tea

The Elixir of life. No greater destiny can be known by any leaf than this: that it should lay down its life as an infusion. The British nation consumes a larger volume of water each day in tea than in every other domestic soft drink put together, including drinking water straight. When they say we are a nation of tea drinkers, they're not taking the pee. (Although thanks to the diuretic properties of tea, shortly afterwards, most of us are.)