quotations about 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
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
I focus
on beginnings
domestic trivia
lay in soap and
other household cleansers
toilet rolls, dishcloths, dusters
a pack of tea leaves
for my essential
early morning fix
important/unimportant details
to ease the rawness
of the big transition
VENIE HOLMGREN
The Tea House Poems
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
We had a kettle; we let it leak:
Our not repairing made it worse.
We haven't had any tea for a week...
The bottom is out of the Universe.
RUDYARD KIPLING
The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling