In Malta it’s Sunday afternoon, and in other places it’s still in morning. So what better time than having a nice cup of tea!
I admit it. I love tea! And drinking tea relaxes me. So I’m always in search to make a cup of tea better, sometimes adding more milk, or leaving the tea bag for a couple more minutes. But finally, someone did the research for me. Scientists, from the University of Northumbria’s School of Life Sciences, have discovered how to make the perfect cup of tea.
Apparently they spent 180 hours of testing and a panel of volunteers consumed 285 cups of tea in the laboratory to come up with an equation for the perfect cuppa, and have come out with the following recipe:
- Add 200ml of freshly boiled water to your tea bag (in a mug).
- Allow the tea bag to brew for 2 minutes.
- Remove the tea bag.
- Add 10ml of milk.
- Wait 6 minutes before consumption for the cuppa to reach its optimum temperature of 60 degrees centigrade
But beware, if you leave it until after 17 minutes and 30 seconds, then the tea will be past its best. My opinion.. don’t take too long to drink it 🙂 Nice tea time to everyone!
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