Head Space Daily Words...

There are certain features which are distinctly British and number one amongst these has to be the good old cup of tea. It quite simply puts the world to rights, gives us pause for a cause, the chance to reflect, or to summon the resolve to face what is coming next. I can imagine great British creative geniuses having a eureka moment over a cuppa. Coleridge may have liked his opium but his best work surely came whilst having a brew and just think what Shakespeare could have achieved had tea been around at the time. As you can see from the picture below, I drink my tea black. An editor I once worked with - and editors are the fount of all knowledge - told me that the British are the only nation to put milk in their tea. The reason being, that the most expensive item working class families owned back in the day and their prize possession, was a decent china tea set, and it was discovered that putting milk in tea would prevent the white china from becoming stained. You wouldn't want to be known on your street for lowering the tone with your dirty china tea set!! Now you know...