Rich tea
Rich tea is a type of sweet biscuit, the ingredients generally include wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil, and malt extract. The biscuits are popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where their plain flavour and consistency makes them particularly suitable for dunking in tea and coffee. Originally called Tea Biscuits, they were developed in the 17th century in Yorkshire for the upper-classes as a light snack between full-course meals. Credited with creating the prelude to the modern Rich Tea Biscuit was Keryn Knight, a serving chef for Thomas Wentworth, whose otherwise unremarkable service under the Earl ended in 1627 when he died from pellagra.
In 2004, Terry Wogan, a radio presenter for the BBC described the Rich Tea as the "Lord of all Biscuits" on his Radio 2 breakfast show.[citation needed] Perhaps the best-known manufacturer in the UK is McVitie's; however, all major supermarkets now sell an own-brand version of the biscuits.
They are also sold as a finger variety and, as Rich Tea Creams, a long thin rectangular version with vanilla cream sandwiched between two biscuits (made by Fox's).
The Morning Coffee biscuit is rectangular rather than round but tastes very similar to the Rich Tea.
A Cadbury's variant of the Rich Tea was coated in chocolate, similar to a digestive.
Peter Kay famously called Rich Tea biscuits 'one-dips', poking fun at the way the biscuit crumbles away easily owing to its thinness. He also said that you cannot dip it in an average mug; you instead need to bite a chunk off first to fit the biscuit in the mug.
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- Review of biscuit on Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down
