We crave a simple hot cup of tea with a splash of milk while they insist on adding ice cubes and a slice of lemon.

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His notion of a day's work was to ask a passer-by for tuppence for a cup of tea and, having got the money, produce Thermos, milk and sugar for the astonished benefactor and inquire whether they wanted one lump, or two.

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