Women are like tea bags. They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.
– Eleanor Roosevelt.
Women are like tea bags. They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.
– Eleanor Roosevelt.
“The art of tea, whichever way you drink it, or whichever country you are from, has one underlining thread for all of us. It is the cultivation of yourself as you follow the ceremony of preparing your tea, the way in which you make your tea, how and where you drink it, and with whom. Making a cup of tea creates a space for just being.”
― Nicola Salter
“Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is herd in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea
Autumn stars shine through gaps in the wall…. [H]e… brews midnight tea by the stove’s ruddy light.
~From a traditional Taoist song, quoted in John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld, The Chinese Art of Tea
Tea is a divine herb.
~Xu Guangqi
Make tea, not war.
~Monty Python
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.
~Okakura Kakuzō02
“But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.”
― Jane Austen
From the book Mansfield Park
“Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.”
[From: 19 Lessons On Tea]”
― Alexander Pushkin
Come and share a pot of tea,
my home is warm and my friendship’s free.
― Emilie Barnes