Dr Stuart Farrimond, tea expert and author of The Science of Cooking, also claims that drinking tea out of a red mug will make the drink taste sweeter compared with a white mug because it tricks our brain into thinking of ripe fruits.
Perfect egg We’ve been boiling eggs wrong our whole lives, according to Italian scientists who claim the perfect dippy egg takes a gobsmacking 32 minutes to cook.
Scientists claim fresh, soft water is the best for brewing black tea, as the calcium in harder water can produce a layer of scum on top of the tea and dulls its subtle flavours.
Chemical scientist and author John Emsley - from Yorkshire, naturally - also concluded that batter should always be kept at room temperature before cooking, and that two eggs should be used at higher altitudes to create the perfect fluffy rise.
In order to create a creamy yolk and firm egg white, the new research claims we should be moving our eggs back and forth between boiling and cold water EIGHT TIMES before we can finally crack the shell and dip our toasty soldiers into the result.
