一方茶桌从维多利亚时代的英国开始成为英人心目中神圣的存在。神圣并不是从宗教意义来衡量,而是就其在英人日常社会生活中的地位而论。喝茶成为大众风习之后,茶桌上的摆设,喝的什么茶、先倒茶还是先倒奶、用的什么点心、坐在茶桌边上都是些什么人,种种细节都变得意味深长。喝茶既仪式化,也完全成为日常生活的一道程序,人们视之为“必须的奢华”。乔治麦克尔的小书《如何成为一个异类》观察英人习俗在英国本土引得一片认同,其中谈到茶的典型意义,早起一杯茶、餐后又一杯、天气适宜要喝一杯、天气不好也是喝一杯的 One side of the tea table from the Victorian era began to become the sacred presence of the British people. Sacred is not measured in terms of religious significance, but in terms of its place in everyday English life. After tea became a popular practice, the tea table decoration, what to drink tea, pour the first tea or pour milk, what snack to use, sitting at the edge of the table are what people, all the details have become meaning profound. Tea is not only ceremonial, but also completely become a routine in daily life, which people regard as “the luxury of necessity”. George McClure’s book How To Be A Heterogeneous Observes English Customs It Is Popular In The United Kingdom It touches on the typical significance of tea. It starts with a cup of tea and has another meal after meal. Have a drink