THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



enough to turn a lobster red ; pour 

 it on the quantity of tea in a porce- 

 lain vessel; allow it to remain on the 

 leaves until the vapor evaporates, 

 then sip it slowly, and all your sor- 

 rows will follow the vapor. " 



He says nothing about milk or 

 sugar. But, to me, tea without su- 

 gar is poison, as it is with milk. I 

 can drink one cup of tea, or coffee, 

 with sugar, but without milk, and 

 feel no ill effects ; but if I put milk 

 in either tea or coffee, I am as sick 

 as a defeated candidate for the Pres- 

 idency. That little bit of fact is 

 written as a hint to many who are 

 ill without knowing why they are, 

 after drinking tea, or coffee, with 

 milk in it. I don't think that milk 

 was ever intended for coffee or tea. 

 Why should it be ? Who was the 



