Jesse Appell is a cross-cultural comedian, entrepreneur, and online creator. Jesse lived in China for 9 years, where he apprenticed to master comedian Ding Guangquan to learn traditional Xiangsheng comedy and performed on major Chinese comedy TV shows. He is also the founder of Jesse's Teahouse is an online tea company with the largest social following of any tea company in the West. Whether through comedy or tea, Jesse uses humor to bridge cultural gaps among his audience of over 3 million followers.