Tea's Ancient Beginnings in China | The Tea History Podcast

Tea's Ancient Beginnings in China | The Tea History Podcast | Ep. 1

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3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Tea History Podcast. This is a video companion of the podcast audio that will create a visual aid to the subject matter.
In this first episode, we'll explore tea's humble beginnings in the Ba and Shu States. We'll also look at the mythical story of the discovery of tea by the Divine Farmer, Shen Nong. We have a long way to go.
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@MadHatter42 3 жыл бұрын

The story of Shennong personally taste-testing hundreds of plants to see which were poisonous and which weren’t is just so metal.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it!

@justinisenberg1841 Ай бұрын

Yeah, he was leveling up his alchemy skill. 😂

@ChoicelessAwareness 26 күн бұрын

He wasn't a fully earthling human. According to scriptures, his body from neck down to the belly were all almost transparent. So anything that put in, people were able to see what's going on.

@TenzinT 17 күн бұрын

I saw a lot of tea documentaries on KZfaq. This one is the best so far 🙂

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 16 күн бұрын

Thank you, Tenzin. I hope you enjoy some of the other content on this channel. 🙏

@dr.s.p. 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely presentation and the commentary was easy on the ears and the Chinese names and descriptions was perfect in pronunciation and tone. Thumbs up!

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 4 ай бұрын

So kind of you to say so. My deepest thanks.

@d00mch1ld 8 ай бұрын

Tea, the name is similar all across Asia. In Mandarin and Cantonese, it is called "Cha", in Hindi it is called "Chai". My own dialect, that is similar to Fujian it is "Da".

@carlgranados7106 22 күн бұрын

You should mention teas of all kinds have been around for longer than the teas we drink everyday these days... which is really what this vid and history is about.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 10 күн бұрын

Yes, absolutely right. The native people who lived where the original tea garden naturally grew knew of tea long before it was "discovered".

@nelsongonzalez4533 3 жыл бұрын

Cultivating your brains with a cup of herbal medicinal tea. A great enlightening plant.

@angelanluna 11 ай бұрын

wow. I know i love tea in my heart and now I know the why and listening to you will be s as soothing and satisfying as the cup of warm tea I drink with me. Thank you for this episode, and the time and effort brought to us. Happy tea time to you!

@homeequityloan1746 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work! Listened to this with a friend on the way home from work.

@florian8020 2 жыл бұрын

Keep the work up!

@magicmomo2498 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Montgomery I LOVE ❤️ YOUR VIDEO!!!! Keep it up and congrats on making 10000 SUBSCRIBERS ❤️ 💕 💗

@Isomnophilia 6 ай бұрын

Reading into the recent history of tea and it's disheartening... so i decided to go further back in history and its actually deep. Liked and subscribed!

@RichMitch 3 жыл бұрын

This beverage has picked me up many a time, looking forward to hearing all about tea all over again!

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

Mos def worth a 2nd listen.....

@colinellesmere 2 жыл бұрын

Finally getting around to the tea episodes. Not before time as I live in the Golden Triangle area of China where the famous Puer Tea originates. Six famous tea mountains here. Five in Xishuangbanna one in Puer. Great mountains to walk in and cycle. Jinnuo, Nanuo, Bulang, Yiwu, Kongming and Jingmai which is in Puer. Names differ on the net but these are the locally used words. Oldest tea tree 1000 yeaes old. Most expensive tea currently. Laobanzhang at around 15000Yuan a kg or over 2000US dollars. A half decent Puer tea is around 100-150 a kg locally. Much more outside the area and much much more abroad. But 130US dollars for decent tea from trees at least 100 years old is worth it. Living locally however we never need to buy Pure tea. It's just given as presents in the age old traditional custom. There are certain aspects of Chinese mainstream modern society I would rather not interact with. But the tea culture is superb. Walk in a room of freshly dried tea leaves. One of the world's great fragrances.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man! You are living in the 茶叶天堂! How I wish I could snap my fingers and wake up there. If you find any 茶老板 who wish to sponsor this show, let me know. Then I can 86 all these nasty commercials! Stay well Colin! I hope you’re still there when I finally make it over.

