Sally Nieman

The best types of tea: -The tea brought to you in bed on a Sunday morning -The tea that comforts you after bad news, gives you the energy to carry on -The leaning on the worktop after cleaning the kitchen tea (usually held in two hands) -The “struggle to take a glove off as someone hands it to you” gardening break tea -The tea you almost forget to drink when you’re in a rush but you remember it just in time -The hotel room tea -The tea with a cooked breakfast -The recovering in hospital tea -The tea on the freezing sidelines of a Sunday League football match -The back at the desk after a long meeting tea -The first tea of the day -The first tea of the new year -The tea you take to bed -The tea while slapping a new coat of paint on the walls -The tea in the shed -The tea while staring out the window on a rainy Saturday afternoon -The tea you celebrate with (and calm down with) when you’ve just received very good news -The tea you didn’t expect to be offered -The tea in a museum cafe -The free tea -The tea after an argument -The tea that gives you an excuse to open the good biscuits -The tea with a view -The tea with buttered toast -The “afternoon tea” with lots of little sandwiches and cakes -The tea in a tent while camping -The tea from a flask on an Autumn hike -The tea while reading a book in an armchair on a rare day off with not a care in the world -The tea after a hard day at work -The tea after getting in from a run / bike ride -The first tea back in your home after a holiday -The picnic tea -The ‘break up a long car journey’ tea -The tea you make for someone and they say it’s a really lovely cup of tea, one of the best teas they’ve ever had -The tea made by your Mum/Dad