial grade Matcha I believe that within time I can test out this method for myself your method is different because you’re just making tea but nonetheless it has given me great hope thank you.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You are very welcome and I wish you much success 😊

[@robyntighe]

Hi, I made tea leaves from my Camellia Japonica and was delighted with it, had a pot on VE Day! Made some more for 2 interested pals!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Wow, didn't know you could do that. Glad it was good.

[@fiachrakavanagh8242]

That's brilliant! Fair play to ye. Gonna try grow it myself. Hopefully the wicklow mountain weather will be kind to my plants 🤞

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You probably have a milder garden than I do so I wish you every success with your tea plant. Did you see they have some outdoors in Kilmacurragh Botanic Gardens! Wishing you a happy new year.

[@fiachrakavanagh8242]

@@GardeningatDouentza I took your recommendation and are just back from Kilmacurragh, beautiful place! Thank you 👍

[@GardeningatDouentza]

@@fiachrakavanagh8242 Yes, beautiful place" Glad you got to enjoy it.

[@bjornmundt5801]

Outdoor? Great! I was told, tea loves it a bit warmer, than the weather usually is in Ireland, but well, well done! Today i ordered my Mate Tea plant. we will see.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Well, I was surprised too to get tea outdoors in Ireland. Thank you for the reminder to go pick some nice fresh leaves.

[@bjornmundt5801]

Gardening at Douentza Are your tea plants outdoor the entire year ? Amazing. Is it a spezial type of tea? Or did you just plant a plant you could get somewhere?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

The tea plants were grown from seed (Camellia sinensis) and kept in the greenhouse for the first few years. Then three of them were planted in the garden and left permanently outdoors. One is doing better than the other two, probably because of its sheltered location. We have, however, been blessed with mild winters since the plants were planted out. I must also add that in Co Wicklow the Kilmaccuragh Botanic Gardens has a tea bush outdoors for several years and it is a decent size!

[@bjornmundt5801]

Gardening at Douentza Wow. Thanks a lot. Am i right that tea plant don't stand temperatures below 0°C? I would be even happy with a tea plant in a big pot. Grocers offer a wide range of plants, but i don't get a tea plant (camelia sinensis). I'm very lucky that i found one last week, who can deliver me a mate plant. I was searching for one very long too.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Well, it's not true because even in a mild winter it goes below zero here. However, remember that young plants are more susceptible to cold! Good luck with your tea plant. By the way, the tea from it really was delicious.

[@chicocucea]

Judging by the color of the liqueur and the leaves (not quite a full oxidation), I think you might just have made your very own Oolong tea. Nice! I wish I had a tea plant here at home to do the same. :/ Anyway... Well done! and thanks for sharing.

[@channelfadge7438]

that looks good. do you think tobacco could be cured with that same bowl method? also does your tea plant make seeds?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

The Channel Fadge Hello and thank you for commenting. I've never grown tobacco and my tea plant has never flowered so there are no seeds.

[@janicelopez4968]

Thank you for the video. Can fresh tea leaves be cut and put directly into boiling water to make tea or does it have to go through this type of process? Thanks.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I believe it has to go through this type of process otherwise it's a herbal tea.

[@RevolutionaryOpitimism]

@@GardeningatDouentza Loved the video! Thank you for sharing! Just for the record, I've done a fair amount of research on tea and Herbal tea is typically camellia sinensis combined with other plants (roses, hibiscus, cloves, cinnamon etc,) Or minus the tea plan all together. Janice Lopez, I'm sure you could drink the tea that way, but it would likely no be very strong, and maybe very vegital tasting. Also, cutting and crushing tea leaves often brings out the bitter qualities in tea. Always shoot for whole leaves! That said, if you like whats in the cup, you did it right. Cheers!

[@kainech]

Huh. I just started soaking some tea seeds two days ago and intended to keep them indoors. I was afraid the Texas panhandle winters would destroy a tea plant. How cold does it get in Ireland? It can get to -13 C most winters for a week or so. Are temperatures comparable in Ireland, or is it warmer?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

It is warmer here in Ireland. Here is a link with our climactic information... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland

[@kainech]

Thanks. That's warmer than I expected. I had better keep it indoors (except summer; it'd love the summer).

[@robind8155]

Hi, do you feel the tea plant’s leaf is little yellow than other camellia plants? Is the 🍵 tea plant also have flowers?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Here's a video I made in the Azores islands, showing a tea plantation there. You can see some flowers and how the leaves look. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap7FZWSFecScsMk

[@robind8155]

Gardening at Douentza thank you very much 😊🙏🏻

[@givmi_more_w9251]

Hmmm ... a tea bush would be a great addition for my mother's garden, since she loves black tea (I like it too, but I am definitely a coffee person). Do you think you can keep the plant in a big pot and overwinter it an a frost-free ... wintergarden? You know, a terace, but surrounded completely with windows. Man, me not speak no English. Not for harvesting tea, but for the fun of having a genuine tea-plant. Same reason why you grow an Olive tree.

