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English Tea

English Tea. Britain is a tea-drinking nation. Every day they drink 165 million cups and each year around 144 thousand tons of tea are imported.

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English Tea

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  1. EnglishTea

  2. Britain is a tea-drinking nation. Every day they drink 165 million cups and each year around 144 thousand tons of tea are imported.

  3. Tea in Britain is traditionally brewed in a warmed china teapot, adding one spoonful of tea per person and one for the pot. Most Britons like their tea strong and dark, but with a lot of milk.

  4. 1. Boil some fresh cold water. 2. Put some hot water into the teapot to make it warm.3. Pourthewateraway4.Put one teaspoon of tea-leaves per person, and one extra tea-spoon, into the pot.5.Pour boiling water onto the tea.6.Leave for a few minutes.7.Serve The traditional way of making tea is:

  5. Didyouknow?

  6. WhichTea? There are currentlyalmost 1,500 differentteas in Britain. Theyallvary in style, tasteand color. IndianTeasIndia isoneofthemaingrowersexporting 12% oftheworld’steas. Thethreemaintypes popular in the UK are: • Darjeelingwhich comes fromNorthern India andis a light delicatetea – perfect for AfternoonTeas. • CeylonTeaisslightlystrongerthanDarjeeling. Itisaromaticwith a slightlysharptaste. • Assamis a strongteawhich stands upwell to beingblended. • Otherteasfound in BritainandIreland are Darjeeling Orange Pekoe,orCeylonBroken Orange Pekoe.Thisteaisnotorange in flavor, butdescribesthesizeofleaf. China TeasThebirthplaceoftea China produces 18% oftheworld’stea . Twofavoritetypes are: • LapsangSouchongisperhapsthemostfamousof china teas, thebestcomingfromthehills in northFujian. Ithas a smoky aroma and flavor. • Yunnanis a blackteafromtheprovinceofYunnan. Therich, earthy flavor is similar to Assam andmakes a greatbreakfasttea. • There are manyothervarietiesfromboth India and China andothercountry’swhichinclude green teas, whiteteasandaromatics.

  7. Etiquette when attending a tea party Greeting/handshake After sitting down — put purse on lap or behind you against chair back Napkin placement — unfold napkin on your lap, if you must leave temporarily place napkin on chair. Sugar/lemon— sugar is placed in cup first, then thinly sliced lemon and never milk and lemon together. Milk goes in after. The habit of putting milk in tea came from the French. “To put milk in your tea before sugar is to cross the path of love, perhaps never to marry.” (Tea superstition)

  8. The correct order when eating on a tea tray is to eat savories first, scones next and sweets last. We have changed our order somewhat. We like guests to eat the scones first while they are hot, then move to savories, then sweets. • Scones— split horizontally with knife, curd and cream is placed on plate. Use the knife to put cream on each bite. Eat with fingers neatly. • .

  9. Proper placement of spoon — the spoon always goes behind cup, also don’t leave the spoon in the cup. • Proper holding of cup — do not put your pinky “up”, this is not correct. A guest should look into the teacup when drinking — never over it

  10. Tea Words and phrasesTea break, High tea, tea time, tea party, tea towel and many more terms have derived from the tradition of drinking tea. Tea breaks are when tea and biscuits are served. The traditional time for tea breaks are at 11:00 am (Elevensee) and 4 pm in the afternoon. If something is not quite to your taste, it’s probably 'not your cup of tea'. e.g. Windsurfing is not my cup of tea.

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