Tea and James Bond

Last week I gave a talk on tea to a ladies guild at a local church. One of the women there had an extremely unique teapot and cup to share with everyone. As it turns out, it was a teapot and cup from the Queen Elizabeth, which had been purchased in 1970 when on a trip to England. She went on to say that the Queen Elizabeth had been taken over seas and turned into a school. Unfortunately, one day after the last group of students left, the ship caught on fire and was ruined.

Later on during the week, I was watching the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun. As 007 is being whisked away in a boat, the boat he is in passes by a rusted and sunken ship. That ship as it turns out in the movie is the Queen Elizabeth.

It was interesting how in a weeks time someone could be holding a piece of nautical history in their hands and also have a reference about the vessel that held it in a movie.

But think about all of the history with tea and the vessels (both ships and teapots) that have served it and from which it has been supped. Maybe you have a teapot that belonged to your great grandmother or a teacup from an aunt. Most every piece of tea ware will undoubtedly have a special story behind it.

I know when I spoke to the ladies group, most everyone had a little story to tell about their own tea cup. You too, probably have history and stories to tell about your special tea ware. So that these stories won't be forgotten, be sure to use some of your tea time to quickly write out the history plus little stories of a particular teapot or tea cup. These stories can then be shared with other generations which will enrich them and their knowledge of the history of a particular item.

So be bold and write your tea ware stories down. Who knows, there may be other stories that will be added to the same item in the future. 

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