Tea drinker's block

Due to my current area of employment and my temporal location on this planet I have the handsome aspects of a pale Irishman who's stuck on front of a computer as our few hours of sunlight trickle through that alliterative atmosphere and flirts with the potential of nourishing our bodies with Vitamin D. This predicament leads to Ireland being the biggest consumer of tea in the world, per unit capita, and to my being a solid contributor to this impressive statistic. There has not really been much study in this area but I can safely postulate that tea's popularity is subliminally suggested by our government to quail the suicide rates during the long winters of misery and discontent all year around[1].

Now. I think it can be safely said that I drink at least 6-8 cups of tea a day. Dr. House leads me to believe that if one was to consume similar quantities of carrots they would turn orange. So why am I not the pleasing colour of a fine mug of Barry's Gold Blend but rather that of milk?This question keeps me up most nights, as well all deep questions should. I think more research is needed so I will be accepting volunteer applications for drinking tea. All welcome. This research only extends to Barry's tea. No inferior teas, such as Lyons, will be subject to this research.

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[1] See "Learn from Peig - How to laugh with life's ups and downs", by Peig Sayors, from the Peig Sayers 'Beating depression' series