Cups of Tea!

pma-ire

*A Cup of Tea (1)*

A professor visited a Master to inquire of Zen. Anxious to get to
important matters, the professor nonetheless politely accepted the
master's offer of a cup of tea. The Master filled the professor's cup
and continued pouring as the cup overflowed. Surprised, the professor
exclaimed, "The cup is full; no more will go in!" To this the Master
replied, "Like this cup, you are filled with your notions and
preconceptions. How can I teach you of Zen unless you first empty your
cup?"



*A Cup of Tea (2)*

Master Ho had journeyed far from his monastery to meet the famous Zen
master, Master Chan. Once the two masters were properly introduced,
Master Ho and Master Chan sat down to tea. Master Chan appeared to be
somewhat young, and the more he spoke, the more apparent it became that
he was inexperienced. Still, he seemed to enjoy the sound of his own
voice very much, as he expounded on his own theories, most of which
completely ignored the wisdom of thousands of years.

Master Ho listened patiently for quite awhile. Finally, he attempted to
explain that perhaps Master Chan's disdain for traditional concepts came
from the fact that his knowledge of them was only superficial, and
before he condemned them, he should first seek to understand them.

Almost immediately, Master Chan took his teacup, reached over, and
poured the tea into Master Ho's cup. Naturally, as Master Ho's cup was
already full, it overflowed and spilled all over the table.

"To taste my tea," said Master Chan smugly, as the tea flowed down and
dripped all over the startled Master Ho, "you must first empty your cup."

Master Ho leaped to his feet as the hot tea scalded his lap, walked
around the table, and proceeded to bounce Master Chan off the wall,
many, many times. When he was finished, he looked down at the
not-so-smug master, lying on the floor, and said, "Before you try to
fill up my cup with your tea, you must first be sure it's worth tasting!"



*A Cup of Tea (3)*

I'd brought to my sensei's attention a man who, according to media
reports, was able to throw multiple attackers without even touching
them. Sensei expressed some derision, but I persisted, taking the
opportunity to use a phrase I'd just read and wanted very much to employ
dramatically.

"Shouldn't I keep an open mind about the possibility of such things?
Shouldn't I empty my cup of tea?"

Sensei laughed uproariously. Tears came to his eyes he laughed so hard,
and finally he sputtered, "Empty cup, full cup, doesn't make much
difference if you can't tell tea from horse pee!"

blondie83

mmm...I'm off to have a nice cup of tea and a jaffa cake!

Rev Hellfire

I hope thats a traditional jaffa cake not one of these new fangled berry blast ones.

memphis

And here was I think you were inviting us all from boards to one of your candle light suppers. LOL

pma-ire

memphis wrote:

And here was I think you were inviting us all from boards to one of your candle light suppers. LOL

Only if you think my tea is not horse pee

blondie83

Rev Hellfire wrote:

I hope thats a traditional jaffa cake not one of these new fangled berry blast ones.

Oh of course it's the traditional one - McVities all the way!

Oh of course it's the traditional one - McVities all the way!

Bloody typical. A true biscuit eater discards all traditional jaffa cake biases and through alive tea dunking discovers the most functional jaffa cake or other dunking biscuit. The key to success is being able to effectively mix digestive (caramel of course) fig rolls and fox's classics into one's dunking repertoir.

Traditional Biscuit Dunkers (TBDers) suck!

pma-ire

columok wrote:

Bloody typical. A true biscuit eater discards all traditional jaffa cake biases and through alive tea dunking discovers the most functional jaffa cake or other dunking biscuit. The key to success is being able to effectively mix digestive (caramel of course) fig rolls and fox's classics into one's dunking repertoir.

Traditional Biscuit Dunkers (TBDers) suck!

Ah but the art of tea dunking goes back 100's of years!

You can't rubbish what has been proven to have worked for all the dunking masters while in the heat of a ttraditional tea party!!

:P

Dyr

Despite contrary claims from certain quarters, true traditionalists know that jaffa's are in fact cakes rather than biscuits and should not be compared to fig rolls etc, which are fine in their own right but not much use in a confectionary environment

Clive

Could everybody please shut up about Jaffa cakes until I make weight on Friday?

Many thanks,

A hungry man

memphis

pma-ire wrote:

Only if you think my tea is not horse pee

Well of course not, only the best you serve Mrs Bucket, sorry I mean.... **adapts posh english accent**... Mrs Bouquet!!!

pma-ire

Bambi wrote:

Despite contrary claims from certain quarters, true traditionalists know that jaffa's are in fact cakes rather than biscuits and should not be compared to fig rolls etc, which are fine in their own right but not much use in a confectionary environment

Well this is the truth behind the real meaning of the jaffa's that has been hidden from the casual dunker for generations!!!

Cake Fiend

columok wrote:

Traditional Biscuit Dunkers (TBDers) suck!

Ha, clearly you need more training, impatient one. Biscuit Dunking should be considered an art form, not merely a haphazard method of soaking shortcake in hot beverage. I suggest you practice your biscuit kata repeatedly, until you realize the true meaning of tea-dunk-do.

Cabelo

Well, coming from the side of TBD/Free flowing biscuit dunking myself I'd have to say just knocking it into a better looking cup would give some of you lads a head start