Britons should treat tea more like wine, expert says – as some secrets of improving flavour revealed
We are a nation of tea drinkers – we drink around 100 million cups a day and 70% of us say we’d choose tea over alcohol.
But, on International Tea Day, experts have told Sky News that Britons should be treating tea more like wine.
One key thing not enough of us are doing is checking the back of the packet to see which country our tea is coming from.
Tea is grown in more than 60 countries, with the UK getting most of its supply from East Africa. All tea comes from the same plant – the Camellia sinensis – but where it is grown can really affect its flavour.
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“The black tea that we tend to drink here are blends, so you could have tea from seven different origins in one bag,” the chief executive of the UK Tea and Infusions Association, Dr Sharon Hall, told the Money blog.
“You might have Kenyan tea in there…
