Salt in tea? We test out a US scientist's claims in Skegness
A US scientist has claimed a pinch of salt in tea makes the perfect cuppa. We test out the claims at Cafe Dansant in Skegness.
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00:00 Good afternoon, we are live from the cafe in Tower Gardens, Skegness.
00:07 Now, we're here because a scientist in America has suggested that to make the perfect cup
00:14 of tea, you need to add a pinch of salt.
00:18 Now they're saying that an undetectable pinch of salt blocks the receptor that makes tea
00:26 taste a bit bitter.
00:29 Now Steph, what do you think to this?
00:32 I don't think it would taste very nice, to be honest, with salt in it, but we never know.
00:39 Now you make lots of cups of tea every day, don't you?
00:43 How do you make the perfect cup of tea?
00:44 The perfect cup of tea, I usually leave it a little bit stewy, because I like strong
00:45 tea.
00:46 I would...
00:47 Okay, yeah, it's looking a good colour.
00:48 There we go, I've added a little bit of milk.
00:49 Okay, so that's the perfect cup of tea.
00:50 To make it strong, and if I like sugar, I'll add some sugar in it.
01:02 Right, okay.
01:03 Give it a little bit of a mix.
01:06 Yeah.
01:07 And I like the colour.
01:10 Now we're going to make another one, aren't we, with a pinch of salt.
01:13 So let's get that one.
01:14 A little bit of sugar in this one, not too sweet.
01:15 The second is going to be a bit more sweet.
01:16 Okay, now they say an undetectable pinch of salt, that's what they're...
01:23 And we'll just add a tiny bit of pinch of salt.
01:30 We'll give it a stir again.
01:33 Give it a stir, right, okay.
01:36 There we go.
01:37 Now we have got a volunteer to taste this.
01:38 So we're going to bring that, I'll get back, give you...
01:51 Remember which one's which.
01:54 Right, okay, so coming over into the coffee now.
01:58 Now we've got Kate, who is our deputy town clerk.
02:03 Now you enjoy a cuppa, don't you?
02:04 I love, love, love tea.
02:05 But what I want to do is, I want to make a cup of tea.
02:06 I love, love, love tea, but what I want to know is the milk didn't go in first.
02:08 That's my main thing.
02:09 I want to know the milk went in after.
02:10 It did, it did go in after, right.
02:11 Yeah, I have to say that I usually put the milk in first, so that's wrong as well, is
02:20 it?
02:21 I'm doing that bit wrong.
02:22 Oh, we're all making this wrong.
02:23 So which one's which?
02:24 Steph, can we...
02:25 So the one Kate's got in her hand is the one that's got a little bit of sugar in it.
02:26 Sugar or salt?
02:27 Just a little bit of sugar.
02:28 Sugar?
02:29 Yeah, a little bit of sugar.
02:30 Okay, right, okay, now the other one's got salt.
02:36 The other one's got a little pinch of salt in it.
02:47 Alright, now I've never tried this before.
02:56 I prefer the one with a little pinch of salt.
02:57 Salt!
02:58 But I don't like sugar in my tea.
03:00 Oh right, okay.
03:01 That's probably why.
03:02 Do you think?
03:03 Does it taste smoother then?
03:04 Because I think that's what the Americans are claiming, that it takes away the bitterness.
03:10 Because that baguette, the tea was pretty brown when it came out.
03:14 I love the strongness of the tea, and I think I prefer it without salt.
03:20 I don't like it.
03:22 Yeah.
03:23 Oh, well there you are.
03:25 The US Embassy has even got involved in this, and they've said that it isn't American policy
03:33 to put salt in tea, and they make it the proper way in a microwave, which has also got people
03:39 going.
03:40 No, no, no, that is even more wrong.
03:42 No salt, no microwave, please.
03:45 Okay, well there you have it.
03:49 An important, you know, I think this is an important piece of news from Skegness today,
03:55 which was quite a gloomy day earlier in the day.
03:58 So thank you Kate and Steph for helping us with this.
04:03 - Yes.