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Ok.

So make Tea in the microwave with plenty of salt.

I got it. Brits, you good? Boffins? Cheerio, pip, pip?

Hold on, about to have my morning cup o Yorkshire, will report back

Edit - it kinda just makes it... rounder. Tea is supposed to be a little bit bitter, the salt makes the softer flavours more pronounced so it kinda stops tasting like tea

Edit 2, second cuppa. Just realised the prof probably doesn't realise that a pinch of salt is actually quite a bit, so I tried an actual tiny pinch. You know what, it actually does improve it a tiny bit, but no enough that I need more salt in my life.

Does that daft cow not realise how much tea we drink? This is diabolical

Add salt BEFORE putting the cup in the microwave, not after. Silly Brits.

Fun fact, the modern tea bag was invented by an American. We really know how to throw a tea party.

"agitating the bag"

If you want to create a better cup of tea at least begin with tea leaves, not tea bags.

Whats next britain giving advice on how to most effictivly shoot ur fellow shoolchildren?

Now I'm curious how that would taste.

The bad point for the British is: The professor is actually right! At least on the accord with the salt.

I don't agree with her on another issue: She suggested to add milk after brewing. Nope. You don't add milk at all. Or worse, lemon juice. Milk murders tea. It basically kills the more interesting chemicals by binding them into a mass that can't be used by the digestive tract.

Meanwhile China is over there watching the west argue about a drink it invented millennia ago.

I don't doubt this works because it definitely makes acidic/bitter coffee more palatable.

That's alright mate. I guess if I ever want advice on tea making, I'll speak to the Chinese.

Salt in tea ... Your having a giraffe

Kinda surprised this is just now coming up for tea drinkers. 3rd wave coffee nerds have been using saline solution to cut down on bitter flavors for like a decade now.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

LONDON (AP) — An American scientist has sparked a trans-Atlantic tempest in a teapot by offering Britain advice on its favorite hot beverage.

Bryn Mawr College chemistry professor Michelle Francl says one of the keys to a perfect cup of tea is a pinch of salt.

The salt suggestion drew howls of outrage from tea-lovers in Britain, where popular stereotype sees Americans as coffee-swilling boors who make tea, if at all, in the microwave.

The U.S. Embassy in London intervened in the brewing storm with a social media post reassuring “the good people of the U.K. that the unthinkable notion of adding salt to Britain’s national drink is not official United States policy.”

The product of three years’ research and experimentation, the book explores the more than 100 chemical compounds found in tea and “puts the chemistry to use with advice on how to brew a better cup,” its publisher says.

She also advocates making tea in a pre-warmed pot, agitating the bag briefly but vigorously and serving in a short, stout mug to preserve the heat.

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