Angie's been sick this past week with a horrible cold, and as such, she's been drinking a lot of tea. While I wait for the tea to steep, I like to read the box. Most of the tea boxes have some little piece of prose on the sides. It tends to be this very flowery, exotic-sounding language describing the blissful surroundings from whence the tea has been plucked and basically making tea sound much more like a relaxing weekend vacation in an English garden than a cup of hot water turned brown by a bag of leaves. Celestial Seasonings is probably the most entertaining, including quotes from philosophers in addition to the more standard pastoral scenes. The Bigelow folks have their own blog, and a catalog that reads like a poetry recital at a flower show. Even the generic "Publix" brand boxes have something to say, giving an extremely brief history of tea, worded as follows: "Tea originated in ancient China more than 5,000 years ago, and ever since has provided the world with a relaxing pause of refreshment." And, with that, I think I'll take a relaxing pause myself.
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Isn't that funny how tea is associated with relaxation??? It's almost obligatory that they include some flowery quote by Jane Austin on the box. You don't see that on coffee bags.
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