Explore The Fine Art of Tea in Documentary Film “All In This Tea”

Explore The Fine Art of Tea in Documentary Film “All In This Tea” On December 19

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA (December 1, 2009) --- HopeDance Films will screen ALL IN THIS TEA Saturday, Dec 19 at 7pm at the SLO Library, Osos and Palm streets in San Luis Obispo. The suggested donation is $7.

The feature documentary follows world-renowned American tea importer, David Lee Hoffman, to some of the most remote regions ofChina in search of the finest, handmade teas in the world.

Hoffman is obsessed: during his youth he spent four years with Tibetan monks in Nepal, which included a friendship with the Dalai Lama, and was introduced to some of the finest of teas. Unable to find anything but insipid tea bags in the U.S., Hoffman began traveling to China, the homeland of tea. There, he struggles against language barriers and Byzantine business codes to convince the Chinese that the farmers make better tea than the factories and that their craft should be honored and preserved.

San Luis Obispo County-based tea producers Dragon Pearl Tea, SLO Chai and Swan Sisters will be pouring tea during the showing, and healthy snacks will be available.

For more details, please see the trailer at:
http://hopedance.org/community-media/videos/307

HopeDance Films brings films to the area that promote expanded world views. HopeDance Films is a component of HopeDance (www.hopedance.org), an online daily library of news, events, videos, social networking, blogs, essays, photos and music for the globe, and edible San Luis Obispo, a quarterly print and online publication that covers the local food movement in San Luis Obispo County.

Between the three outlets, HopeDance, Edible San Luis Obispo and HopeDance Films reach an audience interested in sustainable living, permaculture, environmental issues, transitioning from oil dependency to local resilience, green politics, simple living, local living economies, eco-architecture, locally produced foods, healthy food and more. For more information, contact HopeDance and Edible San Luis Obispo publisher and director Bob Banner at info@ediblesanluisobispo.com ; (805) 434-3950.

Also cosponsored by Evolver SLO.