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Plain Text Audio Transcript: ‘The Cosy Communi-Tea’ by Megan Temple.The sound of the kettle boiling, and the making of a cup of tea. Teaspoons clanking against the mug.The Artist: This Artwork is called The Cosy Communi-tea… Pun intended.I invited the public to share with me their stories around the significance of tea, their tea moments, and tea memories and these audio recordings are just a few of those that have been shared with me from the community. These responses were then delicately embroidered onto teabags that were then patchworked together to form a tea cosy. So, make yourself a cup of tea and enjoy.Person 1: I would go and do my nan’s hair at 8 o’clock every Friday morning and tea would be served on a tray with a milk jug, sugar bowl and a teapot with a lovely tea cosy. I would also go and do my nan’s neighbour’s hair too: Mrs. Lennton. Mrs. Lennton always insisted I had a little drop of rum in my tea. Person 2: I think tea and tea making is about ritual really, about repetition. So whenever anyone comes round to the house it’s the first thing you offer, it’s a way of connecting or creating; it was always going round to my granny’s house, it was sort of the answer to anything, any major disaster, the issues that anyone else was having. It was always ‘right, we need a cup of tea’, and oh it was real tea with tea leaves.Person 3: Drinking tea together is a lovely thing to do; especially with a friend so you can chat about your day. Person 4: I love tea, herbal teas make me feel calm within myself, and builder’s tea feels very comforting like home. Tea improves my wellbeing by helping me to slow down because it’s too hot to drink straight away.Person 5: As a kid growing up in the late 60’s and early 70’s, I learnt very quickly that a cup of tea was an important part of family life. Tea had to be brewed using tea leaves in a pre-warmed pot. Somehow dad could tell if you made a pot of tea without pre-warming the pot. Anyone visiting our house, be it friends and family, or a workman, were always offered a cup of tea almost before getting through the door. I once asked my dad as to why that was, and he had done the same. It was a way of welcoming someone and putting them at ease with a simple gesture. Mum used tea much like someone had suffered a shock or used brandy. We were not allowed tea as kids, but there were special occasions where this rule was relaxed. If you were feeling down or ill, mum would make us a cup of sweet tea to make us feel better. Person 6: When I first met my boyfriend, I didn’t really like tea, and I’d stay round his house and he would always make me a cup of tea in the morning; I would always drink it to be polite. But it turns out I liked it and he makes ‘Ginger Tea’. I never made ‘Ginger Tea’ before so it turns out I’d been making tea wrong this whole time.Person 7: I love tea a certain way, so I like it milky, two sugars, but hot, and it’s just like my mother used to make it when I was a child, so it’s a real source of comfort for me. I drink a lot of tea now as an adult; it’s a real kind of opportunity to be present; I think as short lived as is, it’s just really comforting to me. So, for 5 to 10 minutes, it’s just drinking, I don’t think about anything else. Person 8: I start every morning with a cup of regular builder’s tea. My preferred tea throughout the day is red bush, sometimes I might have lemon verbena or mint tea, and I normally finish the day with a mug of celestial sleepy time tea. Tea is really important, and the choice of tea is dependent on my mood and if there is company and who that person is. I’ve got a ridiculous amount of teapots, and again, I use those depending on what tea I am drinking, who I am drinking it with. My dog drinks tea, she’s always got ger head stuck in a mug, normally when someone is finished, but she is lapping up the leftovers. Person 9: When I started sixth form, I was struggling with sleeping and anxiety. One afternoon, me and my friend went to a café next to the sixth form and I tried a new type of tea, it sounded nice: chamomile, honey and vanilla. It was really calming; the mixture of the smell and the warmth grounded me. I think of it as my ‘Spirit Tea’ or my ‘Happy Tea’, and even now, whenever I have the blues or just fancy and early night, it makes everything seem less scary.Person 10: Many people drink tea. It’s refreshing, it cools you down, strangely. But I think mainly tea is something that links you to being British and making you feel part of the British culture. Similar to fish and chips, from a food perspective, tea is something that you find globally linked to United Kingdom. Whether it be Earl Grey, Typhoo, Yorkshire Tea, everybody loves a cup of tea. ................
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