Comments on: Taking Tea

By: Mr. Henry

Mr. Henry — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:59:30 +0000

eowyn_2, you are a woman after Mr. Henry’s heart, for he likes nothing more than to receive deserved correction, although you need not be so gentle and solicitous in the future. The rod was not spared in Mr. Henry’s youth.

Yes, an incubus is, as you describe, a male demon, and a succubus is a female demon forcing herself on a man, the one a genuine threat and the other an imaginary creature if ever there were one.

Mr. Henry grapples with all manner of baroque creatures in the night, creatures that get weirder as the night progresses. This is why he rises so early and welcomes the new day. In the morning he can grapple with normal, everyday murder and mayhem as reported in the NY Times, a calm retreat from the visions of the night.

By: eowyn_2

eowyn_2 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:22:15 +0000

A beautiful bit of prose about a beautiful drink.

But is not an incubus the male demon who seduces women while they sleep? If Mr. Henry’s so chooses an incubus rather than a succubus, that is all well and good - but what would Mrs. Henry say?

Though, now that I think of it, either one visiting my hubby would meet with my disapproval.

By: Glinda

Glinda — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:34:18 +0000

I do not drink any coffee, but copious amounts of tea. No sugar.

By: JaneC

JaneC — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:58:31 +0000

Tea is wonderful. When I received two tea pots as wedding gifts (in addition to a kettle), I wondered whether I would ever use them. I used to make the trip back to the kitchen to the kettle every time I wanted another cup, but now I let it steep quietly in the teapot sitting on a trivet on my desk and pour myself cup after cup without leaving the comfort of my chair. It’s so much more civilized, whether the fragrant liquid is sweet, apple blossom-scented green, a hearty Irish breakfast black, or spicy peach and ginger.

By: teteatete

teteatete — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:15:52 +0000

If it is the perfect and sublime cup of tea you are searching for, look no further than John Harney (harney dot com). They have a large selection of common, uncommon and truly exotic teas. I am sure that Mr. Henry would approve.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:15:50 +0000

What’s more, there is nothing like the delicious concept of a quiet cup or five of tea in the afternoon, accompanied by something sweet like a small cake, muffin, scone or tart. Mr. Twistie, though, prefers a nice watercress or cucumber sandwich. That is also lovely.

If these treats are shared with a novel by Jane Austen or Anthony Trollope, so much the better, so far as I’m concerned.

Give me a cup of Darjeeling and some nineteenth century English prose, and you’re looking at one delighted camper.

By: gemdiva

gemdiva — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:05:43 +0000

As my sainted mother used to say at the end of a weary day when she would sit down to have a “nice” cup of tea……”God bless tea”.