Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities…will always be the favored beverage of the intellectual.

 – Thomas DeQuincy (1875-1959) Confession of an English Opium Eater –

… and what is intelligence without a dose of madness? – ‘Take some more tea,’ the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.’I’ve had nothing yet,’ Alice replied in an offended tone, ‘so I can’t take more.”You mean you can’t take LESS,’ said the Hatter: ‘it’s very easy to take MORE than nothing.’….

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