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A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
 
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
 
:~Eleanor Roosevelt
 
:~Eleanor Roosevelt
 
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tea leaves<br/>
 
tea leaves<br/>
 
tea loves<br/>
 
tea loves<br/>
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never.<br/>
 
never.<br/>
 
:~Uniek Swain
 
:~Uniek Swain
 
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Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.
 
Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.
 
:~Alice Walker
 
:~Alice Walker
 
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I like tea and yoga, but I don't do yoga.
 
I like tea and yoga, but I don't do yoga.
 
:~Moby
 
:~Moby
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That will do quite well. <br/>
 
That will do quite well. <br/>
 
How much does he lack himself<br/>
 
How much does he lack himself<br/>
Who must have a lot of things?
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Who must have a lot of things?<br/>
    
Tea  is nothing but<br/>
 
Tea  is nothing but<br/>
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Without any spiritual training, <br/>
 
Without any spiritual training, <br/>
 
you think you are drinking tea, <br/>
 
you think you are drinking tea, <br/>
but actually tea drinks you up.
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but actually tea drinks you up.<br/>
    
The Way of Tea is naught but this: <br/>
 
The Way of Tea is naught but this: <br/>
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=== Lu Yu ===
 
=== Lu Yu ===
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Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from heaven.
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Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from heaven.
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The effect of tea is cooling and as a beverage it is most suitable.  
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The effect of tea is cooling and as a beverage it is most suitable.  
 
It is especially fitting for persons of self-restraint and inner worth.
 
It is especially fitting for persons of self-restraint and inner worth.
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Its goodness is a decision for the mouth to make.
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Its goodness is a decision for the mouth to make.
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Tea tempers the spirit and harmonizes the mind; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness.
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Tea tempers the spirit and harmonizes the mind; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness.
    
The clouds above us join and separate,
 
The clouds above us join and separate,
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Who can stop us from celebrating?
 
Who can stop us from celebrating?
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The best quality tea must have creases like the leathern boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like a fine earth newly.
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The best quality tea must have creases like the leathern boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like a fine earth newly.
    
[[Category:Tea]]
 
[[Category:Tea]]

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