I'll have tea in my favourite mug please!

By Liam Bend

That early morning cuppa that simulates you for the day tastes better from your favourite mug research has found.

Dr Tom Stafford (23), a psychologist from Sheffield University says that a person’s brain is trained to pouring a cuppa in a certain way that delivers maximum pleasure to the drinker

He said: “Drinking tea and coffee is very ritualistic and people have become very addictive to the way they want their brew made.”

“Caffeine is very much a drug of reward and like any addict: people develop passions on how the drug is delivered. Wherever there is drug use rituals will always develop.”

A daily cuppa contributes to the belief that people genuinely think it tastes better out of a certain cup. Stafford states that more than 60 percent of Brits have a favourite mug they use for their morning drink according to recent studies carried out.

Although these are the thoughts of the nation, Sheffield University student Adam Foster (21) is a part-time worker at the Starbucks on Western Bank and he believes their can actually be some truth between cup and taste;

“I certainly think that a brew can be more appealing in a mug you use regularly.”

"This can relate to Starbucks, we are a highly recognised brand that is renowned for its hot drinks worldwide; therefore people will recognise the sign of quality with the company's logo on the cup."

Whatever people believe, the cup alone can’t enhance the quality of taste but the chances that you’ve had your best brew in a favourite mug is only because you have used it the most.