Meet Dylan Rothenberg – a U.S. grad student swapping coffee culture for tea science in Guangzhou! ☕→🍃 The Ph.D. candidate at Southern China Agricultural University isn’t just studying tea leaves; he’s living them, documenting his aromatic adventures online for over 50k followers.
\"I drink five distinct teas daily – it’s like tasting seasons,\" Dylan laughs in his latest vlog, showing off jars of oolong, pu’er, and jasmine varieties. His campus lab experiments range from analyzing caffeine content to decoding fermentation magic 🧪, while his off-campus passion project? Teaching international audiences about gongfu cha (traditional tea ceremony) through TikTok tutorials.
What hooks a 20-something American on 5,000-year-old traditions? \"It’s mindfulness meets molecular science,\" he explains. 🌱 His viral video series #TeaWithDylan breaks down everything from terroir’s impact on flavor profiles to why your green tea turns bitter (spoiler: water temperature matters!).
Next time you sip matcha, remember – there’s a whole world in that cup, and folks like Dylan are brewing bridges between cultures, one steep at a time. 💡
