Tea Stories
Okakura December 17 2016
Tea is a religion in the art of living.Cancer Research December 15 2016
Did you know that squeezing a lemon wedge into your tea turns your hot (or iced) drink into an even more powerful superfood? Lemon increases tea's levels of catechins (antioxidants) available for your body to absorb. Research shows catechins - found in white, green and black tea - are more powerful than vitamins C and E in terms of stopping cell damage that can lead to cancer, and may also help fight heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels.Hot tea December 14 2016
Piping hot Chai holds a warm place in the heart of India. Although it might sound that a scorching hot beverage be so widely enjoyed in one of the world's warmest countries, chai actually cools the body. It does so by raising core body temperature above ambient air temperature. But the best part of the course is the exotic tapestry of spice that weaves through each flavorful sip.From Winston Churchill December 09 2016
A lady once said to him: "If I was your wife, I would put poison in your tea." To which he replied: "Madam, if you were my wife, I'd drink it."Monday morning musings... December 07 2016
I decided to try using some green tea matcha in a sponge cake. I used a store bought sponge cake mixture and sprinkled a little matcha into it, which gave it a delightful greenish hue. For the filling I mixed up a little apple sauce and sour cream. Then I sprinkled the top with a little more of the green tea matcha and we really enjoyed the result.Some Royal pointers about tea December 06 2016
I read that today, Queen Elizabeth II likes to begin her day at 7:30 a.m. with her breakfast tray of tea and a couple of biscuits (cookies to the Americans). Afternoon tea at the Palace (or wherever she is in residence) is at 4 p.m., with scones, cakes or canapes, when she usually spends time with her beloved corgis.The words of Henry James December 03 2016
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
from The Portrait of a Lady
The wisdom of tea November 29 2016
"Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book."Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book.
What people say about the tea November 28 2016
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park November 24 2016
"But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea."Love The Tea! November 23 2016
Dodie Smith, "I Capture the Castle" November 22 2016
"I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea."Shades of Grey November 20 2016
"OK, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on 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."Neil Gaiman November 18 2016
"Honestly if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea you don't ask: "what kind of tea?"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