Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Hindu Tea Wisdom

A novel tea pot design patented in 1892. —Tea etymology: Many sources claim that “tea” got its name from what was printed on the crate which held the dried leaves which arrived from Portugal to England when Catherine of Braganza was to wed King Charles II. On the crate read the letters  T.E.A. These stood for Transportation of Aromatic Herbs. The name stuck with the dried leaves which produced the now popular beverage.  

TEA IS CALLED ONE MAINSTAY

Chandra Ghose, Hindu tea planter and a delegate to the recent Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa, on a visit to this country, pointed out that tea has been a "mainstay" in the lives of the Hindus and the Orientals for centuries.

"The Hindu is famous the world over for his calm and his patience," Chandra Ghose said. "A Hindu can sit down with a cup of tea and quietly and calmly meditate upon his problems or his affairs without ending up with a nervous breakdown or a family fight."

"The American housewife," Miss Louise Lane adds, "can learn a profitable lesson from this Indian custom. At the start of the day, a good cup of tea will go a long way toward giving her a pleasant beginning, and as the day wears on wit its distractions and its labors, an occasional pause, a quiet moment spent with a cup of tea, will do wonders for her peace of mind. 

The American housewife can learn another lesson from her sisters of India and see that tea is on the menu for the male members of the family. Its gentle stimulus will work a welcome change after a hard day's work, and it is even suggested that right in the middle of that next family squabble over the budget or who's going to have the car, everybody pause and have a cup of tea. Such a custom would smooth out a lot of domestic squabbles. — San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, 1932


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