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All in This Tea (2007)

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David Lee Hoffman is a man who has devoted his life to tea. Hoffman is an importer who brings unusual varieties of tea to discerning drinkers in the United States, specializing in teas that have been grown organically and picked and dried by hand by growers who use experience and instinct as their guides. However, the bulk of Hoffman's most prized teas are grown by independent farmers in China, where the growth of industrialization and an increased demand for higher-yield cash crops is helping

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All in This Tea is a delicious documentary about a beverage.

June 27, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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The film is both delightful and informative at every turn.

June 25, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
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The film's quick-and-dirty verite yields some delightful caught moments, steeped in historical footnotes that only enhance.

June 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
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Brisk and agreeable, a handcrafted ode to the brew that is the beverage of choice where the Chinese, among many others, are concerned.

March 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
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Les Blank's profile of tea aficionado David Lee Hoffman will send every single viewer out the door toward the nearest teahouse with its infectious enthusiasm for the good life.

April 28, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express | Comment
East Bay Express

This mass versus class appeal for the sake of a discerning guzzling US elite carpet bagging it in China, smacks suspiciously of tea imperialism.

July 4, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
NewsBlaze

Despite its omissions, the movie is as quietly gaga as its human protagonist and as gently stimulating as its agricultural one.

June 26, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out New York | Comment
Time Out New York

It makes one long to sit down with a nice cup of tea. Theaters showing this excellent documentary might want to keep that in mind and stock up.

June 25, 2008 Comment
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Most of the footage is mundane stuff, following Hoffman around farms and factories. I wish the film had been more compelling.

March 26, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

A beautiful metaphor for filmmaking and a painful comment on the price of civilization.

March 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

A valuable addition to the growing canon of slow-food films for our fast-food nation.

March 13, 2008 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | Comment
L.A. Weekly

It's another beautiful, sensual film, and another homage to what makes life enjoyable.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | Comment
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One Of My Favorite Documentary's!

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