Quote of the Day (John Gapper, on Weakening ‘Old Empires of Coffee, Cocoa and Tea’)

“[T]he old empires of coffee, cocoa and tea are getting fragile amid climate change and the interruption of global trade routes. The price of their weakness is already becoming obvious, and the supermarket shelves may not always stay full.”—Business columnist John Gapper, “How Cocoa, Coffee and Tea Empires Became Fragile,” The Financial Times, Feb. 24-25, 2024

The image accompanying this post, of John Gapper, was taken Oct. 15, 2010, by The Financial Times. 

Quote of the Day (Henry Fielding, on Love and Scandal)

"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.”—English novelist, playwright and jurist Henry Fielding (1707-1754), Love in Several Masques (1728)