It is well-known that the British love drinking tea. They will stop to have a cup of tea at different time in a day. Tea is important for people from all walks of life in Britain. When they get up， they will have their breakfast with a cup of black tea. It is the main drink for their breakfast. When time goes to 11 am， they will have a short break with some black tea whether they are noblemen staying at home or workers busy at work. At noon， after having lunch， they will prepare a cup of milky tea to drink. At around 3：30 pm to 4 pm， they will have a cup of afternoon tea and having tea at dinner is not an exception. The British believe tea is a kind of spiritual adjustment during their work and life.

And why do the British love tea so much？ There is a kind of view that they started to drink tea because they didnt have much coffee.

Tea is a stimulating drink and in most cultures there have traditionally been some stimulating drinks that help people start or get through their day.

Why the British drank more tea and not coffee comes down to what was available and affordable to them. Other European countries had easy and affordable coffee through their trading routes， while tea was much more affordable for the British than coffee from their colonies and trading partners.

英國人愛喝茶世界知名。在一天中的不同時(shí)刻，他們都會暫停下來喝杯茶。茶影響著英國的各個(gè)階層。英國人在晨起之時(shí)，要飲早茶，他們早餐就以紅茶為主要飲料。到了上午11點(diǎn)，無論是空閑在家的貴族，還是繁忙的上班族，都要休息片刻，喝一杯紅茶。到了中午吃了午餐之后，還要配上一杯奶茶。而后在下午3點(diǎn)半至4點(diǎn)過還要來一杯下午茶，正式的晚餐中也少不了茶。英國人把飲茶視為在工作和生活過程中的精神調(diào)劑。

英國人為什么這么喜歡茶呢？有一種說法是英國人開始喝茶是因?yàn)樗麄儧]有太多咖啡。

茶是一款提神飲料，在大多數(shù)文化中，人們習(xí)慣借助提神飲料來開始或度過他們的一天。

為什么英國人更喜歡喝茶而不是喝咖啡的原因在于茶易獲得也有供貨來源。其他的歐洲國家可以通過他們的貿(mào)易路徑輕易獲得咖啡，而英國人可以從他們的殖民地和貿(mào)易伙伴那里輕而易舉地獲得茶葉。