Scottish Blend: The secret history of the man who built the Empire on tea
Drinking tea is the greatest mild addiction in human history. Today, the consumption of tea easily equals all other drinks consumed across the globe apart from water. In 1700, tea was a costly luxury in Britain but a century later the nation had become a tea-drinking people. In 2018, around 165 million cups a day are drunk in the UK, meaning that about 40 per cent of the country's total liquid intake consists of this single beverage. It is such a familiar part of modern life that we take the consumption of tea for granted.
