How to drink English tea...

You should be fussy about your tea, says George Orwell, "Tea should be made in small quantities — that is, in a teapot. Tea out of an urn is always tasteless, while army tea, made in a cauldron, tastes of grease and whitewash. The teapot should be made of china or earthenware. Silver or Britanniaware teapots produce inferior tea and enamel pots are worse; though curiously enough a pewter teapot (a rarity nowadays) is not so bad."

Drinking tea from paper cup does alter the taste.

Tea with scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam.