A mad tea party

Is it ok to drink english breakfast tea with sugar?

I went to Marriott last night for dinner. (Free!) So i decided to try out the english breakfast tea ( yes i know breakfast) and wanted to put sugar. But the manager say that it was wrong and that i should put honey.

So this morning i frantically search for clues in the internet. Being a malaysian, teh tarik is always the best, but i do not want to humiliate myself in London later. Various sources from internet says that you can drink it with sugar and milk.

This is a tip from http://ezinearticles.com/ -How to make a British Cup of Tea.

· English Breakfast - hearty black tea blended to go with milk and sugar
· Irish Breakfast - similarly, a blend of black tea to drink with milk
· Earl Grey - a robust black tea blend, very popular. Good with lemon, too, instead of milk

Any of these can be drunk black as well as with milk.

The interesting part it when i found this article from http://www.veg-world.com/.

The writer Vicky Nelson asked his British friend about making the perfect cup of tea- British Style.

How do you take it?

Finally, I asked my friend whether British tea should be drunk with cream, and with sugar or honey.

"Most Britons drink tea with a little milk, but never with cream or the high-fat milk that Americans put in their coffee. Low-fat milk is a much better choice. But by all means drink it black if you prefer.

"Adding sugar to tea seems to be going out of fashion, although many people still do it. If you do add sugar," he finished, "make sure it is white sugar. Brown sugar might be OK in coffee, but somehow it never tastes right in tea. As for putting honey in tea, if you tried to do that in Britain, you'd be laughed out of the tea shop."

Mmmh... konpius. konpius.