Tea

Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavour which many people enjoy.

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Famous quotes containing the word tea:

    “An old man drinks tea and reads the newspaper—forgetting age for a moment.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Poor Henry, he’s spending eternity wandering round and round a stately park and the fence is just too high for him to peep over and they’re having tea just too far away for him to hear what the countess is saying.”
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)

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    —Irving Caesar (b. 1895)