A.3 Nasty Habits

The teabags sold in UK supermarkets tend to make stronger tea than their rather frightening American counterparts. If you can get hold of some British teabags, you can make tea the way they do at London train stations . We call this British Rail tea.

When you order a cup of tea at a London train station they dump milk, sugar, teabag, and boiling water into the cup at the same time and then hand it to you. This makes for a uniquely generic flavor that is just right for an early morning zombie commute. You can achieve similar results on a larger scale by using a full- sized insulated carafe instead of a cup. This should last you all morning, and keep you "going" all afternoon. ^[1]

^[1] Caffeine is a diuretic. Tea generally has less caffeine than coffee, but if you drink an entire carafe's worth of either over the course of a morning you will need to visit the facilities.