"Tea is a cup of life"

“Tea is a cup of life” is a popular aphorism. Quiet Moments and a Cup of Tea: Charming Stories to Grace Your Day (2001) by Alice Gray contained the saying and credited an author:

“Great-grandma Jewel, a delightful lady who lived to the age of 108, told her friends that ‘tea is a cup of life.’”

Google Books
Quiet Moments and a Cup of Tea:
Charming Stories to Grace Your Day
By Alice Gray
Sisters, OR: Blue Cottage Gifts
2001
Pg. 7:
Great-grandma Jewel, a delightful lady who lived to the age of 108, told her friends that “tea is a cup of life.” I know just what she means.

ConstantChatter Forum
Tea Lovers - Enjoying Life Sip by Sip
granada
06-30-2005, 11:40 PM
Some fun quotes about tea

Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. -T’ien Yiheng
Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company. -Author Unknown
Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage. -Catherine Douzel
Tea is a cup of life. -Author Unknown

Tea With Ren
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
Chai recipe
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At 11:44 AM, Blogger Ren said…
I’m glad you’re all enjoying Chai…it’s a ritual around here that is deeply embedded into family life.
There’s a quote I love: “Tea is a cup of life” and another one by Thich Nhat Han “Drink your tea reverantly, as though it is the axis on which the earth turns”

6 October 2007, Palm Beach (FL) Daily News, “History of tea generates art collaboration” by Jan Sjostromn:
“A cup of tea is like a cup of life,” one participant writes.

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Google Books
Chicken Soup for the Tea Lover’s Soul:
Stories Steeped in Comfort
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Patricia Lorenz
New York, NY: Open Road Integrated Media
2013
Pg. ?:
Tea is a cup of life.
Author Unknown

Lambs’ Ears and Honey
A Cup of Tea at Adelaide’s T Bar Tea Salon
by AMANDA MCINERNEY on 23/08/2013
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Tea is a cup of life. ~Author Unknown