Nation of Tea Drinkers?

We are a house of tea drinkers. I guess I have to confess to being a tea snob. I'd only ever bought Twinings tea so that is what I continued to buy when Hubby and I moved in together. Twinings English Breakfast has been his "cup of tea", if you will pardon the expression, ever since.

Recently I discovered caffeine free Dragonfly redbush teas. I found cutting down on the vaste amounts of caffeine I used to consume has helped my IBS. I did cold turkey and was sadly resigned to having one or two cups a tea a week. De-caff teas are, quite frankly, not nice and herbal teas all smell delicious but taste (in my opinion) like scented pond water.

Then I saw these clean and bright packages sitting on the shelf in Waitrose and I saw the words 'naturally caffeine free'. First, I tried the Earl Grey (with real Bergamot oil) and now I also drink the Breakfast and Vanilla (with real Madagascan Vanilla). And now I prefer them over 'normal' tea.

Anyway, I digress. Today, I bought some of the new Twinings EveryDay Tea for Hubby to try (verdict pending). The original reason for this post before I started to ramble was a "Did you know" section printed on the inside of the box:

"In 1706 Thomas Twining set up as a tea merchant in London at 216 The Strand. Twinings has traded continuously from this address ever since.

Even in times of crisis Twinings has never failed to serve its customers. During the Blitz sales were briefly interrupted when a bomb knocked out part of the building. However, within a few hours a table was set up in the doorway and tea sales carried on as normal."

Now, that's what I call dedicated!

Cup of tea anyone?