Would you like some tea

HOW BAD IS DRINKING TEA

-Due to “The Guardian” online newspaper, British people drink around three mugs of tea per day.  

-There was a case of a 47-year-old lady, who had brittle bones and lost all of her teeth because of drinking too much tea. (case taken from New England Journal of Medicine).

-Another thing is that black tea may be not so good for prostates.

-University of Glasgow made a research and found that, men who drank more than seven cups of tea per day had a 50 per cent higher risk of prostate cancer.

-According to the paper in the British Medical Journal, drinking a very hot tea-above 70C may increase the likelihood of oesophageal cancer.   

English Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea in England is usually taken between 3 and 5 o’clock in the late afternoon and it’s also called Low tea. Why? Because it is taken in a room with low or coffee tables.

Here are some types of Low or Afternoon tea:

-Cream Tea-tea, scones, jam and cream

-Light Tea-tea, scones and sweets

-Full Tea-tea, savouries, scones, sweets and desserts

Prepared by Mohira

Dillner, L. 2013. Is drinking tea bad for you?. [online] Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/apr/01/is-drinking-tea-bad-for-you [Accessed: 4 Dec 2013].

Whatscookingamerica.net. 2013. Afternoon Tea History, High Tea History, History of English High Tea, Tea Etiquette, American Tea Time. [online] Available at: http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HighTeaHistory.htm [Accessed: 4 Dec 2013].