Thanks so much for this wonderful video. You are so right about tea, especially Darjeeling tea and the values attached to it. Christian culture is a coffee culture, Hindu and Buddhist cultures are tea cultures, says Terence McKenna in his book Food of the Gods (1991).
@ipublica well i would hardly say that, i mean we British are a largely christian culture (although as many say, the United Kingdom is a very ethnicly diverse nation, no longer made up of just white middle classes in bowler hats and umbrellas) and yet we drink 165,000,000 cups of tea a day. i myself am 15 and tend to drink at least 6 cups a day, sometimes up to 11 or 12; personally i prefer assam tea, followed by either Darjeeling or earl grey. indian tea is the best, far superior to chinese tea
@walkm023 Thanks for your interjection. Yes, it's interesting what you say and I should have thought of it. But you are clearly the exception that confirms the rule among the Christian community. Take Germans, French, Dutch, Italiens, Americans – all coffee drinkers in the majority. I know this pattern is currently changing and we have to see also that McKenna's assessment dates back to the 1990s.
the darjeeling story is not as exotic as it looks from outside. see a special report: SIMMERING DISCONTENT OVER TEA in the Down To Earth website.
sayantanbera1 10 months ago
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sayantanbera1 10 months ago
Thanks so much for this wonderful video. You are so right about tea, especially Darjeeling tea and the values attached to it. Christian culture is a coffee culture, Hindu and Buddhist cultures are tea cultures, says Terence McKenna in his book Food of the Gods (1991).
ipublica 1 year ago
@ipublica well i would hardly say that, i mean we British are a largely christian culture (although as many say, the United Kingdom is a very ethnicly diverse nation, no longer made up of just white middle classes in bowler hats and umbrellas) and yet we drink 165,000,000 cups of tea a day. i myself am 15 and tend to drink at least 6 cups a day, sometimes up to 11 or 12; personally i prefer assam tea, followed by either Darjeeling or earl grey. indian tea is the best, far superior to chinese tea
walkm023 1 year ago
@walkm023 Thanks for your interjection. Yes, it's interesting what you say and I should have thought of it. But you are clearly the exception that confirms the rule among the Christian community. Take Germans, French, Dutch, Italiens, Americans – all coffee drinkers in the majority. I know this pattern is currently changing and we have to see also that McKenna's assessment dates back to the 1990s.
ipublica 1 year ago
the narrator is possibly the gayest man ever
MountAnalogue 1 year ago
darjelling west bengal india rulz
mileycat92 1 year ago
I am already best friends with is man, and I've never meet him. I LOVE TEA!!!
teaficionado 2 years ago
Lovely video with Mozart's music. Nice job!
jimmybryght 3 years ago
I love drinking Darjeeling tea. It is definitely one of the best tea varieties I've every drunk in my life!
alal22000 3 years ago
Wow....dats great...
Guraskophul 3 years ago