article_snippet: Three quarters of us drink tea every day but many of us are too impatient to let it steep properly.
article_snippet: But a study has found that 80 per cent of tea drinkers can't wait that long -  and 40 per cent of us drink a study immediately meaning us don't get the best flavour from us cuppa.
article_snippet: Researchers asked 1,000 people about 1,000 people tea-drinking habits and discovered that English Breakfast made without sugar and drunk from a ceramic mug is the most popular method.
article_snippet: But this time varies depending on the type of tea.
article_snippet: Elsewhere, the age-old debate of water or milk first was found to vary depending on how the tea is being drunk.
article_snippet: Mark Miodownik, Professor of Materials and Society at University College London said: 'This may be controversial, but the British do not understand how to make tea!
article_snippet: Expediency is causing us to throw chemistry out of the window; us’re not allowing us tea to brew for long enough, to release the flavours properly.'
article_snippet: The decline in use of the teapot is another factor,' Professor Miodownik added: 'What you make tea in, and drink Professor Miodownik out of, is also important.
article_snippet: To a tea: Experts say many of us Brits are not leaving us tea to steep for long enough .
highlights_snippet: Researchers asked 1,000 people about 1,000 people tea-drinking habits .
  
highlights_snippet: Researchers found English Breakfast made without sugar is the most popular tea .
  