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 …

[Chris]

question

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

[voshkin]

We, The IT

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

So What's the IT angle?

[Anonymous Coward]

tea?

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

[graeme leggett]

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.

[ingie]

reading lessons

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

[Charlie Clark]

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?

[Sarah Bee]

Re: question

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

[Toastan Buttar]

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.

[Henry]

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...

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: question

By Sarah Bee

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

Please don't ask Professor Kevin Warwick that question!

[alan]

re sarah

touché

Made me laugh :)

[Anonymous Coward]

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?

[weirdcult]

@Sarah Bee

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

[Jason]

@ Sarah

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

[Sarah Bee]

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.

[Psymon]

@sarah bee

Thanks for that!

I laughed so hard a little wee came out!

mines the one with the curious stains in the pocket

[Wize]

@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.

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

[Yorkshirepudding]

@ sarab bee's comments

haha snap she's got you owned fellas

[Will]

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.

[Anonymous Coward]

@Sarah Bee2

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

[Tom]

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

[Coalescence]

Ban the sugar lover

Sugar in tea is just plain wrong.

Yorkshire Tea all the way

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

[Irk]

IT angle

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

[Anonymous Coward]

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..?