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An epic family saga revolving around a matriarchal clan known as the Tea Monarchss…
What an epic family saga…
Riveting main plot and sub-plots - all perfectly tying together- with no unnecessary side-story and character… the heart of the drama is not romance.
The story revolves around a century’s old matriarchal clan, known as China Tea Monarchs.
There will be a lot of scheming, for jealousy, power and wealth grabbing, both internally from sisters and cousins, and from outsiders to this unique matriarchal clan. The rule being that the Head of the clan cannot prioritise anything above the clan’s interests.
All characters are complex, with fascinating depth.
It is far from your classical ROMANCE, with the main female lead being a strong character bearing the weight of her clan’s heritage maintaining, if not survival.
The clan’s interest takes precedence over any self-indulgence…she manages 300.000 tea workers after all. Not a small feat.
That’s why this is a drama,
Love between the leads is present. Very much so. They are both smart, responsible, cold-headed, rightful characters perfectly matching each other’s needs & expectations. But that’s not the point.
If you dont like female characters taking full ownership and behaving as men of power, suppressing their weaknesses and emotions behind a steel armour, you may not like this drama. The main leads don’t need to be seduced or vowed. They need to admire the other as an equal. So that there won’t be heart fluttering moments…
It’s bright and dark at times, but never with stressful unnecessary shallow drama for the sake of easy twists and turns.(unlike Flourished Peony)
Very smart, like a great riveting novel.
The production itself is outstanding,
From the choice of extremely harmonious colors and shades, serving the beautiful costumes, decors and sceneries… to the skilled shooting and montage, an eye-feast .
(Here, the main two chosen colours - like in every Chinese and Korean quality drama- are blue and a reddish orange…never clashing, very soft and soothing with their complementing yellow & green…
The cast is outstanding, perfectly cast for their roles. Both leads are awesome actors. They only need their eyes to convey it all….with all shades of feeling from hard to soft…
A great watch.
For those you love smart psychological dramas in the vein of Story of Ming Lan
Oh, and don’t skip and miss after each episode ending credit the wonderful to watch the great bonus on herbs and teas..
Riveting main plot and sub-plots - all perfectly tying together- with no unnecessary side-story and character… the heart of the drama is not romance.
The story revolves around a century’s old matriarchal clan, known as China Tea Monarchs.
There will be a lot of scheming, for jealousy, power and wealth grabbing, both internally from sisters and cousins, and from outsiders to this unique matriarchal clan. The rule being that the Head of the clan cannot prioritise anything above the clan’s interests.
All characters are complex, with fascinating depth.
It is far from your classical ROMANCE, with the main female lead being a strong character bearing the weight of her clan’s heritage maintaining, if not survival.
The clan’s interest takes precedence over any self-indulgence…she manages 300.000 tea workers after all. Not a small feat.
That’s why this is a drama,
Love between the leads is present. Very much so. They are both smart, responsible, cold-headed, rightful characters perfectly matching each other’s needs & expectations. But that’s not the point.
If you dont like female characters taking full ownership and behaving as men of power, suppressing their weaknesses and emotions behind a steel armour, you may not like this drama. The main leads don’t need to be seduced or vowed. They need to admire the other as an equal. So that there won’t be heart fluttering moments…
It’s bright and dark at times, but never with stressful unnecessary shallow drama for the sake of easy twists and turns.(unlike Flourished Peony)
Very smart, like a great riveting novel.
The production itself is outstanding,
From the choice of extremely harmonious colors and shades, serving the beautiful costumes, decors and sceneries… to the skilled shooting and montage, an eye-feast .
(Here, the main two chosen colours - like in every Chinese and Korean quality drama- are blue and a reddish orange…never clashing, very soft and soothing with their complementing yellow & green…
The cast is outstanding, perfectly cast for their roles. Both leads are awesome actors. They only need their eyes to convey it all….with all shades of feeling from hard to soft…
A great watch.
For those you love smart psychological dramas in the vein of Story of Ming Lan
Oh, and don’t skip and miss after each episode ending credit the wonderful to watch the great bonus on herbs and teas..
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