Unusual or Quirky
We did not just beat the World Record - we obliterated it. The American record stood at 68.5kg. The new British record, that we set this afternoon, is now 120kg.
So why did we bother?
Tea is a product that typifies the British way of life. I wanted to create an opportunity to showcase tea, and to tell people that the tea the drink every day can be so much better than they realise. Tea in the supermarkets has declined in quality year by year. My goal is to play my small part in reversing that trend.
Portsmouth is a city with a great maritime and naval history. HMS Warrior typifies that history, and she provides an excellent location in the Historic Dockyard where people can look out and see the ships coming in and out of the harbour, as they have done for hundreds of years.
It was me that answered the phone. Guinness World Records needed someone to break a world record that could represent the British way of life. The annual day of world records is a global event with events in many countries. They asked if we could break the record for the world's largest teabag. The record suited their needs perfectly, since tea is typically British and yet is also a global commodity which All About Tea trades all around the world.
I was happy to help. In fact, we had been thinking along these lines already. The British people love their tea. Portsmouth is a proud maritime city. It was in Portsmouth that Catherine of Braganza first introduced tea to England. What a fantastic way to celebrate the new Portsmouth Tea blend!
As I sat at my desk this morning, absent-mindedly stirring a chocolate digestive in my hot cup of tea whilst pondering the mysteries of life I was suddenly dragged back into reality as I heard a tremendous splash - my chocolate digestive had crumbled and gone down like the titanic into the depths of my cuppa.
This left me two options: drink the cup of tea and be faced with the sludgy residue of my once mighty digestive, or pour the cuppa down the sink. I chose the latter.
Being a curious person by nature I decided to do some research into the mechanics of the perfect dunk and came across a study published by the University of Bristol in 1998.