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Tea tastes best in favourite cup

By Lucy Halfhead on Friday 13 March 2009

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Marie Claire Health News: Tea

Tea and coffee really do taste better from a favourite cup or mug, research has found.

Dr Tom Stafford, psychologist from Sheffield University, says a person's brain is trained to believe the daily ritual of making coffee or tea should be done in a certain way in order to derive maximum enjoyment.

He said: ‘Drinking tea and coffee is very ritualistic and people become very addictive to the way they want their brew made.

‘Caffeine is very much a drug of reward and like any addict, people develop passions on how the drug is delivered. Wherever there is drug use then rituals will always develop.

‘The long association with the delivery of a morning cup of coffee or tea people genuinely think it tastes better out of a particular cup. It might be irrational or arbitrary but it's absolutely true. Your daily brew tastes better from your favourite mug.’

According to research, 65 percent of Brits have a favourite cup or mug they use for their morning cuppa.

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Friday 13 March 2009

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i take mine in bone china, milk in first - and with a chocolate if i'm really tired and in need of an extra pick-me-up!
Comment by M on March 13 13:10

No matter what mug I'm using, the tea bag and hot water go in first, followed by a slug of milk. I leave the tea bag to seep through the milky hot water and voila, perfect cuppa to serve with sugary shortbreads or chocolate rich teas. Yummy.
Comment by JSH1ll on March 13 16:05

Definately true!! My teen thinks I am so fussy because if she makes me tea in what I class as a coffee mug, I make her pour it into a china one, otherwise it just doesnt taste right!! And milk has to go in last. Only use extra strong tea-bags(my Dad was a builder so I was brought up on 'builder's tea', lol)
Comment by Michelle Littlewood on March 14 14:40

if you really want a good tea never add a milk. how you people can taste the tea?
Comment by bede on March 14 15:49

This is so true!! i thought i was mad always using my same fav mug but clearly im not! haha
Comment by fiona on March 15 18:08