Decemebr 15 was Drink Tea Day, and at that point, I was drinking about a billion cups of tea and working frantically for my class, so I wasn’t able to tell you about it.
So this post is in honor of tea, my favorite hot drink.
“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C. S. Lewis
Why I love tea (an abridged list):
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It places pleasure and beauty over efficiency. It slows us down. We kick back on the porch with it in the summertime, and we have to wait for it to cool in the wintertime.
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It is healthful. Chamomile helps my headaches or a sore throat, ginger tea takes away stomach aches, and green, red, and white teas are full of anti-oxidants.
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It brings people together. The best conversations happen over tea.
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It taste so good and so varied. Rooibos with milk, mint, chai, green, red, raspberry, rose petal, or plain old English Black tea. The taste options are endless here.
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It is a key ingredient of hospitality. I learned this in Ireland.
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It is cheery and comforting, like an old friend.
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I don’t know if it is the beauty, the taste, the steam, or that it slows me down, but resting with a cup of tea helps me to think bigger, greater thoughts- about life, God, or friends, and it even helps me to think little good thoughts, like how grateful I am for socks.
you gotta see this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1l93DJpnXs
Thanks James for the Tea Day update and the video!
December 20, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Mmmm, Irish Tea. Specifically, Barry’s Tea, which is undoubtedly the best lay-under-a-blanket-and-read-a-book tea there is. Also, it went well with chocolate biscuits, which, try as I might, I cannot find in America. You know the ones I mean. Mmmmmm.
Dang, now I’m hungry for Ireland. And tea. At least I can satisfy one of those cravings today.
December 21, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Yes, Nate, it is true. Barry’s- peace be upon it. Ireland really is the dreamiest country on the planet. Good memories.
December 23, 2007 at 5:19 am
Drink tea, for the love of God.
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