Health facts

- Approximately 40% of the nation’s fluid intake today will be tea

- Tea without milk has no calories. Using semi-skimmed milk adds around 13 calories per cup, but you also benefit from valuable minerals and calcium.

- Tea with milk provides 16% of daily calcium requirement in 4 cups. Tea contains some zinc and folic acid.

- Tea with milk contains Vitamin B6, Riboflavin B2 and Thiamin B1

- Tea is a rich source of minerals manganese, essential for bone growth and body development, and potassium, vital for maintaining body fluid levels

- The average cup of tea contains less than half the level of caffeine than coffee. One cup contains only 50mg per 190ml cup

- Tea is a natural source of fluoride and delivers 45% of your daily requirement if you take 3/4 cups per day

- Only 11% of UK water supply has fluoride added

- Green and black teas are from the same plant, Camelia sinensis, and contain similar amounts of antioxidants and caffeine



The Basics

- The British have been drinking tea for nearly 400 years

- Tea breaks are traditions that have been with us for approximately 200 years. Initially when workers commenced their day at around 5 or 6am, employers allowed a break in the morning when food and tea were served. Some employers repeated the break in the afternoon as well.

- Tea costs approximately 3p per cup to make. Coffee costs 6.5p

- Tea outsells coffee by 2 to 1

- There are 26 tea-growing nations. The principal ones are India, China, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Indonesia

- Over 50% of our tea comes from East Africa – Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe

- The UK imports and consumes 140 thousand tonnes of tea per year

- The UK drinks 165 million cups per day - 62 billion cups per year.

- There are estimated to be about 1,500 different varieties of tea

- In a recent study, 80% of staff claim they find out more about what's going on at work over a cup of tea than in any other way.

- The UK tea market is worth circa £700 million annually

- Average consumption is circa 3 cups per day (10 years old and over)

- 70% of population (over 10yrs) drank tea yesterday

- 95% of tea is consumed in tea bags

- 86% of tea is consumed at home, 14% out of home

- 93% of tea consumed is blend – 7% speciality tea. Earl Grey 50% of speciality market

- Over 25% of milk consumed in UK is taken with tea

- 98% of people take milk with tea

- 45% of people take sugar with their tea

Me and Rhona have finally created a meal that was not only edible, but enjoyable!
The most difficult dish we have attempted and we succeed- curry!

"A curry? Difficult?", you ask. Tis by our standards! We fucked up a packet cake mix!
(not to mention we got flour all over my kitchen, including on top of the cupboards)



It's such an achievement it needed to be recorded in history... Cos in future they shall write the books by what is said on Bebo

I am renowned for disliking many a thing.. So lets start a list, see how long till I reach 100, 500... who knows, a 1000?

1. Soya milk ¬¬
2. Vodka. Yuck.
3. Ugg boots- it's in the name
4. School management
5. Chemistry + Maths- nuff said
6. Young enterprise- don't do it to yourself! O_o
7. Excessive body hair
8. Sylvester Stalone.
9. The Lord of the Rings trilogy- wayyyyyyyy too much detail Mr Tolkien, thank god for the film condensing what would have been centuries of reading into a few hours.
10. Aberdeen- 5secs off the boat and Rhona steps in shit... that summed up the place rather well for me.
11. Furry trimmed coats... They remind me of Oasis :S which brings me to...
12. Oasis, a few good songs but most of their music is insipid.
13. All products made by Apple.
14. Cucumbers + mushrooms, they go all rubbery and squishy in your mouth. Blergh!
15. Coffee
16. Being approached by strangers who seem to think its their duty to psychoanalyse you.
17. Being told how to lead 'a good life' by these aspiring Frueds who are more than likely unemployed school drop-outs with no aim in life whatsoever.
18. When someone total steals your sneeze! >.<
19. Kiddy tv programmes today suck, bring back the likes of 'The Herbs'
20. My complete lack of motivation.
21. The school soap.
22. Seafood. I didn't like it before I was vegetarian so I'm sure I don't now.
23. People who say they're 'vegetarian but eat chicken/fish/pig'... why not just eat a cow while you're at it?
24. Organised sports
25. Dissertations
26. Getting texts at the likes of 5am ¬¬ I hate you, you know who you are!
27. Property programmes, I'm not interested in other people's junk/houses.
28. Grand Designs, if there was a programme for watching paint dry...
29. 'Manly pride'- it should be beaten out of them from an early age!
30. Chickens, they're dirty critters.
31. Walks out in Deerness... They result in either coming across nasty smells or being chased by a great number of cows, or both.
32. Being poked in the belly when you're hungover ¬¬ One day I shall barf on you and it will be welllllll deserved.
33. People who sit sniffing instead of fetching a tissue.
34. River City, their acting and accents are apalling- Whyyyy is it still on?
35. Animal Cruelty
36. People who say 'music is my life' when really all they do is listen to it and can perhaps strum on a guitar for a few songs.
37. When the weather's so shit the buses are cancelled but us townsfolk are still expected to brave the great outdoors and walk to school.
38. People walking away midargument.
39. How slow this computer is compared to my laptop.
40. Technology in general... I'm too retarded for it.
41. Snow glare.
42. Spillages.
43. When someone looks over your shoulder to see what you're writing/typing when it's none of their business
44. My uncle theiving my dvds >.<
45. Having my toothbrush stolen!
46. That high pitched wail only mother is capable of producing.
47. The highwaisted skirt with tucked-in shirt that seems to be becoming fashionable again :S Quite frankly, I think you look like a tit.
48. Having meals too early/late
49. Hairdressers
50. Make-up
51. Rhona and Nicols attempts at making tea ¬¬
52. Finding sand in your shoes weeeeeeeks after being to the beach
53. Fainting
54. Panic attacks
55. Small enclosed spaces which contributes to both said previously.
56. Posters falling down on you whilst you're sleeping.
57. PeOplE WhO TYpe LiKe ThIS... FUCK OFF!
58. When someone feels the need to shout everything they say... Acceptable when drunk but otherwise you're just an annoying bastard.
59.Not being able to open food packages :[
60. Broken promises
61. Liars/cheaters
62. "Don't judge/label me" bullshit. It's human nature to judge and categorise. Get over yourself!
63. People smashing glass bottles. You're not 'Rock n' Roll', you're a cunt! I'll make you pay the veterinary bills when my dog/cat walks through it.
64. Soggy socks/jeans