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Group: rec.food.drink.tea · Group Profile
Author: KevoKevo Date: Apr 7, 2008 10:16
On Apr 4, 4:43Â am, Iggy gmail.com> wrote:> On Apr 3, 1:31 pm, Jenn hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Apr 2, 12:18 pm, Tea Geek gmail.com> wrote:>
>>> Hello, everyone!
>>> I would love it if you could recommend any books or films in which tea
>>> plays a prominent role. Â They don't need to be *about* tea per se. Â An
>>> example might be how food/cooking plays a large role in "Eat Drink Man
>>> Woman" but that's not really what the move is *about*. Â We're looking
>>> for things like that.
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>>> Â Â Â Â --Michael J. Coffey--
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>> Hi Michael,
>> Any episode of Star Trek TNG inolves tea, mostly Earl Grey... You know
>> the rest. I even saw a "Klingon Tea Ceremony" that rocked.
>> Jenn
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> It think my first exposure to tea ceremonies and the notion that tea
> was something special was from watching the Shogun mini-series. Â I
> haven't seen it since I was a teenager though, so it may not be as
> applicable as my memory suggests. Â :-)
In the new BBC series based on the books of Alexander McCall Smith -
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Bush Tea (what is that? Rooibos?)
plays an important role in the show as mediating bridge, 2 connect, 2
pour out problems, etc.
In Fearless, a chinese movie, the hero discusses some cool deep stuff
with a Japanese opponent over a cup of tea, near the end of the film.
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