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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? | + | Who must have a lot of things?<br/> |
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| 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. | + | but actually tea drinks you up.<br/> |
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| 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.
| + | 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.
| + | 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.
| + | 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.
| + | Tea tempers the spirit and harmonizes the mind; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness. |
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| 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.
| + | 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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| [[Category:Tea]] | | [[Category:Tea]] |