Meet the man whose taste buds have been insured for a MILLION POUNDS (He drinks TEA for a living!)

Now, we've heard of house insurance, travel insurance, and even life insurance...but one that's never really occurred to us is taste-bud insurance.

Yes, you read that right, TASTE BUD insurance...for the hefty sum of one MILLION pounds!

His taste buds are worth one MILLION pounds. No Joke. Image - Sky News

The owner of those £1,000,000 taste buds is Sebastian Michaelis, who works for the tea-bag company Tetley. As part of his 'training' for the role of master blender, Sebastian took a FIVE YEAR training 'course' in, yes, tasting tea!

According to Tetley, its experts can taste up to 1,000 different teas a day, a Michaelis claims to be able to taste and grade tea using a "slurp and spit" method in just 15 seconds.

With Britain a nation of tea lovers (165 million cups of tea are drunk every DAY in the UK), it does appear there is a need for tea experts...along with their £1,000,000 taste buds!

Not bad for drinking tea all day, eh...I wonder if he gets a biscuit with each one too?