I genuinely love how you rephrase the same information you always share about the candy making process in different ways so the new people learn the information, and it doesnt sound like a constantly repeated script for the old followers.
Her in spain the people in the village go to the church-square and just before the new year there is a bell stroke every second(12 seconds before new year) and on every bell stroke you have to eat one grape. Now they schow it on tv for the people that stay at home. Sorry for my english. Love your videos they relax me so much
Eating one grape per second for 12 seconds would ensure a mouth packed FULL of (out of season) grapes at midnight. Gee whiz, I hope they are seedless! Please, no apology for your English is necessary! You write in English beautifully for a non-native speaker. (Heck, most Americans who voted for Trump can't write in English as well as you can!)
My family is from Spain so we do this and is HARD, and traditionally you have to make a wish for every grape that you so imagine eating, making a wish and trying to not eat any seed, all that with a countdown and giving every single person in the room a big new year hug 😂
I've ordered some candy from here a month or so ago. I purchased the mix package,blueberry,honey and my new flavor of all time black currant. Love the videos and the time he takes to talk us through the history of the candy and real world events. Gotta get some more black currant candies soon as i ran out before i got the idea to crush some blueberry candy up and put it on some vanilla bean icecream. I wonder if he does this in store as a topping for his icecream ...great way to use those lil shavings+++it tasted amazing.
@@Trueshogunate Like a big birthday icecream bucket for a party with a lil bit of the candy crushed on top and the unicorn dropping just sticking out the center. *currently booking a flight*
Out of curiosity- do you think there's any possibility in the future of making a purposely-distorted image candy? I have a deep seated need to see what it looks like when an intricate design gets fouled towards the end of the process, because I'm sure it'd be beautiful and delicious all the same! Perhaps an april fools gimmick someday?
you should go to their site and order one of their random bags of candy-- i've forgotten what they're called, but if you look around the website you'll find it, it has a very peculiar name! that random bag has all sorts of candy, some from batches with botched images!
Very interesting about the countdown. Nice to hear a story with your candy making. I have a question for you about a candy I've been trying to make, do you have an email that I can contact you? I'd really appreciate your help. Thank you!
I need to convince my parents to go back there with me again. We had a blast when we went after the Fourth of July. I had matcha ice cream and got a bag of apple candy. My mom got coffee flavored candies and had praline ice cream. My dad had chocolate ice cream. Yeah that day was a blast!
I absolutely love how informational this video is, I never knew the countdown's history was that complicated! And the way you relay information and talk is so easy to listen for a person like me who has ADHD, it's uncommon for me to be able to sit through a ten minute video without blanking out in the middle of someone talking. Love all your videos! I live in Florida too so I'd love to visit your shop one day!
I love this channel. Greg is so enthusiastic and informative about his processes, and a surprising amount of science as well. You can tell he absolutely loves doing this.
The pedantry wasn't really necessary as we're all well aware. Still, it's Champagne like it's a Band Aid or its Jello or, if you're in central Georgia, it's a Coke - even when it's a Sprite.
Dude this video was amazing, totally one of your best! Science and candy and history and pop culture, I don’t know how you do it! Thank you for sharing these videos with us and taking the time to research and narrate. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!
I am orientated towards military history and sci/tech channels. I have no idea as to how I happened to stumble upon Lofty Pursuits, but I am glad I did. I love your videos.
Me at the beginning of this video: Is this guy going to talk the whole time? I just want to watch the process! Me at the end of this video: I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH
This channel makes me really happy. It’s so relaxing and it’s awesome to see someone so clearly passionate about his job. Can’t wait to visit Tallahassee now.
I love how Greg shares these random knowledge! I also really like seeing the progression of the candy alongside the diagram. I’ll definitely order these ones!! 🥂
Love your history lessons always! I know I speak for the rest of my fellow Lofty Pursuits faithfuls, when I say "thank you for a new video, & a new Candy!" I know you did the "Peach drops" a few weeks ago, but I'm thanking you for a new "image" candy! Can't wait to get some of this!
Love your videos! One small clarification, though: von Braun was not really kidnapped. He packed up the military secrets of the Nazi rocket program when the armies were closing in on his facility, and then sought out a deal with the Allies - he wanted to be taken to the U.S. (rather than the U.S.S.R.) and continue working on rockets, and he bargained the military secrets for his and his fellow scientists repatriation, in a program the U.S. authorities dubbed "Operation Paperclip". As an additional piece of info, not only did his rockets kill and terrorize thousands, the Nazi rocket program also used p.o.w. labor at the research facility and Concentration Camp labor at the production / assembly plant at Dora-Mittelbau.
Greg, I love watching your videos, and oh my goodness thank you for keeping the candy-anvil sounds at the end! It's a little thing, but it sounds amazing, and just brings a little smile to the face. Your videos have been great this past week, so many bad things but a little brightness in the day, a little sweetness even - goes a long way. Thank you.
We had a marvelous time on our road trip to see you today. It was well worth the all day drive! There is something so compelling about the transformation of sugar into these beautiful little gems of tastiness. Greg, you are a true Renaissance man.
