Tea Stories
from The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls November 17 2016
"If leeches ate peached instead of my blood, then I would be free to drink tea in the mud." This is by Emily Autumn who wrote this whimsical book.It's all a matter of taste November 12 2016
Abbey Road Apple, Penny Lane Peppermint, 50 Shades of Earl Grey. I love tea's names. Which tea would you like, I say? But it's whatever you may fancy, at any time of the day.
Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living November 11 2016
"There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a wold of quiet contemplation of life."Teaism - from The Book of Tea November 10 2016
"Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we now as life.
"Kakuzo Okakura
Agatha Christie November 09 2016
"Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea."Zen and Japanese Culture November 06 2016
"Who wouldn't then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom that 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?"From The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura November 05 2016
"Tea is a religion of the art of life."Ralph Waldo Emerson November 04 2016
"Some people will tell you that there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea."From Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins November 02 2016
Quoting the significance of tea to the Brits, she said: "Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doling what all British people do when they are freaked out: drinking tea."Ann Patchett of Truth and Beauty November 01 2016
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.""The Importance of Living October 31 2016
"There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life."
Lin Yutang
Wilkie Collins (The Woman in White) October 30 2016
"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground. October 28 2016
"I say, let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea."Happiness April 15 2016
They say you can't buy happiness, but you can buy tea, and that's about the same thing.Agony April 09 2016
There is a special name for what happens when tea leaves uncurl as boiling water is poured over them, it is called "the agony of the leaves." Oh, poor little tea leaves.Another weird tea quote... March 28 2016
"Only an idiot would rely on the energy of a bean or a leaf to say awake throughout the day."
Tahereh Mafi, Destroy Me.
Tea as medicine March 25 2016
For centuries tea was used only as a medicine, and it took almost 3,000 years for it to become an everyday drink. But in some ways, it is still medicinal, and a psychological balm, at least for me. Where I come from (Liverpool, England), it is always the opening salvo: "Hello, come in, I'll put the kettle on."Reading tea leaves March 23 2016
The art of reading tea leaves is called tasseography. My Mother used to practice it and was amazingly accurate in her forecasts.Keep your tea airtight March 22 2016
Tea absorbs moisture, so it's important to keep it in an airtight container.
The mixing of the sexes March 19 2016
English tea gardens were the first public gathering place where men and women were permitted to mix in public without scandal or criticism.
A very tall tea tale March 10 2016
There was a time when tea was seen as a threat to traditional Christian values and the social hierarchy of the Western World. Some people feared developing an addiction, but anti-tea stances were also colored by xenophobia and classism. Can you believe it?
Lemony Snicket March 04 2016
"Tea should be as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a two edged sword.
Kit Snicket (A series of unfortunate events)
Lemony Snicket
Tea, glorious tea March 02 2016
"The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour."
Arnold Bennet, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day