'A Nice Cup of Tea' - for the 21st Century

August 17, 2021

'A Nice Cup of Tea' for the 21st Century George Orwell was right: tea is the subject of violent disputes. We'll never settle such disputes, but one obvious way to diffuse them is to drink tea itself. Infuse to diffuse. Its virtues notwithstanding, Orwell’s classic essay ‘A Nice Cup of Tea’ needs an update. Published in the London Evening Standard in January 1946, Orwell writes: “When I look through my own recipe for the perfect cup of tea, I find no fewer than 11 rules” for prepara

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Damien Kinney

Damien Kinney is an Australian writer, translator, and owner of the erstwhile Cloud Nine Teas, a specialty tea store and journal. He was a PhD candidate in Chinese Studies for several years before deciding that academic life wasn't quite right. He started sourcing tea in 2012, and ran stalls at the Sydney and Melbourne Tea Festivals from 2016 to 2019, and BrewIn Melbourne in 2019.