How much tea do you drink in a day?
Oh, at least nine cups, sometimes more. I have my favourite flavours but I love to try out different flavours and tea from different regions of the world.

I believe your tryst with tea started very early in life…
Well, yes, my surname was a dead giveaway. When I was eight years old my geography teacher once asked me to talk to my classmates about India and tea. He knew my father and since most of the academic year was already over, he figured it would be a good time to expand the minds of his students. So I went home and armed with tea samples and a briefing from my father, who was then a director at Twinings, I gave my first tea tasting demonstration and lecture to 20 of my pals. They were wide-eyed. To them tea was that brown liquid with milk added that their parents had at home. They had no idea it could be green, black, light brown, yellow…all sorts. Shocked by their lack of awareness, I made up my mind that I would spread the word about England’s favourite drink when I grew up.