ContentsHistory.Traditional way of making tea.Why do they like tea so much?Britain’s favourite teas.Rich tea.Afternoon tea today.High tea.Bibliography.

HistoryThe first dated reference to tea in

Britain is from an advert in a London newspaper. It announced that ‘China Drink, called by the Chinese, Tcha, by other Nations Tay alias Tee’ was on sale at a coffee house in Sweeting’s Rents in the city.

Traditional way of making tea

Boil some fresh cold water. (They use an electric kettle to boil water).

Put some hot water into the teapot to make it warm.

Pour the water away.Put one teaspoon of tea: leaves per

person, and one extra tea-spoon, into the pot.

Pour boiling water onto the tea.Leave for a few minutes.Serve.

Why do they like tea so much?

They drink tea because it’s traditional.

For Brirtish people, drinking tea it’s not only a social habit, it’s also a mild addiction. Tea contains caffeine, caffeine is addictive and it means the crave it more.

Tea is also good for your health (antioxidants and all that).

Britain’s favourite teasThere are currently almost 1500 different

teas in Britain. They all vary in style, taste and color.

Indian Teas are the most famous, for example:Darjeeling, wich comes from Northern

India and is a light delicate tea.Ceylon Tea, is slightly stronger than

Darjeeling. It is aromatic.Assam, is a strong tea which stands up

well to being blended

It’s an arly form of tea biscuit, created as a light between meal snack to be served with tea.

The biscuits are popular in the U.K. and Ireland, where their plain flavour and consistency makes them particulary suitable fot dunking in tea and coffee.

Originally called Tea Biscuits, they were developed in the 17th century in Yorkshire for the upper classes as a light snack between full-couse meals.

Afternoon tea todayIt is not common these days because

most adults go out to work. However, you can still have Afternoon tea at the many tea rooms around England.

Afternoon tea became popular about one hundred and fifty years ago, when rich ladies invited their friends to their houses for an afternoon cup of tea. They started offering their visitors sandwiches and cakes too. Soon everyone was enjoying Afernoon tea.

High teaThe British working population did not have

Afternoon Tea. The had a meal about midday, and a meal after work, between five and seven o’clock. This meal was called ‘high tea’ or just ‘tea’.

Traditionally eaten early evening, High tea was a subtantial meal that combined delicious sweet foods, such as scones, cakes, buns or tea breads, with tempting savouries, such as cheese on toast, toasted crumpets, cold meats and pickles or poached eggs on toast. This meal is now often replaced with a supper due to people eating their main meal in the evenings rather than at midday.

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BibliographyPictures: Google Imágenes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Tea_in_the_United_Kingdomhttp://projectbritain.com/food/

tea.htmhttp://www.wikihow.com/Make-

English-Tea

Maribel Gallardo Reiné

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