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Quotes About Tea

And I order people around really well. This morning, Tipstaff came over with a cup of tea and I told him no, I don't want tea I want coffee. That was great. I really asserted my authority." "Did he go and get you a coffee?" "No, he said he'd already made of a pot of tea so I took the tea because, you know, he'd already made it, but my authority was still firmly asserted.
~ Derek Landy
I'm about to make myself some tea," she said, leading the way to the kitchen. "Your dog is gnawing on my head." "She's just happy to see you.
~ Derek Landy
Look, Herb, I could keep you all here all afternoon, sniffin' and slurpin' pink Peruvian peppercorns and criollo cacao, and cinnamon and cascarilla and coriander, and caraway and carrot seed and so much climbing ylang-ylang you couldn't tell a cup of tea from a cup of turpentine.
~ Jeffrey Stepakoff
Tea and biscuits aren't as tempting as stories, not for a bookworm
~ Jennifer Donnelly
No tea for you. How could you do that to John? I got home from the beach at four this morning, and he shows up at eight, distraught, fully armed, waving his nightstick!
~ Jennifer Echols
Would you like some tea?" She wrinkled her nose. "Is there booze in it?" He looked into the pitcher. "Just tea. No imbibing for me tonight. I have two papers due Monday. Homework over spring break. Can you believe that?" "No!" she exclaimed, stepping closer to him. I do my homework clearly was the mating call for their species.
~ Jennifer Echols
ICED TEA REQUIRES only half as much sugar if sweetened when hot than when cold.
~ EllynAnne Geisel
Nie mo?esz pozwoli? by fakt, ?e kto? chce twojej ?mierci, uniemo?liwi? ci wypicie twojej herbaty.
~ Emma Donoghue
My eyes dawdled across the missalette. I had never noticed before that the official title of the 'Lord have mercy' prayer was the gracious phrase 'Invitation to Sorrow'. Hey there, Sorrow, how've you been keeping? Come on in. If your bike doesn't have lights you can always crash on our sofa tonight. Oh, so you'll be staying a while, Sorrow? Planning to get to know me better? Grand, so. There's tea in the pot. All
~ Emma Donoghue
afternoon Pip's mother, Mrs Hilton, went to tea with Lady Candling
~ Enid Blyton
Soon Lotta, Jimmy, and the two grown-ups were sitting round the tea-table. Lotta was on her very best behaviour. She didn't make a single face.
~ Enid Blyton
Tea. Why are the Brits so obsessed with tea? Anything happens... "Put the kettle on." A death in the family. "Put the kettle on." Tornado. "Put the kettle on." Nuclear war. "Put the kettle on.
~ Andrea Portes
One of the best pairings we've ever done was of Champagnemarinated strawberries with Kyoto Cherry Rose tea.
~ Andrew Dornenburg
Tea is much more delicate than wine… The people who respond best to the intricacies of tea are people who enjoy wine. — JAMES LABE, tea sommelier/owner, Teahouse Kuan Yin (Seattle)
~ Andrew Dornenburg
Assam tea goes very well after white wine. —MICHAEL OBNOWLENNY, Canada's first tea sommelier
~ Andrew Dornenburg
TIP: In Japan, green tea is steeped for one to two minutes, while in China it is steeped for three to five minutes.
~ Andrew Dornenburg
In the West, we look at art through life. Well, that's one way of living. In the Orient they look at life through art. They even drink their tea without sugar, for the same reason that they don't like a lot of frilly decorations on a painting. I can't stand butter on my bread for the same reason. I'm allergic to goo and rococo.
~ Paul Rand
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
~ C. S. Lewis
Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.
~ Yoshio Taniguchi
I put hibiscus flower in every cup of tea I have. It's sweet, sexy, and cleansing.
~ Mario Batali
Usually, if you stop for tea, someone will feel the desire to join you.
~ Sunita Williams
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
~ Henry James
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
~ Josh Billings
My favourite dinner is a cup of tea and a ham sandwich with English mustard.
~ Marco Pierre White