... so
I figured I'd start a light topic (plus I'm new so I figured it would
help me know where people are coming from). How did you get your start
in tea?

Well, In our family, half English and half American, what else could
you drink? I believe that My grandma kept a coffee pot going in her
home, but grandpa drank mostly tea. He even had a moustache cup,
which had a sipping space below a moustache guard. Very necessary in
the early part of the 20th century if you didn't want to have a soggy
cookie duster when you were done with your tea.

Dad came from the mountains of Appelachia. His family, though english,
drank coffee. But in our home, my parents drank both. I wasn't
allowed to drink tea til I could afford to buy my own but it has been
my drink of choice ever since.

I tried to learn to drink coffee for a few years, but I'm allergic to
it so tea it is. I've only begun to branch out into gourmet tea,
Twinnings, Harrogate, etc. Before that, Liptons was the best
available, and my husband still drinks it almost exclusively.

Kitty