One Cup, A Thousand Stories
To the Ends of the Earth
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Tea traveled from China and soon conquered every corner of the world. This remarkable documentary looks at tea’s global domination. Starting on the treacherous Tea Horse Road stretching from southern China into Tibet, India and beyond, the healing wonder of matcha tea in an ancient Japanese temple is explored. In Darjeeling, the power of the British Empire tea trade is revealed.