Have you heard about the benefits of tea Each of us will surely answer in the affirmative.. People of different cultures from all over the world have enjoyed a cup of hot aromatic tea for thousands of years.. But there are also those who forgo tea in favor of coffee, wine, soda, or good old plain water.. Until 2019 I was one of them. And missed a lot.

The idea that there might be something missing in my life puzzled me at first.. It happened while reading Conversations with Friends by Irish writer Sally Rooney.. In her books, people make tea when they are sick, when they are nervous, and when they are just bored.. They do it before watching a series, in the middle of writing letters to their loved ones, and even while thinking about something illegal.. One way or another, but the reader involuntarily comes to the conclusion that in the world, fictional Rooney, all the characters either make tea or already drink it, unless otherwise indicated separately..

I shared my observation with a friend who is also interested in the work of Rooney. But a friend answered me: “I think that they just live there”. And then she added that in Ireland, people make tea as soon as there is a quiet minute..

And when I visited London last autumn, I was most surprised by the local tradition of tea drinking.. Any office worker who is about to make himself some tea first asks his colleagues if they would like to keep him company.. A few minutes later he returns with a tray containing several cups of hot drink, as well as milk and sugar to taste.. Everyone does it, one by one..

It would seem a trifle, but it helps to brighten up the working day. So, if you spend hours staring at a computer monitor trying to solve a certain problem, it is very nice to suddenly hear an offer to drink tea with someone and remember that you are not alone..

According to the results of the conducted studies, such proposals for joint drinking of drinks have real benefits for society.. A study by Yale psychologists published in the journal Science found that participants who recently drank a cup of hot coffee were more likely to think of others as kind and caring than those who drank cold coffee..

Scientists suggest that our association between physical and emotional acts of kindness can be traced back to childhood..

So, it is very important for a child to be close to caring parents.. Therefore, as we grow older, physical warmth (comfort and safety) is associated with warm feelings towards others..

Here one cannot fail to mention the psychological comfort radiated by certain rituals, including tea drinking.. As behavioral analysts Francesca Gino and Michael Norton explain in Scientific American, such rituals help us maintain our composure in the face of uncertainty..

In addition, their research suggests that participation in such rituals alleviates feelings of grief caused both by life-changing losses (for example, the death of a loved one) and more mundane problems..

For example, I understand how one simple tradition of making tea for myself and others can be enough to keep entire civilizations alive for centuries.. It's very hard to keep getting angry at friends and neighbors when they offer to make you tea.. Or at colleagues if, a few minutes after a small quarrel, they offer to drink a hot drink together.

Professor Christine Serak, author of The Role of Tea in the Formation of Japan, says: “At the heart of the Japanese tea ceremony is the idea that if all people sat in a circle and drank tea, then peace would reign on Earth”.

Social worker Melody Wilding wrote that when depressed or frustrated, one should not focus on feelings of hunger, anger, loneliness, or fatigue.. They only feed our negative vision of the situation, which means it's time to take a break, take a break, eat a sandwich, write a journal entry, call a friend, or just take a nap.. brilliant!

And based on my experience in England, I would add the following: if we do not feel anything at all, we should make tea and offer it to someone nearby.

As George Orwell said, a good cup of tea makes a person feel smarter, braver, and more optimistic..

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