Pinch Of Salt”: US Professor’s Tip For “Perfect” Tea Sparks Row With UK

A professor at a university in the US shared advice to make the perfect cup of tea, the second most consumed drink after water in the world. Michelle Francl, a professor of chemistry at Bryn Mawr College suggested adding a pinch of salt to cups of tea.

The advice did not go well with the Britishers and the US Embassy in the UK had to step in after an uproar among tea drinkers in the UK who prefer their cup of tea made in a certain way and even called it an “outrageous proposal that threatens the bond between the two nations.” Tea is the national drink of the United Kingdom.

You get some awful cups of tea in the US. It’s horrific. I grew up in the Midwest, which is a deep coffee-drinking country, but tea has always been my preferred drink – and I have invested a lot of time into studying it,” the Independent reported, quoting Ms Francl.

“But even after all these years of drinking tea and researching chemistry, I learned new things about what is in my cup and how to make the very best cup of tea,” she said.