So I thought I'd have tea~

[Larisa]

why tea is so integral to their lives there?

In Russia the tea - is part of the ritual. People are invited to visit "for tea". Not just to drink, but to communicate. We brew tea and talk. Everyone can bring something delicious for tea. Then we drink tea and talk. It does not really like to sit in the living room. Often the kitchen - a place to meet. There is always a dim light, often of flowers, something beautiful, quiet music, tea and coffee and guests.
At this time, the most difficult problems decomposed into a thousand ingredients in order to arise again in the whole, but it will be a new positive integer.
Gather herbs for tea - a ritual too.

 

[digitS']

At this time, the most difficult problems decomposed into a thousand ingredients in order to arise again in the whole, but it will be a new positive integer.

I have a feeling that this is or would be a wonderful Russian saying!



Steve

 

[Nyboy]

Larisa same here, no matter how big or beautiful a house guests always end up in kitchen

 

[valley ranch]

I remember a story, a person killed in the dinning room of there home. The only one in the small town who was not a local was arrested. The arrested man claimed he had been arrested because he was the only outsider. He later confessed and led them to the weapon..

When asked how they were so sure it was this man, the towns people said: the killer had been given tea in the dinning room. If it had been any one from this town they would have been given tea,,in the kitchen!

We've come to the mountains for a few hours just. It's winter up here.

 

[Nyboy]

In the 18th century tea was a luxury only the very wealthy could afford. Tea was kept in a china jar in a locked box. The boxes now go for small fortunes on the antique market. They also had locked boxes for knives and liquor. Servants must have stole to make up for cheap wages they where paid.

 

[Larisa]

I have a feeling that this is or would be a wonderful Russian saying!

It's just a Russian modest lifestyle.

 

[digitS']

I have been trying to get to a book by an Oxford historian titled "The Silk Roads, a new history of the world." When I finally cornered it at the library and brought it home, naturally, I started by looking at the pictures. Imagine my surprise, there was one of Cortez meeting Xicotencatl! He was the leader of native allies of Cortez against the Aztecs, their age-old enemies.

Okay ... I guess it's really "the world" and how Mexican mineral wealth crossed the Pacific to purchase goods from China.

Then, I realized that I was looking at that iconic painting of the Boston Tea Party, NyBoy mentioned upstream. I'd expected something on tea, it couldn't all be silk carried overland or on that Pacific "road." It was painted in 1846. Of course, most of the partiers were dead by then and their actions were subject to romanticism and revision.

I scanned the text with a certain amount of nervousness since this seemed like a very broad look at history, trade and conflict. I've been back through it 3 times and drifted off to read about the Tea Party and the Dutch source of tea to the colonies.

The East Indies company was bailed out by the British and prices jumped as the imperial government tried to clamp down on tea smuggling. It was kind of Bernanke/Paulson meets Smoot/Hawley. But, I mean, tea was rotting in British ports waiting for delivery!

Something we may have missed in our social studies class was that the British declared war on the Dutch during the American Revolution. Something else missed was that the Dutch were only too happy to recognize the new government in North America after 1781.

Shoot! What a tumultuous time! And, it wasn't just in the 18th century but right on to the present from prehistoric times. Lots of despicable behavior ... greed.

Steve

 

[Nyboy]

Yep greed is timeless

 

[Nyboy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fine-18th-C...293485?hash=item360a8db6ad:g:6WUAAOSw5cNYIPw7 Steve to store your tea

 

[digitS']

Oooolooong!

That looks more like it would be appropriate for @ninnymary 's Jasmine! More so than my loose leaf, garden-varieties, and the catnip I nip from my neighbor's yard!

Ya know, the British brought the hammer down on the Dutch at the end of the 1700's. They may well have regained their domination of the tea trade and American teadrinkers suffered high prices. The British might have been a bit snobby about tea control. That crooked pinky probably isn't to test which way the wind is blowing ...

Steve