Your tea - your type

English Breakfast

A notoriously slow starter, you would never describe yourself as a morning person. You need this hearty brew to kick-start your day, and get the brain box really humming. But like a big old horse, once you're up and running, there is no stopping you, you'll run all day long and all night too given half a chance. Steer clear of senior colleagues during your first tea break, they might not be morning people either.

Oolong

Frequently misunderstood, you give the impression of being incredibly self-confident and self-assured. Your steely gaze and purposeful manner can easily intimidate others - not that you mean it to, well not most of the time anyway. You're scared that if they knew that this self-confidence was self-consciousness, you'd really be in trouble. March into the kitchen with your chin up and shoulders back.

Green tea

You are a person who demands balance in all parts of their life. Not prone to strong emotional outbursts, you are at one with yourself and others see you as a reliable and honest friend or colleague. You are likely to be very choosy about what you drink your tea from - no chipped or stained mugs for you. Consider taking life less seriously and learn how to play the teaspoons in your tea break!

Chun Mee

Like this variety of Chinese tea, you're a little bit of a 'smoothy', you know exactly how to turn on the charm, and this you shamelessly do more than you'd care to admit! What the rest of the world doesn't know is that this is just a smoke screen that hides a softer, more vulnerable side. Like the rest of us you're just looking for love. Keep your eyes open when you're brewing up, you might just find that special person sharing your kettle.

Gunpowder

Famed amongst your peers for having an eye for the bigger picture, you're an ideas person. Full of energy and vitality you can drive a project through to its conclusion. You hate having to deal with the details; it makes you feel like your trying to walk through treacle. Life is lived fast and you don't have time for those who can't keep up. Maybe it's time you took your foot off the accelerator at tea break time, relax for five minutes and let the rest catch up.

Sencha

You like to seek out the simple pleasures in life and find it easy to relax and find personal space, even when all around you are losing their cool. People see a calm, balanced person and aspire to your easy and confident manner. They also look up to you as a bit of a style guru. Be careful not to distance yourself from friends and colleagues too much and use your tea breaks to talk with them about the fun and frivolous things in life.

Jasmine

The spirit and the mind are inextricably linked in your head. If you keep your body pure and cleansed, then the mind will be equally pure and cleansed. Discipline is very important to you and very little you do is without good reason. Colleagues can be forgiven for thinking you're a little stuffy and unapproachable at times. Use your tea break as an opportunity to knock down those barriers - after all, friendship is as crucial as purity to a balanced soul.

Bubble tea

Bang up to date, you were wearing asymmetric tops long before anyone else was, you know what the new black is long before they do at Vogue. You tread a fine line between trendsetter and alternative styles, but you seem to get it right, most of the time anyway (the leopard skin was just a blip!). Allow yourself a private moment of satisfaction as you sip on your bubble tea whilst the rest of the team have an oh so '90s latte.

Chai

An inveterate traveller, you've got perpetually itchy feet and you're always on the look out for new places to visit. You picked up a taste for Chai when you were in India and have been drinking it ever since. Unfortunately, that's not the only thing you picked up. The fake gold Krishna doesn't look so bad on the mantelpiece, it's just a shame it was so expensive. Use your tea break to plan your next adventure.

Iced tea

You are the personification of reserved dignity, a perfect model of self-restraint and control. Amid the hustle and bustle, you maintain your poise and serenity, appearing to work in slow motion compared with everyone else, such is your air of composure. This steady reserve masks burning passions within that are so strong you are scared to release them. Be prepared to let your hair down at tea break time, you may find with your flaming desires released you won't need a lead to boil the kettle.

Fruit flavour tea

Fun and frivolity are what life is all about, so why does everybody else take things so seriously? But even you have to admit that sometimes we need to take a breather from the helter-skelter of life. You don't need to stop very often but when you do, relaxation becomes very important. Try to recreate that feeling of relaxation during your tea breaks; close your eyes and imagine being tucked up in front of a roaring fire with a good book and sipping a nice cup of tea.