[CitizensTruth] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, 04/26/2008 at 7pm Central, free film screening of "All In This Tea" at the Green Leaf Coffee House.

[Daniel Stafford]

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

>

> On Saturday, 04/26/2008 at 7pm Central, I will be hosting a screening 

> of  "All In This Tea" at the Green Leaf Coffee House.

>

> What: Film Screening of the documentary "All In This Tea".

>

> When: Saturday, April 26th, at 7pm CDT

>

> Cost: Free, but call ahead to reserve seating as capacity is limited 

> to just under 40 persons.

>

> Where:

>

> Green Leaf Coffee House(located in Sun Plaza)

> 2400 S. Eola Road, Suite G

> Aurora, IL 60504

> 630-851-8410

> greenleafcoffee at sbcglobal.net

>

> Contact: Jillmarie or Shannon

>

> Description:

>

> /*It's A Tea-cup Universe...*/

>

> An ancient bush reigns,

> Upon the misted hills of China,

> Stone trails nearly forgotten,

> Walking a way of antiquity.

>

> Can you taste the world or the sky?

>

> Ten days of weather in a basket of leaves and buds,

> How high a bush sits on  the hill,

> What lies far beneath our feet,

> How did hands move - long or fast or gentle?

>

> A family art as fine as butterfly wing breezes.

>

> Everything modern can move mountains,

> Dead dirt and dull uniforms,

> Machine-printed cheap art for the masses,

> Careless rush of rough touch.

>

> Stubborn - the seeker of ancient heart.

>

> Masterworks revived from the crush,

> Uniqueness in a land of conformity,

> Living tradition tied to nature,

> Poetry in cupped hands and scent.

>

> Taste it - it's a tea-cup universe that awaits.

>

> AquarianM

>

> By: Daniel A. Stafford

> © 03/31/2008

>

> Upon watching the documentary film "All In This Tea 

> <http://www.allinthistea.com/>," I was touched by the sheer poetic 

> beauty of the ancient hills of China, covered in fields of tea bushes. 

> For centuries, master tea makers have captured the nuances of 

> location, weather, tradition, soil, and water in small cups, allowing 

> the pass one's lips as liquid art. Every detail of environment is 

> captured in each cup, every scrap of a bundle of tea's history blends 

> with the water that makes it, and tells an intricate story in flavor 

> to those who may listen.

>

> Nearly overpowered and under threat of extinction by vast 

> commercialization in the form of mass tea exporters, this was feared a 

> dying art. Through the efforts of a man from the West who knew the 

> true flavor of honestly authentic hand-made teas, a hole was pushed 

> through the wall. A new way opened up for the art to survive, and thrive.

>

> >From the factories to history to the smallest hand-crafted details 

> and most ornate ceremonies, this is the visual poetry of tea's truth, 

> and how it is both coming home to China and appearing in America. As a 

> cup of tea warms the hands, "All In This Tea 

> <http://www.allinthistea.com/>" warms the heart, with knowledge and hope.

>

> See it on the Sundance Channel <http://www.sundancechannel.com/> 

> Tuesday, April 29th at 9:35 pm Eastern and Pacific. 

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