T is for Tea!

All my life 

I've been a confirmed tea drinker

Even as a baby 

I used to take hot, sweet tea in my bottle 

I was very attached to my bottle of tea

And having spoken to my Mum about it this morning

She tells me that I used my bottle of tea as a comfort up until the age of four

I can remember hiding said bottle when people came over 

Since then 

Tea has been a source of warmth and comfort to me

That first cup in the morning is heaven 

And when I smoked

A cuppa and a cigarette could put the world to right 

I can't lie 

I miss that feeling 

A hot steaming cup of tea

And a Carrolls cigarette 

Anything could be solved over it

I've never been a coffee drinker

Most of my family are coffee drinkers 

But I've never developed a taste for it

I wish I liked coffee

As it looks very sophisticated 

And I'd love to go in to a coffee shop and order a long black

But no

I am a dedicated tea drinker

And nothing else will do

It wasn't until I developed my ED 

That my tea drinking got out of hand 

If tea drinking can get out of hand

Now I must drink 10- 15 cups a day 

Depending on what I am doing 

If I am at home 

I will make one cup after another 

And drink it like it is going out of fashion

I also have particular cups that I drink out of 

I'm very picky about my cups 

The need to be narrow 

Quite tall 

Preferably with a nice design

I don't like cups with an internal colour 

I like them to be white on the inside

I have my favourite cups

And no other cups will do

When I gave up smoking 

It took me quite a while to get used to having a cup of tea without a smoke 

It just wasn't the same 

But as they say 

You can make or break a habit in 21 days

And eventually 

Like everything 

I got used to it

Oh

And the tea has to be Barry's 

I don't use sugar that much anymore 

And use 4 sweeteners instead

Right 

I'm off to make another cuppa

See you on the next post....

Are you a tea or coffee drinker?