“I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea, and think about leaving the house.”

“I told her tea bags were just a convenience for people with busy lives and she said no one is so busy they can't take time to make a decent cup of tea and if you are that busy you don't deserve a decent cup of tea for what is it all about anyway? Are we put into this world to be busy or to chat over a nice cup of tea?”

“I read the tea leaves as if they were wordsleft over from a conversation between two cups.”

“Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea.”

“I was learning, even in my brief time in England, that a cup of tea almost always helped. I didn't know whether it was the caffeine, the warmth, or the simple fact of having someone else do something kind, but a soothing cup of tea in Harriet Dalrymple's cottage was fast becoming my lifeline to sanity.”

“Coffee isn't my cup of tea.”

“Have some more tea, dear," Hester said, reaching for the pot and refilling my cup. "I always find that helps.”