[@givmi_more_w9251]

+Courier6 And this teapot is sooo cool, I definitely will have a lookout for one. I loooove dragons in every shape. Except Tabaluga.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

+Courier6 Yes, I grew this plant in a pot for the first few years in the greenhouse. I'm sure it would do well there. However, you know your own climate better than I do. The teapot is a Chinese teapot. Thanks for watching :)

[@givmi_more_w9251]

Gardening at Douentza Thank you for sharing your experience, that is very nice of you :)

[@15halerobert]

Because I'm a southerner (American style) of Scotch Irish blend I would have to add a teaspoon of sugar or honey. Great video

[@GardeningatDouentza]

+15halerobert No problem with that :D It was very nice tea. Thank you for watching.

[@MountainJohn]

INTERESTING... NOTES....OF... ah shite, Im irish who am I kiddin? Its tasty, how bout that!? Loved the vid

[@GardeningatDouentza]

😁😁😁

[@GiovanniOrchidsKiller]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA LOVE YOU ... quando stavi sorseggiando e descrivendo il gusto con dietro quei fantastici fiori di Cattleya :D HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH ti stimo troppo

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Giovanni Orchids Killer Sei innamorato delle orchidee, tu! Ma sei in buona compagnia :D

[@GiovanniOrchidsKiller]

Anche ma amo anche la tua ironia e il tuo modo di fare

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Giovanni Orchids Killer Grazie :)

[@lindalee4768]

I bought few good tea plants at Etsy.com. they are doing well. Thank you for sharing.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Very good

[@annaisgrowing]

are those ORCHIDS on your teacup and saucer?!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

annaiskicking Ha ha. Yes, the cup was a present from a friend from Kew Gardens. It has Cattleya walkeriana on it :)

[@GiovanniOrchidsKiller]

Gardening at Douentza love the teacup

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Giovanni Orchids Killer Thank you. Normall it is too good to use and sits in the press :)

[@crazyforflowers7478]

Its Yummy !! lol!!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Crazyforflowers It was surprisingly yummy and more refined than I am used to :)

[@fury_juandi]

I need to get some camellia sinensis seeds to grow it by myself, but I can't find them here in Andalusia, Spain 😢 If your plant produce seeds, could you send me any of them? I would pay you

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Try plantworldseeds.com

[@TOEKIEWORLDMarc]

why the hell do you put cream in this lovely cup of tea and ruin the flavor?

[@MountainJohn]

i r i s h

[@meehan302]

That's unbelievable . It would be even better without the milk. It's everyone's dream to grow their own tea. You must be the first in Ireland to grow Tea Trees.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Patrick Meehan I am not the first, Patrick, as I have seen a bush in the Botanic Gardens in Kilmaccuragh and I am sure there are plenty of people like me with an adventurous spirit :) Thank you for watching.

[@jfcomics9466]

Gud vid

[@mawkernewek]

I might have to be using my parents ornamental Camellia japonica to make tea after Brexit.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Oh I hope not!

[@mawkernewek]

@@GardeningatDouentza I saw this someone in Australia tries it: pandragonathome.blogspot.com/2009/11/making-black-tea-from-your-camellia.html

[@robyntighe]

@@mawkernewek I saw the pandragon blog and was inspired, identified my camellias and pretty sure I have a japonica, so, after watching this vid I have picked my tips and they are now in the greenhouse for the first 24 hours! Husband is intrigued so I aim for a homegrown cuppa of something about Friday.....just in time for VE celebrations I reckon!

[@robyntighe]

Hi, I made tea leaves from my Camellia Japonica and was delighted with it, had a pot on VE Day! Made some more for 2 interested pals!

[@MiracleOrchids1]

Ok. That's not correct! It looks soooo yummy :) :d

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Ana Maria Clapon What is not correct? :)

[@MiracleOrchids1]

Lol:)) cos I wanted to taste it :)) I always wondered how the irsh people make their tea

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Ana Maria Clapon Ha ha. Sorry I could not share :)

[@MiracleOrchids1]

I know :)

[@unitedstatesdale]

Thats tae iontach. Go raibh maith agat as San Diego

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Tá fáilte romhat.

[@bostonlincolnshire8745]

"Interesting" lol

[@sombhaithakorthakor4010]

Okg