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:

    “Picture you upon my knee, just tea for two and two for tea.”
    —Irving Caesar (b. 1895)

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

    “It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.”
    —Agnes Repplier (1858–1950)