quotations about tea
Sans tea, the concept of Englishness can be distilled down to nothing more than a poster reading: "Keep calm and carry on thinking Wayne Rooney is a slightly better striker than he is." Without tea, the only thing that demarcates us from the rest of the world are dads who wear fancy dress to international cricket games.
JOEL GOLBY
"Tea is a national disgrace", The Guardian, May 27, 2015
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
HENRY JAMES
The Portrait of a Lady
If leeches ate peaches instead of my blood, then I would be free to drink tea in the mud!
EMILIE AUTUMN
The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
So many factors go into deciding what good tea is -- like what makes a good person.
JACKY LEE
"Getting Zen: A local company finds peace and passion in tea", Creative Loafing, March 13, 2017
In an age when everyone is constantly busy and short of time, what could be more enjoyable than taking time to indulge in what was once part of everyday life, but has now become a luxury -- afternoon tea.
LESLEY MACKLEY
The Book of Afternoon Tea
Tea ... is one of those rare treasures, enjoyed throughout the world, that actually benefits health.
KIT CHOW
All the Tea in China
I was late to the iced tea game. I was 18 years old when I had my first sip of iced tea. As a devout Southerner, that is a rarer deed than finding someone who attended Harvard or Yale who doesn't mention their alma mater within the first 45 seconds of meeting him or her. Most Southerners' first taste of iced tea is in their baby bottle.
ROBERT ST. JOHN
"Better late to tea than never", Hattiesburg American, June 11, 2017
Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.
MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON
Lady Audley's Secret
I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.
DODIE SMITH
I Capture the Castle
I am a child of the South, and iced tea is THE beverage of the South.
ROBERT ST. JOHN
"Better late to tea than never", Hattiesburg American, June 11, 2017
A cup or two of green tea a day? Hell no. I am a monster without my cup of steaming brewed coffee. Green tea with its bland, tasteless liquid? Boring! But care to look at the other, healthier side of the story? Here's the thing -- that bland tasteless liquid is a reservoir of nutrients and antioxidants that work together to give big benefits to the body -- in ways you could never imagine.
HARSHITA MURARKA
"4 Reasons Why Green Tea is Great for You", The Quint, June 14, 2017
Tea is tasty and contains healthy bioactives, but whether it's in brewed or extract form, it can't cancel out other bad habits in our diets.
EMMA BECKETT
"To Tea or Not to Tea?", Broadsheet, May 30, 2017
Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Essay on Tea
Ever since tea was first discovered, its cultivation and consumption have been encouraged because of its apparent ability to ward off disease, strengthen powers of concentration, cleanse the body, and aid digestion. Legends of its medicinal properties reached Europe and the New World from China, intriguing the Western consumer, and now, centuries later, modern research has begun to confirm many of those early beliefs.
JANE PETTIGREW
foreword, New Tastes in Green Tea
My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.
WILKIE COLLINS
The Woman in White
A simple cup of tea is far from a simple matter.
MARY LOU HEISS
The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
The proper, wise balancing
of one's whole life may depend upon the
feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.
ARNOLD BENNETT
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
The teacup is like the body and the tea is like consciousness, and when the body dies, consciousness continues to exist, just in a different form.
JESSICA MAXWELL
Roll Around Heaven: An All-True Accidental Spiritual Adventure
Making a cup of tea for someone can be a way of saying, "I care about you. Have this hot bland liquid that I made for you just the way you like it." If you've had an argument with a roommate, offer to make them a cup of tea -- if they accept, everything is okay now. This is also a great way to apologize without directly addressing the issue, which is the most British thing you could be doing anyway.
JESSICA PAN
"What Americans can learn from the soothing British ritual of tea time", The Week, May 23, 2017
But brewing tea is like cooking -- there are ways to get the best out of the leaf. There are rules around tea for a reason, and we find that sticking to them produces the best cup possible. That said, I think the perfect cup of tea is the one you love.
CORINNE SMITH
"The perfect cup of tea is the one you're drinking right now", goodfood, June 28, 2017