Tea Stories

I like tea. I like the rituals of drinking it, it clears my head, October 19 2024

I like tea. I like the rituals of drinking it, it clears my head, and drinking it while I work means that I have a break from work. It’s like a friend that I don’t need to talk to.
   Patrick Ness

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse October 19 2024

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the beverage of the intellectual.
   Thomas de Quincy

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. October 19 2024

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.
   Kakuzo

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 wasn’t just about taxation, October 19 2024

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 wasn’t just about taxation, it was a turning point that used tea as a symbol of defiance against British Colonial rule, ultimately leading to the American Revolution.
   Anon

The tea plantations in Assam, India, and the tea factories of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) October 19 2024

The tea plantations in Assam, India, and the tea factories of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) became cornerstones of the British Empire’s trade dominance in the 19th Century.
   British Tea Trade History

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, October 19 2024

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue.
   Ku Yu, The Classic of Tea, Ancient Chinese text.

Do they drink tea in space? September 29 2024

Do they drink tea in space? If not, I’m not going.

Dr. Angie McCartney


There are few hours in life more agreeable September 29 2024

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

Henry James


There’s something enormously comforting about tea September 29 2024

There’s something enormously comforting about tea. It takes you back to simpler times and good manners.

Bill Bryson


It is wise never to have a tea break during a crisis September 29 2024

It is wise never to have a tea break during a crisis.

P.G. Wodehouse


Tea is more important than bullets in war September 29 2024

Tea is more important than bullets in war.

Winston Churchil


Tea is one of the mainstays of civilization September 29 2024

Tea is one of the mainstays of civilization in this country and causes violent disputes over how it should be made.

George Orwell.


Is it OK for couples... July 28 2024

Is it OK for couples to STEEP together on the first date?

If you spilled Queen Camilla’s tea... July 28 2024

If you spilled Queen Camilla’s tea, it might be considered break in British security-TEA?

Cat lovers will only drink their kit-tea. July 28 2024

Cat lovers will only drink their kit-tea.

Michelle Obama July 06 2024

I’M A TEA DRINKER AND THAT’S ONE THING THAT HASN'T CHANGED. I DRINK TEA EVERY DAY.


Samuel Johnson July 01 2024

A KNOWN TEA LOVER WHO CLAIMED THAT HE DRANK OVER 20 CUPS PER DAY. TEA AMUSES THE EVENINGS, SOLACES THE MIDNIGHT, AND WELCOMES THE MORNING.


The Late Queen Elizabeth II June 06 2024

I DO LIKE A CUP OF TEA IN THE MORNING. I LIKE MORNINGS. I THINK THE BEST PART OF THE DAY IS MORNING.

Taylor Swift May 21 2024

I’M A HUGE FAN OF TEA. I DRINK, LIKE, TEN CUPS A DAY. I JUST LOVE IT.

Lewis Carroll May 17 2024

TAKE SOME MORE TEA, SAID THE MARCH HARE TO ALICE IN WONDERLAND VERY EARNESTLY. THIS IS QUOTED FROM ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND REFLECTING THE WHIMSICAL AND ESSENTIAL NATURE OF TEA TIME.


Audrey Hepburn April 18 2024

LET’S FACE IT, A NICE CREAMY CHOCOLATE DOES A LOT FOR MOST PEOPLE.
IT DOES FOR ME. BUT IT CAN’T DO EVERYTHING. FOR INSTANCE, IT CAN’T MAKE YOU A CUP OF TEA.


J.R.R. Tolkien April 04 2024

I SIT BESIDE THE FIRE AND THINK OF ALL THAT I HAVE SEEN, OF MEADOW FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES IN SUMMERS THAT HAVE BEEN, OF YELLOW LEAVES AND GOSSAMER IN AUTUMNS THAT THERE ONCE WERE, WITH MORNING MIST AND SILVER SUN AND WIND UPON MY HAIR. A TEA ENTHUSIAST WRITING ABOUT ENJOYING HIS TEA.

Ariana Grande March 24 2024

I LOVE GREEN TEA. IT’S MY FAVOURITE

Blake Lively March 11 2024

I LOVE TEA AND ALWAYS HAVE IT AROUND. IT’S MY COMFORT DRINK.