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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There's 2 tea cultures in the UK. Upper class is straight, perhaps with a little lemon and honey, in quite delicate teas. Working class is strong tea with milk and sugar.

Milk was originally to stop factory tea from cracking cheap cups. It's now just a cultural thing, normal teas taste weird without milk.

[–] DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

Unless you can trace your ancestry back 5-10 generations, along with enough peerages and titles to matter, you are at best middle class. At least according to the old fashioned mindset.

As a fellow tea snob, I salute you. 👍

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 45 minutes ago* (last edited 44 minutes ago)

*pours milk and shoves soggy biscuits through your letterbox*

That'll teach ya