Perhaps it is by example that will reveal to others who have not found the pleasures of tea to be the best tool, as it was when the Duchess of Bedford began to savor the combination of tea and scones at 4pm each day. While Americans may be coming around to enjoying a regular cuppa, I know that many readers like yourself, no matter where you call home in the world, enjoy the simple, yet powerful gifts of sitting down to enjoy a cuppa whether alone to unwind or with others to catch up and come together. I will pack my favorite varietal teabags with me into my carry-on and luggage when I know I will be away from home, tuck a few teabags into my handbag to enjoy at a restaurant or cafe if I know that tea is not their specialty, and I always have oodles of my favorite black tea stocked in my classroom as I enjoy about two cups each day while at work. □ And do feel free to add on to the list in the comments, how do you best enjoy your own cuppa?ġ.To begin the day, a single-origin black tea perhaps?Ī post shared by Shannon Ables () hot cup of tea is a staple in my everyday routine. Let’s take a look at 18 wonderful ways to savor a cuppa, perhaps reading this list while sipping your favorite varietal should be the first item on the list. “But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.” -Jane Austen And as you will see below, there are many ways to enjoy one’s tea, but there are also ways not to enjoy one’s tea if is to be best savored. On average, the British enjoy 165 million cups of tea a day (as reported in 2017) or approximately 60 billion cups of tea a year. To enjoy tea in such a celebratory and grand occasion, complete with a triple tier cake stand full of afternoon tea sandwiches, biscuits and cakes, served by dapper and welcoming waitstaff is to enjoy a taste of this British mainstay – tea. Never looking back, tea became my hot drink of choice and my frequent multi-cup per day choice. Americans haven’t quite caught on to the daily ritual of enjoying a warm cup of tea as while we drink 1.42 million pounds of tea a day ( reported by the United States Tea Association in 2010), 85% of the consumption is iced tea which is not what the British are referring to when they seek out their cuppa.Īn interesting idea to ponder, as one writer asserts, the primary reason Americans may not have been quick to adopt hot tea is because it runs counter to our culture habit of hustling, not sitting still and trying to not waste a minute, “Its inherent slowness, its tendency to gather people, its relative subtlety - stand in opposition to the American patterns of consumption that have allowed coffee to thrive, and historically acted as impediments to tea gaining a greater cultural foothold.” However, I have a strong inkling that this cannot be said for the Americans who are a part of TSLL community as I know many of you savor your cuppa on a regular basis, just as I myself do.Īs I shared in the pilot episode of The Simply Luxurious Kitchen, my first memory of being introduced to tea was when I traveled to Victoria, Canada, with my mother well before I began the blog, in my twenties, and enjoyed High Tea at Victoria Hotel. Tea is the oldest beverage in the world to be enjoyed, only second to water, and is enjoyed the world-round. Whenever it came to be, it has remained and with good reason. While there there is some debate on when the word cuppa came about (Merriam Webster’s claims 1934, and (thank you TSLL reader Susanne for teaching me!) by a New Zealand novelist’s mystery titled A Man Lay Dead by Edith Ngaio Marsh in which cuppa was used inferring a cup of tea). Hinting at comfort, warmth and a deep breath of reassurance and good ol’ gumption to persevere, enjoying a cuppa is to enjoy the everyday all the more. Understood to mean “a cup of tea”, the phrase originated in Britain and always refers to tea, not coffee (unless someone directly states a cuppa Joe )). Just saying the informal word of cuppa brings an upturn to the corners of my mouth. “If the day is a sentence, tea for me is the punctuation.” -Andy Callaghan You have 4 free post views remaining this month.īecome a Member and view posts without restrictions.
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