英国人为什么 这么喜欢茶？

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.

英国人爱喝茶世界知名。在一天中的不同时刻，他们都会暂停下来喝杯茶。茶影响着英国的各个阶层。英国人在晨起之时，要饮早茶，他们早餐就以红茶为主要饮料。到了上午11点，无论是空闲在家的贵族，还是繁忙的上班族，都要休息片刻，喝一杯红茶。到了中午吃了午餐之后，还要配上一杯奶茶。而后在下午3点半至4点过还要来一杯下午茶，正式的晚餐中也少不了茶。英国人把饮茶视为在工作和生活過程中的精神调剂。

英国人为什么这么喜欢茶呢？有一种说法是英国人开始喝茶是因为他们没有太多咖啡。

茶是一款提神饮料，在大多数文化中，人们习惯借助提神饮料来开始或度过他们的一天。

为什么英国人更喜欢喝茶而不是喝咖啡的原因在于茶易获得也有供货来源。其他的欧洲国家可以通过他们的贸易路径轻易获得咖啡，而英国人可以从他们的殖民地和贸易伙伴那里轻而易举地获得茶叶。