3rd August 2006, 06:02 PM
Despite the 'hard to shake' boozy image I actually know that the preferred drink of the majority of archaeologists is tea. Unshakeable fact. Have you ever known an archaeologist miss a tea break? (Other than the cranky ones, who need to get a life.....!!)
Of course I am not saying that tea doesn't on occassions get 'fortfied' (especially during dark, wet and cold winter tea times). Or even in the summer....I well remember a breakfast in Portsmouth many years back that introduced me to the delights of anchovies and slices of raw chili on toast and lapsong suchong mixed with Gordons Gin rather than milk (Maybe even a discussion as to whether, if invited to tea with elderly members of the Royal Family, it was polite for one to put the gin in the teacup before or after the tea!!)
Of course I am not saying that tea doesn't on occassions get 'fortfied' (especially during dark, wet and cold winter tea times). Or even in the summer....I well remember a breakfast in Portsmouth many years back that introduced me to the delights of anchovies and slices of raw chili on toast and lapsong suchong mixed with Gordons Gin rather than milk (Maybe even a discussion as to whether, if invited to tea with elderly members of the Royal Family, it was polite for one to put the gin in the teacup before or after the tea!!)