Researchers found on average, biscuits dipped in tea at 45 degrees lasted 21.8 seconds before falling apart while dunking in a straight up and down movement saw the point of collapse at 27.9 seconds.

“Well,” Lawson says. “It’s plain. It’s the equivalent of the old-fashioned English nursery, where children were always made to eat a slice of bread before the slice of cake.

For the study, published in the BMJ, the researchers put four popular biscuits - Oat, Digestive, Shortie and Rich Tea - through their paces in the ultimate dunk test.. While they recognise that ...

Why you have to be rich to eat rich teas: Prices of rich tea biscuits soar by 160 per cent amid rising costs of energy and ingredients. The price of a digestive has also risen by 65% from £1.09 ...

Burton’s 11-strong marketing department will merge with nine biscuit marketers from Premier International Foods. Premier owns Horizon and Premier Beverages, which includes Typhoo Tea. The Horizon team ...

Dunking-mad Brits have crowned the custard cream king of the biscuits when it comes to tea-dipping due to its combination of ...

While many British favourites are there, including shortbread, Bourbon, Digestive, and Rich Tea biscuits, a fierce debate has erupted on social media thanks to one particular inclusion ...

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