I echo Sasha's sentiments, and praise Hobbes
for his excellent description, which captures
tea's mood and essence. I'm struck by the spiritual
brotherhood between English tea, as he describes
its essential inner qualities, and Japanese tea, albeit
they have their obvious differences.

Sasha, just how gay would too gay be? Does this
militate against anything blue on the tea table? Would
it be in poor taste to discuss the lovely fresh meadow
grass aroma of the steppes as wild stallions gallop about?

Michael