This is something that might appear trivial to outside observers but I'd like to record it here anyway.

Most of my life, people have been taken aback when I refuse a cup of tea or coffee on the basis that I don't usually drink hot drinks. My childhood was full of water, squash, milk, Soda Streams and other fizzy drinks. My parents have always drunk coffee and I assume it's a bad idea to give young boys caffeine so we weren't brought up on tea.

The reason I mention this here is because I've recently started having a cup of tea every morning between eight and nine o'clock. Since the toaster at work broke and noone's been arsed to replace it, I've almost been using it as a replacement for breakfast. I'm not sure how nutritionally valuable it is in that capacity, but I've really grown to like my cuppa in the morning. I'm afraid to add that I tend to crave it around a certain time, when all the drivers have left the office and I'm alone with the internet or my book. I'm afraid to say it because I thought it'd never happen to me. Hopefully I'll never become totally addicted to tea.