The 5 Steps of Tea Quality Assessment: How to Evaluate Quality in ANY Tea Sample | Masterclass Ch.4

[@wumountaintea]

Don't Miss Chapter 5! (3 Tools for Perfect Tea Infusion): kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpDPmXx6jc-Zaq8 Feel like skipping around to other chapters? They're all linked right here: Introduction to The Masterclass on Tea + My Story with Tea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enjJfKuLa7Srn9k Chapter 1 - Laying out the 6 tea types and exploring their awesome sub-types: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onK8g42bea9nhsU Chapter 2 - Exploring the biology and cultivation of tea plants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6bRe4KeYpZsr80 Chapter 3 - Everything about tea processing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqKnnGWprLmceJo Chapter 4 - How to conduct a formal tea quality assessment (7 total PDF’s accompany this chapter, including 6 tea tasting rubrics with vocabulary cheat sheets (linked above)) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZrUpKV3r8yVkJo Chapter 5 - How to make a good cup of tea and not make a bad cup of tea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpDPmXx6jc-Zaq8 Chapter 6 - Health effects of tea (EPIC CHAPTER DON’T MISS IT): kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGW8oXqYiNKUfKc Chapter 7 - The History of tea from 2737 BC to today’s Tea Renaissance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqHHoIhteamojtE Chapter 8 - Today’s Tea Industry Issues: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXSllZ-nf7Z4baM

[@seanrowshandel1680]

(Get a better microphone, please!) I'm mesmerized by the accuracy of the methods used in the video. I'm your Worst Nightmare and I'm jealous. But one day I will reach China (I have been on the way for 3+ years, an strengthening MY anti-northern South Asian sentiment EVERY DAY) and respectfully offer you a cup of GREEN TEA which has been islated entirely from northern South Asian influence.

[@Adonisacademy_afiliate]

That bagged tea was “nothing more than hot leaf juice”

[@southoceann]

Induced a gag response haha. My man being so extra with the complete demolition of the supermarket tea.

[@bricktea3645]

He boiled it so it's extra

[@VenciiGames]

That’s what I was thinking… I have a hard time believing that a store bought tea can be that bad. Give me a break.

[@Olmirz]

This channel is why KZbin is awesome... never knew i could be so interested in tea! With the quality of this content I'm sure this channel is about to explode in popularity. Keep up the good work!

[@wumountaintea]

Thank you !! I really appreciate the encouraging words 😃🌱🍵🙏 Working on new videos now :) Dylan

[@stewartcameron860]

It's such a shame that so many people have undoubtedly drunk tea made from the sweepings off the floor which have got past the buyers of the supermarkets and into mainstream products as the genuine article. It has put them off drinking tea because of the nasty taste and you've just proved it.

[@DasHemdchen]

As a total stranger to tea, I bought a supermarket Pu-err and it tasted so bad that I nicknamed it „Puh - Ährg“. After this series, I‘ ll try some better quality to find out wether it‘s the Pu-err or the supermarket part, responsible for the bad taste.

[@villevalste1888]

Probably a lot less people would be drinking tea, if it wasn't for the cheap stuff. At least it has the catechins and what-not.

[@FabricofTime]

Yeah, I was convinced I didn't like tea for most of my life. I do. I just don't like sad, stale tea bits that may be cut with other plant material.

[@n0etic_f0x]

This is one of the most addictive channels I have found and I think this speaks as to why. It gives off why people really love something without being an ass about it. Like I love tea and I was once gifted a box of tea that cost fifteen hundred dollars from... someone with far too much money. But why would anyone ever pay that piece? it is madness... right? Well no. Not right at all, I mean I know people who will pay 50 dollars for a glass of wine, and sure this is about a 30 dollar cup of tea if I only infuse once but... still people see high-end liquor and wine as normal but tea nit so much and this kind of point out why.

[@wumountaintea]

I love that perspective ~ Can you remember what type of tea you were gifted? For $1500 I would guess aged raw puer, dahongpao wuyi oolong, or a maybe really fine spring green tea, maybe biluochun or dragonwell. You drink it all yet??

