TEA HISTORY AND THE MARJORIE

THE MARJORIE.

My Mom, Marjorie.

This morning I'm sharing my gold flowered Royal Albert tea cup. The design is called Marjorie. The cup was my Grandmother's as are most of my tea cups. My mother's name is Marjorie so this cup was given to my Grandmother because of the name.

The Marjorie with my "Harvest Girl" napkin holders.

Notice the "Marjorie" at the bottom of the cup.

I have a book about tea that shares the origins of tea. It says, " Around 4,700 years ago, so the story goes, wild tea leaves fell into a pot of boiling water. The resulting infusion was sipped by the legendary Chinese emporer Shen Nung, the divine healer." "It quenches thirst," he noted. "It lessens the desire for sleep. It gladdens and cheers the heart."

It goes on to say that the "Chinese have woven tea into their stories, their philosophy, their art, and their literature as well as into aspects of their daily life."

Thereafter, different countries adopted their own tea habits. " The tea-drinking habit was probably brought to the east coast of the United States by Dutch settlers. Tea pleasure gardens sprang up, where people could meet, drink, walk, see, and be seen", explains the "Tea" book.

What are YOUR tea habits?

Today I'm joining tea parties at the following blogs:

Martha's Favorites
Rose Chintz Cottage