Would You Like Some Tea?

The British made a fetish out of tea - the Clipper Ship races from China, the 4 o'clock "high tea," the very way they made it (loose tea steeped in the pot, then poured over a strainer into the cup).

Of course, being haughty and of British descent, I had to drink tea in my bachelor days.  I even had a silver tea infuser to make it.  And my dates thought I was cultured, as opposed to a typically horny guy (which, of course, I was).

Then I met curmudgeons.  No tea in THAT community.  Coffee.  Generally black.  And it is much easier to make than tea.  With tea, you put the tea in the hot water for 3-5 minutes (no more lest it become acidy), fuss over "tea services" and such.  Coffee - you just push the button on your Mr. Coffee.

And we curmudgeons know our buttons.