Don da teacher, de pillar of truth inna tea! 🙏🏻❤️

you got completely sucked in by his marketing, like a black hole ( like a black tea 😅? )

I think terrible matcha is definitely around the place, but even at the lower end you add some sugar and milk and it'll be very tasty.

I dont think so... Good matcha is great but bad matcha is pretty terrible haha

Yes, I want to know also. For research purposes lol

Probably in China...

Me too. And I wonder what brand is it.

Matcha originated in China and is no longer popular among Chinese people today. But as long as there are profits, Chinese tea producers can still produce high-quality matcha, using Japanese matcha technology. On the other hand, looking for high-quality matcha in the Chinese tea market is unreliable unless you have a trusted supplier. This is also true.

Well, if Chinese manufacturers can nail their processing down, you would potentially be able to buy high quality matcha for much cheaper.

Incorrect information. In the fourth century, tea was produced mostly in bricks. Actually there is even little evidence back then because the first written reference is the "Cha Jing" Classic of tea written by Yu Lu came only in the 7th Century. Matcha (powder tea) was popular much later during the Song Dynasty. The rest is folklore and assumptions. It is puzzling to see how much disinformation exist and is repeated without any fact checking about tea on internet.

@@Yalishenderful You are wrong. Matcha originated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties

@@Yalishenderful The works of Wei and Jin Dynasties describe the production process of Matcha.

Tang dynasty China, around 7th century. Supposedly used by Chan (zen) buddhists for meditative purposes. Was introduced to Japan around 11th century and slowly became less popular in China. Hence the standard Chinese quality stems from lack of demand.

@@Liliquan thanks come late🤞

@@Liliquan 宋朝是中国抹茶最后的辉煌。元朝的蒙古王公还是习惯喝茶饼煮的奶茶，明朝开国皇帝朱元璋为了增加茶叶税收，将蒸青团茶改为散茶，即“改团为散”，自此茶叶才真正的进入中国各个阶层的家庭之中。抹茶也几乎从中国的茶叶市场上消失。

@@Liliquan Incorrect. Matcha was prevalent during the Song Dynasty, much later. Tang Dynasty was the time of fermented teas.

Matcha actually didn't originate there .. it originated in China.

Yes, but in the case of Chinese matcha - or Chinese anything - extra precaution needs to be taken. At best, you get scammed. At worst, you get poisoned, especially with food products. Best to avoid. **edit** I’m talking about Chinese products. NOT PEOPLE.

Any particular brand you like?

@@oNorw SEEIN .. It’s Matcha from South Korea 🇰🇷 SEEIN is my most preferred Matcha brand when I can actually get it .. it’s high quality Matcha and I recommend it.

@@FaeTae2014 pretty good prices on the hadong type at least, thanks! If you have any chinese brands too let me know. I buy some things for my business like every two months from china so I’m adding some matcha to see how it is

It does.

They abandoned the practice in favour of whole leaf some time after matcha went to Japan. Japan kept improving it. So now China has to play catch-up

L-theanine

why low quality?

@@Unityframe judging by how high Mei Leaf quality is, "below Mei Leaf standard" (the way I wrote it) - is not low quality tea by far. I bet that such tea, if sold at affordable prices, could elevate the "bottom" level of tea (in a town, country, the World, depending on the scale of sales).

I think it’s lack of popularity of matcha in China, only inferior leaves will be used in matcha. I mean if you could sell for higher price using leave then why bother.

It isnt really a terroir issue, considering that tea is native to China. The issue IS the processing. Many Chinese tea manufacturers just use matcha to use up their late harvest tea leaves and sell it for profit. But, with more people in China drinking matcha, more manufacturers have been more discerning with the process and making better matcha.

@@cpa314 Tea originated in China, but the cultivars and agricultural techniques of Japan have deviated since. Where the tea grows does make a difference. Champagne from France does not taste the same as California sparkling wine, even if they try to replicate it.

@@teaformeplease yes, agricultural techniques and the cultivar can both be learned or brought in to China, and as more tea producers in China get more serious about making matcha they are probably doing just that. Terroir will definitely make a difference in the final outcome of the tea but it's definitely not why Chinese matcha in the recent past was no good. Whether the terroir in Japan is "better" for matcha is subjective and just depends on personal tastes. But, the main reason Chinese matcha in the past was generally bad had more to do with processing and actually caring about the product on a deeper level. As Don mentioned in the video, he said he would not be able to pick the Chinese matcha he tried out if grouped together with other ceremonial grade matchas from Uji. So it's not that the terroir in China isn't suitable for making matcha at all. It really just comes down more to the producers wanting to put in the time and effort to do it well, which not many producers in China did in the past because 1 there was not a domestic market for it and 2 they likely also lacked the know how. Good matcha cam be made outside of Japan, just like good oolong tea can be made outside of China. Heck, Taiwan produces some of the best oolongs in the world, partially due to unique terroir coupled with skillful processing. It's not a stretch that a country other than Japan could also produce world class matcha.

Must be unlucky then because I always get Chinese Matcha and I usually don't have a problem with it, well except for like once.

The way it's pronounced in English is different from Japanese. That's how language works. Hence why chokoretto don't sound like chocolate.

@@Liliquan Haha, but he also mispronounces "master" 😅😅

@@Liliquan Does that mean we can say Peking and Canton and Burma again? 😃

Great channel. I'm just "taking the piss". Studied Japanese language for 10 years but I don't have a clue about Chinese pronunciation.

@@juglanscinerea Well Peking and the rest are still commonly used. His Chinese pronunciation is comprehensible but not great.

Get over it, Dustin.

ya chinese way to say matcha would be mo cha but the japanese and chinese characters are the same, it’s both written as 抹茶

Matcha was historically from China, and evolved in Japan

If you want to call a clearly unfair match a win, then go for it.

@@Liliquan Haduuukin 💨🍵 lol, Chill, it's just a Street Fighter joke.

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Salty , you so envy japan always best and have good image.

@@FaeTae2014 Always lies is typically people from scam country , people around the world know japan have good pop culture and always making high quality product. Unlike china always plagiat and copycat with poor quality just quantity.

@@GodBimmer No .. I don’t envy Japan but I was just stating my opinion that I believe Korean or Chinese Matcha is usually better despite people saying Japanese Matcha is better.