Tea Stories

Phyllis Battelle January 16 2025

Phyllis Battelle
A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea


Hillaire Belloc January 16 2025

Hillaire Belloc
Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have left the vulgar stuff alone


Janice Dickinson January 16 2025

Janice Dickinson
I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down


John Osborne January 16 2025

John Osborne
In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea


David Walliams, British Actor, Comedian January 16 2025

David Walliams, British Actor, Comedian
In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house has been destroyed by a meteorite? Nice cup of tea and a biscuit. You’ve lost your face/time portal? Nice cup of tea and a piece of cake. Possibly a savoury option would be welcome here too, for example, a Scotch egg or a sausage roll


Frances Hardinge January 16 2025

Frances Hardinge

Tea is the magic key to the vault where my brain is kept


Ronnie Biggs (Great Train Robber) January 16 2025

Ronnie Biggs (Great Train Robber)
It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also correct. 

(I wonder what he really was then?)


Nikita Khruschev January 16 2025

Nikita Khruschev
The people pay little attention to what we say, and prefer to read tea leaves


John Bonham - Led Zeppelin January 16 2025

John Bonham - Led Zeppelin

I dare not drink alcohol before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking tea in a caravan


Sheena Easton January 16 2025

Sheena Easton
I'd make tea for Joni Mitchell or clean her car, anything to be in the studio and watch her work


Carrie Bradshaw January 16 2025

Carrie Bradshaw
I'd much rather be someone's shot of whisky than everyone's cup of tea


Alexander Pushkin January 16 2025

Alexander Pushkin
Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth


Boy George January 16 2025

Boy George
I'd rather have a cup of tea than sex


Winston Churchill January 16 2025

Winston Churchill

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.”


Mick Jagger January 16 2025

Mick Jagger
I got nasty habits. I take tea at 3:00 p.m.


John Lennon January 16 2025

John Lennon

We used to sit around and drink tea and write songs


"I don't always drink tea..." November 03 2024

"I don't always drink tea, but when I do, I'm probably solving a mystery or contemplating time travel."

Benedict Cumberbatch


"In the wild, the British species can be found..." November 03 2024

"In the wild, the British species can be found migrating towards the kettle at approximately four-hour intervals."

David Attenborough


"If I could marry tea, I would..." November 03 2024

"If I could marry tea, I would. It's the one thing that never forgets my birthday."

Dame Judi Dench


"Americans drink coffee like it's an energy boost" November 03 2024

"Americans drink coffee like it's an energy boost; the British drink tea like it's a therapy session."

Hugh Laurie


"My love for tea is purely platonic" November 03 2024

"My love for tea is purely platonic. Except when it's Earl Grey. Then it's absolutely torrid."

Stephen Fry


"Tea is the answer to everything." November 03 2024

"Tea is the answer to everything. Unless you're asking for wine, in which case, that is also the answer."

Emma Thompson


"You shall not pass!" November 03 2024

"You shall not pass... on a good cuppa!"
Sir Ian McKellen

There is something in the nature of tea October 19 2024

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet
contemplation of life.
Li Yutang. The Importance of Living.