How It's Made: Tea

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[TM-ngbz]

This video makes a huge but weirdly common mistake. Fermentation is not the same as oxidation. It's not that anywhere else and it's not that in tea. Oxidation has to do with reacting to air (You can also see this in e.g. bruised fruit). Fermentation has to do with microbes. Black tea is not fermented. It is only oxidised. Oolong is also not fermented. Fermented tea does also exist and it forms its own category. Pu erh is an example of fermented tea.

[GA-yvzw]

that drying room probably smells amazing😍

[ndles]

2:06 I was hoping they'd make a giant cup of tea with that monsterous homemade tea bag 😂

[Cory_Peters]

Sounded like he said dries the damn tea 😂😂 4:33

[thebatmary]

Narrator: “An experienced tea master directs every phase of the processing.”
Me: looks for Uncle Iroh

[vaintonic]

This is the show that made me pursue industrial can't believe I'd not found this channel till now! Please continue making and uploading these!!

[QuartzOfficial]

4:32 "this dries the damn tea" why is he so angry at the tea :(

[Zepplin]

I've watched a bunch of these and the video source used are all over 2 decades old. The processes have greatly improved but it's cool to watch 80s training videos too.

[generalnazrin]

4:32, this dry the damn tea....cant unhear it

[natehawkins]

Not sure how many thousands of gallons of black iced tea I’ve drank over the past 25 years, but it would probably keep a factory like this busy for weeks just to supply my consumption so far lol

[Mimmers]

I love tea, almost all tea(some herbals aren't so yummy). The process is fascinating!

[PaleHorse]

So when I saw the title, in my mind I saw a small cup, water kettle on the stove, with steam coming out. Then a bag of tea placed in the cup, hot water poured in and then text on the screen that said "How Tea is Made" Love these videos btw, can watch them all day and night.

[Mike__B]

wonder at what point in history someone said "we're going to dry that, and then soak it in water, then drink the water" because those tea leave plants don't look much different then a plant you'd put in your garden as a privacy hedge.

[daviddefortier]

Its way different process than i ever expected. Respect!

[teaformeplease]

Fermentation is not quite the same as oxidation. The way it's used here is a bit incorrect. Enzymatic browning is a better term for what is happening in the leaves.

[mariopeen]

My tea leaves formed the shape of a black man which means that the sun will fall into earth.

[christopheradam]

That looked like the 2 men were rolling up one enormous joint.

[Vepris]

I am enjoying a fantastic cup of green tea right now, and I was wondering how exactly the leaves were formed into small balls (pellets). This video presented that information spot on. Now I know!! And it was totally different than what I had expected!!

[karoma]

Lipton is the "dust" left over

[neilreid]

Quite a process! I had no idea. Great vid.