Quote by George Mikes
The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink.

The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labor bore fruit. – George Mikes

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Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink… – Honore de Balzac

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Chocolate, men, coffee – some things are better rich. – Anon.

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After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm. – Diane Ackerman

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Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water. – Anon.

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