In summation, it warms us up when we’re cold, it calms us down, and gives us a great reason to actually talk to each other.
Writing as a Brit myself, there’s also a reason my first instinct when inviting someone into my house is to offer them a cuppa. It’s a fantastic way to break the ice – particularly when, as is typical for British people, you can’t think of what to talk about!
So why is this simple hot drink, made by just pouring hot water over one or two teabags – with milk and sugar if you like – so important to us?
What’s more, why do we care so much that even some people angrily disagree with the order of teabags and hot water I just provided and insist that the teabags must be placed INTO hot water instead?