“raving.†Johnson published a droll defense of his habit when he happened to review a polemic entitled An Essay on Tea, Considered as Pernicious to Health, Obstructing Industry, and Impoverishing the Nation. He himself, he acknowledged, was “a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle has scarcely time to cool, who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnights, and with tea welcomes Damrosch, Leo. The Club (Kindle Locations 2539-2542). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. ”
