The World in Your Cup
Tea and Coffee | What the World Drinks
Breakfast tea being passed between cars on the railway
between Peshawar and Lahore, Pakistan
If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of
understanding truth and beauty.
- Japanese Proverb
Tea seller carries kettle in monsoon water, Porbandar, India
Kamdesh, Afghanistan
The earliest record of tea consumption were in China with records dating back to the 10th century B.C.E.
Maimana, Afghanistan
We haven’t had any tea for a week.
The bottom is out of the Universe.
- Rudyard Kipling
Kham, Tibet
Tea Estate, Bangladesh
You can never get a cup of tea large enough
or a book long enough to suit me.
– C.S. Lewis
Tea tasting, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.
- Turkish Proverb
Istanbul, Turkey
It is believed that the earliest use of coffee was in Ethiopia.
It spread to Yemen by the fifteenth century, and to the rest of the
Middle East, Turkey, Persia, North Africa and then to
Europe and the Americas.
Men enjoy tobacco and thimblefuls of thick, bitter coffee in Baghdad, Iraq
La Fortuna, Honduras
Lombari, Brazil
Coffee harvesting, Colombia
Peru
The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks.
- Sir James Mackintosh
Brazil
Ah! How sweet coffee tastes!
Lovelier than a thousand kisses,
sweeter far than muscatel wine!
I must have my coffee.
- Johann Sebastian Bach
Kaffee Kantate
Capetown, South Africa
Shekhar Kapur, Film Director and Producer, Mumbai, India
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of
coffee’s frothy goodness.
Sheik Abd-al-Kadir
Montenegro
Steve McCurry in L’Aquila, Italy
Photo by Claudio Marcozzi/Photoland
MUSEUM OPENING
ISTANBUL MODERN
Istanbul, Turkey
August 2 – September 4, 2011
January 31, 2012 at 08:53
the common moment of different people… nice shot.
November 3, 2011 at 12:50
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October 14, 2011 at 22:10
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August 5, 2011 at 13:06
Oh! I have just saw your blog and great photos. Maybe it is a bit late but if you need some help in istanbul, just send me an e mail. denizciftci@mail.ege.edu.tr
Deniz Ciftci / Istanbul
August 4, 2011 at 14:03
Absolutely viewers delight .
August 4, 2011 at 02:33
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August 2, 2011 at 18:56
Thank you for the picture in Aquila, our beautiful lost city…
August 2, 2011 at 18:25
Hi Steve, how long will you stay in Turkey, can we see you in Istanbul Modern museum in these days?
August 2, 2011 at 02:53
Nice candid for the last picture! Haha!
August 1, 2011 at 23:23
I love your work. I first came familiar with it when we framed a traveling exhibition of yours by the George Eastman House a few years ago. Glad to see you have a blog. I’ve signed up for a RSS feed.
August 1, 2011 at 09:51
Hi Steve,
After unguarded moment, which subject will you be covering in your next book?
Regards,
Pawan
July 31, 2011 at 06:10
another great series of photos!
July 31, 2011 at 02:41
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July 30, 2011 at 01:09
These are beautiful. It’s fascinating to learn the history behind these iconic drinks…and the last shot was quite charming!
July 29, 2011 at 06:54
Tea and Coffee…..taste better when you know their background!
July 29, 2011 at 03:26
Beautiful work. I especially like the first two. I am pretty sure if I could have one last drink, it would be a steaming cup of chai.
July 29, 2011 at 02:42
This is a truly inspiring and amazing series of images. Something so simple as the ritual of coffee and tea drinking has been lifted to another level.
July 29, 2011 at 02:39
Great collection Steve.regards
July 28, 2011 at 17:55
Every single time you just keep surprising all of us with your beautiful Photographs…thanks for being such an inspiration…god bless
July 28, 2011 at 16:25
wonderful shots!!
July 28, 2011 at 14:45
India is a paradise for photographers ,every 100 km the life style is changing ..! this mixture of civilization ,may be one of the oldest, is still wondering photographers..some photographers have not yet covered it properly
July 28, 2011 at 13:45
“Tea seller Porbandar India”- I could imagine you too standing in the flood water. Every picture here above touches….like the creator (photographer) is in touch with the whole atmosphere… how beautiful the simplicity looks !
Thanks for sharing.
July 28, 2011 at 12:54
AWESOME!!!
July 28, 2011 at 11:41
I love every single shot! I’ve been following your photography for several years now. Thank you!
I just started my own blog with photographs of my travels.
Please check it out:
http://leireunzueta.wordpress.com/
July 28, 2011 at 10:21
I enjoyed the cultural differences between tea and coffee, east and west, yet also the same integrity in the love of both!!!!!
July 28, 2011 at 07:04
Great journey!
July 28, 2011 at 06:35
I have my world this morning.. is sweet and its tea
July 28, 2011 at 05:46
Steve,
As power and as inspiring as always! You are great! I like the way you render the world around!
Keep shooting man! You’re truly inspiring!
July 28, 2011 at 04:12
Indeed, very interesting.
July 28, 2011 at 04:04
proud to be part of your wonderful journey and with lots of respect, shekhar kapur
July 28, 2011 at 04:02
hello steve, proud to be part of these wonderful journeys of yours, with lots of respect for you, shekhar kapur
July 28, 2011 at 03:45
All are amazing, especially like the expression of girl in “Kamdesh, Afghanistan” photograph.
Thanks for sharing
July 28, 2011 at 03:20
What pleasures. Love the series. Thank you for showing the world through your wonderful photographs.
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July 28, 2011 at 02:52
The first picture is my all time favorite ! One of the best from you. Other pictures are also great as allows.
July 28, 2011 at 02:45
no words!
July 28, 2011 at 01:53
Lovely!
July 27, 2011 at 23:43
I love the last one for its possible implied humor, if these were taken to be the model’s hands…to take nothing away from the loveliness of the other works.
D.
July 27, 2011 at 23:25
Your arts always make me inspiration, I can learn a lot from them. Thanks for sharing your experience through images with us.
July 27, 2011 at 21:30
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July 27, 2011 at 20:55
Mr. McCurry,
I love your art, from every angle. Thank you for sharing it all so freely. I hope I have the honor to meet you one day. Cheers, Mick
July 27, 2011 at 20:44
Qualitative quotes, contrasting colours, sympathetic subjects, legendary locations…….wonderful.
July 27, 2011 at 20:37
Four passions all right here: coffee, tea, photography, and Steve McCurry…!
July 27, 2011 at 20:35
Amazing shots !!
DANI
http://daniplanaslabad.wordpress.com
July 27, 2011 at 20:28
Caro sr Steve
Cada vez que recebo um email informando que houve um novo post em seu blog fico extramente curioso para saber qual o tema sera abordado e é sempre supreendente, Alem de as fotos serem fantasticas estou sempre aprendendo algo novo sobre cultura distantes e neste caso, um habito que é mundial , o café , considerada a bebida mais ingerida em todo mundo.
abraço e muito obrigado, um dia ainda terei a oporutnidade de conhece-lo pessoalmente
abraços do Brazil
Milton
July 27, 2011 at 20:23
Great, happy and colourful shots! Bravo!
kind regards,
Corina
July 27, 2011 at 20:23
the first one is amazing…
July 27, 2011 at 20:10
These are wonderful shots . . wish I could have gone along