History of National Tea Day (United Kingdom)

In Teatime, host Rekaya Gibson features Breakfast Blend by Fortnum & Mason. In Tea Talk, she discusses the history of National Tea Day in United Kingdom (UK), celebrated annually on April 21. In Tea News, she shares information about HumaniTea, UK’s first ready-to-drink vegan lattes. She also shares a fun fact about teatime.

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Cadbury Dairy Milk Whole Nut Chocolate - https://www.cadbury.co.uk

Humanitea - https://humanitea.co.uk/

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Sources:

Admin. (2021, April 16). “National Tea Day 2021: When & How to Celebrate?” NationalDayTime.com. https://nationaldaytime.com/national-tea-day/

British Council. (2021). “National Tea Day.”

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/magazine/national-tea-day

Humanitea. (2021). “Our Story.” https://humanitea.co.uk/about/

MatthewBlogger. (2016, November 11). “What exactly is British teatime?” British Council.

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-world/what-exactly-british-teatime

National Today. (2021) “National Tea Day – April 21, 2021.” https://nationaltoday.com/national-tea-day/

Powell. E. (2021). “National Tea Day and 8 Other Tea Holidays You Should Celebrate.” Plum Deluxe. https://www.plumdeluxe.com/national-tea-day

UK Tea and Infusions Association. (2021). “All you need to know about tea.” https://www.tea.co.uk/about-tea