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Letter: Letters: Milk in tea

Published 11 July 1992

From ANDY PRESCOTT

A strong preference for milk first or last derives from the human need
for consistent ritual. Most tea drinkers cannot taste any difference, but
believe they can rather than admit to being so primitive at heart.

Andy Prescott University of Leicester

Issue no. 1829 published 11 July 1992

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