Now that I've read the articles I can make a better response.

1. More ammo for telling my doctor, who keeps telling me to drop caffeine, that he will only been able take away my tea from my cold, dead hands.

2. I've been drinking tea since my teens. It became a daily thing when I went to college. Since loose tea is fairly rare in the States, even moreso 25 years ago, I got funny looks when I'd scoop dry leafy stuff out of a cannister into my tea infuser.