My cup of tea refers to the sort of thing that pleases or (11) to me. The (12) is nearly always used (13) . The (14) came into use between the First and Second World Wars. In the Victorian age the (15) of tea by all classes had not yet, (16) among men, become common. A more likely metaphor then, (17) from food or drink for something not to one’s (18) , would have been, say, "not my pot of beer", or among the well-to-do classes," not my glass of wine".
Later the increasing employment of women in offices led to the introduction of afternoon tea, (19) .This variation would naturally lend itself to the expression (20) .