[@n0etic_f0x]

@@wumountaintea I don’t and sadly the person I got it from also doesn’t. There wasn’t any English on the package. All I can recall is it was Pu'er because the guy found the name to be hilarious. This was back in 2016 so sadly it all gone. It was a large cake of tea big enough to cover something like an iPad. I was gifted it by this person because despite him being just… ungodly wealthy he had no personality to speak of and as he put it I let him find one. One of the things we both liked was tea so he found it a fitting gift. At the time he still had no idea how to brew properly and was just now learning I was not just making it up that you can brew tea wrong. I had to properly make tea for him because I knew of the proper way to make it something he found really interesting because… it is. I was his bratty twink boy who knew all this weird stuff so he could get women. Yes a gay romance was formed so he could get women… it’s a long story.

[@n0etic_f0x]

@@wumountaintea I wrote all that and forgot about the most important thing, I recall how it tasted and smells. The aroma was very strong, almost like when you crush nuts or cut young wood, also the smell of when you dig into a pile of leaves. Something I remember quite well because when I said it everybody instantly thought the same thing. It tasted like chestnuts and had the almost whiskey or aged rum fermented kind of taste so it was clearly aged. Definitely in that wood family that whiskey and nuts are also is in. It has good enough body to be recognizable even to your average person and quote “it makes the water thick like coffee does” even to someone I had just pointed out as something that happens. I am fairly certain that it was high end tea and he didn’t just get taken for a ride as you could smell this from far off even in open air and had the body it did. Both hard to fake and it was excellent but it was the first time I ever used a tea cake or something that was substantially aged.

[@huanzhouzou564]

Please, I need to know more about your wealthy friend. Did you do stupid things to get women for him? XD. But in all seriousness, I'm glad that there are people who appreciate the value of a good tea and I wish you all the best.

[@n0etic_f0x]

@@huanzhouzou564 It’s a very odd story, someone in his family invited tech that goes into streetlights so he sold millions of his product but he was also completely insane and thought that lizard people run the world. This guy was very strange and really got into very strange underground cultures because he just had no personality, he was also very sexually repressed and clearly thought I was hot. I got him to accidentally have a personality and he got married to someone and said it should have been me but we just never connected. So he basically purchased my debt and somehow made money by purchasing my debt. So after that I had no debt because he was paid to purchase and sell it (no I don’t know what that means) and he bought me my bar so I would not be homeless. So then I had no debts, a place to live (illegally), and a profitable business. I sold the bar and got a normal 9 to 5.

[@coen1052]

You deserve more views! I've never been a tea guy in my entire life but I currently live in Taiwan and felt like what not try some taiwanese tea while I'm here since taiwanese tea is quite pricey in my hometown, then I came across your tutorial. I just really appreciate those videos and wanted to say thank you for your work👍 Gained so much knowledge

[@br5448]

i am in taiwan atm and feel the same

[@angelgalindo5740]

I love how visceral your reactions to the hay soup all were. Like physically perturbed lol

[@mackerelle9789]

Hey, now, I hear alfalfa water is quite refreshing. CTC is just good for boba lol

[@TheYashie]

I've always seen people do the thing with rows of these cups with the lids in like ... promotional material and ads for tea, today I learned what they're actually doing. Great video, Dylan! Can't wait for the rest :D

[@wumountaintea]

haha, now you know!!! Thanks for watching bro 🤗🍵

[@ironlion45]

This was incredibly educational. I've seen this done with Japanese green teas, where they have those little blue porcelain cups with a bullseye pattern, but it's interesting to see a more general expansion of how this is done.

[@wumountaintea]

Thanks for watching! Right, each distinct tea type will have small variations in how this process is carried out. This video just showed the general process that can be applied broadly to most teas. In the future I think we'll do tea type-specific tasting videos, that could be fun 😊🌱🍵

[@rebekahclevenger3484]

I'd love that!!

[@cyberiansailor9741]

I loved your over the top reaction! I was laughing my ass of. As I was younger for the longest time I have been drinking the lowest of the lowest of teas because of money issues. Then my school took me to Taiwan on a trip and I got to know really high quality oolong wich was a life changer for me. Anyway I love your passion and the videos you provide. Keep up the good work.

[@junweihe8229]

Wow Dylan this series taught me so much about tea your passion for the craft, your professionalism is so inspiring Hope you find purpose and happiness in China

[@shuyang551]

Also, just want you to know that I am so grateful that you are doing this. I am impressed and continually learn tons from you videos.

[@jessiewalter3594]

Wrapped up this chapter, got up to do a second steeping of my hojicha, and in my gaiwan was sludge. Oh, total heartbreak. Thanks so much for these videos! I had been wanting more technical info and this series is fabulous.

