Mary nodded. "Yes. A hot drink, made with dried leaves." She gathered the teapot and cups on a tray, and opened the container of Earl Grey to show him.
"There are many different types and blends. It's grown in places like India and China - lands to the East. But it is Britain's national drink. We consume vast amounts of it, and from what I've gathered it doesn't stop in my future. I was terrified making it for Arthur, because if the man who is to become King Arthur hadn't liked tea that I made him I would never have been able to call myself English again," she joked.