David Tennant (Doctor Who) August 30 2025

“Even the Doctor needs tea. Preferably in a china mug and served during alien invasions.”

Tina Fey August 27 2025

“I always thought I was a coffee person, but then I discovered tea with whiskey. Now I’m a personality contradiction.”

Taylor Swift August 22 2025

“I have a ginger tea with honey before I go on stage. I’m basically 90 years old inside."

Sir Michael Caine August 18 2025

“If you ask for a cuppa on set, they know you’re not American. And if you want a biscuit with it—you’re definitely not American.”

Joanna Lumley August 15 2025

“You can't get a decent cup of tea in America. They bring you hot water and a tea bag on the side. That’s not tea. That’s a tragedy.”

George Harrison August 13 2025

(During the Beatles' stay in India) “It was all mantras and meditation... and a lot of tea. We couldn’t get decent toast, but tea—we had gallons.”

Emma Thompson August 11 2025

“Tea is the elixir of life. I've solved entire screenplays just by sitting with a cup of Darjeeling and a biscuit.”

Kate Moss August 07 2025

“I’m a proper Brit. I love my tea. Builder’s tea with milk and two sugars. No messing about.”

Agatha Christie August 04 2025

“Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!”

(Her characters often solved mysteries and took tea breaks.)

Zola Budd July 31 2025

Zola Budd
I can drink tea until the cows come home, and I love the atmosphere in tea shops

William Ewart Gladstone July 31 2025

William Ewart Gladstone
If you are cold, tea will warm you
if you are too heated, it will cool you
If you are depressed, it will cheer you
If you are excited, it will calm you

Emma Thompson July 30 2025

"Tea is my constant. I drink it in the morning, afternoon and evening. It’s my comfort and joy."

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady July 30 2025

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea

Oscar Wilde July 28 2025

"Tea is the only simple pleasure left to us."

Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog July 27 2025

Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment?

Johnny Depp July 26 2025

"If you don’t like tea, you’re not invited to my tea party."
*(as the Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland)

Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey July 25 2025

Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
Okay, this is wisdom. First, time spent in reconnaissance is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea

Benedict Cumberbatch July 24 2025

"A good cup of tea makes everything better. Especially when it’s Earl Grey."

Alan Rickman July 24 2025

"I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously. And tea helps."

Douglas Adams. [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Screenplay]. July 23 2025

Douglas Adams. [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Screenplay].
A cup of tea would restore my normality

Taylor Swift July 21 2025

"I love making tea. I’ve become obsessed with it — I’m like a little old woman."

C.E. Murphy, Urban Shaman July 21 2025

C.E. Murphy, Urban Shaman
In Ireland, you go to someone's house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say “no, thank you,” you don't need a thing. Except they pronounce it ting. You don't need a thing. “Well,” she says then, "I was going to get myself some anyway, so it would be no trouble.” “Ah,” you say, “well, if you were going to get yourself some, I wouldn't mind a spot of tea, at that, so long as it's no trouble and I can give you a hand in the kitchen.” Then you go through the whole thing all over again until you both end up in the kitchen drinking tea and chatting. In America, someone asks you if you want a cup of tea, you say no, and then you don't get any damned tea. I liked the Irish way better.

Catherine Zeta-Jones July 17 2025

"I’m a real tea addict. I can drink 20 cups a day."

Audrey Hepburn July 14 2025

"Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me."
(Often paired with tea — Audrey was known for her refined taste.)