@colinellesmere 2 жыл бұрын

我认识几个茶叶老板，most are small scale because the 姑茶场 ancient tea plots are never huge. But I have heard there are some bigger companies/老板 who have bought up a few old plots to make bugger concerns, and of course you have the small tea bush plantations. I can ask around as we do have a lot of tea contacts. The problem with 姑茶 for export is that the internal market is so big that few people, as they only have small plots, will take the trouble to go through all the red tape to get export licences. And your average Westerner has not yet got the acquired taste to be willing to pay what are perceived as high prices for tea. But if I was back in rthe Uk I would pay 200 dollars for decent 姑茶. Anyway I'll ask around but perhaps you can give me some idea of what sponsorship deal you can offer. In sure certain companies here would like to be affiliated to Tea cup media and could use it as an advertising tool and possibly a commercial outlet.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

@@colinellesmere I'll email you....Gonna just make me a cup of pu-erh (gifted to me of course)

@TheSanbao 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, drinking Oolongtea's from Taiwan since 19 years.

@javiergonzalolascano4565 4 ай бұрын

Great story! In Portuguese, like in many other languages, remains the world cha.

@mazinal-khafaji3146 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant research. Great presentation.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate that you listened.

@Error_-qz2zr Жыл бұрын

hey really enjoyed your work

@ChinaHistoryPodcast Жыл бұрын

I hope you'll come back for more. Over 225 hours of stuff for you here. Thanks for checking my channel out.

@joeguan9746 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Channel I’m from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and I love China!!! Live your channe too

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I'm hoping to visit Scotland one of these days.

@joeguan9746 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast 👍 👍 👍

@deanproquo 4 ай бұрын

I did my own research & enjoy the science behind it.

@marcelolima77 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting show! One comment, in Portuguese tea is 'cha', unlike in most of Europe (I think in Turkish it is also derived from cha).

@Islamis4all 2 жыл бұрын

In Hindko (Type of Punjabi) it is called Cha as well. Also in Urdu/Hindi it is called Chai. 👍

@pleasedontlookforme8036 Жыл бұрын

It is also called chō in Pashto ( a language spoken in tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan)

@victoriajade521 9 ай бұрын

In the southern part of China Guangzhou we’re the dialogue is Cantonese, tea is Cha.

@nelsongonzalez4533 3 жыл бұрын

Japan, India, China and Britain are very serious about tea 🍵 and honey 🍯

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

You could say that.

@vx8431 9 ай бұрын

China has the wildest legends when it comes to tea. First one that comes to mind after Shennong is the story of how Da Hong Pao came to be.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 9 ай бұрын

Classic stories from the history of tea.

@alexrediger2099 16 күн бұрын

You're from the Wisconsin/Illinois area, I'm guessing. Nice podcast episode.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 16 күн бұрын

That's pure North Shore Chicagonese you're hearing. I hope you like the remainder of the series. Thanks, Alex for checking it out. My apologies if the intensity of the accent put you off. It's not for the squeamish.

@Simplinalina 10 ай бұрын

Mu favourite teas are: Ya bao, dianhong and gaba alishan.

@eastcoastsailingcenter7768 3 жыл бұрын

Wow tea is hokkien

@AdrianHepburn-vz9yr 9 ай бұрын

Coca leaf tea is freely sold in Peru and is a most pleasing beverage, stimulates as does tea, yet agrees with the stomach. It also comes in some areas with another local herb as a brew. Lastly, the Coca plant just might save your behind if you are rising to altitude rapidly or plan staying at such for a while. I fail to understand why the leaves of the Coca plant, cultivars aplenty, are not cultivated in preference to Tea, or at least in comparable quantities.

@tinymetaltrees 5 ай бұрын

Aren't they? It surprises me that you do not know how popular it is in it's refined form! It is very notorious.

@JesusRocksTryPrayin 9 ай бұрын

I'm sittin here thinkin about coffee the video mentions Cocoa, and I am brought to envy.. 'Hey, i don't have any cocoa and, it would go great in a coffee.. :( " but, phew. Tea is meh, so.. thisll pass. GREAT VIDEO :D Interesting!!

@muttakikamal2437 11 күн бұрын

Hi this is Muttaki. I was m studying tea relations and I am curious to know about the cultivars of tea and what influences such stark difference in the cultivars. Can you kindly suggest some of your sources you used?

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 10 күн бұрын

There were so many books and academic papers that I used. But a few of the good books I'd recommend are: "A History of Tea: The Life and Times of the World's Favorite Beverage" by Laura C Martin, "Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties" by Kevin Gascoyne, Francolis Marchand, & Jasmine Desharnais, "The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide" by Mary Lou Heiss, "All About Tea" by William Ukers. My thanks to you Muttaki for taking the time to listen. I hope you enjoy the rest of the series.

@christophereduardo9903 7 ай бұрын

what is that little intro song? sounds good

@richardbennett4365 10 ай бұрын

There's a linguistic relationship between tea and cha/chai.

