Four out of five British people don’t know how to make their tea correctly, according to a stirring new study.
Researchers at University College London (UCL) found Britons fail to brew their tea for anything like the required length of time, which they say is up to five minutes.
Professor of Materials and Society at University College London, Mark Miodownik, told the Telegraph: “What frustrates me is the British think they know about tea, but most people have no idea what they are doing.
“It’s obviously subjective but I feel people are missing out on a drink which could be so much more sophisticated because they don’t wait for the tea to brew long enough.”
“Tea is made of 30,000 different chemicals, it’s a very complex thing and those molecules take time to emerge and influence each other.”
“I think of all the people who grow and pick these plants in order for you to experience this wonderfully complex drink and at the last minute Brits throw that all away by brewing it badly.”
Miodownik also said if people want a milky drink they should opt for something other than tea.
The study suggested that the optimum temperature for drinking is around 65C… see more
source: RT
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