The entire nation of Britain can cheer - green is not the only healthy way to drink tea. I am personally very happy, because when things go wrong tea is what I crave. And now I know why. I have black tea as Irish breakfast, English Breakfast, Darjeeling, Earl Grey, Assam (I get the Taylors of Harrogate tea from The Baltimore Coffee Company) and enjoy 1 or 2 cups a day from my selection.
I am continually amazed by the many things our ancestors knew intuitively which now turn out to have scientific proof. Rose hips, cod liver oil, chicken soup ... the list is virtually endless. When I was a child in Sweden, I spent a year on a farm way, way in the country. My hostess collected rose-hips in the autumn and made a syrup from them, which she would pour over yoghurt for our breakfast. She may have been an uneducated farm worker, but boy, was she smart!
