Tea Time Appreciation

I'm a little teapot short and stoat

Tip me over and pour me out.

Do you remember that childhood song?

Well no teapot today, just a cup of tea.

Oh so much goes into that beautiful cup of tea
poured from all shapes of little teapots.

From the wonderful women that pick it for us

and yes it is usually a woman because her fingers 

are more dexterous. 

To the man that planted the tea and cultivated it.

To all the people around the world that cherish it,

process it, and send it to market.

For then we that love a good cup of tea

can sip and savor each mouthful with delight. 

Thank you to those men and women that bring us tea.

 A husband and wife demonstrating one form of picking.
Thank you, Farmer Chen in Taiwan.

Picking and processing in Alishan, Taiwan.

We do appreciate our good cups of tea each and every day.