[@KungFuHonky]

I really love your high level of class young man. You are very much a gentleman. I'm twice your edge and all I've ever drank is either beer or tea, all of my life. ..And you school me on this shit. ...Bravo my man. This show gives me great hope for the future.

[@wumountaintea]

Thank you sir! Tea tends to bring out the best in us eh? 🌱🙏

[@KungFuHonky]

Yes indeedy. How may I ask, did you come to learn to speak Chinese? That is most admirable. ..Just be careful if CIA ever tries to recruit you, and they just might if you can speak Chinese. I'm not saying don't do it. Just think it over first. I could see you being a real James Bond on one hand. However on the other, you'd still working for the US government. ..Anyway, I get carried away sometimes, (Which is why I would be a horrible spy) but back on track: I would like to know if you can recommend a good Dark tea which I might be able to procure either on line, or in the somewhat remote area of Boise ID. Thanks for taking the time to write back.@@wumountaintea

[@hardwurkindaddy]

Your channel happened across my feed today. I've been a tea drinker all my life, and now feel as if I've never drank actual tea.

[@1Lightdancer]

Thank you Dylan! I feel compassion for my mama, who loved tea, but would have rarely experienced much above supermarket grade! She passed on her blue Lipton tea set (pot, cream and sugar bowls) and did brew loose leaf tea - but nothing as rich and vibrant as your friend's small batch green, or the tea I make from my own shrub. She would love tea party with fresh Oregon grown tea, and the options available in tea rooms now! I've participated in Japanese tea ceremonies, visited tea rooms and local Gong fu gatherings. The Velvet Monkey and Incahoots in McMinnville provide loose leaf bulk teas that would score well. Grateful

[@akshayashankar9663]

I always wanted to understand Tea from it's depth. Tada! And here is the best teacher. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Very valuable. Keep going

[@johnanderson3700]

Really helpful. I’ve been in love with tea for years, but there’s always more to learn. In USA most tea is iced tea & those of us who consume not tea have to search to find really good tea. This is really helpful in evaluating tea.

[@dr.s.p.]

Love your presentations! So much information and experience passed on. A wonderful course in tea! When you mentioned there’s no real smell to Green Tea leaf in general prior to infusion; I found that after living in Asia, much of it in Taiwan, for 25 years, the Taiwanese tea growers, traders and tea houses always used to take a small sample of leaf and rub it gently between the palmer surface of the thumbs to get an idea of the potential and whether there was a damp staleness presence, or was pleasant. Just an observation.

[@IsabelCurdes_photos]

I have embarked on a tea journey and this masterclass is amazing - comprehensive, easy to understand, enough background without being overwhelming. It will help me to understand, assess and compare all the teas I am trying. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@Palpatine4Senate]

Thank you so much for all this education and work to help us appreciate tea more!

[@wumountaintea]

You're welcome! I enjoy doing it 😃🌱🍵 Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏😊

[@pdrlns]

You're teaching so much and making me become interested in something I've never thought I would. Thanks, keep up the good work. Love from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@witchyix]

this has opened my eyes so much! i always knew that i liked the "bigger" leaf green teas that looked more like your high grade tea here more than the "smaller" chopped up green teas with more colour variation, but i didn't have any idea why or how to express it. i can't wait to try more tea now that i know what i'm looking (and smelling, and tasting) for, haha.

[@jayanthdasari291]

By watching ur assessment of green tea.. I tried ur method. It came more of yellow color and little bit of brown color.. Seems like moderate quality. BTW I m using lipton loose green tea from India. Love ur tea content

[@anashani3868]

Thank you for this Dylan. One could really see how you went through sorrow and joy during this video, it was an emotional rollercoaster but you did it nonetheless!! I've always wondered what "competition grade" tea meant but now you've thoroughly explained the concept and showed how it works. Can't wait to implement this to my teas and see what happens.

[@wumountaintea]

You're welcome Anan! Yes this Chapter was fun to film hehe 😄🌱 "Competition grade" (like most tea 'grades') usually just means "good quality." It's normally up to the seller to be honest with the customer about the grade of their tea, which of course is an imperfect system, and why it's important for people to be able to assess tea quality on their own! I'm happy to hear you plan to try out the process on your own teas :) Don't forget I made 7 downloadable pdf's to accompany this video that are meant to help you tea taste on your own at home (1 general guide and 1 for each major tea type) available for free download here: wumountaintea.com/a-masterclass-on-tea/ Thanks for watching and commenting and keep me posting on your tea tasting experiments! 🌱🍵🤘💚

[@chadczternastek]

Come on with the sorrow and wrong use of words. Sorrow? For tea leaves? LMAO 🤣 I seen it all.

