Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure. – George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, 1903

…I maintain that one strong cup of tea is better than 20 weak ones. All true tea-lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes…. – George Orwell, “A Nice Cup of Tea,” Evening Standard, 12 January 1946