Most Brits Don't Know How To Make A Decent Cuppa
Posted: 17 Mar 2015, 17:07Most Brits Don't Know How To Make A Decent Cup Of Tea, Study Suggests
The Huffington Post UK | By Rachel Moss
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We Brits may be known for our love of tea, but according to a new study, the majority of us don't know how to make a decent cuppa.
Researchers from University College London (UCL) studied the tea-drinking habits of 1,000 Brits as part of British Science Week.
They found that while three quarters of the nation drink at least one cup of tea each day, 80% of us don't let our tea brew for long enough to achieve the optimum taste.
According to the researchers, tea should be brewed for between two and five minutes to release its full flavour.
But 37% of tea-drinkers brew their tea for significantly less time at one to two minutes on average.
“This may be controversial, but the British do not understand how to make tea! Or at least they're not doing it properly. And it's because they don't understand the variables," Mark Miodownik, Professor of Materials and Society at University College London and spokesperson for British Science Week, said in the study.
"Expediency is causing us to throw chemistry out of the window - we're not allowing our tea to brew for long enough, to release the flavours properly."
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03 ... 1426587196
The Huffington Post UK | By Rachel Moss
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We Brits may be known for our love of tea, but according to a new study, the majority of us don't know how to make a decent cuppa.
Researchers from University College London (UCL) studied the tea-drinking habits of 1,000 Brits as part of British Science Week.
They found that while three quarters of the nation drink at least one cup of tea each day, 80% of us don't let our tea brew for long enough to achieve the optimum taste.
According to the researchers, tea should be brewed for between two and five minutes to release its full flavour.
But 37% of tea-drinkers brew their tea for significantly less time at one to two minutes on average.
“This may be controversial, but the British do not understand how to make tea! Or at least they're not doing it properly. And it's because they don't understand the variables," Mark Miodownik, Professor of Materials and Society at University College London and spokesperson for British Science Week, said in the study.
"Expediency is causing us to throw chemistry out of the window - we're not allowing our tea to brew for long enough, to release the flavours properly."
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03 ... 1426587196