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Some of these clips are taken from a production for Channel Four Television by Windfall Films. The series producer and director was David Dugan and the assistant producer was Carlo Massarella. Others are from the private collection of Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison.
Personal thoughts about tea
Growing and picking tea
Factory production of tea (1)
Selling tea in Calcutta
Selling tea in Beijing
A tea house in Kyoto
Tea ceremony in Japan
Tea leaves unfurling in water
Contrasts in Assamese tea
The role of the native Assamese
