British Way of Drinking Tea

When I was a child, I thought that Chinese and Japanese were the only tea drinkers in the world. However, I realise now that actually the Brits drinks a lot of tea. According to the Wikipedia, British tea consumption is 6th in the world. To think about it, it's not hard to find tea bags and sugar in any draws at work.

I discover that British people seem to drink tea at a certain time of the day. I think they normally drink at least 4 cups a day. Let's take my husband as an example: a cuppa with his breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea. Then he must have a final cup of tea after dinner so that he would feel his day is 'completed'.

Unlike Chinese, when English drinks tea, they would add milk and sugar. My husband said that if you use a tea pot to make tea, you should pour the milk first, then tea follows by sugar. But if you are using tea bags, then you should put the bag and sugar first, pour in the hot water than the milk. But it's still debatable on how to make a proper English cuppa!

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