Wednesday 7 November 2012

There is no wrong way to make tea if...

Understand, if tea is going to speak to you, if tea is going to enter your heart and change your life, it will do so no matter how it is packaged, processed, or presented, no matter where it is from, how old it is, or how it is brewed. Whether a rare and priceless tea from a remote and exotic tea garden in China or your basic brand X, it doesn't matter. Weather in a Yixing pot or a Mason jar, if your intentions are honorable and you approach tea with reverence and respect, there is no wrong way to make it.

These are the moments of graciousness we all experience when it comes to tea etiquette. Moments of humility when someone makes a genuine effort to reach out to us. When human needs require greater attendance, tea's role is secondary.

Frank Hadley Murphy "The Spirit of Tea"


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