Smaller spots, like the Amai Tea & Bake House or Sympathy for the Kettle, are good for those who would rather avoid the formalities of tea service and focus on the tea itself, with a sweet or two on the side.
Tea is ritual, it is time, it is refining tastes, both of tea, service wear, it's casual or formal, it's festive or quiet, it's invigorating or relaxing.
SERVICE Pampering, if your cup of tea is an attentive staffer bearing refreshments on, yes, a silver platter.
Later, in her room, she dialed the number for room service to order a pot of tea.
For services to tea production and history.
The tea service of which they formed a part appears to be unique too.
After the interrogation, he was discharged from the headquarters of the national security service, unharmed, with a belly full of tea.
Some monks even developed a spiritual view of tea, equating tea service with Zen Buddhist practice; this is evident in the text of a 14th-century hanging scroll, "Poem on the Theme of Snow," by the Zen abbot Muso Soseki.
So if you are a Sonos user, you're best bet is to make sure your downloaded music is in the MP3 format, or use the Rhapsody subscription service if that's your cup of tea.
Never let your elderly relatives make a cup of tea when social services call.
