Recently you may have noticed it was National Tea Day. We LOVE a good
cuppa at Hunters…but then don’t most of us Brits? There’s something so
comforting about a well-made cup of tea in a nice mug or china cup or even a
takeaway cup or a travel mug. However it comes, it’s a national treasure.
We love it so much over 200 million cups of the stuff are drunk every
single day by us as a nation. (although I probably have about five cups a day,
so I contribute more than my fair share towards that figure – apparently that
puts me in the top 25 per cent of tea drinkers.)
But there’s two things that that help contribute to a cup of tea being a
really enjoyable brew, instead of just a mediocre one. First is the tea used.
Loose leaf or tea bags, it’s got to be good quality. We love Twinings,
Yorkshire Tea and Taylors of Harrogate. (we also have lots of herbal and fruit
teas if that’s your preference – Pukka do some fantastic ones to help refresh
and energise or relax and unwind.)
The second component of a great cup of tea is that it’s the right
strength for you. Last week saw some research from Premier Inn that revealed
the perfect strength of tea. You can see here for the colour chart that reveals that perfect
shade of brown.
But surely everyone has their own personal favourite shade? And although
the colour chart offers six options (from nearly black to bordering on never
seen a teabag in its life), the beauty of tea is there’s a million different
ways of taking it. And everyone has their own personal favourite in terms of
strength, milk, sweetness and a biscuit to dunk (got to be a oatie biscuit in
my opinion). There’s no right and wrong, it’s just not your cup of tea.
Literally and figuratively speaking.
It’s quite funny that, despite the fact that we’re Brits so we don’t
like to complain, we will happily tell someone their tea-making skills are
terrible. Making a good cuppa is like a badge of honour – and arguments are
taking place in offices and homes across the country right now on whose turn it
is to put on the kettle.
It’s yours by the way – mine’s Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold with
a splash of semi skimmed and no sugar. Thanks!
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