My passion for tea

There were times when I was kind-of addicted for coffee… I used to keep my messenger status as ‘In quest of java green’. It was a heartrending decision of mine to go for a homeopathic treatment, which would take away coffee from my life. God! I somehow prepared myself by saying, ‘Ok, this is gonna be for few months’. I was pretty successful in controlling my desire unless sometimes allured by the aroma or irritated by workload.

Then came the Mr. Tea into picture. I started having tea in the office for the sake of having a hot beverage in the afternoon to avoid an embarrassing nap on the desk :). I hardly liked the concept of tea until I stole a ‘lemon and orange infusion’ from a colleague’s drawer. Oh wow, it was so tasty. I confessed to him later that I did use his tea bags and making things even worse, finished those :). He had a great collection including tealeaves, which he bought straight away from Japan.

Here started my obsession for different flavors… I started trying black tea, green tea, herbal fruit infusions, lemon and ginger, mint, strawberry, camomile, apple, mango and what not. Not all of them were good. My favorite still remains ‘Orange and citrus’. I surprisingly developed a great taste for a combination of ‘tetley regular’ and ‘lemon & ginger’. I started suggesting others to take a sip of this amazing drink. My mom won’t ever believe that I now start my day with a cup of black tea, which is totally caffeine-free. So this is another good thing that happened to me in UK, a great variety of tea to discover.
Bad think is that every time I visit Sainsbury, I cannot resist myself from buying a new flavor – not good for my pocket.

They say, "An Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea", and now I am totally convinced.