NORTHERN PLANNER

Thanks to everyone who helped tea beat Diet Coke in the ultimate beverage bracket.

Now it’s the semi finals and tea will be taking on hot chocolate. And the mighty Raymond. Now Tom LR is both cleverer and funnier than I, so if wasn’t for the innate brilliance of tea, I wouldn’t have a hope. But that’s sort of the point for me.

As far as I’m concerned, tea should get your vote as one of those universal, humble little things that make up the fabric of most people’s day to day. Nothing too fancy , nothing too clever or flashy. Truly useful, brilliant stuff that just works is actually invisible. Tea likes it that way, so do I.

Tea is one of those quiet little unsung heroes that gets us through our day. It’s here for us morning, noon and night, yet it doesn’t for much in return. It doesn’t want any glory, it’s not macho like coffee, or it doesn’t require us to indulge ourselves like hot chocolate. It’s just there. All tea wants in return is a little respect, to be made properly, with due care and attention like George Orwell suggests.

This makes tea truly universal, across borders and generations. Every cup is a little dose of positivity to get us through the day. This blog shows the universality of tea (and all men should vote tea since it’s given a perfectly valid reason to look at lots of pretty girls).

Every cup is a little dose of slowness in an increasingly frantic world, a reminder that there should be time to think, time to reflect and let thoughts just bubble around.Like this charming little blog shows.

Vote for tea here. For something that gives us so much asks for so little in return, it’s the least you can do.