Tea, not coffee - Totally Off the Beam

[meidbh]

Steve:
"Totally of the main subject; I'm curious to what extent young kids 
drink coffee and tea in Britian? How young are they when they start? 
How much do they drink?"
  
Jen: 
"I'm sure with the boom of coffee-houses, and readily available
drinks with all the syrups, whipped cream, etc., a higher percentage
of kids get hooked really early on (Starbucks, winning the war for
brand loyalty by age 10)."


Meidbh now:
When I was growing up in Ireland most kids (especially country kids)
drank lots of (very) milky tea. It was a staple of the traditional 
diet until soft drinks and fruit juices started to become cheaper 
and more readily available. Nowadays it's not very common for really 
young kids to drink tea or coffee, but like Jen says, slick 
marketing and the shocking sugaring up of coffee(and tea)is drawing 
the older ones in. 

Off on another tangent - why do you think Warner Bros kept the kids 
out of the Three Broomsticks? 

Meidbh (quite glad to be indoors on a wild and squally night)