Summary Tea is both accessible to all and highly sophisticated. It is everywhere in Chinese culture, and people respect and revere it as they would an emperor. The enormous Maliandao tea market embodies the rich tradition, with 6,000 shops covering more than a kilometre. Tea merchants and vendors of supplies like teapots, utensils and boxes share this great commercial hub. The carefully organized shops transform into steamy teahouses, because here one must know how to separate the ordinary from the exceptional and sample teas as a connoisseur, immersed in the moment. Showing off delicate covered bowls, vendors entice customers with tea leaf braids and delicious samples. Green, black, white, red, yellow, oolong: there is a tea for everyone, and each has its own unique character. Whether calming or energizing, the infusions were part of the Middle Kingdom's pharmacopeia before becoming a refined part of everyday life, a symbol of the core Chinese values of authenticity and harmony. Hundreds of kilometres from Beijing is Mount Wuyi, the home of camellia sinensis, the tea plant from which all six varieties of tea grow. After harvest, the leaves are aired out, dried and toasted, before being shipped to the rest of China and around the world. While a qin player plucks his instrument, stroll through the calm, serene passages of the Maliandao tea market. Follow your nose from floral to woody aromas, and succumb to the charms of the art of tea.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Julie Laferrière
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jan 25, 2017
Countries of origin : Canada
Official sites : The best markets on earth- list of our productions
Language : French
Production companies : Eurêka! Productions
Summary Tea is both accessible to all and highly sophisticated. It is everywhere in Chinese culture, and people respect and revere it as they would an emperor. The enormous Maliandao tea market embodies the rich tradition, with 6,000 shops covering more than a kilometre. Tea merchants and vendors of supplies like teapots, utensils and boxes share this great commercial hub. The carefully organized shops transform into steamy teahouses, because here one must know how to separate the ordinary from the exceptional and sample teas as a connoisseur, immersed in the moment. Showing off delicate covered bowls, vendors entice customers with tea leaf braids and delicious samples. Green, black, white, red, yellow, oolong: there is a tea for everyone, and each has its own unique character. Whether calming or energizing, the infusions were part of the Middle Kingdom's pharmacopeia before becoming a refined part of everyday life, a symbol of the core Chinese values of authenticity and harmony. Hundreds of kilometres from Beijing is Mount Wuyi, the home of camellia sinensis, the tea plant from which all six varieties of tea grow. After harvest, the leaves are aired out, dried and toasted, before being shipped to the rest of China and around the world. While a qin player plucks his instrument, stroll through the calm, serene passages of the Maliandao tea market. Follow your nose from floral to woody aromas, and succumb to the charms of the art of tea.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jan 25, 2017
Countries of origin : Canada
Official sites : The best markets on earth- list of our productions
Language : French
Production companies : Eurêka! Productions
