Flapjacks and Tea

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break?  Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.

Black tea is mainly drank in the western world on the continents of Europe and North America, and in other North African countries.

Flapjacks and Coffee

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning coffee break?

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  Ground coffee loses its freshness the fastest because far more of the bean is exposed to air and light, which leach away the flavour. That’s why coffee tastes best if you grind it right before you brew it.

Flapjacks and Tea

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break?  Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.

Green tea is mainly consumed in North east Asia in Japan, Korea and China. And also in the North African country of Morocco

Coffee and Flapjacks

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning coffee break?  Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.

Green coffee beans keep for up to a year with no change in quality if they are kept in a cool, dry place.  Once the coffee beans are roasted, however, they begin to lose their flavor after about 48 hours.

Flapjacks and Tea

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break?  Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.

Most of the tea that is consumed in the world is of the oxidised black tea variety; this makes up about 80% of all tea consumed. Oolong tea is consumed much less at about 2%. Green teas account for the remainder of tea consumption ~20%. There is also a geographical split with regards to the type of tea that is consumed.

Flapjacks and Tea

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break?  Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.

In Britain today on average each person drinks 3 cups of tea per day.

Flapjacks and Coffee

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning coffee break?

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.   Espresso has less caffeine than drip coffee. Espresso is made by forcing hot water through ground coffee under high pressure. This limits the amount of time that the water is in contact with the coffee beans, thus extracting the flavor but leaving a lot of the caffeine behind.

Flapjacks and Tea

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break?  Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.

The tax on tea even started a war between England and America . America was then part of the British Empire and ruled by England . The Americans did not like the tax they had to pay on tea coming from England and in 1773 threw 340 chests of tea overboard in Boston – the famous Boston Tea Party. This was one of the causes of the American War of Independence.

Flapjacks and Tea

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break?  Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.

Tea is produced in three different ways which produce three distinct types: Black, Green and Oolong.

1. Green Tea: this is produced in a non-oxidising way by drying and steaming the tea leaves.
2. Black Tea: These teas undergo a fermentation stage that oxidises the leaves before they are dried and steamed.
3. Oolong Tea: These undergo a part fermentation process before they are dried.

Flapjacks and Coffee

Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning coffee break?

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  While darker coffee roasts like French roast coffee seem stronger than light coffee roasts, they actually have less caffeine than their lighter counterparts. That’s because some of the caffeine is destroyed when the coffee beans are subjected to high heat for longer periods.