Make a Movie 茶

KEYWORD:

Tea

Pinyin:

chá

Actor:

ch- Male

Set:

-a

Room within Set:

Hallway/Lobby or Kitchen

Prop(s):

艹 Rose

人 Umbrella

朩 Leaf

Notes:

What does your leaf look like?

Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Ija

Keyword : Tea
Actor : Charlie Chaplin
Set : My apartment in Australia
Prop : Rose, An umbrella, Maple leaf

It was a beauteaful Thirstday afternoon and what better way to spend it than to have a tea partea. Charlie Chaplin was in the kitchen of my apartment in Australia and was using his creativitea to make Chinese flowering tea by himself.

He dried some maple leaves underneath an umbrella on my kitchen floor and then used them to wrap around a rose to form a ball, which was then again, left to dry. The ball was then placed inside freshly boiled water and after 2 minutes and thirtea seconds, the tea flower came to life. It tasted tearrific!

He was surprised at the qualitea of his noveltea home-brewed tea and thought it's probably a good idea to share it with the tea-loving communitea.

Mandarin Blueprint

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://youtu.be/F7fyD0xLDdw?t=1997

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Christine

This came together for me very well using my props but it might not work for everyone.
Charlie Chaplin (Ch actor) is in the kitchen on my a- location. He wants to make some tea.
In my home country, there is a make of tea called '5 Roses', with a distinctive red box and a stylised picture of roses on it. This is my Rose prop.
My other props are:
Straw, conical hat and a Bonsai tree.
So to complete the tea making ceremony (and the movie for the character), Charlie has to wear the straw hat while plucking the tea leaves from the Bonsai tea bush. Then he has to fill the little bags of 5 Roses tea with the leaves so that he can brew the perfect cup of tea.

MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVp_b_LlqY&t=5339s

Christine

Oh dear, I see my props are causing confusion again! The prop for the 'straw, hat' is just one prop - a straw hat like the ones that Chinese workers might wear when working in the rice fields. It is the prop for 人.
I know it is my fault, I shouldn't have used a comma there. Apologies for that.

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