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.)

Dodie Smith. I Capture The Castle July 07 2025

Dodie Smith. I Capture The Castle
I shouldn't think even millionaires could enjoy anything nicer than new bread and butter and honey in their tea. Dodie was an English author who lived in Southern California during World War II

Noel Coward July 04 2025

Noel Coward
Wouldn't it be terrible to live in a country where they didn't have tea?

Billy Connolly July 02 2025

Billy Connolly
Never trust a man who, when left alone with a tea cosy, doesn't try it on

Gary Snyder July 01 2025

Gary Snyder
There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea

Aprilynne Pike, Illusions June 30 2025

Aprilynne Pike, Illusions
As far as her mom was concerned, tea fixed everything. Have a cold? Have some tea. Broken bones? There's  tea for that too. Somewhere in her mother's pantry, Laurel suspected, was a box of tea that said, '”in case of Armageddon, steep three to five minutes.”

William Ewart Gladstone June 29 2025

William Ewart Gladstone
If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are heated, it will cool  you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you I guess if anyone would know, it would have been him. He was Prime Minister of England four times and no doubt drank a lot of tea

The Reverend Sir Sydney Smith June 27 2025

The Reverend Sir Sydney Smith
Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea

The Reverend Sydney Smith June 25 2025

The Reverend Sydney Smith
A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand

D.T. Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture June 24 2025

D.T. Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom, I am swallowing the whole universe with it, and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space? 

Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland June 22 2025

Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I've had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can't take more.”
“You mean you can't take less,” said the Hatter: “it's very easy to take more than nothing.” “Nobody asked your opinion,”  said Alice

Douglas Adams June 22 2025

Douglas Adams
A cup of tea would restore my normality