Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty..

America's new tea lovers are the people who have forced the tea trade to wake up. Elsewhere, tea has meant a certain way, a certain tradition, for ce….

Tea is also a sort of spiritual refreshment, an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility. Respectfully preparing tea and partaking of it mindfully c….

No pleasure is simpler, no luxury cheaper, no consciousness-altering substance more benign..

Tea-making is a ritual that, like the drink itself, warms the heart somehow..

Tea is quiet and it takes a quiet palate to appreciate something that calls so little attention to itself..