Teatime With Jesse

Have tea with Jesse and Paul Solmon, Economics correspondent for the PBS Newshour and Jesse’s economics professor from his time at Brandeis University. Prof. Solmon deeply influenced Jesse with his class on economic strategies and their impact on society. Over cups of White Tea, they explore cultural coherence, and the interplay of cooperation, competition, and predation, alongside Jesse’s experie...

This episode features Thomas Talhelm, a cultural psychologist and Associate Professor at Chicago Booth School of Business, and founder of Smart Air, an air purifier company. Jesse and Thomas discuss cultural differences within China, the birth of smart air filters and public health. Try the Taiwanese oolongs as soon as they launch! https://jessesteahouse.com/products/jesse-in-taiwan-mystery-tea-dr...

Dive into a nostalgic episode of Tea Time with Jesse as he reconnects with Star Lew, a Chinese teacher from Newton Public Schools.  They reflect over Snow Jasmine tea on Star’s transition from public relations to teaching, the nuances of learning tonal languages, and strategies for motivating students of all ages. This conversation offers a unique look into the educational journey that shaped Jess...

Our last special Taiwan episode (for now) is with my rockstar popstar jazzstar friend Terrence Hsieh. Jesse and Terrence sip on some Roasted Alishan Oolong Tea while we chat with Terrence about his experience studying Chinese as a Chinese American, cultural expectations of the diaspora, and making it in music in Asia. FULL PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2PVnajKrQsq3hgcmESLa?si=SHP2AKlLTd...

So Jesse is back in LA now, but we managed to get another Tea Time with Jesse episode in Taiwan! Our guest Jayme and her family helped us source our teas for our (recently revealed) Taiwan Mystery Tea drop! In this episode, Jayme tells us about growing up around tea, how to tell the quality of your tea, and all the ins-and-outs of being a tea person. Jayme goes in depth about learning under a tea...

Jesse, Annie, and Mohammed discuss traveling as comedians, understanding different demographics, developing bits, and starting out in comedy. Taiwan Mystery Tea Drop: https://jessesteahouse.com/products/jesse-in-taiwan-mystery-tea-drop Want Jesse's curated tea club boxes to show up, once per season? Join the tea subscription club! https://jessesteahouse.com/products/jesses-tea-club-subscription-se...

FULL PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/4M2PVnajKrQsq3hgcmESLa?si=SHP2AKlLTd6vw6MG-BIggQ This is a special episode of Tea Time with Jesse because we’re in front of a ⚡️LIVE AUDIENCE ⚡️ at West China Teahouse in Austin, Texas Major thank you to So Han Fan for hosting the podcast at West China Tea House! In this episode, Jesse and So Han chat about Chengdu, working and living in China as a for...

Angel Wheeler joined the teahouse in 2021 to help with customer service, and from there, it's been quite a ride! If you've ever contacted us through our customer support email, it's likely Angel was the person who helped you. I had tea with her during my last trip back to the East Coast and we talked about what it's like trying to bring a better tea experience to people online, how she came to be...

We talk about Chinese tea, language competitions, language learning and content creating while sipping on some lemon-y raw pu’er. Discover the teas we enjoyed and explore the collection:  2023 Qianjiazhai Sheng Pu’er Tea: https://jessesteahouse.com/products/qianjiazhai-ancient-tree-sheng-puer-2022-tea-master-series 2017 White Dew White Tea: https://jessesteahouse.com/products/white-dew-white-tea-2...

Hello PodFans! This is a podcast-only episode where I share an interview I did with Kelvin Mak from JoySauce. While talking to him, I figured you all would enjoy hearing some stories about how I learned Chinese comedy, Chinese tea, and started the teahouse, so he sent me the recording of the interview! Hopefully this is fun for you all. Please leave a 5 star review and let me know what you think a...

Sipping on fragrant white tea and indulging in the deep, rich flavors of aged cooked Pu’er, we explored the world of comedy and tea. 🍵💬 Join the conversation as we unravel Joe Wong’s incredible journey from earning multiple degrees, even developing a patent at a pharmaceutical company, to discovering his passion for comedy. ☕😄 Discover the teas we enjoyed and explore the collection: Jesse’s Te...

Welcome to the very first episode of Teatime with Jesse, where I invite people who live between cultures for tea! In this first episode, I hang out with Simon Twu, a talented bilingual, bicultural actor with an incredible journey in both the US and China. As we sip on the sweet, complex Alishan Oolong tea, we'll dive into boba, food show spit buckets, multiculturalism, and how the media portrays A...