Tea: A Coffee Drinker's Guide, Part 2
The Food Programme
BBC
4.4 • 976 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Do we pay enough for tea? Dan Saladino - a long-term and deeply committed coffee drinker - continues his look at our love affair with the leaf.
Dan catches up with the BBC's South Asia Correspondent Justin Rowlatt, who has reported on conditions for tea workers in Assam, India. He also discovers a world of 'rock-star' tea growers and learns how to tell the difference between CTC and orthodox tea - and why it matters.
There is also advice on how to make a 'nice cup of tea' from... George Orwell.
Presenter: Dan Saladino Producer: Rich Ward.
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| 0:50.0 | We hope you enjoy it. For years, I was convinced the ink spots were so very, very wrong. |
| 1:02.0 | I love coffee. |
| 1:05.0 | My reasoning, well I believed that the world was divided into those who adore tea |
| 1:10.0 | and others like me who've made a lifetime commitment to coffee. |
| 1:14.3 | As with the Beatles and the Stones, my view was that you can only genuinely belong in one camp or the other. Well, in this second installment exploring the world's most popular hot drink, |
| 1:30.0 | I'm trying to find out if there's a third way and if leaf-based redemption awaits disciples of the |
| 1:36.0 | bean like me. And to truly enjoy tea I realize I also have to understand it better. |
| 1:42.1 | Whether that's knowing the difference between a CTC and an Orthodox tea |
| 1:47.1 | or appreciating the flavours of a first flush tea |
| 1:50.3 | compared to a high altitude one. |
| 1:52.2 | It's been a steep and noisy learning curve. |
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