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The Guardian - UK
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Richard Nelsson

Looking back: hot beverages

Two boys enjoy a cup of tea, November 1944. Photograph: Leonard McCombe/Getty Images

20 July 1905

Tea and lunacy: bad effect of excessive daily infusions - neuralgia and tea.

18 February 1926

Eleven o’clock in the morning - the coffee habit.

Manchester Guardian, 15 March 1940.
Manchester Guardian, 15 March 1940.

1 February 1957

Vending machines to revolutionise the way we have a cuppa.

7 March 1958

A new biscuit is launched - the Orange Coconut Royal biscuit makes its debut at the Savoy hotel, London.

Coffee bar, 1954.
Coffee bar, 1954. Photograph: Hulton Getty

27 March 1958

Educating a nation of careless tea-drinkers - concerned by falling standards, the Tea Bureau is introducing school lessons in how to make the perfect brew.

25 November 1960

The Teasmade, the cup that cheers.

Goblin Teasmade.
Goblin Teasmade. Photograph: EGON/Alamy

2 September 1961

Coffee drinking habits - is Britain on the way towards becoming a nation of coffee-drinkers?

4 April 1964

9pm at the Ace Café - the Guardian has a word with motor-cycling rockers at their famous North Circular hangout.

12 January 2012

How to make perfect hot chocolate - fight the powder: when only a genuine, honest-to-god silky smooth hot chocolate will do, you don’t want to make a Horlicks of it.

Perfect hot chocolate.
Perfect hot chocolate. Photograph: Felicity Cloake for the Guardian

18 December 2012

Hot coffee: how Britain fell in love with the bean. As the drink goes (quite literally) from strength to strength on high streets, we look at how our love affair is moving to a whole new level.

14 May 2015

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened its doors in Seattle on 30 March 1971 with a mission purely to sell freshly roasted coffee beans.

28 October 2015

A little warmth goes a long way – the science of hot drinks.

Young roommates making tea and coffee in a kitchen.
Young roommates making tea and coffee in a kitchen. Photograph: Getty Images/Maskot

23 September 2016

A brief history of tea in the UK.

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