British feared nuclear tea loss
Via Yahoo!
In addition to relevant concerns about, oh, safe drinking water and bread, the British naturally feared losing their most valuable caffeinated commodity.
“The tea position would be very serious with a loss of 75 percent of stocks and substantial delays in imports and with no system of rationing it would be wrong to consider that even one ounce (28 grams) per head per week could be ensured,” according to a memo drafted between 1954 and 1956.
May 8th, 2008 at
“Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally
coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always
be the favorite beverage of the intellectual.”
Thomas de Quincey
May 9th, 2008 at
May 9th, 2008 at