What's the Difference Between Cheap and Expensive Tea?

What's the Difference Between Cheap and Expensive Tea? | Food Unwrapped

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4 жыл бұрын

Jimmy travels to a Kenyan tea plantation to see what's the big difference between cheap and expensive tea.
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@edwardtodd9734 3 жыл бұрын

Also the rain fall distribution affects. Regular rainfall produces a larger crop, but dry periods allow the plant to rest, producing a tastiet tea with the flush when the rain comes

@Michaelkaydee 3 жыл бұрын

Kenya is such a beautiful country ...

@CloningIsTooGoodForSheep 3 жыл бұрын

So much gets yaken for granted when we make a morning brew. It is good to get the education so we can appreciate how much effort goes into making a cup of tea.

@zuzannawisniewska4464 Жыл бұрын

It's as clear as the sun...

@zuzannawisniewska4464 Жыл бұрын

A long way from the plantation to the cup....

@BeckVMH 3 жыл бұрын

That’s pretty complicated. Thanks to those that pick and sort!

@Jesper-Music 3 жыл бұрын

This was extremely insightful!! Didn't really expect that! Thanks! :)

@maggiejetson7904 3 жыл бұрын

All these sorting and then the tea bags makers and cafe owners blend them back in....

@aaronlee6361 3 жыл бұрын

The blends are typically to achieve certain flavors. If they weren't sorted, you'd have only one kind of tea.

@andyrbush Жыл бұрын

Fascinating thank you.

@memofromessex 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, i may joke about this show, but this has been very informative.

@suepoch3931 3 жыл бұрын

TFS! Your channel is SO informative & underrated!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍✌️❤️🇺🇸

@riaz8783 3 жыл бұрын

This is a British documentary series that has been chopped up and put on YT. The creators need the thanks.

@ss11733 3 жыл бұрын

@@riaz8783 oooooh okay that makes sense. haha I was like how is this 20k sub youtube channel sending these people to all these countries, and getting like 5 comments

@WilliamTheBot 3 жыл бұрын

I agree I just found it and I’ve been really enjoying it

@planesandcooking5142 2 жыл бұрын

We used to have programs like this in the USA. Now look at Food Network. Nearly all competition type programming.

@davidbenner2289 3 жыл бұрын

We mostly drink Ketepa tea. And send it to our friends who are homesick for Kenya. It is easy to find and purchase on the Internet. Now, get online and buy some.

@Jaytriple1 3 жыл бұрын

ok boss

@left0verture 2 жыл бұрын

Looking for a good base to make my own masala chai mix. Might have to give Ketepa a try…

@davidbenner2289 2 жыл бұрын

@@left0verture I was on a mission as the security and medical guy (we were a team of two in securing the group: senior highschool kids. Lol!). I picked up a box on my way out of country. Later, befriended a Kenyan customs officer near my home being trained/I'm 70 miles outside of Washington DC). The tea helped cute his homesickness. Now in the U. S. with his wife and children, finishing his advanced degree in international banking, I have the tea sent to his place. It's the only tea I have in my house.

@sutats 3 жыл бұрын

I'll drink to that.

@ColonelBummleigh 3 жыл бұрын

Delicious Tea.

@robertskolimowski7049 11 ай бұрын

It'd also be good to touch on the topic of mould developing in tea🤞

@jjdurrenber 3 жыл бұрын

After seeing the thumbnail say, “That is good leaf,” my first thought was not tea.

@typower9 4 ай бұрын

Yes, I thought it was about tobacco.

@kingjames4886 3 жыл бұрын

most common tea bags are those stems and the almost powdered siftings...

@paulson2008 3 жыл бұрын

You should come to Darjeeling to know about the worlds most expensive tea.

@tomevans4402 3 жыл бұрын

I drink mint tea. Good info

@cyndifoore7743 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@jayray7449 3 жыл бұрын

Time to send the Bois to Kenya

@stenbak88 3 жыл бұрын

Winston is my man he keeps it separated

@heydaddy2471 3 жыл бұрын

I always buy local made which is around 2 dollar per kilo, which the shop one cost double but is of inferior quality

@typower9 4 ай бұрын

Where do you live?

@eurovision50 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what happens to the rest of the tea bush. Surely the other leaves are used, too?

@nerdy1701 3 жыл бұрын

No not really. Even the machine harvesters just chop the top couple of inches. The bushes kind of grow like hedges, you just prune them back to get the new growth.

@eurovision50 3 жыл бұрын

@@nerdy1701 Ahh, I understand! So it's not like the rest of the plant is discarded. That makes more sense. Thanks.

@Currywurst4444 3 жыл бұрын

@@eurovision50 Yeah, the rest of the plant provides the energy for the next leaves to grow. Tea can be harvested multiple times per year.

@mpk6664 2 жыл бұрын

@@eurovision50 The bottom leaves are generally more bitter than the top leaves.

@AllDayBikes 3 жыл бұрын

2:10 Sounds like my dealer

@Jaytriple1 3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@thisnthat7760 2 жыл бұрын

I love chewing loose tea leaves 🤣 whenever i go out buying loose tea leaves,i take up a pinch and chew it.. that way i know which tea is better and i can pick up my preference.(never buy tea leaves that comes in tea bags..they are inferior quality)

@typower9 4 ай бұрын

I agree. The first exception would be for spiced chai with milk, where you need strong tea. The other would be for when you need to put a teabag next to an aching tooth.

@joandavies1885 2 жыл бұрын

Been here in Kenya for almost 11 years. I haven't converted myself into a tea lover😅too loyal for coffee 😁

@eriqmunene1453 3 жыл бұрын

🇰🇪🇰🇪

@upyoursassmonkey 3 жыл бұрын

So the guy says the machine harvested tea was low quality because of the stems... guess this guy hates Houjicha then.

@DirtyRobot 3 жыл бұрын

You get what you pay for.

@Currywurst4444 3 жыл бұрын

I think you are talking about the wrong tea. Houjicha is just roasted tea. Maybe you meant about Kukicha that has a larger portion of stems.

@upyoursassmonkey 3 жыл бұрын

@@Currywurst4444 idk, all the houjicha teas I've had always had a good portion of stems in them.

@jeffreym68 3 жыл бұрын

That explains why most commercial tea is so horrible.

@abdAlmajedSaleh 3 жыл бұрын

why subtitle hhhhhhhh

@kingk2405 3 жыл бұрын

A robot with AI will replace them picking leaves .

@havyn88 3 жыл бұрын

The only thing I don't get is why they gave a guy English subtitles when he was speaking English.

@havyn88 3 жыл бұрын

@@2grips Nothing, just something I don't get.

@billweasley1382 3 жыл бұрын

Do you really not understand? He was speaking with an extremely heavy accent.

@havyn88 3 жыл бұрын

@@billweasley1382 They don't do that for American accents, do they?

@billweasley1382 3 жыл бұрын

@@havyn88 If they were incomprehensible to the intended audience, I'm sure that they would.

@havyn88 3 жыл бұрын

@@billweasley1382 sure.

@earumamaadu 3 жыл бұрын

I would never drink tea again. Such a waste of resource

@jaygallagher6522 3 жыл бұрын

Why is it a waste ?

@blockatiel5472 3 жыл бұрын

cool, more tea for the rest of us

@samg1879 3 жыл бұрын

Just you wait until you learn about water

@lauzhenzhoa 3 жыл бұрын

this guy would never eat food as it is being wasted

@b-790 3 жыл бұрын

Do you eat avocado or almonds?