A TEA-loving grandad has been buried with a box of his favourite brew.

       Leslie Dee’s family devised the floral tribute after he died aged 73 last month.

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       Leslie Dee’s family devised the floral tribute after he died aged 73 last month Credit: SWNS 3

       The floral box, in Yorkshire Tea’s green and red colours, was created by Plantation Florist in Leslie’s home city of Gloucester Credit: SWNS 3

       The dad-of-nine gained a love of tea while working as a brickie and drank up to 20 cups a day Credit: SWNS

       The dad-of-nine gained a love of tea while working as a brickie and drank up to 20 cups a day.

       Chad Dee — one of his 30 grandchildren — said: “Yorkshire Tea was his preferred brand. He’d buy 1,200 bags at a time.”

       Chad, 28, said even when Leslie was forced to spend more time at home after a hip replacement in 2019, his family would ensure the tea flowed.

       He said: “Grandad was a joker. He’d sometimes cough and go, ‘Oh my throat’s dry’, just so that we’d make him a cuppa!”

       The floral box, in Yorkshire Tea’s green and red colours, was created by Plantation Florist in Leslie’s home city of Gloucester.

       Up to 150 people attended the funeral on January 28.

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       Chad added: “We had traditional tributes as well but then we wanted stuff that was personal to him.

       “He was a wonderful man so, obviously, we wanted to show everyone how lovely he was.”