[@raphaelgonzales3481]

Amazing, I've began to get into tea, and buy tea from china or japan, a year ago and your course gave me a lot of new keys to better appreciate tea ! Thank you !

[@lauramanuel7619]

A fellow tea snob! Lol. I prefer the pan fired green teas (than you on your previous videos for explaining why don’t like most green tea) though adding in the cheapness of a lot of them too. I prefer black tea. I find that flavor profile fits what I enjoy most. 🤤 with my favorites being keemun, kumoan, and Darjeeling. Keemun and kumoan usually have a rich deep bodied flavor while the earthier Darjeeling flavor is quite nice. Sometimes I like to take mixed teas like English breakfast and try to taste the individual teas that went into them. Assam is malty and stands out as does Darjeeling for its earthy flavors. My Christmas present this year was a mixed box of high grade Indian loose leaf teas. After your videos I can appreciate the white tea with its mix of white and dark green leaves. The floral notes and the slight sweetness. Though I still prefer black. Excited to watch the brewing video next!

[@thegourmetgardenschool]

hahaha, I loved this! Thanks for your sacrifice demonstrating the tasting the terrible one! I'm really loving your videos!!

[@sweetgurl660]

Thank you for this informative and systematic guide to tea tasting. I was able to apply to some gyokuro I recently bought (the previously masterclass videos have convinced me to start buying loose tea ^^) ~

[@Makeit101]

Great Stuff Dylan! I have loved being educated by a well-spoken true expert and now look forward to buying quality tea to an even greater extent. Because I wanted to learn more about the world of fine tea and determine what type(s) I might want to focus on for my palette, I recently bought a tasting assortment of Chinese, and (some) Taiwanese teas online and found that my overwhelming favorite was the sweet, floral, and complex Anxi Wulong Low Fire from Fujian (no further descriptive detail listed). That flavor revelation was a huge step forward in my tea drinking progression so now I am seriously in search of some advice on the best (and most economical) way to buy more really good tea, advice that I think most all of your viewers would love to know!... if you would be willing to enlighten us a bit? Looking forward to your next vlog. Warm regards, Chris

[@oldboy2148]

this stuff is great! thanks again for doing this masterclass i have learned a ton and it has greatly improved my tea drinking/making experience!

[@wumountaintea]

That’s awesome! Love to hear it 🤗🍵🌱🫶

[@blue_lungs2846]

What if somebody has bought the horrible grocery store green tea but then they watched this video and now they know better, should they throw away the horrible tea, or finish it and then get a good one?

[@fdosrzalc]

Thank you Dylan, very informative , I just cameback from Darjeeling and this has blowup my mind about tea knowledge.

[@wumountaintea]

You're welcome! thanks for watching 😊🌱🍵 Were you visiting tea fields on your trip?!

[@Blxz]

Great video. Especially like that you've got downloads to the tea rubrics linked on your website. Thanks for that mate.

[@wumountaintea]

I gotchu! The rubrics are really essential to the assessment process, so the vid wouldn’t be of that much help without them. You got any tea tastings planned based on what you picked up in the vid? Cheers -Dylan

[@Blxz]

@@wumountaintea I did a little impromptu one right afterwards with my 4 yr old. Gave him a 10 point rating so the rubrics come up to 110 on my 'upgraded' rubric sheet. Sometimes it pays to have a second opinion. But have been planning a more formal tea tasting for a little while and this sheet arms me with everything I need.

[@reubenghatani7230]

I just love your video's. And the papers you present. Leaning every day. Thank you. Can we also have the journal papers which you present.

[@00000100]

This series has been fascinating as a casual tea drinker. I've always wanted to know more and this has been a great resource. Here's hoping that policy of responding to every comment is still going: one burning question on my mind is how to buy good (or at the very least, less bad) teas. I was just at the grocery store (which I'm guessing is not going to have any good teas to begin with, hence "less bad") and upon inspecting the boxes I expected to get to flex my new knowledge about processing, but I found that there's no information at all - not even which greens were pan-fired vs steamed, which seems like it would be a pretty basic differentiator. Can you offer any guidelines of what to look for and avoid? Certain brands that are bad, ones that are good, or online stores you would vouch for where one can get quality teas? Any resources that you trust that review widely available teas? I'm in Brooklyn, so I'm guessing there is at least one good tea shop in the city, but I've been at a loss of how to go about finding them. Keep up the great work, I'm a big fan of this series.

