IT IS FAIR to say that tea is the lifeblood of this entire island. You cannot get 4 feet into any household before being offered tea. And even if you don’t want it, it’ll be offered to you another 4 times before you accept because we all have a little bit of Mrs. Doyle in us.

The captain of the Peruvian football team has been banned from the world cup for testing positive for cocaine, of which he says was in some tea he drank pic.twitter.com/KCwrOmCeu7

— B (@goddammitbrian) May 22, 2018

Here’s 11 more tweets you can relate to if you’re just plain devoted to tea.

Nothing gets done before your first cup.

Me without my sugared tea pic.twitter.com/uruf9t3VKi

— Abbi (@HydroAbbiFlower) May 19, 2018

And you can never just limit yourself to one.

On to my second pint of tea....

— Tom Doorley (@tomdoorley) May 13, 2018

You can literally bring it anywhere.

Hope he’s making tea for the whole carriage x pic.twitter.com/wfwahMnMCp

— Kayla Gannon (@kaylagannon17) May 21, 2018

And it will fix any and all problems.

Today is my first day off from exams college and work in 16 days and I am spending the day in my jammies drinking tea and watching netflix 😭 So content

— meg❤️ (@shmegan95) May 21, 2018

It can be a great gift if you’re stuck.

My dad rang Jay today for his birthday and put a tea bag in his card and wrote “have a drink on us” he is the most adorable human being

— 🌻 (@shabbathehutt) May 20, 2018

And it can be jammed into nearly any product.

Barry’s tea gin! How did I not know this pic.twitter.com/Ek4IgiOVOK

— Sarah Buckley Music (@sarbuckleymusic) May 21, 2018

Herbal tea is still that little bit trickier.

*tries to be healthy*

*makes green tea*

*forgets about teabag*

40 mins later.. pic.twitter.com/FM3TnJdv0j

— Leanne / REPEAL THE 8TH (@LeanneWoodfull) May 20, 2018

And it seems to come with a lot more baggage.

When you're in holland and Barrett trying to get some herbal tea and the employee tries to sell you the whole Amazon rainforest and magical coconut oil for half price with it... pic.twitter.com/ozafwEeKDH

— Aimee (@21Amybyrne) May 18, 2018

We all have very strong opinions on how it should be made.

Tea is a savoury drink, not a sweet one. If you sweeten your tea you're just lying to yourself about liking it so make a cup of hot chocolate and set yourself free.

— Colm Says ❎ YES (@0x0454) May 18, 2018

And we will never, ever leave the country without it.

Somehow a suitcase i packed with a mug and 240 tea bags was 2kg underweight?

— Repeal O’Neill (@ronronzo) September 8, 2016

Because otherwise this happens and that’s just not right.

New York is an amazing town and I am sorry to leave but I am not sorry about getting back to a proper tea situation: the server just gave me a cup of hot water with milk in it and a tea bag beside it and I had to whisper four verses of Amhran na Bhfiann before it would darken.

— Dave Rudden For Yes (@d_ruddenwrites) May 21, 2018

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