One thing for the weekend: As a nation, it’s truthful to say we’re large followers of scorching drinks; Britain is synonymous with a cuppa at this level. Nowhere is that this extra clear than within the office. Many employees have bonded over a cup of tea or espresso, offering numerous social, collaborative and wellbeing benefits. However have you ever ever questioned what is taken into account to be the highest brew?
Properly, in response to a brand new Nationwide Tea Day (21 April) examine, the UK’s high tipple isn’t the builder’s brew you would possibly count on, however inexperienced tea, although black tea was ranked an in depth second, with the most well-liked varieties being English Breakfast and Assam, with chamomile, matcha and white tea taking over the opposite high spots.
In the case of the all-important dipping, the UK’s favorite was discovered to be a chocolate cookie. Different biscuits that the examine discovered to be fashionable had been florentines, jammy dodgers and shortbread, whereas oat biscuits had been the least favoured.
The evaluation was collated by Simply Eat for Enterprise, which aimed to search out out the nation’s favorite sorts of tea, flavour accompaniments and biscuits to coincide with this 12 months’s Nationwide Tea Day.
Matt Ephgrave, managing director of Simply Eat for Enterprise, stated: “Many employees have missed out on workplace socialisation during the last two years, maybe as a consequence of a shift to distant working, or restrictions in social areas, which was helpful for fostering wholesome work relationships, and selling wholesome breaks away from work.
“Organising common workforce constructing occasions centred across the British staple, like treating the workforce to a day tea supply or organising a tea tasting get together, can do wonders for enhancing employee engagement and morale, even when it’s simply ensuring we’re taking common tea breaks and having a chat over a cuppa.”
We at Worker Advantages really feel {that a} good cuppa is a should, believing it to have many social and mental benefits, not least the prospect to step away from our laptop screens and strike up pleasant conversations within the office. Put the kettle on for us, will you?