[@MrKhankab]

Thanks for this scientific approach to tasting tea

[@Luismi_cervus]

I really needed this video. I learnt A LOT while having a great time out of it. THANK YOU!

[@equestrianwhotravels]

This was super informative! I'm so glad I found your channel!

[@doctorinternet8695]

Wow, really interesting content! You describe tastes and aromas in a way I had never considered before. I always thought tea was somewhat of a boring drink yet somewhat enjoyable, but now I realize it's probably because most teas I've had were of low quality. Of course those were also mostly teas from other herbs, but I guess the problems in processing would equally affect those teas as well. During this video I got inspired to taste with care a tea blend of camomile and other herbs I have. I got surprised with how I identified certain aspects I never noticed: I felt mostly adstringency with some bitter taste and nothing more. And the aroma was mostly grassy, but also had other aspects I could feel but not name, specially at the first exhalation after swallowing. For some reason drinking it was still an enjoyable experience, but the sensations really were flat as you put it. i wonder what exactly was the thing that made me like it, even though I mostly felt three sensations which are, at best, neutral. As for teas form the tea plant, I'll try to find quality ones near me and see if I can have such an a enjoyable drink as you had. I'll try to explore teas from other commom herbs in my country as well, such as mate. I wonder if they can also have such a deep well of tastes and aromas.

[@wumountaintea]

Thank you for this great comment! I'm very happy that you were inspired to apply the information presented here to re-taste and re-evaluate an old tea of yours 😊🍵 I am certainly not an expert on non-tea plant teas (i.e. Herbal Teas), but from my experience they have typically not had quite the same complexity and depth that tea plant teas do, however like you said, lower quality tea plant teas also lack this depth. I hope you do some investigating on high-quality true tea in your area and find something you love! You can always reach out to me with questions you might encounter in the process of choosing which teas to buy, I am happy to help 😊 Either way, I'm curious to see what you find! Best, - Dylan

[@doctorinternet8695]

@@wumountaintea I'll make sure to report back with my findings ;)

[@alexanderdelaney3978]

Thanks for this very useful video -- and for taking supermarket-tea bullet for us!

[@wumountaintea]

You're Welcome! Happy to take a tea bullet for the team 😄🌱 This process would be instrumental for you in learning which processing styles produce the final tea product that you're most happy with (least vomit-inducing, as you put it) 😄🍵🌱

[@alexanderdelaney3978]

@@wumountaintea Yes, but the problem is that even though we've been consistent with our tea processing for some months now, we've noticed quite a variation in the taste of the different tea batches we've made, probably because all the plants are genetically different -- and perhaps because of the different time in the season that we plucked the tea. Tweaking the processing is going to be quite a challenge! Overall, though, we've already exceeded our expectations, as we're finding the tea to actually be enjoyable to drink, and I think that is mostly due to your help, so thank you!

[@guillaume1ful]

Bro is making me excited about tea

[@rachmadcahyo]

Hi Dylan, I just found your videos when I was searching about teas, and I recently just learning about teas. So, I want to know about that sipping method of tasting tea, is there any standard or specific ways to sipping teas like what you're doing in the video? Can you make a video about it, or maybe you have some reference to it? Thank you

[@youfallen]

Thank you very much! Great course so far

[@156_techno5]

Would be so cool to see you test two very high quality teas against each other. Because obviously everyone seeing those videos will be more into medium or high grade tea.

[@Mutant_Potential]

I had no idea that there was so much to tea. I also didn’t know that the supermarket tea that I grew up on was so horrible 😅

[@wumountaintea]

Charles I do apologize for ruining supermarket tea for you forever, however I believe this intervention was in your best interest. You may thank me one day 😜🌱😂🙏

[@Idavilah]

Excellent! Great class, simple to understand!!

[@victuos]

Great video! Are there teas that perform poorly in all aspects except for taste, and, to some extent, aroma, considering the close relationship between taste and smell?

