The famous 18th century tea-drinking man of letters Samuel Johnson described himself as someone "whose kettle has scarcely time to cool, and who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight and with tea welcomes the morning."
茶名遠播的十八世紀大文學家約翰生，就自稱他的水壺少得歇息，因為他「以茶消磨黃昏，藉茶撫慰夜晚，又用茶迎接清晨」。