{"id":1751,"date":"2022-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2022-11-22T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T14:52:03","slug":"christmascountdown-the-story-of-a-cup-of-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2022\/12\/20\/christmascountdown-the-story-of-a-cup-of-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of a Cup of Tea in Rhymes and Pictures – #ChristmasCountdown Door no. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Title page from ‘A History of Cup of a Cup of Tea<\/a>‘<\/em> (Rare Books, RB 821.8 SIX)Here’s one for you tea lovers out there…<\/p>\n

“We meet in China’s sunny clime,<\/em>
\nA Tea Plantation as here seen,<\/em>
\nWhere plants the sloping hill-side climb,<\/em>
\nIn straggling tufts of evergreen.<\/em>
\nThis then as you will plainly see,<\/em>
\nDepicts the origin of Tea.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Above transcription taken from page 1 of The Story of Cup of Tea in Rhymes and Pictures<\/em>. Beautifully illustrated, this book takes you through the tea plantation, culture, gathering, drying, roasting and rolling, sorting, buying, mixing, carrying and finally drinking tea. The story ends…<\/p>\n

“Hurrah! at length we see it here,<\/em>
\nUpon our own Tea Table placed;<\/em>
\nAnd soon our spirits it will cheer,<\/em>
\nFrom out the Urn that it has graced.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let each and all the grateful be,<\/em>
\nAnd hail a welcome guest in Tea”.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’re interested in more like this, go on over to CollectionsCaptured<\/a> to see illustrated stories in Rhymes and Pictures of the history of a cotton bale<\/a>, a scuttle of coals<\/a>, a golden sovereign<\/a>, and a quartern loaf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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