Run-off, of troy! Ha!

I don't know whether it is because I am in (most likely) my last couple of decades, but, as so often seems to be the case with many my age, we start looking at our horrible collection of bad health habits and try to begin undoing a little of the damage to prolong this ecstatic luxury called life. Anyhow, I do drink coffee and have tried cutting back--and successfully.

However, of troy, we really should try switching to hot tea because of all the health benefits in tea. I believe there are nutrients in tea not found in coffee. Magnesium seems to ring a bell from those days that I did drink hot tea. Not that you're in my age bracket yet, but perhaps we should give hot tea another try, road run-off or not! (Of course, you were writing about the smoky tea and not tea in general. Personally, hot tea leaves a kind of coarse film on the enamel, or so I've speculated.)