How to Make a Proper Cup of Tea

70% of Brits agreed on their brewing technique.

Lockdown has seen tea sales surge by 65% year on year, comparing figures from 2019 to 2020. The Great British public have, also, been trying to answer that age old question: What came first, the tea or the milk?

Interest in making the perfect cup of British tea has also crossed the Atlantic and has gone viral in the USA thanks to a Tik Tok video of a ‘questionable’ American tea making method.

In order to settle the debate once and for all, The Kent and Sussex Tea and Coffee Company have surveyed Brits to find out how to make the perfect cup of tea.

The survey of around 2,000 Brits has 70% of Brits agreeing on the following method: tea bag goes in first, boiling water is second and the milk is the final step.

Adding the water and milk before the tea bag is the UK’s least favourite way of making tea with 2.6% opting for this method.

So, who is adding the milk first? The research found out that over 76% of people that add the milk first are men. 71% of men also opt to microwave the water rather than boiling the water in a kettle – what?!

Over half of the people adding the tea bag last are between 25-44, is this another thing that Millenials are going to get trending alongside smashed avo and quinoa?

Brits are also close to agreeing that a proper cuppa has to have a certain kind of milk. Cow’s milk dominates the responses with 75% of Brits choosing dairy over plant-based milk alternatives or no milk at all.

The data also shows that vegan milk’s popularity is rising quickly. Of those who choose plant-based milks, 44% prefer oat, 20% for both almond and hemp milk and 15% opt for coconut milk.