Jul 7th, '11, 09:16
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by auhckw » Jul 7th, '11, 09:16
Jul 7th, '11, 09:44
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by Chasm » Jul 7th, '11, 09:44
Because even the gullible and porn-addicted need their tea?
Jul 8th, '11, 00:21
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by Poohblah » Jul 8th, '11, 00:21
In ancient China, only virgins (i.e., young, unmarried women) picked tea, since picking tea was relatively arduous, even dangerous work, and unmarried women were considered liabilities since parents had yet to pay their dowries. Men and women whose dowries had been paid were assets rather than liabilities and so they performed less risky tea work, such as processing.
This seems it might simply be an extension of that tradition.
Jul 8th, '11, 14:42
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by ryan » Jul 8th, '11, 14:42
But why pick the leaves with their mouth? Sounds slow, tedious, and kind of gross.
Jul 8th, '11, 17:58
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by JBaymore » Jul 8th, '11, 17:58
auhckw wrote:Tea Leaf Pickers Required To Be Virgins & Have C-Cup Breasts.
Example of blatant sexism.
ryan wrote:But why pick the leaves with their mouth? Sounds slow, tedious, and kind of gross.
Serious nutcases likely consider this "sexy".
Chasm wrote:Because even the gullible and porn-addicted need their tea?
Yup.....dead on.
best,
............john
Jul 8th, '11, 21:21
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by chingwa » Jul 8th, '11, 21:21
That's it, I'm switching to Chinese tea...
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Jul 9th, '11, 11:57
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by Poohblah » Jul 9th, '11, 11:57
ryan wrote:But why pick the leaves with their mouth? Sounds slow, tedious, and kind of gross.
to sell the tea better, duh!
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