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”

Deciding to spice up the morning by filling the kettle slightly past the recommended level, then thinking better of it. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

…a land of sheltered homes and warm firesides — firesides that were waiting — waiting, for the bubbling kettle and the fragrant breath of tea. – Agnes Repplier, To Think of Tea!