Tea Reads

Teatime for the Firefly

This historical novel is set in the Indian state of Assam.  (You’ve heard of Assam tea?  This is where it comes from.)  The story is exotic and foreign, yet still…

All The Best People Are

Another Star in the Sky

Here’s to the man who taught us we could eat our tea cups. Gene Wilder 1933-2016.

Cheers to Downton Abbey

I’m afraid we must say goodbye to Downton Abbey since today is the final episode.  There, there.  Don’t cry in your cup. I expect there will be lots of Downton…

The Season of Love!

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!” — Hamilton Wright Mabie

Civilized Living

Everywhere people have known it, tea has always been one of the arts of civilized living… –James Norwood Pratt

Tea Quote of the Day

“Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.” ― George Orwell, Smothered Under Journalism: 1946

Tea Quote of the Day

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” ― Lin Yutang, The Importance Of Living

Tea Quote of the Day

“Real men drink tea.”  — Sting

All Tea Lovers

“One strong cup of tea is better than twenty weak ones. All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year…