Inspired by the Proper tea post below.....
Basicaly the story concerns a young hitchiker who decides to backpack around Australia on his gap year. It's going pretty well, and so far he hasn't been stung by anything poisonous or decapitated by a local psychopath or anything.

A couple of weeks in he comes to a small town by the name of Mercy. He's pretty exausted, so he stops by the local cafe for a drink. He notices that everyone is drinking the same kind of drink, that looks to be some kind of tea, so he asks the guy behind the bar what they're drinking. "that's Koala Tea mate, we make it round here, in fact the town's pretty famous for it"

Being vaugely adventerous, he gets a cup of Koala tea and sits down to drink it. When he takes a gulp however his mouth is full of gritty bits of leaf and he chokes a bit. He goes up to the bar and tells the barman that there's something wrong with it. The barman looks at him and says - "Nope mate, that's normal. The Koala tea of Mercy is not strained"
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 14:43, 4 replies)

Very good.
Original?
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 15:19, closed)

I wish.....
Courtesy of my dad, he's an english teacher specialising in bad puns. That's why it's a bad pun about shakespere :)
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 16:57, closed)

Shakespeare nerd
Love it.

*click*
(Ellinikos contains a source of phenylalanine, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 11:15, closed)

About the *ahem* Merchant who sold it to you
I don't suppose he went to court shortly after your visit, did he?
(Helixdaunting, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 22:50, closed)