The British tag

So I have seen this tag go around on multiple blogs and videos and because I am a very proud brit, I thought that it would be a good idea to attempt it. The tag states that you need to have a cup of tea at hand so, in honour of the tag (despite the weather being 28 degrees) I have made myself a cup of tea and it is currently sitting next to me as I type this.  Oh the things I will do for this blog...

anyway, the questions!


Tag questions

1. How many cups of tea do you have a day and how many sugars?

Soo, I tend to drink more coffee than tea as I have a little coffee obsession (I am sure my family and friends can clarify this) and drink around 4 cups a day. However, my parents are avid tea drinkers, so recently I have tried to drink more tea. The main reason for this is less caffeine and therefore I will not be as delirious throughout the day :-) I won't normally have any sugars in my tea as I prefer the pure taste without a sweetener. 

2. Favourite part of your roast?

I feel this answer is obvious, the Yorkshire puddings! I have been known to steal my fathers ones when he is not looking, but hey... they are just so wonderful!


3. Favourite dunking biscuit?

Oohh, I really like shortbread. The taste is so different and I love how they just melt in your mouth. I still remember the taste of my first shortbread when I was around  years old. I was at my grandparents house and they had new biscuits in so I tried them and they were heaven! I have been a convert ever since, thanks Grandma!

4. Favourite quintessentially British pass time?

I have to go posh here and say afternoon tea and going to the theatre. My mother has taken me to the theatre since I was a young girl, so it is sort of tradition to see new productions with her! I have had three afternoon teas in my entire seventeen years and love it so much. I have been to the berkeley fashionista tea (that was incredible), the mad hatters tea party (so fun and quirky) and finally the grove (A posh hotel in Watford). I love food if you can't tell ahaha.

5. Favourite word?

Favourite british word? Hmmm... Well, I really like the word darling. especially when said in your typical chelsea accent. Its quite patronising, yet I strangely love it! I love to say it as well, I have gorton into the habit of calling everybody darling, but maybe I should stop. Some people may think that my favourite word is the equivalent word to a female dog, but they are wrong (okay, maybe they're not!) 

6. Cockney rhyming slang?

Apple and pears= stairs
bread and honey= money
raspberry rippe= nipple
they are the only ones that I have heard, sorry

7. Favourite sweet?

This is a hard one to choose, but I would have to say that rhubarb and custard boiled sweets are my favourite. They just taste so odd yet so right!

8. What would your pub be called?

The queens arm? That might be a name of a pub already i'm not too sure. it is a good pub name though! 

9. No.1 British person?

Kate Middleton I think

10. Favourite shop/restaurant?

I love Zara (but it is spanish), Topshop and selfridges. Selfridges being my favourite as you can get anything from primark to chanel in there. Plus, they have a macaron stand :P As for restaurants, I live for wasabi and wagamamas.

11. What British song pops into your head?
Bastille pompeii. I love how you can hear their british accents through their singing!12. Marmite 

Do not even get me started on marmite. It is my favourite spread in the world, I have it everywhere including my jacket potatoes and in my sandwiches. You have to get the portion size correct though, otherwise there is a risk there could be too much marmite and there will be a marmite overload. 


That is it for the tags folks! I really enjoyed doing it! Tell me what you think of it as I may try to make a tag post every week!

see you soon
Emma