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Cost of a cuppa set to rocket

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned the price of tea will "jump to a record high" following droughts in India, Kenya and Sri Lanka, which have hit production hard. According to the Financial Times, the loss of yield will exacerbate a 2008 deficit which saw demand at 3.85m tonnes, while production …

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eummm What's the it angle? Apart from that it ppl also need tea breaks

IT Angle

We, The IT

We, the IT people drink coffe. at least, during the daytime.

So What's the IT angle?

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tea?

..and the IT infrastructure that the tea depeneds on.... wait.... what's this story about again?

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cost of a cuppa

raw ingredients (tesco prices)

3 teaspoons sugar, about 1 pence

1 pg tips teabag, about tuppence

splash of milk, about halfpennyworth

boiling water, not that much

So even a 100% hike wouldn't actually affect underlying costs.

IT Angle

reading lessons

reg hacks need to swot up on the difference between "IT" and "High Tea"

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Something must be done!

Don't give a shit about the price of oil and petrol. But a cuppa is every man's right. The government should introduce a "windfall" tax on Brooke Bond, et al. and cut their bonuses. I bet MPs get an increase in their expenses to cover the dramatic rise but what about the man in the street?

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Re: question

I don't know. What's the IT angle of your face?

IT Angle

IT angle ?

Never heard of the Lyons Electronic Office ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer)

Besides, I may have to cut down my usage of my Infinite Improbability Drive if the cost of a nice hot cup of tea goes up much more.

Unhappy

Who cares about the IT angle??

... this is serious business. As such it should be reported in ALL British publications from the Beekeeper's Almanac to the Cottager's Daily...

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By Sarah Bee

I don't know. What's the IT angle of your face?

Please don't ask Professor Kevin Warwick that question!

Happy

re sarah

touché

Made me laugh :)

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Yes, but...

Okay, we got the price in Kenya, the drought situation and production reduction in India - but what we really want to know is, what's the price of tea in China?

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@Sarah Bee

please see piece on "luteal phase". Or maybe you already have?

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@ Sarah

I'm sure we can arrange an IT angle on his face with a few 4U servers I have knocking around....

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Re: @Sarah Bee

I don't need hormones to make me angry. I just need hundreds and hundreds of commentards like you. You're like living, breathing, belching, prattling, sniggering internet hormones who struggle to come up with original ideas.

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@sarah bee

Thanks for that!

I laughed so hard a little wee came out!

mines the one with the curious stains in the pocket

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@voshkin

"We, the IT people drink coffe."

Less of the 'we'

I'm the IT guy in my office and I can't stand coffee.

Mine's the one with the flask of tea in the pocket.

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Re: Re: @Sarah Bee

Don't worry Sarah - he's only showing off because he learned things about women's bodies from that show on channel 4 last night.

Most of those hormonal teens were far more experienced and mature than weirdcult can ever hope to be - he probably lives in his mum's box room and has a circle of stiff socks around his workstation.

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@ sarab bee's comments

haha snap she's got you owned fellas

Stop

I Tea

Everyone knows computers are run by brownian motion devices at their core, such as a nice cup of tea. CPU prices will soar.

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@Sarah Bee2

Well why don't YOU come up with an original relevant article idea, then we won't complain!

Happy

So we will need a subsitute*

It would of course be... almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

*a product of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation

Ban the sugar lover

Sugar in tea is just plain wrong.

Yorkshire Tea all the way

Oh for fucks sake.

First the Scottish government decide I'm not paying enough for my lager, and now this. I might as well just stock the cellar full of bottled water and tins, then come out when everything is better again.

Stop

IT angle

What's the IT angle? *I* need *TEA*. Isn't that enough?

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Lovely tea

Just had 3Kg of loose-leaf Welsh Brew delivered to the house- cost us about a tenner. Me & the Mrs love tea. Once that supply runs out (in about a month, maybe), then we'll be seriously concerned about a doubling of the wholesale price. Mind you, if we stopped snorting it off the naked derrieres of the local rugby team's hookers and started boiling it, maybe that would help..?

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