I absolutely love these little history lessons! You always have such interesting flavors! I'd love to see you take on an Earl Grey Lavender candy. If anybody can make that flavor it would be you! Thanks for sharing it with us
I love these tiny bits of information, I also love how (scary) accurately science fiction often becomes! I mean, just think of the Jules Verne and things he predicted!
I've watched, rewatched, rewinded and binged and I still have no idea how you're able to make the little picture show up so perfectly in the candies. With that said, the best explanation I can come up with is that you are a retired wizard who dedicates his newfound freedom, time and magical abilities to making candy.
This is my favorite video of, not just for the candy, but for yours the history! I consider myself quite the history buff, but I had no idea about how Wehrner von Braun was the one who brought the rocket countdown into use. Fascinating!
I really love it when the little images inside the image candy spin around as they are cut off... It is like you are watching a 3d slice of 4d space pass by...
I love your channel. I stumbled on it by accident and never left. I love artisan work and I love your enthusiastic way of explaining. Thank you! Merry holidays!
Hooray! Just ordered two bags now. Hopefully, I see it for New Years. I’m going to have my 2 little girls watch this video and enjoy some of your champagne candy. They will be smiling ear to ear. Keep up the good work!
After a year or so of watching your videos, I finally tried your candy, and it just came in the mail! I got these for my wife, and your cotton candy humbugs for me. Delicious! Gonna have to make ordering from you a regular occurrence
I've been watching you for what feels like years now and it's wonderful to see how much your channel has grown! I would love to visit LP someday, but as I live in Missouri I do not see that happening any time soon. Nevertheless, congrats on your success! I hope the channel continues to grow so we can see more and learn more about candy!
your videos are amazing and I love learning new things each time I watch a video- it’s clear that you put so much time and effort in your videos and its so genuine. thank you so much!!
You actually can carbonate hard candy, It's how pop-rocks work. The microscopic bubbles of carbon-dioxide are warmed up by the heat of your mouth, causing them to increase in pressure via the ideal gas law. As the candy dissolves in your mouth, it becomes too weak to withstand the pressure of the warming gas and bursts. Another fun fact about fizzly candy: There used to be a type of Skittles that were coated in a mix of citric-acid and baking-soda to get the same fizzle effect as your champagne candy. The problem was that the raw baking-soda left a subtle alkaline, almost metallic, flavor in your mouth. Combined with the pinching sour from the citric-acid, the sensation was more like a static shock or licking a 9-volt (not that I've ever done that), which, while fun, many people found unpleasant and ultimately led to it's discontinuation. Feel free to use this knowledge if you ever want to make an "electricity" flavored candy ; )
I think the sugar dissolving is more significant than the temperature change. Remember that pressure is proportional to absolute temperature, so the difference from room temperature to mouth temperature is quite small.
@@LoftyPursuits as far as I know, Pop Rocks are just ordinary candy made under a high pressure CO2 atmosphere. Not something that can be made by hand, unfortunately.
I think I had some of those skittles once? They definitely had citric acid on the outside and it had an intense effect (I absolutely loved it). That was last year though and I don’t know when they discontinued them, so I might have just had really awesome sour skittles!
I'm so sad I didn't find this channel sooner, all the candy I've missed out on 😢 I'm really hoping you make the candy ribbons for Christmas and this Champagne one again for the holidays coming up... might have to buy more pumpkin spice while I still can 💕 Keep up the good work guys
This is some of the most wholesome content I've seen in a while and is brilliant advertising! I really hope you keep making content and that I can visit you guys in Florida sometime soon
Hey! I’m fairly new to your channel but I just wanted to say that I love your videos! They are very relaxing and I enjoy your commentary, I have always enjoyed the candy making process so it’s really cool to see an entire channel about it!
Just got mine today. It tastes a little like white grape. The fizzy part is a little like the fizzers from the 80’s. The candy is quite brittle and crunchy, so it’s easy to chew if you like to crunch hard candy like I do. I like it!
Thanks for the quality video... and the random facts was great... G'day from Australia My favourite part is the cutting seeing your speed is just mind blowing
OMG please do more of these videos! The way you incorporate education thought a candy video is an amazing format! Edit: The little image that you put in the corner is so cool! Can you do that for future videos?
Great history! I never actually thought about where it started. And impressive candy! I hope to be able to visit your store in Florida sooner than later.
I find your videos relaxing. I started watching when I was pregnant and pimple popping videos made me feel sick. My baby is now one and I'm still addicted.
Thank you as usual for the history as usual!! Love history and love your style! Thanks for keeping it alive!! Bucket list your soda fountain for sure high on the list live in Jax so it WILL happen, lol.. thanks again
Hey Greg I'm also Greg and I love your videos because the properties of hot candy remind me very much of the properties of hot glass which I'm familiar with. I'm also a film student so your appreciation for cinema history is really cool.
Glad to see you back in the kitchen Greg! I just got my first package of candy from you and loved everything but the dill pickle, which was fun, but not something I'll probably buy again (though it's definitely getting eaten) The banana, rose, and honey flavors were all home runs with the family though!
Neat candy yo. Thanks for your honesty about Braun and the whole post-war shakedown for rocket scientists. They sure didn't teach us that stuff in school!
