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“It is claimed that the United States gets the cleanest and purest tea in the market, and certainly it is too good to warrant the nervous apprehension which strains and dilutes it into nothingness. The English do not strain their tea in the fervid fashion we do. They like to see a few leaves dawdling about the cup. They like to know what they are drinking.”

Knows States United United States Fashion England Drinking Nervous Cups Tea Nothingness Strain Apprehension Warrants

Book:To Think of Tea!

Source: To Think of Tea!

“English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.”

Civilization England Tea Enjoyment Cricket Derby

Book:To Think of Tea!

Source: To Think of Tea!

“Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two invaluable contributions to civilization - this tea ritual and the detective novel.”

Made Two Novel Mystery Civilization England British Tea Contribution Empires Ritual Historian Afternoon Collapse Detectives British Empire Invaluable Mystery Novels

Book:Ayn Rand Novel Collection

Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection

“[T]ea, that uniquely English meal, that unnecessary collation at which no stimulants--neither alcohol nor meat--are served, that comforting repast of which to partake is as good as second childhood.”

Childhood Eating England Alcohol Tea Meat Meals Unnecessary Comforting Stimulants

Book:Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings

Source: Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings

“Tea! The English could always be pacified with it!”

Author:Jean Plaidy

“There was this big skiffle craze happening for a while in England.... Everybody was in a skiffle group..All you needed was an acoustic Guitar, a washboard with thimbles for percussion, and a tea-chest- you know, the ones they used to ship tea from India- and you just put a broom handle on it and a bit of string, and you had a bass..you only needed two chords; Jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing. And I think that's basically where i've always been at. I'm just a skiffler, you know. Now I do posh skiffle, that's all it is.”

Thinking Knows Two Bigs Used Bits Groups Needed Happenings India England Guitar Handle Ships Tea Strings Chests Chords Bass Acoustics Brooms Acoustic Guitar Posh Percussion Craze

Author:George Harrison

“I've learned a few things from the tea party, both the political one and the one in Alice in Wonderland. From the first, I learned that you can make people angrily shuffle in roughly the same direction if you appeal to their beliefs in poorly defined ways. From the second, I learned that England has some sort of substance called treacle.”

People Ifs Way Firsts Political Belief Party England Defined Tea Appeals Substance I've Learned Tea Party Wonderland Shuffle Treacle

Author:Lore Sjoberg

“England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.”

Sides Heard England Ice Tea Cream Ice Cream Beacons

Book:Notes from a Small Island

Source: Notes from a Small Island

“[from The One and Only Official Mr. Gum Official Glossary That Tells You What Words Mean by Explaining Them Using Other Words] : Cups of tea: People in England are always drinking cups of tea. "Oh let's have a cup of tea " they say. "That will prove we are English and not American." Sometimes American people try to have cups of tea to pretend they are English but forget it We can always tell you are faking it”

People Trying Mean Sometimes Forget Prove England Drinking Cups Tea Officials Explaining Forget It Gum Cups Of Tea Faking It

Author:Andy Stanton