Is it time to start drinking Lady Grey with your cream tea?

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What tea do you have with your scone, jam and Cornish clotted cream?

Because it seems we"re about to see a huge decline in tea sales as younger drinkers ditch Britain"s traditional cuppa in favour of fancy flavours.

Healthier options like green or fruit tea are preferred by almost half of 25 to 34-year-olds who claim the classic tea it has too much caffeine and stains their teeth.

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While one in three those aged 55 to 64 drink at least five cuppas a day, research by Mintel suggested just one in five of younger drinkers do.

Apparently tea bag sales plummeted 14% between 2013 and 2015 and are set to fall again by 5% this year.

But sales of green tea have gone up by 39% while herbal tea sales rose by 13%.

Mintel"s senior food and drink expert Richard Caines said: "Tea brands need to increase the appeal of their products to 16 to 34-year-olds who drink standard black tea less frequently.

"One way of encouraging more tea drinking among younger consumers is with more choice of flavours and indulgent varieties."

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Source: http://www.cornishman.co.uk/is-it-time-to-start-drinking-lady-grey-with-your-cream-tea/story-29610030-detail/story.html