About Me
"Some call him the Qimen Jesus, some others "the maofeng guy", but he prefers Dylan. Yup, simple ol' Dylan from Brooklyn. Just hopping his way into different Chinese tea regions unraveling the so-called mysteries of tea that you can find...through tea shop
-@meong_cha
The following is taken with a fake interview with myself.
-So What makes Sweetest Dew different from other companies?
Dylan: Well to be honest I don't fully see my self as a company. The original goal of coming to china was to learn about the tea and then set up the company. Eventually I started offering teas that I thought were interesting. And while the online selling and presence as grown a bit since then I sometimes have to remind my self of this. I am not a finished product. I am still a guy who came to China to learn about tea and who is simply offering the teas he finds interesting.
-What is your method of sourcing teas?
Dylan: When I first came to China I was all over the place going to these far off regions only to come back empty handed. I realized that this wasn't the best way to do it and I instead started to focus primarily on local teas. This allowed me to dive much deeper into a specific tea and get more of a local knowledge of the tea.
Are you on social media?
Dylan: Yea I have a youtube, instagram and sometimes tik tok works. I also write articles. How much content can change depending on circumstance. I dont want a page full of here is what I'm drinking pics. Thats a little boring and repetitive. As I mentioned before I'm a work in progress so I'd rather have my social media show the journey. I'll documents days of searching through tea areas just to come up empty handed. I will often talk about the things I don't know and what my knowledge gaps are. I really want to be transparent and relatable instead of trying to seem like this all knowing tea master.
-@meong_cha
The following is taken with a fake interview with myself.
-So What makes Sweetest Dew different from other companies?
Dylan: Well to be honest I don't fully see my self as a company. The original goal of coming to china was to learn about the tea and then set up the company. Eventually I started offering teas that I thought were interesting. And while the online selling and presence as grown a bit since then I sometimes have to remind my self of this. I am not a finished product. I am still a guy who came to China to learn about tea and who is simply offering the teas he finds interesting.
-What is your method of sourcing teas?
Dylan: When I first came to China I was all over the place going to these far off regions only to come back empty handed. I realized that this wasn't the best way to do it and I instead started to focus primarily on local teas. This allowed me to dive much deeper into a specific tea and get more of a local knowledge of the tea.
Are you on social media?
Dylan: Yea I have a youtube, instagram and sometimes tik tok works. I also write articles. How much content can change depending on circumstance. I dont want a page full of here is what I'm drinking pics. Thats a little boring and repetitive. As I mentioned before I'm a work in progress so I'd rather have my social media show the journey. I'll documents days of searching through tea areas just to come up empty handed. I will often talk about the things I don't know and what my knowledge gaps are. I really want to be transparent and relatable instead of trying to seem like this all knowing tea master.
Are all of your teas organic?
Maybe...I really don't know. I honestly dont ask or care much. Usually pesticides are sprayed in summer when the bugs are the most and so by spring the chemicals have worn off. That being said I have bought from a family in huang shan (da gu yun mao feng) that was open about their pesticide use. If the tea is good I'll buy it. Flavor matters most to me. I dont care about much else as long as the flavor is good.
-Well that's all we have for now.
Dylan: Thank you for this talk. Its usually pretty boring talking to myself but this was kinda fun.
-Let's not make it a habit.