Do you have biscuits with a cup of tea?

My neighbour made some bread pudding, and she really does make the best I've tasted.

I put the kettle on, made me tea, went to get the pud, and my blooming grandson had eaten it!

Ringtons tea, MissAdventure. They started life in the North East, I believe, delivering teas & biscuits in a van to customers. They are still on the go, but I don't t know how far spread they are.

No way could I have a cup of tea or coffee without a biscuit...I thought everyone did! A ginger nut ( or 2 ), rich tea, jaffa cake, a scone, pie e of cake...anything really but must have something

What's a Ringtons van?
A van just full of biscuits?

My neighbour has regular Ringtons delivery.

I have to buy bourbons, because I don't like them much.

I probably would but don't have them in the house because I am avoiding unnecessary carbs, and biscuits are not strictly necessary...are they?

No

Anybody still have a Ringtons van deliver?

Ringtons tea and biscuits are the best !

I find rich tea sneaky buggers.
They look as if they're still intact, and suddenly.... plop!

Oh I do love a custard cream or six

Agree MissAdventure gingernuts perfect, rich tea gets soggy too quickly and either drops into tea or down your front. Knew someone who dipped jaffa cakes....sacrelidge!

Rich tea are a favourite, but drop in easily. Custard creams do surprisingly well in the dunking stakes.

I can't finish my drink if I know it's got a bit of soggy biscuit in.
Ginger nuts are good for a dip. Oooh err missus!!

My grandmother lived to the ripe old age of 103 and never would have what she called a ‘dry cup of tea’, that is, without a biscuit or a piece of cake!
What are the best dunking biscuits do you think? It’s quite a skill to get it right, with no dropping!

10 days ago I would have said yes but I'm currently cutting them all out. I regularly make a batch of what I call oaties. A bit like a flat flapjack packed with seeds, dried fruit and ginger. Had one of those every day with mid afternoon coffee.

Husband says all hot drinks are too wet without one so he's got a stash of digestives, bourbons and gingernuts.

Reading this thread is making me twitchy! I see dark chocolate digestives and chocolate malted milk mentioned, Two of my favourites.

No, rarely, I tend to have tea mostly on its own

Fortunately I don't drink tea and one coffee per day usually. The rest of the time its just water so no biscuit needed. Good job really as I have a sweet tooth and not much willpower.
I have managed to give up chocolate for several months now.

One good thing about covid is that no one turns up unexpectedly. I never have bought biscuits in the house.
I would be very tempted and they are such a waste of calories. Even if you break them in half and tip the calories out?
Eight a day equates to an average of 400cals at 50 cals/biscuit .
Yikes I’d be as fat as a house?

Only drink coffee but never with anything else. I have it milky so maybe that fills me up. Hate to think what weight I'd be if I followed the biscuit route. Also I wouldn't be able to stop at one. No willpower at the moment.

I don't ever even think of biscuits unless someone offers them to me.
So no, I hardly ever have biscuits with tea.

We very rarely buy biscuits.

We have two dark chocolate digestives with coffee mid morning. We don't eat breakfast and have a light lunch around 1'sh. We don't have biscuits with tea, we drink a lot of tea !!!

With tea, without tea, whatever - I don't need any excuse to have a biscuit ?

Rarely. After spending nine years stacking the biscuit shelves in Tesco, I got to the stage of "if I ever see another biscuit . . . " and even though I left that job 20 years ago, I still don't much care for them.

If I do have a biscuit it will be one (or four) of the fancy proper cookie ones - chocolate covered stem ginger, or my ultimate favourite (although they're hard to find now) chocolate chip and hazelnut.

DH, on the other hand . . . . minimum of two biscuits with each cup of coffee. Probably half a dozen coffees a day.