TEA QUOTES II
quotations about tea
Putting a damp spoon back in the bowl is the tea-drinking equivalent of sharing a needle. And I did not want to end up with the tea-drinking equivalent of AIDS.
ALAN PARTRIDGE
I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
Adding honey in tea is like adding ketchup on a steak.
KEQI MENG
"'606' Getting Tea Bar Serving 'Tea Eggs' Near Bucktown Ramp", DNAinfo, May 11, 2017
They say a cup of tea is like a hug in a mug, or maybe it's just me who says that.
MEGAN ROANTREE
"There is a non-health benefit to drinking tea", Her, November 27, 2016
I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
Notes from the Underground
If you mix tea with culture and art, you increase the value of all of them.
JACKY LEE
"Getting Zen: A local company finds peace and passion in tea", Creative Loafing, March 13, 2017
My name is Lauren, and I am a tea heathen. Here are my sins, listed in no particular order. I use tea bags -- never loose leaf (not as a rule, I just find it so much easier to dunk a perfectly proportioned bag than use those fiddly little strainers. Also, I do not own a tea pot. Strike two, if you're counting). I leave the tea bag in, for maximum flavour (total no-no, so I'm told). Then -- look away, tea enthusiasts -- I add cold water (or sometimes, if I am honest, an ice cube) to render the tea immediately drinkable. I only ever add milk to Earl Grey, and I splash it in after the water. Oh, and I prefer my tea in a mug. Told you: total tea heathen.
LAUREN SAMS
"The perfect cup of tea is the one you're drinking right now", goodfood, June 28, 2017
Matrons, who toss the cup, and see
The grounds of fate in grounds of tea.
CHARLES CHURCHILL
The Ghost
Tea does our fancy aid,
Repress those vapours which the head invade
And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
EDMUND WALLER
Of Tea
When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment?
MURIEL BARBERY
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The British never seem to do anything until they've had a cup of tea, By which time it's too late.
LAUREN BACALL
North West Frontier
Tea here is not really tea to me. They add sugar, spices, fragrances. They've lost the essence of the tea.
JACKY LEE
"Getting Zen: A local company finds peace and passion in tea", Creative Loafing, March 13, 2017
Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate.
COLLEY CIBBER
The Lady's Last Stake
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,
Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,
And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
Throws up a steamy column, and the cups,
That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,
So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
WILLIAM COWPER
The Task
There is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea.
JASPER FFORDE
Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron
Picture you upon my knee,
Just tea for two and two for tea,
Just me for you and you for me, alone!
IRVING CAESAR
"Tea for Two", No, No, Nanette
Tea is sh*t. We don't examine this enough in England. We just putter along, thinking tea is good; but it's not good. It's a lukewarm mug of leaf water, presented as a cure-all for life's ills.
JOEL GOLBY
"Tea is a national disgrace", The Guardian, May 27, 2015
Tea may actually change how DNA is expressed, and could play a role in disease prevention.
ALLISON FELLER
"Why You Might Want To Reach For Tea Instead Of Coffee Tomorrow Morning", Well+Good, June 5, 2017
Teapots should be used for tea only. Tea is like a blotter and will pick up off flavors.
MARY LOUISE STARKEY
Mrs. Starkey's The Original Guide to Private Service Management
Tea is like the whole world in a small cup.
ZHANNA KOIVIOLA
"Ancient Chinese tea culture is a modern-day business", gbtimes, June 1, 2017
For me starting the day without a pot of tea would be a day forever out of kilter.
BILL DRUMMOND
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