Posts Tagged ‘culture’

Tea Quotes and Tea Drinking Philosophies

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Those of us who truly savor our cup of tea know that there is a philosophy behind tea drinking; it is the cup that unifies and the love for this beverage cuts across geographical and intellectual boundaries, inspiring the best thinkers to say the following about tea -
Sir Philip Sidney said about tea, words that [...]

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Royal Tea Parties of Ancient China

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Tea has long been the main drink of the Chinese people and in particular Chinese royalty from the days gone by. The art of tea drinking was very much part of formal palace life, during the times of the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.  Formal Tea parties were the occasion for [...]

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Tea or Chai?

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Did you know that in almost all languages, the word for tea is variant of either ‘tea’ or ‘Chai’? So basically, if you travel to pretty much any corner of the world, you can reasonably ask for a cup of tea, even if you cannot ask for the bathroom!
Etymology
The origin of the words used to [...]

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