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

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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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