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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 tip is included in Francl’s book “Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea,” published Wednesday by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Not since the Boston Tea Party has mixing tea with salt water roiled the Anglo-American relationship so much.

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.

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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.”

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Now I'm curious how that would taste.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

We are not talking about Tibetan butter tea salt levels here. In the article it is recommended to use just enough salt to tone down the bitterness by blocking the bitterness receptors on the tongue, not so much that the tea actually tastes salty.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah 'make a better tea by making it taste less like a tea'. I have seen a lot of that from people who just don't like tea.

Though, for me that also include Brits, who spoil a good tea by adding milk ;-)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Though, for me that also include Brits, who spoil a good tea by adding milk ;-)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

as far as I've heard the amount salt blocks bitterness is very individual, and doesnt work at all for some

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I'll Chime in with my two cents that my experience with coffee and a pinch of salt really cuts the bitterness...

But I prefer bitter coffee so it's wasted on me.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, seems silly to discount something you've never tried just because it isn't what you're used to, but hey, that's the English way.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

Uh no, hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh bollocks. Any country with traditions are unlikely to respond well to beibg told they're doing it wrong. Tell Italians how to make pizza and see how they respond. Or try to tell the French anything

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Well tea comes from China and Italian cuisine wouldn’t be jack-shit without the stuff they got from Meso-America.

David Bowie wrote a song about changes. It’s good. You should listen.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow! Did hear that?!?! Something flew right past my head!!!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I am a bit of a tit. And an arsehole.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, is it? I somehow don't feel like that's the case.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If there only was a way to find out.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

oh well, back to chewing dry tea leaves