英国饮食文化英文介绍课堂.ppt

2 、 Culture for diet 31 Afternoon tea 32 Afternoon tea Accounts of its origins vary. Drinking a blend of black teas for breakfast is indeed a longstanding British custom.The practice of referring to such a blend as English breakfast tea appears to have originated not in England but America, as far back as Colonial times. 33 English Breakfast tea is a black tea blend usually described as full-bodied, robust, and/or rich, and blended to go well with milk and sugar, in a style traditionally associated with a hearty English breakfast. It is the most common style of tea in Britain. 3