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Tea
Tea blends
Black tea blends
Are musical,
They have many parts,
They are contrapuntal,
With the first sip at the start,
For the tea drinker blends impart
Visions which continue to expand,
The essence of many regions and lands

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Clouds
Mountains
Terraced slopes
Where time is slow
Where the tea plants grow
Year after year they grow
Harvested year after year
Processed and shippped to far and near
So that you and I can have our tea
Without any pause, continuously

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Tea
Earl Grey
Ev'ry day
Delights the tongue
With the Bergamot
As the tart and sweet play
With each other, each moment
Becomes delightful confusion,
As contrary tastes in profusion
Find their home in Earl Grey's resolution

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Tea
Matcha
Powdered tea
Intensely green
Whisked into a froth
For tea ceremony
Or for special company
Resembles drinking liquid jade
On a hot summer day in the shade
A taste sensation of the highest grade

Tea Etheree 11

Tea
With friends
Now and then
Is an excuse
To renew contact
To converse without end
To come together again
Without much effort or much cost;
As the warm winds of Spring melt the frost,
Friendships must be nourished or they are lost

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Tea
Alone
By oneself
Settles the heart
While staying at home
Time out as the mind drifts
Relaxing between the sips
The cup moves from saucer to lips
The crisp sound as cup and saucer click --
In another room the clock's steady tick

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Tea
Black tea
With breakfast
Starts the day right.
A touch of bitter,
With its deep red color,
(The Chinese call it red tea)
Lifts my spirit like no other.
Now I'm ready for activity;
The day before me looks like a calm sea.