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Hey, it's Francis, and I have a problem.

The amount of caffeine my body likes in a day is exactly one 12 ounce

cup of coffee. But after making this episode last year, like all I want to do all day is sip

on pot after pot of tea after I have that coffee. So I hope you don't suffer the same fate as I do.

Take a listen. I'm Frances Lamb and you don't suffer the same fate as I do. Take a listen.

I'm Francis Lamb, and you're listening to The Splendid Table from APM.

Hey, so put on your coffee, because I don't want you to spit it out.

But did you know that around the world people drink three times more tea than coffee? Tea is by far the most consumed drink in the world,

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