闪亮茗天 Tea Love Episode Recap - Episode 1

It is very rare to see a drama with the main theme revolving around tea. This drama is about a poor girl and rich guy who fall in love, but must fight for their love due to family background conflicts. The hopeful couples's lives are shrouded in mystery and conflict after conflict as they fight to uncover the truth between the disappearance of the boy's mother, and the girl's father. Even with all the conflict stirring up a storm, love triangles pitch their forks at the couple.

This drama from Mainland China is quite intricate as it talks about the process of making tea from growing the leaves, techniques to pluck tea leaves, and how simple things like type of water, and type of material the pot is made of can impact on the taste of the tea.


You can watch the drama via Viki. There are 82 episodes in total. Highly recommend you to watch it :)
https://www.viki.com/tv/28105c-tea-love?q=tea

Drama Name:
闪亮若天 Tea Love

Starring:

• 杜心羽 (潘之琳 饰) 茶艺师之女，善良勇敢
  Du Xin Yu (Poor girl who is a tea master's daughter)
• 唐正浩 (朱梓骁 饰) 唐门茶园少公子，喜欢杜心羽
  Tang Zheng Hao (Tang Tea Garden's heir)
• 成    峰 (戴阳天 饰) 唐正浩的哥哥，爱慕杜心羽
  Cheng Feng (Xin Yu's older classmate, and also one of her admirers)
• 丁依柔 (王   迪 饰) 正浩的青梅竹马
  Ding Yi Rou (Zheng Hao's childhood friend)
• 王   芝 (李凤绪 饰) 杜心羽母亲
  Wang Zhi (Xin Yu's Mother)
• 杜   父 (侯长荣 饰) 著名茶艺师
  Mr. Du (Xin Yu's father)
• 李月华 (贾晓晨 饰) 正浩的毒舌单身姑姑
  Li Yue Hua (Zheng Hao's step aunt)

Episode 1 Summary

• Du Ming Qiang (Xin Yu's father) is seen to be arguing with Tang Tai Tai (Zheng Hao's mother) in the warehouse about Ming Qiang's tea recipe stolen for use in the business for Tang Wei (Zheng Hao's dad). Ming Qiang storms off in rage, and we are left to see Tang Tai Tai burnt to death in the fire.
• 16 years later we see all grown up Zheng Hao on the run from an African woman who wants to marry him. Left with no where to run, Zheng Hao has now choice but to jump into the pool down below.
  
  Just at that moment Xin Yu is on her way to deliver spicy eggs and is splashed by Zheng Hao. As she is picking up the eggs, the African woman is back on Zheng Hao's tail, and Zheng Hao accidentally pushes Xin Yu into the pool.
  
  Xin Yu goes for a shower, and overhears about the tea discussion by A Fei Tea master. The tea master asks for a volunteer to try the tea, and identify what the tea is. Xin Yu surprises the Tea master with her scent of smell.
• Meanwhile, Zheng Hao's dad and brother are looking for Zheng Hao to attend a conference but are unable to contact him. Finally Cheng Feng is able to contact Zheng Hao who angrily hangs up due to father remarrying another lady and forgetting about his mom. Cheng Feng tells Zheng Hao's dad that he wasn't able to contact him.
  
  
• The conference is starting. Zheng Hao's grandma is very angry because Cheng Feng is there instead of Zheng Hao and does not think of Cheng Feng and his mother as family.
  Li Yue Hua (Zheng Hao's step aunt) rebuts that grandma should treat them like family, as they have given her a grand
• Xin Yu is asked to sit the tea exams. Thinking back to the past Xin Yu feels confused about this as her mother hates tea ever since father disappeared.
• Xin Yu brings back some tea for her mother. Her mother is furious and tells her she should concentrate on going to college. Xin Yu promises her mom, but secretly she is thinking of sitting the tea exam.
• Zheng Hao's father receives a call from grandma who is angry why Zheng Hao did not appear. Meanwhile Zheng Hao is at his mother's grave and is angry because his father forgot his mother's death date anniversary. He vows to take revenge.