Bloc Magazine Spring 15

WWW.BLOCHOTELS.COM // 19 THE NATION’S FAVOURITE DUNKING BiSCUITS WHICH ONE ARE YOU? DIGESTIVE 29% CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE 15% CUSTARD CREAM 8% SHORTBREAD 8% GINGER BISCUIT 7% HOBNOB 5% RICH TEA 4% JAFFA CAKE 3% OREO 2% JAMMIE DODGER 1% OTHER 12% ONE LUMP OR TWO? 46% NONE 27% ONE HOW MANY SUGARS DO BRITS HAVE IN TEA? 19% TWO 7% THREE 1% MORE WHO ARE THE BIGGEST TEA DRINKERS? MORE TEA, VICAR? (No. of cups per person per day) TURKEY = 7.5 IRELAND = 3 UK = 2.75* JAPAN = 1 CHINA = 0.75 USA = 0.33 (*one-in-four of us drink more than five cups a day) BRITS DRINK 3 CUPS OF TEA TO EVERY 1 CUP OF COFFEE IT MATTERS IF IT’S BLACK OR WHITE: 98% OF BRITS TAKE MILK WITH THEIR TEA TEA: A VERY BRITISH OBSESSION TEA - A LOT LESS THIRSTY THAN COFFEE... Tea plants need 50 inches of rain per year to thrive. While 1,120 litres of water go into producing a single litre of coffee, only 120 litres go into making the same amount of tea. (Less water than is needed to produce wine, apple juice, orange juice or beer) FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA THE TOP 5 TEA PRODUCING COUNTRIES ARE: SRI LANKA KENYA TURKEY INDIA CHINA 01. CHINA 1,640,310 TONNES 02. INDIA 966,733 TONNES 03. KENYA 377,912 TONNES 04. SRI LANKA 327,500 TONNES 05. TURKEY 221,600 TONNES TASTE THE DIFFERENCE Why doesn’t tea taste the same on a plane? Proper tea is made with water that has been heated to 100C — the temperature at which it boils on the ground. But in the reduced-pressure space of an aircraft cabin, the boiling point is lowered to around 90C, which means that the brewing process is unsatisfactory. For the same reason, you cannot have a decent cuppa high in the mountains