When I first moved to London seven years ago (a painfully long time, am I really that old?) I couldn't stand having milk in my tea. I didn't even know that this was how most every Brit drank it, so when I was first asked if I wanted a cup of tea I just agreed, not knowing what I was signing up for. And the first time you meet someone and they're making you tea in their house, you're not really going to ask them to make you a new cup when you realize that they put milk in it.
A couple of moves back and forth to England, however, have made me unable to drink my tea without milk in it. There's nothing more relaxing than a big cup of hot, steaming English breakfast tea with a drop of milk in it.
And tonight the tea tastes better than ever, as I made a little trip to the English shop here in Stockholm, http://www.englishshop.se/, and bought myself som PG Tips, the bestest tea in the world. I love the English shop, I'm quite a frequent customer, but mostly I just go there to browse the aisles. Food is such a big part of a country and certain foods just really remind you certain people, situations or places.
When you love tea just as much as the next English person, is that when you have become one of them?
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