
Our Favorite Tea Quotes
Tea brings people together, and these tea quotes share a common love for this beverage. Tea is personal yet ubiquitous throughout the world. A universal fave. There is a bond between tea drinkers – we get each other. Here are a few of our favorite tea quotes:
“For me starting the day without a pot of tea would be a day forever out of kilter.”
― Bill Drummond
The act of collecting your favorite teas, preparing and serving tea encourages contemplation and being present. Even the tea itself, warm and comforting, inspires a feeling of relaxation.
Enjoy your tea prep and take a moment to focus on tea alone. With intention, start your brewing process. Select your tea, heat your water, listen for the water to begin simmering. Considering a Morning Tea Ritual? We can help. Take a few minutes to begin your day with intention. It is a small thing that may have an impact on your day and in turn, your life.
“When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“Tea tempers the spirit and harmonizes the mind; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness.”
― Lu Yu
“Making tea is a ritual that stops the world from falling in on you.”
― Jonathan Stroud
“Tea is liquid wisdom.”
― Anonymous
“Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty.”
― James Norwood Pratt
“There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea.”
― Gary Snyder
“So the small things came into their own: small acts of helping others, if one could; small ways of making one’s own life better: acts of love, acts of tea, acts of laughter. Clever people might laugh at such simplicity, but, she asked herself, what was their own solution?”
― Alexander McCall Smith
Need a little more tea inspiration? Check out Five Reasons We Love Tea.

Try these definitive teas of contemplation:
- Single-estate perfection in Organic Darjeeling Black – Sungma Estate Black Tea
- Invigorating Organic English Breakfast Black Tea
- Fragrant and floral Organic Jasmine Pearls Green Tea
- Classic and pure Organic Silver Needles White Tea
- Mellow and exotic Organic Ti Kwan Yin Oolong
Take a moment and enjoy!