[@wumountaintea]

That’s a great question. A good aroma/poor taste tea would be an Oolong from low grade summer pluck leaves that are produced by an exceptional tea master. High quality taste can’t easily be created in the leaves with good processing, but high quality aroma certainly can. Good taste poor aroma is less common but might include a forest-grown Raw Puer processed not that well. Good aroma poor taste is the guy who’s not that smart but works really hard and gets a B, good taste poor aroma is the guy that’s really smart but doesn’t apply himself and gets a B. Cool question, do you mind if I turn this Q&A into a short video? I think more people would be interested in this

[@victuos]

Thanks for the great reply. And I would be honored if you'd make it into a short video! :) @@wumountaintea

[@rebekahclevenger3484]

What are the tasting cups / infusers you used called? Theyre neat!

[@LR-mc3hc]

Oooo you naughty man the second slurp thank you for guiding me to the 2nd slurp tea tastes so much better 👍

[@ishratgauravgarana1366]

u r amazing!!! loved watching your video..looking forward to seeing more and following up with you.thank u so much!!

[@RobertMontano-oj8dc]

Well done,, comments were a bit hilarious,,, I thought I was the only one obsessed with tea. At one time I worked with RN's and they were so impressed that I was addicted to tea.. lol

[@yut-lungwei5612]

THAT ACTUALLY EXPLAIN WHY I NEVER LIKED SUPERMARKET TEA BAG :'D

[@LSFprepper]

I haven't had any really high quality teas, but I have had some from specialty shops that are definitely of higher grade than your generic teas. That being said, is that true for all "teabag" teas mostly regardless of brand? I used to buy anything, then I thought I'd get smart and only buy the better sealed bags (foil/plastic) because those locked in freshness. Somewhat. I found a noticeable difference, but I'm wanting to get some really good stuff to see how much more elevated it can get.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

I moved from the southeast US to the rocky mountains a few years ago and your reaction to tasting boring stale lipton green tea is pretty much exactly my reaction to huckleberries. They even ruined actual sweet blueberries for me because there's an element to them that they share with huckleberries and now it tastes like stomach bile to me.

[@jeanettegirosky7735]

very nice list, thanks!!!! Can't wait to do this!

[@wumountaintea]

Great! Let me know how it goes 😊🌱🍵

[@jeanettegirosky7735]

@@wumountaintea wow what an eye-opener! I had a supermarket tea that was actually like 3 years old. I compared it with a Quntizhong I had. The aroma on the supermarket tea was honey...and very strong....you couldn't taste it in the liquor though....made me wonder if it was sprayed or scented? I've gotten honey notes like that from greens by not like that lol. Couldn't taste it in the liquor though....that was like bile and very bitter. Ultimately though my Quntizhong failed also. I would have never noticed had I bothered to go through this what a low grade it was. It was burnt...like I could taste the wok and not in a good way. It was fine at 170*F....just unremarkable. I had a feeling it was not the best grade but wow, what a nice process to go through to make it stand out. I did not see a link for your rubric on your website anywhere unfortunately. It did seem to be taken from a journal article...which I m really interested in this and wondering if I could get the refs for that? Thank you again for such informative videos! Really taking this to next level...gonna have to try your teas too!

[@wumountaintea]

Hi Jeanette, nice work on your formal assessment! 👌🌱 The PDFs for formal tea quality assessment are ALMOST ready, I've been working on them all week. They will be available for free download on my blog right below the other Masterclass PDF when they're ready. There is not really a single journal article where this information is sourced from - in fact I am translating a Chinese source text on tea tasting into English, picking out the important parts and consolidating them into a concise tea tasting guide, which is why it's taking me a bit of time. Anyway, I'm happy that this process could help refine your tea evaluation process, and I'm excited to hear how it goes when you have all the rest of the supplementary guide materials 😊🍵 I'll check back in with you soon with everything is ready. Best, - Dylan

[@jeanettegirosky7735]

@@wumountaintea Wow that is awesome to hear! I'm studying Mandarin but not at the level of reading anything formal....some day!! I'm looking forward to seeing what all you come up with! Good luck with it all! And thanks!

[@Wingedshadowwolf]

I had a sage plant(garden/culinary variety) and I ate a leaf to test it. Now I don't feel like a weirdo when my first thoughts were "meaty" and "oily"

[@chriswiltsie7855]

I tried a grocery store green tea recently and it tasted strongly of fish or seaweed. Do you know why it would get that flavor? Loving your series btw.

[@lug358]

I have always felt drawn to the world of tea...but lacked any education...and yeah, supermarket teas 🤢 dont make justice to the real tea... I have recentily started buying better teas and infusing them correctly...I used to think a green tea was muddy and so bitter! Wow, i was wrong... looking forward to try many more teas. I have a question, whats your take on aromatized teas? I assume you preffer the pure tea leafs. I just enjoy some of the aromatized ones too, so good...