@JesusRocksTryPrayin 9 ай бұрын

wow... there is a ton I had no idea about tea, and it's nice hearing a teacher who is passionate about what they study :D The narrator in this, reminds me of a 'world civ' professor I had. She studied byzantine history, and.. It felt like we were there, in class.. like, we were marching alongside Alexander, or.. We were hungarians in the crowd when Archduke Franzy had to go and get WW1 started with a bang.. rude joke, yikes..

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out. I was always meant to be a teacher but somehow I got sidetracked in the manufacturing in China business for 35 years.

@ThiNguyen-ud4bi 9 ай бұрын

Shennong, is/was Luòyuè (Lạc Việt) people ancestor

@JacobTsen-rh6rr 9 ай бұрын

I myself is Hakka and say cha and tea leaf as cha yap.

@rolanrepolido5655 2 жыл бұрын

In the beginning a man was boiling water when a dry leaves falls on it. A point in time or space when tea became a drink.

@philfluther2713 11 ай бұрын

1:16 Tea origin of 'down the hatch'. Heartily down. Heartily ho.

@rubenchico4931 2 жыл бұрын

ur an OG

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

I'll take that as a compliment I think.

@rubenchico4931 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast IT IS omg I love your content- you're verified in the Bronx I love china and all my fellow sinophiles!!!!

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

@@rubenchico4931 I'm honored. I hope you like all my other non-tea history stuff.

@rubenchico4931 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast of course I do!!!!!!

@abejar99 11 ай бұрын

The first tea plant grew out of the Buddha's eyelashes the morning after he'd ripped them because he was trying to meditate and was falling asleep instead; this is the reason why tea keeps you awake. True story, look it up

@generator6946 10 ай бұрын

Ah! Tea! Heat The Water Pot! Now Steep! Add Honey. Ah! Tea!

@yolandaleticiariosyee6705 2 жыл бұрын

Cómo ver tus videos con subtítulos en español.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

Voy a tratar de averiguar cómo hacer eso. Hay tantos nombres chinos. Los subtítulos a menudo no son tan buenos.

@yolandaleticiariosyee6705 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast muchas gracias por tu atención. Pero será de utilidad para mí. Lo que se pueda sé agradece. Bonita tarde. Hoy tendremos un homenaje a nuestros abuelos chinos que llegaron a México y a los descendientes vivos mayores de 75 años de edad. Organizado por varias Asociaciones Chinas en México.

@khitahi8577 7 ай бұрын

Hi, could you tell me the sources of this history?

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 7 ай бұрын

Sorry, this was from too long ago and I don't keep track of these details. I suggest "The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide" by Mary Lou and Robert Heiss. "All about Tea" by William Ukers is old and outdated but has some good history inside.

@khitahi8577 7 ай бұрын

Thanks

@spacehunternebulanm7003 10 ай бұрын

add captions

@TinyTaskal 9 ай бұрын

Coincidentally the Java bush is called Cambodia 🇰🇭?? Heheh Java acquired from Cambodia probably since they have so much linked history

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 9 ай бұрын

Camellia sinensis var. Cambodi

@sumamihardja6083 6 күн бұрын

Kemboja.

@brucefrizzell4221 2 жыл бұрын

Had to watch a 10minute netflix unskipable add. Channel is good though .

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

Dang! You're kidding! Really? I went and checked immediately and had two 30-second ads that were skippable. Ten-minute unskippable ad on Netflix??? I really apologize for that. I hope you don't hold me in too much contempt for opting in to ads....but a 10-minute ad that you can't skip past is unconscionable and I truly apologize Bruce.

@thekingminn 5 ай бұрын

Tea in Burmese is Laphet

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 5 ай бұрын

လက်ဖက်ရည်

@chankane 10 ай бұрын

I always thought the Spanish were the first to bought/ trade tea from Fujian China into the western world, that’s why they’re called “teh”.

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 10 ай бұрын

Could be. No one got anything on video. I read the Portuguese were first. but easily could have been the Spanish.

@victoriajade521 9 ай бұрын

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast Portuguese were one of the colonizer in China.

@PRAR1966 Жыл бұрын

@The Spiffing Brit

@Cooperally 3 жыл бұрын

Is this your vocation or avocation? Are you Asian? Do you live in the US?

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Leslie, this is just a passion project of mine. I get donations and do a small business selling hats, shirts and mugs. Been doing this since 2010. I am not Asian and live in Los Angeles.