Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Tea
James Boswell, Journal (February 13, 1763):
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Well, the human mind is really curious: I can answer for my own. For here now in the space of a few hours I was a dull and a miserable, a clever and a happy mortal, and all without the intervention of any external cause, except a dish of green tea, which indeed is a most kind remedy in cases of this kind. Often have I found relief from it. I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.
