Expat and a confirmed Tea drinker
Being a British Expat it has to be TEA! Strong, hot, with milk and occasionally with a spoon of sugar. Builders tea.
Funny when living in London what did I drink – cappuccino, latte, etc from large take away cups from trendy coffee bars.
Now having a proper (as I deem it) cup of tea has more significance. Here in the Netherlands, tea is made by a quick dip of a tea bag of no strength into luke warm water – whether herbal or black tea. And served without milk. I can drink tasty herbal tea or fresh mint leaves diffused by hot water but I gotta to have strong tasty black tea to make what I consider a proper cup of tea. Again tea bags or tea leaves I like I have to bring back from UK or Ireland of have imported from tea specialists. Hence why a good cup of tea has more significance whilst living overseas.
A nice cup of tea always makes things better 
I hear you! I am always surprised at how much coffee there is in England, when I consider it the land of tea, and always do a high tea when there.
Oh, I can only imagine how hard it is to bear luke warm water and a drop of tea – strong, brewed for at least 5 minutes, is the only acceptable way! (And, a bit of clotted cream on the side is heaven.
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Heather – thanks for your comment and glad to hear you could survive if based in the UK or Ireland
What is bizarre is that here in the Netherlands they love English style High Tea yet still don’t serve a proper blended cup of tea such as Darjeeling etc.
And I must try the clotted cream!