Ben Henderson

Plus, we've got the infiltration of American culture, which really drives that kind of like that sense of the artisan coffee house, all that kind of stuff and all the different rituals around coffee.

I think partly what elevates it, particularly among people, you know, you and my age.

Yeah.

And you get these new brands of tea coming out.

So it's not just, you know, our traditional black teas.

You've got teas from the Far East.

Bubble tea.

Exactly.

And, you know, I actually interviewed one of the, well, there's two tea houses in Taiwan that claim to have invented bubble tea.

So I interviewed the owner and one of his assistants who supposedly was the first person to spot the tapioca balls and put them in the bubble tea.

Well, thanks so much, Alice.

That's been absolutely fantastic.

You've really given us a great insight into how tea spread and how it became an iconic part of British culture.

I'm interested to go to these cathedral cafes with you.

It sounds like an excellent daily... Well, no, we'll go to Chawton.

You'll love it.

And actually, I didn't realise that it was that switch between producing tea in China to India that left us with the humble cuppa we have today.

So I've learnt a lot.

Goodbye.

Hi there, Ben here again.