quotations about tea
I focus
on beginnings
domestic trivia
lay in soap and
other household cleansers
toilet rolls, dishcloths, dusters
a pack of tea leaves
for my essential
early morning fix
important/unimportant details
to ease the rawness
of the big transition
VENIE HOLMGREN
The Tea House Poems
Drinking tea ... punctuates our day with precious and refreshing pauses, whether it is after a satisfying meal or when taking a much-needed break in our busy schedule.
MUTSUKO TOKUNAGA
New Tastes in Green Tea
We had a kettle; we let it leak:
Our not repairing made it worse.
We haven't had any tea for a week...
The bottom is out of the Universe.
RUDYARD KIPLING
The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling
If you ask Zen people they will say tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other drink. It is not a drink, it is meditation; it is prayer. So they listen to the kettle creating a melody, and in that listening they become more silent, more alert.
BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH
attributed, Tea: A Miscellany Steeped with Trivia, History and Recipes
Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Letters and Social Aims