Tea in Great Britain

Автор: Пермякова Наталья Борисовна

МОУ «СОШ №7» г. Сухой Лог

The English use 12 thousand million metres of water every year to make tea!

There is a joke in England :

” It’s easier to imagine Britain without Queen than without tea!”

• There is a joke in England : ” It’s easier to imagine Britain without Queen than without tea!”

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“ I tried a cup of tea, a China drink, of which I never drank before”. (Samuel Pepys)

In 1610 a Dutch ship brought a small box of tea from China to Holland. 40 years later in 1650 tea arrived in Britain.

Tea became very popular!

How many cups of tea a day do the English people drink?

about ten

five or six

four

Do you know what sorts of tea are generally sought after among English people?

At 6 o’clock - “Assam”

At breakfast - “English Breakfast”

At noon - “English Tea #1”

At five o’clock – “English Afternoon”

In the afternoon – “Earl Grey” or “Darjeeling”.

The choice of tea depends on its flavour!

It’s time for tea… It means so much for every English family. The whole family around the table, cakes, pies, biscuits, sandwiches, cream and tea, all sorts of it – full of flavour and mystery. But to start with, they are lay the table for tea.

white table cloth

white flowers

wipes

spoon, fox, knife

tea - cosy

tea set

Making tea… It’s a mysterious process, full of bright English traditions.

• Fill the kettle with fresh water and boil it.
• Warm the teaport.
• Put in one teaspoon of tea for each person and one extra for the pot.
• Pour hot water into the pot.
• Let the tea infuse for five minutes, then stir and serve.

Enjoy your tea!

Tea is ready. And English ladies are in a hurry to present their cookies: pies, cakes, puddings and scones.

APPLE CAKE

2 cups of white flour

2 eggs

4 tablespoons of butter

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

3-4 apples

Crumble butter into flour. Add sugar. Mix eggs together and add. Stir well. Peel the apples and cut. Put half the dough into pancake and some around. Put the applebites on the dough. Powder with sugar and cinnamon. Vake grid-lines on top. In oven: 35040 minutes, 180 degreesC.

English breakfast

early-morning tea

tea with lunch

high tea

night cup

five o’clock tea

People drink more tea in Britain than in any other country

England is a country of unbreakable traditions. One of them is tea. You see it’s a kind of a magic process to lay the table, to make tea and to make a tea-cake.

So, enjoy English tea as soon as possible !

Автор: Пермякова Наталья Борисовна

МОУ «СОШ №7» г. Сухой Лог