Category: Teaisms
There is a great deal of poetry . . .
There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are few hours in life . . .
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. Henry James
The soul of politeness . . .
The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea it finds perhaps its most perfect expression.
Thank God for tea!
Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea?—how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea. Rev. Sydney Smith
Advertisement, 1658.
Tea: the drink declared to be most wholesome, preserving in perfect health until extreme Old Age. It maketh the body active and lusty. It helpeth the headache, giddiness, and heaviness thereof. Thomas Garway, advertisement September 13, 1658.
Tea tempers the spirits . . .
Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties. Lu Yu, Eighth Century Chinese Poet
Surely everyone is aware . . .
Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o’clock, warm hearth rugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed, curtains flowing in ample draperies to the floor, whilst the wind and rain are raging audibly without. Thomas De Quincey
Nowhere is the English genius . . .
Nowhere is the English genius of domesticity more notably evident than in the festival of afternoon tea. The mere chink of cups and saucers tunes the mind to happy repose. George Gissing
Meanwhile, let us have a cup of tea . . .
Meanwhile, let us have a cup of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things. Kazuko Okakura, The Book of Tea
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