How Many Cups of Tea Do You Weigh?

The British weight comparison you didn't know you needed.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a cup of tea weigh?

A standard British mug of tea contains about 240–260 ml of liquid, which weighs 240–260 g (water is 1 g per ml, and the small amount of milk barely changes that). We use 250 g — a proper mug, not a delicate teacup.

How many cups of tea do Brits drink?

The UK consumes around 100 million cups of tea per day — roughly 1.5 per person on average. The average British tea drinker has 4–5 cups daily. The UK is third in per-capita tea consumption behind Turkey and Ireland.

How many calories in a cup of tea?

Black tea by itself is essentially zero calories. A splash of semi-skimmed milk adds 10–15 kcal. A teaspoon of sugar adds 16 kcal. A "white, one sugar" averages 30 kcal. A latte-style "builder's tea" with lots of milk and two sugars can reach 80 kcal.

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How many cups of tea do you weigh?

A standard British mug of tea holds about 250 g of liquid. A 75 kg adult equals exactly 300 cups of tea. That\'s roughly 60 days of tea consumption for the average Briton — or one afternoon at a cricket match.

How much tea is "one cup"?

Tea cup sizes vary more than you\'d expect. A fine china teacup holds about 150 ml. A standard British mug holds 250–280 ml. The famous "builder\'s tea" mug from the office tea round is usually 300+ ml. The official British Standard for tea-making (BS 6008, no really) specifies a 310 ml white porcelain pot for testing purposes. We use 250 g as the everyday-mug average.

Tea by the numbers

  • 100 million cups per day are consumed in the UK — roughly 1.5 cups per person, every person, every day.
  • £70 million per year is spent on tea bags in the UK, with PG Tips, Yorkshire and Tetley dominating.
  • 78% of British adults drink tea daily, compared to 59% who drink coffee.
  • The UK ranks third in the world for per-capita tea consumption — behind Turkey (1,300 cups per year per person) and Ireland.

The tea-versus-water question

Tea is essentially flavoured water with caffeine and antioxidants. Despite old beliefs about caffeine being dehydrating, modern research is clear: tea contributes to your daily hydration about as well as plain water. Your weight in cups of tea, if you drank it gradually rather than all at once, would supply roughly the same hydration as the same weight in water — though you\'d be pretty wired from the caffeine. See the water intake calculator for your actual daily target.

How to make a proper cup of tea

British tea aficionados can argue about this for hours. The BS 6008 official method specifies: 2 g of loose-leaf black tea per 100 ml of boiling water, brewed for 6 minutes in a warmed pot, milk added before the tea (controversial in the South of England). George Orwell\'s famous 1946 essay "A Nice Cup of Tea" laid out 11 commandments including "tea should be drunk without sugar" — a position that has aged into a kind of culinary heresy in Yorkshire.

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