Comments on: Do You Live in a Coffee or Tea World? http://www.teapartygirl.com/do-you-live-in-a-coffee-or-tea-world Teaching the Beautiful and Simple Afternoon Tea Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:23:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Jamie http://www.teapartygirl.com/do-you-live-in-a-coffee-or-tea-world#comment-308 Jamie Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:27:28 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/do-you-live-in-a-coffee-or-tea-world#comment-308 Fabulous question. I live in a "tea world", which to me is a world shaped around mindfullness (a favorite catch-word of an art professor I had in college). Tea does not symbolize a victorian way of life for me, but rather a more "deliberate" way of living...that of being constantly aware of your surroundings, and being able to extract enjoyment and relaxation out of them whenever and wherever you may find it (common in many asian philosophies). Drinking tea "deliberately" teaches us to focus on our senses - taste, smell, sight, feel - which then flows into how we percieve the rest of the world around us, enjoying not only the whole, but the smaller parts that make up the whole as well. That doesn't mean I never feel "stressed", but I think being of a "tea mind" helps me to deal with it more calmly that I might otherwise, and I think drinking as much tea as I do reminds me to slow down and find beauty wherever I can. I don't drink coffee...I can't even stand the smell. So I can't comment to what a "coffee world" might be like. I'm sure there must be somewhere in Italy to get a good cup of tea though. :-) Fabulous question. I live in a “tea world”, which to me is a world shaped around mindfullness (a favorite catch-word of an art professor I had in college). Tea does not symbolize a victorian way of life for me, but rather a more “deliberate” way of living…that of being constantly aware of your surroundings, and being able to extract enjoyment and relaxation out of them whenever and wherever you may find it (common in many asian philosophies). Drinking tea “deliberately” teaches us to focus on our senses - taste, smell, sight, feel - which then flows into how we percieve the rest of the world around us, enjoying not only the whole, but the smaller parts that make up the whole as well. That doesn’t mean I never feel “stressed”, but I think being of a “tea mind” helps me to deal with it more calmly that I might otherwise, and I think drinking as much tea as I do reminds me to slow down and find beauty wherever I can.

I don’t drink coffee…I can’t even stand the smell. So I can’t comment to what a “coffee world” might be like. I’m sure there must be somewhere in Italy to get a good cup of tea though. :-)

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