I know people say, with regard to addiction, that “cutting down” doesn’t work. But over the last few months I have gradually reduced the amount of sugar I take in my tea from two to a quarter of one spoon. This week I’m leaving it out entirely and it feels like a very natural progression.
I’d like to say this was done for reasons of personal health or the like, but mainly it was as a result of reading George Orwell’s charming essay on tea. I felt that after finding myself strongly in agreement with him on ten of the eleven points made, I owed it to tea to give the last one a shot.(It’s getting increasingly difficult to buy regular leaf-tea here. Teabags everywhere. I don’t want tealeaves to become a niche product. It will make it expensive.)
I used to do it the British way of two spoons of sugar then pour in the tea, then add milk- but now I am drinking it plain. I really want one of those metal teapots from china that brew just one cup, but the ones I have seen around are ridiculously expensive (yes I am hinting at a good birthday present).
Also, pretty poster.
