Brewing up a love story over a pot of tea

John McAreavey has spoken about how drinking tea as a student played a central role in him falling in love with his wife Michaela.

The 27-year-old daughter of Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte was brutally murdered in Jan 2011, while on honeymoon with John at the Legend’s Hotel in Mauritius. Two men were acquitted of her murder last year.

Writing in Put the Kettle on: Ireland’s Love Affair With Tea, compiled by Juanita Browne, John spoke of how after hectic college nights out in Belfast, tea played a seminal role in bringing him into contact with the woman he would eventually marry.