tea time?

It's a cold rainy winter Saturday. I'm chilly. It's a perfect time for drinking tea.

But do I want to make myself some tea? Nope, it is too much trouble. It is a hot drink that I'll have to let sit a long time till it's cooled enough not to burn my mouth. It's an unhealthy sugary drink, because even the ones that taste all right plain, I prefer sweet. It's a hot sugary drink that takes effort to make, and which will end up making me need to pee more than usual.

I'll stick to cold water, thank you very much.

Thinking through this, I realize that despite having a cabinet full of teas, I'm simply not a tea drinker. Maybe that is *why* I have a cabinet full of teas - because I hardly ever drink them!

I mean sure, given a choice between coffee and tea, I'll take tea because coffee I can't even. And given a choice between black tea and herbal, I'll take herbal because I can do black, but only with even more sugar to mask the bitterness; I don't actually *like* black tea.

I have nostalgic memories of drinking herbal teas as a child. When it's the right temperature and amount of sweetness, it can taste quite good. And there are so many flavors to choose from!

But still, given a choice between making myself tea or pouring myself a glass of cold water, the latter usually wins.