Tea Stories
More from George Orwell March 09 2017
"I know very well that I am in a minority here. But still, hhow can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavor of your tea by putting sugar in it? It would be equally reasonable to put pepper or salt. Tea is meant to be bitter just as beer is meant to be bitter. If you sweeten it, you are no longer tasting the tea, you are merely tasting the sugar; you could make a ver similar drink by dissolving sugar in plain hot water."
from: A Nice Cup of Tea in the Evening Standard, 12th January 1946.
Another cup of light March 08 2017
The first cup of the day is often shy and light. So don't hurry ... a gentle prelude is just the thing to begin with. As you add milk, you watch the wonder brew come alive in all its majesty. All that's left then is too give in to the charm, and unravel the secrets sip by sip.Brew a cup of Life March 07 2017
Tea is sunlight held together by water. It sifts through your being and lights up your mood. It inspires poems, stirs up observations and kicks off the day. It gently awakes, bit by bit in a teapot filled with boiling water, so take your time as you brew one big up of life.George Orwell March 06 2017
"I maintain that one strong cup of tea is better than 20 weak ones. All true tea-lovers mot only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes."
A Nice Cup of Tea.. Evening standard, 12th January, 1946.
Cartage March 05 2017
In the 17th century, the journey between India and Britain took about 12 to 15 months. Transportation costs and extremely high taxes made tea such an expensive product that only rich people could afford to drink it. However, later in the 18th century, taxes were reduced, and the the Suez Canal opened in 1869, reducing the journey to about three months thus making it much more affordable to the masses.
Richard Branson March 04 2017
Our ever effervescent entrepreneur, Richard Branson said recently that he drinks up to about 28 cups of English Breakfast Tea per day. I always wondered what was the secret of his success. Now we know.
Caddy spoons March 03 2017
Caddy spoons were often shaped like a seashell. Some of them were also made out of fine filigree in the days when dust (or "mote") was still a problem. There were many very artistic designs, carved out of tortoiseshell, pearl, ivory, and in sterling silver and silver plate. Many people made them collector's items, and still do.Mote Spoons March 02 2017
Mote spoons (which were used before the introduction of the tea caddy) were designed to rid the tea leaves of the accompanying dust, also known as "mote". They were usually long handled spoons with delicately curved bowls so that the dust could be sifted out from between the leaves before the tea was brewed.
The narrow handle could also be used to push the tea leaves back down the spout of a teapot, to again wallow in the boiling water and make the brew stronger.
Edmund Waller February 28 2017
Tea does our fancy aid, repress those vapors which the head invade, and keeps that palace of the soul serene.Russian Proverb February 25 2017
As you pour out for your friend, so must you drink. (I know this to be true from my many trips to Russia and Siberia).Roma Downey February 24 2017
"Growing up in Ireland, when my family received important news, good or bad, we would boil water and make tea. It was the first thing I did when my father died in 1984. This ritual allowed me a moment to take in the enormity of what had happened."Harold Munro "Milk For The Cat" February 23 2017
When the tea is brought in at five o'clock.
And all the net curtains are drawn with care.
The little black cat with the bright green eyes.
Is suddenly purring there.
Anonymous February 22 2017
"This morning's tea makes yesterday distant."Letitia Baldridge February 21 2017
"Tea time is a chance to slow down pull back and appreciate our surroundings."Zola Budd February 20 2017
"I can drink tea until the cows come home, and I love the atmosphere in teashop."Chaim Potok February 19 2017
"Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things."Gail Carriger February 18 2017
"I do hold very strongly that tea is better in England. There's something in the milk. They must have special cows."|Valentine's Day at Ye Olde King's Head February 17 2017
Lovely afternoon tea display for Valentine's Day High Tea with Mrs. McCartney's Teas and Wines.
Xu Guangqi February 17 2017
"Tea is a divine herb."Uson February 16 2017
The sounds of the tea being made invite the peach blossoms to peep in through the window.
Uson, quoted in sasaki Sani, Sado Saijiki
James Norwood Pratt February 14 2017
"Tea is quiet, and our thirst for tea is near far from our craving for beauty."John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld, The Chinese Art of Tea February 12 2017
"Autumn share shine through gaps in the wall. He brews midnight tea by the stove's ruddy light."
From a traditional Taois song.