Do you see this beautiful thing?

This, is the “first of the morning” cup of tea. It is a thing of beauty and delight. Sometimes it’s the first of several, sometimes it stands alone in the day, as one loving friend might. That first sip, savoured slowly. The subtle taste of the bergamot. Hmmm, love in a cup.

I only drink one kind of tea. Twinings – Early Grey. Stirred, not shaken. And I can only drink it in one kind of receptacle – a fine bone china cup. Anything else just feels wrong, wrong wrong, and the tea just does not taste the same. The delicacy of the rim of a fine bone china cup just matches to perfection with the fragrance of my tea.

I have only a couple of such special cups, this particular one is my bestest favourite, bought for me by my wonderful 80 year old mummy when we went on a holiday to the Gold Coast, Australia recently.

So, happiness comes in all shapes and sizes, but this is the happiness that starts of my day.