Interesting documentary about origin of puerh tea on CCTV with english sub. Worth watching.
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Re: Documentary on Puerh Tea
Thanks for posting. Interesting watch for sure. It made me feel proud to drink Chinese tea. 
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At what time is it shown?the_skua wrote:Where is that insane cosmic temple of an aging room in part 2?
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Exempt wrote:At what time is it shown?the_skua wrote:Where is that insane cosmic temple of an aging room in part 2?
At end of part3 and start of part 4
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Re: Documentary on Puerh Tea
I watched the documentary. It was interesting.
I am a bit skeptical about the first parts and the "debate"over the origin of tea. I don't think there has been a raging controversy over the exact origin of Camellia sinensis, southern China is clearly the center of diversity. The evidence the film producers provided did not seem very scientific. They referenced several legends about tea from Southern China as direct evidence. I certainly believe this material is valuable in the story of tea but is not acceptable proof to the natural distribution of the plant. The fossil they mention "magnoliid" they dated in the cretaceous. Tea is not even in that lineage (it is an asterid). This level of taxonomy is not particularly useful in floristics since these lineages are pretty much globally distributed. Besides these matters are typically discussed using floristic provinces as geographic unit rather than politcal boundaries.
(Biogeography rant ends. Can't help it sometimes
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The second part about the history of pu erh was good. I did especially enjoy the cosmic temple of aging cakes!
I am a bit skeptical about the first parts and the "debate"over the origin of tea. I don't think there has been a raging controversy over the exact origin of Camellia sinensis, southern China is clearly the center of diversity. The evidence the film producers provided did not seem very scientific. They referenced several legends about tea from Southern China as direct evidence. I certainly believe this material is valuable in the story of tea but is not acceptable proof to the natural distribution of the plant. The fossil they mention "magnoliid" they dated in the cretaceous. Tea is not even in that lineage (it is an asterid). This level of taxonomy is not particularly useful in floristics since these lineages are pretty much globally distributed. Besides these matters are typically discussed using floristic provinces as geographic unit rather than politcal boundaries.
(Biogeography rant ends. Can't help it sometimes
)The second part about the history of pu erh was good. I did especially enjoy the cosmic temple of aging cakes!