Tea Lands of China TRAILER (HD).mov
Tea Lands of China follows two Americans, Mark Rozell, a retail manager at Verve Coffee Roasters in Santa Cruz, CA and Victoria (Tori) Boyert, owner of Satori Tea Company in San Jose, CA, as they travel to two major tea regions in China to learn about two different types of Chinese tea. Longjing tea a.k.a. Dragon well tea (green tea) is grown in Hangzhou City in eastern China while Pu'er tea is grown in the southwest Yunnan Province near the border of Burma (Myanmar), Laos, and Vietnam. Mark and Tori learn how to pluck, process, and brew a perfect cup of Longjing tea at tea farms in Hangzhou City. They also get a chance to eat popular dishes made with Longjing tea. During their stay in Hangzhou they visit what is called "heaven on earth", the famous West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which encompasses beautiful nature scenes and pagodas along the cityscape. They also make an excursion to a 2000-year-old water town, Wuhzhen (north of Hangzhou). Some call it the "Venice" of China. In Yunnan Province, Mark and Tori meet many different minority groups who introduce them to Pu'er tea. They climb 9 feet tall Pu'er tea trees to pluck their leaves, learn how the tea is processed, and drink a cup of the tea with Lahu and Bulang minorities. At a Hani minority village, Tori becomes emotionally moved as she stands in front of tea tree that is almost 900 years old. Mark and Tori also experience Wa minority drum dancing and elephant riding in the jungle. Stay tuned for this amazing journey, coming to you soon!
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this is absolute sh*t. 5% is about tea... the rest are 2 retards that talk about total random stuff.
If you are looking for a good comedy that gives you the urge to kill someone -> watch this.
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So wrong. How so? Let's see: culturally naive, shallow unsophisticated grammar, valley girl vocal fry, using the word "actually" about 200 times, and the finale of breaking down in tears because everyone told her she couldn't open a tea shop ("I want a tea shop Daddy, please, please, please?). I love the parade of "local ethnic minorities" who were sadly paraded before the camera to sing and dance as the two Americans actually climbed up an actual tree to pluck actual tea leaves. Best observation: "If you look closely, some of the ethnic minority dress resembles the designs of Native Americans...from America" Deep thoughts...
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I saw this PBS documentary several years ago and loved it. I love tea and Chinese culture. Mark and Tori's adventures into remote areas of China are captivating. I learned about 2 teas I wasn't familiar with and the people who collect them. Beautiful hand made colorful dresses and hats on the women who climb ladders to get the very tip of the puer tea leaf tree. After the program I Googled them and found they live near me in Calif.!! Tori's tea shop is in San Jose and Mark is from Santa Cruz. The program Tea Lands of China is being aired again tonight on PBS Channel 190-SF Bay Area at 11PM Sunday, May 10, 2015.
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