Hot-beverages-in-crime-fiction Quote by Louise Penny

“Afterwards, they always had tea in the kitchen, much the nicest room in the house.”

— Flora Thompson

“Have some more tea, dear," Hester said, reaching for the pot and refilling my cup. "I always find that helps.”

— Beth Pattillo

“His guests found it fun to watch him make tea -- mixing careful spoonfuls from different caddies.”

— James Hilton

“the waiter came, bringing the second course, pollo con ajillo, chicken with garlic. they would both stink frightfully when they were through, miss shaw…

— Michael Crichton

“My thanks, m'lady." He reached for the bowl and sniffed the pottage, followed by a cringe. She bit her fingernail. "Oh dear, I'm afraid…

— Amy Jarecki

“I used to take my morning tea at her kiosk and I took an interest in what she was doing. I later learnt she…

— Stanley Gazemba

“That they have, indeed! My sisters tell how they had to scrounge to get the supper together. Twice the gendarmes took everything from them…

— Erich Maria Remarque

“tea. He watched her while she made it, made it, of course, all wrong: the water not on the boil, the teapot unheated, too…

— Graham Greene

“She warned him, kindly enough, about manners when he forgot the simple ceremonies of eating which everyone knew, such as standing up to unfold…

— Cordwainer Smith

“The tea was so delicious that it was not necessary to pretend it was anything but tea.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“When she is unable to avoid the matter further, she makes a pot of tea.”

— Erin Morgenstern

“What on earth did I ask him to tea for!” he said to himself, as he went to the pantry.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien