Fancy a cuppa?

There's something fascinating about tea, at once utterly civilized and yet totally grounded in the primitive: take a heaping of twigs and leaves, pour boiling water over them, drink.

The Tao of Tea website has some beautiful photos of loose leaf and I couldn't resist a little tea ritual of my own, cropping and resizing them into icon bases. A flavor sampler:



For more tantalizing brews, try my tea time gallery. Share and customize as you will.