Tea

Tea is a cup of life. – Author unknown

…creases like the leathern boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like a forest floor newly swept by rain. – Luwuh, Chaking, regarding selection of the best quality tea leaves

Even the sleeping kettle has stories to tell. – Terri Guillemets, “What the house things hear,” 1996

Tea is liquid wisdom. – Anonymous

I declare,… a man who wishes to make his way in life could do nothing better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand. – Sydney Smith, quoted in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith: Volume I by his d

Tea purifies spirit, removes anxiety and nervousness, brings ease and comfort, and is conducive to meditation. – Author Unknown

Never concentrating so hard than when manoeuvring a full cup of tea whilst lying down. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

The man breathed in deeply—of rosebuds and mint, of sunny meadows and salty cliffs, of streams in no hurry and the sound of bagpipes. – Ethel Pochocki, Wildflower Tea, 1993

The overwhelming sorrow of finding a cup of tea you forgot about. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

So of all the particulars of health and exercise, and fit nutriment, and tonics. Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims, “Inspiration”