Tea – incredibly useful and tasty drink which loves a huge number of people. To derive sheer pleasure from drink, it is necessary to know how it is correct to have tea and that it is possible to add to it. It is worth noticing that in the world there are many tea traditions and the most known appeared in England.
How it is correct to have tea on etiquette?
The fact that there are certain rules of the consumption of tea which are important for considering if it is necessary to spend time in a society circle can surprise many.
"Tea" rules:
- If to have tea hot, then it is necessary to wait until it cools down. It is impossible to blow on hot drink as it demonstrates bad form.
- Sweet teeth of tea have to know that sugar needs to be added by rules. If it is presented in pieces, then use tweezers, and for granulated sugar – a special spoon. Stirring sugar, you do not knock a spoon about walls and a bottom. After that put the device on a saucer.
- It is necessary to take drink slowly and at all not in a volley.
- If the person has tea not at a table, then the cup should be held in the right hand, and a saucer – in left.
Interests many with what it is useful to have tea, and so many judges of this drink say that any additives only spoil magnificent taste. If not to consider this opinion, then the best option – a lemon which will enrich an organism with ascorbic acid. Honey is useful, but it needs to be added only to slightly warm drink as all necessary substances will disappear.
One more important point – whether it is useful to have tea after a meal. Right after meal it is not recommended to drink any drinks as it will dilute gastric juice that will worsen process of digestion of food, and it negatively affects work of digestive system. The minimum time which has to pass after a meal is half an hour.
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