I WANT SOME OF THESE

I'm surprised Nanny's global cousins haven't tracked down the makers of this product and forced them out of business.

After all, the packaging is rather attractive and I suppose it doesn't matter if they are only rolled with tea. The chiiildreen might just take to this sort of novelty idea and, as Nanny continually tells us, today's youth is so stupid they'd be moved to smoke the real thing as easy as they'd fall into hard drugs after a taste of cafe latte.

These cigarette shaped tea bags would no doubt have smokerphobics in a state of blind panic if I pulled one out of a pack in Starbucks or Pret a Manger after requesting a cup of boiling water.

As one who loves both tea and cigarettes, I could smoke both but tea is always best drunk and tobacco best smoked.

I'm sorely tempted to buy a pack or two of Cigarettea but there doesn't appear to be a link.

Ah well, time I put the kettle on again anyway.

ROYAL APPROVAL OF POLAND?

It's shame that Twinings is moving out of the UK and into Poland taking 286 jobs with it.

My other half's initial reaction was fear that the tea would't taste the same if it wasn't made in England. I pointed out that tea originates from India so it would probably be OK.

We drink Twinings and Yorkshire - loads of it. What we buy depends on which is cheaper at the supermarket. The price tends to change a bit from week to week.

I started buying it when I moved to Cornwall and couldn't find Yorkshire Tea. Twinings was "By Royal Appointment" after all and I thought if it was good enough for Her Maj then it was good enough for me. I wasn't disappointed. I am now.

Perhaps the Queen should rethink giving Royal approval to this particular tea company and perhaps consider bestowing it instead on one that considers the impact of a loss of jobs for British subjects.

Meanwhile, I think I'll stick with Yorkshire Tea.