16 signs you’re probably addicted to tea

It’s National Tea Day - someone stick the kettle on
Delicious tea
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Liz Connor21 April 2017

Let’s be honest, tea is the elixir of life.

A good brew sets you up for the day, helping you to face any of the challenges that may come your way - whether that’s overcoming a stonking hangover, facing the tourists on the Central line or simply surviving a Monday morning without having a public meltdown in front of all of your colleagues.

As today, April 21, marks National Tea Day, what better excuse to raise a mug in honour of the nation’s favourite drink?

If you’ve already rushed to the kettle and are anxiously waiting for the water to boil - your love of tea might have tipped over into a full on obsession. And who could blame you. Here are a few signs you might want to look out for.

1. The thought of starting your day without a nice cup of tea fills you with genuine terror and fear

2. And the few times that this has happened, others have known it’s best to stay well out of your way

3. You make a loud, satisfied ‘ahhhh’ noise after you take the first sip

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4. And no matter what time of day it is, you are always 'gasping for a cuppa' - which you say repeatedly until someone cracks and offers to make one for you

5. Whenever anyone comes to you with a problem, your advice is always to ‘stick the kettle on’

6. While this genius kettle with five spouts is something you’ve genuinely tried to hunt down on the internet

7. You’re always offering tea to other people - you won’t take no for an answer

8. And you’re not ashamed to buy giant ‘family-sized’ packets of tea bags from the supermarket and drink them all to yourself

9. You sometimes put your lukewarm tea in the microwave, because you never like to see a good cup go to waste

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10. But you’ve also perfected a scientific cooling method that involves efficiently yet quietly blowing over the top of your tea in a circular motion

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11. The concept of afternoon tea greatly excites you

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12. And you don’t understand why trendy people have turned their back on tea to drink coffee instead

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13. If someone says they ‘don’t really like tea’, it’s a personal affront to you

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14. Yet someone else making your cup of tea fills you with great anxiety

15. ...because you cannot abide someone putting the milk in before the water

16. You still drink tea in the height of summer, even when it’s 30 degrees outside

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Because at the end of the day, nothing beats a good cup of tea.

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