Christy Hui
Director of TEA: The Drink That Changed The World
- Educating consumers about tea’s cultural significance, health benefits, traditions, history.
- Leveraging digital technologies, including blockchain and artificial intelligence, to enhance transparency and efficiency.
- Marketing, brand building, practical experience in retail and wholesale, import and export and logistics.
- Tasting, blending, formulation, packaging, product life-cycle
As a lifelong tea lover, I am passionate about history, storytelling, and filmmaking. In this 90-minute documentary, TEA: The Drink That Changed the World, I have the opportunity to piece together the incredible, untold story of tea—how a simple beverage transformed history, culture, and trade, and became a global phenomenon.
What began as a short film evolved into a multi-year project as the realm of tea expanded and deepened, as I pieced together the ancient jigsaw puzzle across the millennia and continents. In this film, viewers embark on an epic journey into the mystical realm of tea, exploring its origins in the forbidden region of China and discovering the most audacious tea heist—that changed the course of tea forever.
This simple cup possesses transformative powers—toppling empires, sparking revolutions, shaping global trade, and forging connections within humanity.
While filming “TEA: The Drink That Changed The World,” I journeyed into China’s forbidden Wuyi Mountains, the birthplace of Oolong and Black tea, where I experienced the mystical nature of tea—what I call the “Tea Spirit.”
Here in the Heart of Tea, the spirit of the divine nature becomes one with the soul of the tea-master. “Good people make good tea,” Old Daddy, 11th generation of Oolong Tea Master, told me—a philosophy that embodies the pure essence of tea.
What fascinates me most isn’t just about tea’s complex flavors or health benefits, but TEA’s unique ability to connect the human spirits, creating endearing connections across cultural divides. Tea is indeed a universal language.
Through this TEA documentary, I aim to share and spread the joy of tea, celebrating this marvelous drink for what it brings to humanity, embracing and uniting our differences into universal harmony.
As the host of the EnchanTEA podcast, I continue to explore the boundless realm of tea joy, sharing stories that celebrate our collective journey through this divine elixir.
“It’s not about the tea you drink, but the spirit you bring to your tea drinking.”
I hope you love this tea movie as much as I love making it. It is available on Amazon, Tubi, and YouTube. Looking forward to connecting with tea lovers around the world.
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