Builder's tea

Builder's tea is typically robust and has a rich, dark beige colour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Adam |title=Liquid assets: builder's tea |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/3289673/Liquid-assets-builders-tea.html |access-date=22 June 2016 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=23 June 2001}}</ref> The name was chosen because workers in the British building trade typically drink many cups of tea during their working day.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/rich-house-poor-house/british-class-and-customs/ |title=Are you posh or a pleb? Cuppas, class and other British obsessions |first=Norman |last=Miller |date=17 March 2017 |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-institutions-builders-tea-2216484.html |title=Minor British Institutions: Builders' tea |date=19 February 2011 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref> The term has widespread use throughout both Great Britain and Ireland.<ref name="Ayto2012">{{cite book |author=John Ayto |title=The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink |url=https://archive.org/details/dinersdictionary0000ayto|url-access=registration |date=18 October 2012 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-964024-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/dinersdictionary0000ayto/page/50 50]–}}</ref><ref name="MethenyBeaudry2015">{{cite book |author1=Karen Bescherer Metheny |author2=Mary C. Beaudry |title=Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fD0xCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA176 |date=7 August 2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-0-7591-2366-3 |pages=176–}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/2012/06/will-self-why-i-hate-builders-tea |title=Will Self: Why I hate builder's tea |magazine=[[New Statesman]]|access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref> Research from the [[Social Issues Research Centre]] found that people performing construction work found tea "both soothing and stimulating".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sirc.org/publik/tea_and_diy_first_timers.html |title=Two Great British Obsessions - Tea and DIY - First-Timers |publisher=Sirc.org (Social Issues Research Centre)|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref>

Builder's tea is typically robust and has a rich, dark beige colour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Adam |title=Liquid assets: builder's tea |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/3289673/Liquid-assets-builders-tea.html |access-date=22 June 2016 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=23 June 2001}}</ref> The name was chosen because workers in the British building trade typically drink many cups of tea during their working day.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/rich-house-poor-house/british-class-and-customs/ |title=Are you posh or a pleb? Cuppas, class and other British obsessions |first=Norman |last=Miller |date=17 March 2017 |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-institutions-builders-tea-2216484.html |title=Minor British Institutions: Builders' tea |date=19 February 2011 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref> The term has widespread use throughout both Great Britain and Ireland.<ref name="Ayto2012">{{cite book |author=John Ayto |title=The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink |url=https://archive.org/details/dinersdictionary0000ayto|url-access=registration |date=18 October 2012 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-964024-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/dinersdictionary0000ayto/page/50 50]–}}</ref><ref name="MethenyBeaudry2015">{{cite book |author1=Karen Bescherer Metheny |author2=Mary C. Beaudry |title=Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fD0xCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA176 |date=7 August 2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-0-7591-2366-3 |pages=176–}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/2012/06/will-self-why-i-hate-builders-tea |title=Will Self: Why I hate builder's tea |magazine=[[New Statesman]]|access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref> Research from the [[Social Issues Research Centre]] found that people performing construction work found tea "both soothing and stimulating".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sirc.org/publik/tea_and_diy_first_timers.html |title=Two Great British Obsessions - Tea and DIY - First-Timers |publisher=Sirc.org (Social Issues Research Centre)|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref>

A 2013 article in the ''[[Daily Express]]'' noted that builders were drinking less tea than they had used to, preferring alternatives such as [[coffee]] (especially [[cappuccino]] and [[latte]]), as well as [[soft drink]]s and energy drinks.<ref>{{cite web | last=Sheldrick | first=Giles | title=Builder's tea no longer preferred drink for construction workers | website=Express.co.uk | date=10 July 2013 | url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/413904/Builder-s-tea-no-longer-preferred-drink-for-construction-workers | access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

A 2013 article in the ''[[Daily Express]]'' reported that builders were drinking less tea than they had used to, preferring alternatives such as [[coffee]] (especially [[cappuccino]] and [[latte]]), as well as [[soft drink]]s and energy drinks.<ref>{{cite web | last=Sheldrick | first=Giles | title=Builder's tea no longer preferred drink for construction workers | website=Express.co.uk | date=10 July 2013 | url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/413904/Builder-s-tea-no-longer-preferred-drink-for-construction-workers | access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>

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