…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

The heartbreak of finding an empty teacup when you thought there was one gulp to go. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

A cup of tea is a cup of peace. – Soshitsu Sen XV, quoted by Kenneth S. Cohen

…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