US disavows American academic who puts salt in tea ... but says it’s fine to microwave it

Dr Francl, who loves a cup of Assam without milk, urges her fellow Americans not to microwave tea, but to get a kettle instead. But the US Embassy insisted it would “continue to make tea the proper way – by microwaving it”. The Cabinet Office weighed into the row afterwards, with a statement saying: “We appreciate our special relationship, however, we must disagree wholeheartedly. “I think Americans don’t know how to make a good cup of tea. If you order tea when you’re out to eat in the US, you get an awful cup of tea, even at a really good restaurant,” she said.