I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea.

Während die erste Tasse Tee mir die Lippen und Kehle befeuchtet,
die zweite meine Trauer vertreibt,
die dritte mein Inneres durchforscht,
fange ich bei der vierten Tasse an zu schwitzen,
so dass alles Schlechte ausgeschieden wird.
Bei der fünften Tasse bin ich gereinigt,
die sechste Tasse bringt mich der Unsterblichkeit nahe,
doch erst die siebente Tasse lässt mich den Hauch des Windes fühlen,
der mich zu den Inseln der Unsterblichkeit trägt.

The effect of tea is cooling and as a beverage it is most suitable. It is especially fitting for persons of self-restraint and inner worth.

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

He couldn't think of his robbed left eye without hate squirting into his veins from some deep poison gland he hadn't known he possessed.

She gave in to a hankering for a cup of tea even though she knew that the idea of a cup of tea-sitting still, calmly sipping-was more appealing than actually sitting still and trying to calmly sip.