Just what the Doctor ordered

From: Michael Pickard
Date: 27 June 2010 10:33:59 GMT+01:00
To: Tea Appreciation Society
Subject: Ban on sugary tea in Welsh hospitals

Hello,

I wondered if the Tea Appreciation Society may be interested in commenting on a story I am writing for tomorrow’s newspaper.

Vending machines in Welsh hospitals are to be banned from offering sugar in tea due to “risk of health”.

If anyone from the society would be interested in commenting, it would be great to hear from you.

Regards,

Michael Pickard
Reporter
Daily Express

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Dear Michael

Thanks for your email.

I am merely the co-founder of the Tea Appreciation Society and cannot comment for the society as a whole, but my personal view is thus…

It’s another example of the ‘nanny state’. These puritan values only demean us. If one chooses to drink a cup of wishy washy tea – the taste of which is closer to that of cats piss from a vending machine – then surely the consumer has the right to mask the disgusting flavour with a lovely lump of sugar.

Regards

Shayne House

Co-Founder
Tea Appreciation Society

It didn’t make it into the printed article. They chose to quote a Doctor from the Tea Advisory Panel instead.