[@sidneywhite749]

I love your channel, just found it But it is very difficult or impossible for me to find chapter 1 and then progress to the next steps, a you tube issue but thought you should know

[@wumountaintea]

Thank you! All the chapters are together in order in a playlist. Copied the link for you here 🤗 8-Chapter Masterclass on Tea kzbin.info/aero/PLeK5s_4Pb8528z06MYcc_XMfd5V7ZJmUv

[@vctpeters]

🎉..your a rock star of tea

[@harambo88]

with k2 spice its exactly opposite. the grinded flakes are signs of bought product against something the harvested themself. this is really itching me bc i love myself some good chemicals over nature if its for my buzz and my tastebuds are simliar.

[@Aleksandr-The-Bright-Guy]

so interesting to watch

[@rohitgangwani6165]

Hello, Could you please tell a bit more about black tea leaves that are green in color? Well, I ordered SFTGFOP1 Black tea from Darjeeling (Spring Flush) and the leaves are green in color. You mention in this video that it's a bad thing? Also, how trustworthy is the tea grade mentioned on the packaging printed by the tea company itself? Because it doesn't have too many of the whole leaves, some straw and visibly shredded pieces of leaves. It turns bitter on steeping above the 2.75 minute mark at 90 C.

[@name1393]

i nearly gagged from just watching the tasting of that supermarket tea lol, thanks for doing it

[@vgamedude12]

I wouldve liked to see this with some teas that were closer in quality. I guess the same rules apply either way.

[@wumountaintea]

I agree - this process is more useful and interesting using tea samples that are closer in quality. I only chose the two I did for the sake of showing obvious differences and demonstrating the step-by-step process (like you said, the same rules apply). In future videos, I will always be using more similar tea samples 🌱🍵🤘

[@Headhunter-5000]

The green tea that I usually buy is a Japanese Kabuse-Cha. It is brewed at 70° Celsius for 1.5 minutes. Does that sound normal or is there an indicator for inferior quality? The price tag is around 20 Euros per 100 grams.

[@philippschreier398]

thank you for your sacrifice ^^

[@shuyang551]

Hi, can you recommend some books both in English and Chinese that teaches you how to understand tea and tea culture systematically? Thanks a lot!

[@LloydsofRochester]

Can you do a tasting and comparison on a wide variety of loose white teas? Clearly they can't be judged by green tea standards, and I have two different kinds and don't know if I how to assess them. One is labeled Bai Mu Tan (label only calls it China, but it looks better than...) the other Sow Me (Fujian), but maybe this one is supposed to look as it does.

[@pmtran01]

@wumountaintea, can you recommend fragrant green tea brand?

[@floridacoder]

My wife is Japanese and we drink green tea often. Is there a bias when it comes to scoring tea flavor based on nationality? Meaning would Chinese experts score the same tea differently than say Japanese experts because of regional taste preferences? Or is it rather uniform regardless?

[@JSroid]

A sencha and a dragon well *should* look and taste very different. I think that needs to be taken into consideration in scoring.

[@youregonnaattackthem]

Moar videos! Can you do more history ones?

[@Broxigar83]

which Chinese black teas would you recommend?

[@kursk8]

sitting here drink some store bought green tea wondering what I'm missing out on lol

[@satyrhermelin7314]

Great video! The download link for the pdfs is not working though :)

[@wumountaintea]

Thanks! The pdf opens in a separate tab - you get it? I‘ll email it to you personally if not 🤗🍵

[@Anna.Bystrik]

So it is "bad" to experiment with a fusion of black and green tea even if this is by design and not by a bad production technique? What if both components are first selected for their high quality and then mixed?

[@theshabbychicken1156]

How would pukka or clipper teas be from uk. Hard to get chinese or japanese tea here in uk

[@jamcdonald120]

8:24 question, is this the ISO 3103 tea standard?

[@moienasaie8703]

Is it okay to reuse tea leaves for a second steep?

[@wumountaintea]

Absolutely - Please do!! Especially White Tea, it needs at least one or two infusions to open up 🌱🍵

[@paulmertens5522]

Thanks!

