by Angela Justice » Aug 4th, '08, 15:18
I've been a secret admin for past couple of years. Have popped in and out as the tea spirit possessed me.
Have been working with tea in the Bay Area for about ten years so I also pop up in movies and other tea events from time to time. I've really been enjoying reading Tea Chat this morning. Thanks for the notes. It's great to be a part of this vibrant communitea.
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by scruffmcgruff » Aug 4th, '08, 15:19
Angela, did you by any chance go to the recent puerh lecture/tasting at the UC Berkeley anthropology museum?
by Angela Justice » Aug 4th, '08, 15:47
I didn't hear about it in time.
Otherwise I would have loved to visit. Are you in the Bay area?
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by scruffmcgruff » Aug 4th, '08, 17:17
Yeah, I'm in the south bay, though only for a little while longer. The Berkeley thing was loads of fun, I'm sorry you missed it!
by Angela Justice » Aug 4th, '08, 17:21
Where are you moving to? Hopefully a new place with lots of tea culture too.
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by CynTEAa » Aug 4th, '08, 17:27
Angela is in the part of the film where they are in Teance (or was it Celadon back then?)
It is like a cameo flash of her just sipping, what I presume to be a helluva fine monkey picked oolong by the glaze in her eye. Whose interview was it, Angela?
by Angela Justice » Aug 4th, '08, 18:03
There's a couple of scenes in the movie. Don't blink or you'll miss them.
In the first scene, I prepared a new crop of Lu Shan Clouds and Mists for Tano which is a really lovely delicate green tea. Delish! The camera work is interesting in that moment, because I was prepared the tea for him, but it looks like it happened the other way around. Many of those scenes in the movie were filmed in the original Celadon tea room on Solano. I created a lecture series and invited several notable tea personalities the winter of 2002 with the blessing of the owner. All of those were filmed by Les and Gina for possible use in the project. Celadon later became Teance.
Good times.
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by Thirsty Daruma » Aug 4th, '08, 19:29
I'm reading all this talk about suppressed and repressed literature from a library, and it makes me sad.
Also, every tea book I've ever read made growing tea sound like the most mystically difficult task any population could take up. Can't imagine an urban warrior doing the same, but I'd love to see the result anyhow. Maybe it's the PROCESSING of the tea that would be tough at home. Then again, if Alton Brown can ferment vanilla beans, people can get their tea leaves in proper shape.
by Angela Justice » Aug 4th, '08, 19:36
Dear Thirsty Daruma,
Don't be bereft. I think with a green thumb and an open mind people should give tea a try. With access to a nursery that specializes in camellia sinensis, I'm sure you could get a nice start. Whenever starting a new craft, one always begins as a novice and acquires wisdom as they practice the craft with success and mistakes.
Be bold! Perhaps we should start a circle of people growing tea plants in the states not with the expectation of becoming famous tea growers but to intimately understand the plant we love so much.
Who's in?
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by Mary R » Aug 4th, '08, 19:54
That's a pretty compelling speech there, Angela. I'm in.
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by joelbct » Aug 4th, '08, 22:34
Angela Justice wrote:Be bold! Perhaps we should start a circle of people growing tea plants in the states not with the expectation of becoming famous tea growers but to intimately understand the plant we love so much.
Who's in?
Well consider the New York chapter started, as of next Spring! Maybe I can even find some sprouted bushes around here so I don't have to wait till then... I think I'll call around some local nurseries...
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by chamekke » Aug 5th, '08, 00:32
I don't suppose there are tea seeds? Or beans?
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by Salsero » Aug 5th, '08, 01:13
chamekke wrote: I don't suppose there are tea seeds? Or beans?
I guess you missed the entire thread in the regular forum devoted to whether the seeds are poisonous or not, including photos of a seed, cuddly baby plants, and references to other threads on the same topic.
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... s&start=15
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by chamekke » Aug 5th, '08, 01:16
I did, in fact, completely miss that thread. Thank you for the link.
(And yes, the baby seed does look like a Milk Dud.)
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by CynTEAa » Aug 5th, '08, 08:50
I'm in. Ned the Avocado needs a friend anyway. Consider the CT branch (heh) started.
Thirsty Daruma wrote: Also, every tea book I've ever read made growing tea sound like the most mystically difficult task any population could take up.
I'm sure that's just so no one will give it a try.
