This had better be an April Fools joke…

Tea prices set to increase as consumption begins to outweigh manufacture, according to the BBC.

I can just imagine the news reports in a weeks time:

Britain panics. Supermarket shelves have been emptied of teabags as panic buying grips the nation. World leaders are set to meet in order to discuss a global tea contingency strategy. Hospitals are struggling to cope under the pressure now put upon them by many being forced into going cold turkey, and police are now out in record numbers in attempts to curb any violence which may erupt between bands of roaming tea addicts who may be facing sobriety for the fist time in upwards of 15 years.