"a drink that spoke more unfathomably to the deeps of the British soul than to that of other races" Quite fathomable, we're a bunch of alcoholics (only partly

"a drink that spoke more unfathomably to the deeps of the British soul than to that of other races" Quite fathomable, we're a bunch of alcoholics (only partly joking). #6 in this list of 33 countries (2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita#2015_WHO_data_for_OECD_%28Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development%29_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c... #25 in this list of 191 (2010 figures) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita#2010_WHO_data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c... Nothing against booze (certainly not allergic to a G&T either) but we can go a bit OTT with it.