You're not going to be internet famous overnight with Nick Touma

Tea friends, welcome back to Teatime with Jesse! On this episode, we have Nick Touma ( @nicktguy ) that guy on Youtube that makes candy art. If you ever wondered what it takes to get to over 1 million subscribers on Youtube, well, for this guy it was lots of trial and error, plus over 70lbs of candy! We talk about what it takes to be a content creator, getting started, understanding your audience, and walking a mile in candy shoes. Content creating is really a whole journey. Anyway, of course we have some tea! Try Three Treasures Chen Pi (Mandarin Peel) White Tea: https://jessesteahouse.com/products/three-treasures-chen-pi-mandarin-peel-white-tea Pre-order our Oolong Sampler Box: https://jessesteahouse.com/products/jesse-in-taiwan-mystery-tea-drop Join Jesse's Tea Club: https://jessesteahouse.com/products/jesses-tea-club-subscription-service 4:00 Big puff (Tea pet) 6:07 NickTGuy’s Youtube Journey 7:27 Growing up and changing interests 08:26 Setting intentions with Youtube 9:38 TikTok vs. Youtube 10:58 TikTok as a slot machine 11:53 The start of NickTGuy candy art 13:23 The journey of the tea flavor 11:26 The Starburst ball 14:08 “That thing took over my life forsure” 13:14 Steeps and tea journey 15:29 Phone addiction 21:48 Context and content, 23:34 Shift in content 29:48 Can’t pour from empty cup 35:06 Sister Ai’s red tea cake 44:00 Starting out as a content creator 44:30 The hidden cost of time investment 48:32 The barrier of entry to create 50:24 Creativity is sharing your perspective 53:13 Be yourself 55:00 The channel is the movie 55:16 Series content 55:35 Using charmander to defrost someone 57:28 Art’s value is deemed by the limitations 59:44 Bringing people into your world 1:01:39 What’s art vs. commodity? 1:05:43 If you wanted to you would 1:07:29 The moment you sell too hard, you lose the audience 1:08:21 Taking a break from content 1:09:25 Output vs. quality 1:13:03 Lightning round 1:13:24 Passion and work 1:13:42 Stop caring about other people’s opinions 1:14:04 Dream project made of candy 1:14:52 What’s it like meeting Mr. Beast 1:17:43 Anything for the shot #contentcreation #youtubejourney #jessesteahouse #teatimewithjesse #looseleaftea #gongfucha #kungfutea #chinesetea #chineseteaculture