[@wumountaintea]

Welcome! Thank you!! 🙌🍵🌱🫶

[@huanzhouzou564]

看到35分钟那一块吃茶叶绷不住了。我外公喝完茶也喜欢直接把茶叶吃掉，感觉戴伦已经完全把中国品茶的精髓给学会了。

[@huanzhouzou564]

I also cracked up when Dylan said A- was just a "pretty good" grade. getting heavy Asian parent vibes XD.

[@huanzhouzou564]

Also cracked up when Dylan was just like 90 points is "A-, pretty good, keep it up." Heavy Asian parent vibes, not overdoing it and calling A- a failing grade XD

[@wumountaintea]

99%? NOT BAD 还可以 哈 😜

[@huanzhouzou564]

@@wumountaintea Do you have a bilibili account? I really like your content and I'm sure the Chinese audience will appreciate it as much as I do.

[@rafaelz1580]

“Vomit inducing” might sound too strong but Ive tasted cheap tea that definetly felt like drinking dirty water and made me even gag, theres some nasty stuff in market shelves

[@wumountaintea]

true... gag-inducing may have been a more appropriate descriptor since I did not end up actually vomiting 👍🌱🙂. "Bad" would have also sufficed.

[@hollo0o583]

What was your introduction to quality tea? I personally drink a lot of that really bad type of tea mixing it with herbal teas. There isn’t really an other option where I live. It’s either coffee or teabags.

[@kristianhrancik816]

Thank you soooo much for making this videos, it is so interesting. But i have to disagree what you said about wine... When you taste wine it is not just about you open the bottle, pour it and drink... wine needs it time to developt its characteristics.

[@patrikjelinek8945]

The fact that teas get assed makes me wonder whether the grades are available to be seen somewhere when you're buying your tea. Can you get to know how the tea you're getting was assessed?

[@RonaldLouieSadiz]

hi is it normal for my oolong tea to smell fishy? Not sure if I got quality gaoshan tea from taiwan or if it has gone bad already

[@harambo88]

came from an a lgbtq/blm channel so i am wondering isnt toc-tea of color the better term for fermented leaves?:D no i am just joking, this channel is packed with information and helps me to share now interest with somebody i like and that person loves tea. i am more of a beer dude but the science and culture behind is absolutly my cup of tea. i also never called herbteas tea bc even i knew that tea is the plant not the drink. the other stuff is an infusion or a brew or dirty hot water.^

[@kaspervendler1726]

95 degrees on white tea?? That is quite a lot, maby I have just had some crappy white tea in my past, but usually im not getting good results with above 80c! IMO above 80c very quickly becomes a little to bitter. Might be very different with super high grade tea, but im used to buy tea from semi expensive tea shops. I have just recently moved over to a more qualitative online seller, wich stats teh source and specifc subtype of tea. In case my experince in regards to optimum brew temperature for white tea changes I will get back and edit my statement about 80c. :)

[@borderlinecontent8661]

This is very similar to coffee tasting or cupping

[@tudvalstone]

Good presentation. But I don't agree the process needs to be the same for all samples. As an expert you can determine how to extract the best from each sample. To use the wine analogy, some wines need to be decanted for longer, sipped from differently shaped glass, at different temperatures etc.

[@ant7723]

When he drinks the tea I usually drink: “usually I won’t drink this””this induce a gag response” “lifeless”“oh ah oh oh oh ah… tast like bile acid” I guess I’ve just been drinking bile acid all along😂

[@91010186]

第一泡不是要倒掉的嗎？

[@wumountaintea]

您好 🍵 如果是泡功夫茶的话，那是第一泡可以倒掉，也可以不倒掉，要看情况，但上面这部视频是关于另一种泡茶方法，叫 《茶叶感官审评》，跟功夫茶有不同的目的和步骤。感官审评是不要把第一泡倒掉，因为第一泡还是有一些味道方面上的重要信息要保留来分析记录一下 😊🙏🌱

[@91010186]

@@wumountaintea 誤會了，抱歉

[@wumountaintea]

@@91010186 没事，正常的

[@mikelis106]

how many grams of tea per cup?

[@2ndPerk]

The grocery store is very reminiscent of Yerba Mate

[@oskar812]

thnx

[@manivadhanan7583]

Iam the manufacturer of green and white tea can you taste my tea and put a video

[@mikelis106]

how many grams per 150ml?

[@p_7ero]

If the choice is between sweaty chocolate meat and acrid battery acid, i think im good on green tea, actually 😅

[@dimon9946]

„Green tea should not be this brown“ Me looking at the color of my green tea which looks like a black tea: 👁️👄👁️