Mr Salali's cup of tea

The excellent Salali's cup of tea has multiple and changing definitions. These include, London, rainy weather, cold water, the Paddington Basin, canal boats in Little Venice, music and quiet conversation. They do not include football, the police or ungentlemanly manners. He learned the phrase not my cup of tea from an English stranger, presumably a gentlemanly one, in a bar in the Kensington