“Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea.”

“Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.”

From The Physiology of Taste

O’ peppermint tea -
two delights per sip
as steamy hot as passion
cool as a wintry lake dip

“Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order.”

From the Book of Tea

“Top off the tea… it lubricates the grey matter.”

“I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea shops.”

“Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary.”

“Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving,even they become big things.”

From These High, Green Hills

There are nine ways by which man
Must tax himself when he has to do with tea:
He must manufacture it,
He must develop a sense of selectivity and discrimination about it,
He must provide the proper implements,
He must prepare the right kind of fire,
He must select a suitable water,
He must grind it well,
He must brew it to the ultimate perfection,
He must finally drink it.

“It is proper both for Winter and Summer, preserving in perfect health until extreme old age.”
“It maketh the body active and lusty.”
“It helpeth the Headache, giddiness, and heaviness thereof.”
“It removeth the obstructions of the Spleen.”
“It taketh away the difficulty of breathing, opening obstructions.”
“It is good against Tipitude, Distillations, and cleareth the sight.”
“It removeth lassitude, and cleanseth and prifieth acrid humours, and a hot liver.”
“It is good against crudities, strengthening the weakness of the ventricle or stomach, causing good appetite and digestion, especially for persons of corpulent body, and such as are great eaters of flesh.”
“It vanquisheth heavy dreams, easeth the frame, and strengtheneth the memory.”
“It prevents and cures agues, surfits, and fevers.”
“It strengtheneth the inward parts, and prevents consumption.”
“It is good for colds, dropsys, and scurvys; purging the body by sweath, and expelleth infection.”

“The Qualities of Tea,” broadside published in English c. 1660