If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited it will calm you.
- William Ewart Gladstone
Apparently tea is a beverage for all seasons and all reasons. My Mom would drink hot tea year round, any time of the day, while I prefer iced tea. When I was a kid, she and I would make ourselves lunch on a warmish winter day and take it outside to eat. We would find a sheltered place in the sun, usually next to the house behind a big bush and sit and eat. I remember she would fill a jar with a lid with hot tea instead of using a cup. Those were good times.
Does a cup of tea conjure up any memories for you?
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Hi Linda - I drink tea at teatime if I feel like it - but otherwise not .. nor coffee ... but when a tea-time was needed it was a much loved thing!! After a long walk ... having a sit around and enjoying the conversation ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteHi Hilary,
ReplyDeleteMy Mom and my Aunt would have teatime sometime between dinner and bedtime every night when we were visiting them. I hadn't thought about teatime in a while.