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"A Nice Cup of Tea" is an essay by English author George Orwell, first published in the ''London Evening Standard'' on 12 January 1946.〔Paul Chrystal (2014). ("Tea: A Very British Beverage" ). Amberley Publishing Limited,〕 It is a straight-faced discussion about the craft of making a cup of tea, including the line: "Here are my own eleven rules, every one of which I regard as golden."〔("How to make a perfect cuppa" ). BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2014〕〔 Orwell wrote that "tea is one of the mainstays of civilisation in this country and causes violent disputes over how it should be made", and his rules cover such matters as the best shape for a teacup, the advisability of using water that is still boiling, and his preference for very strong tea.〔 He also considers what he calls "one of the most controversial points of all" - whether to put tea in the cup first and add the milk after, or the other way around, acknowledging, "indeed in every family in Britain there are probably two schools of thought on the subject".〔George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). "The Complete Works of George Orwell: Smothered under journalism, 1946". p. 34. Secker & Warburg〕 Orwell says tea should be poured first because "one can exactly regulate the amount of milk whereas one is liable to put in too much milk if one does it the other way round."〔("How to make a perfect cuppa: put milk in first" ). The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2014〕 "I maintain that my own argument is unanswerable," he writes.〔 == See also == *Bibliography of George Orwell *ISO 3103 *Tea in the United Kingdom 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Nice Cup of Tea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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