Do people from England put milk in their tea?

== == Tea contains Teanine which dissolves the lining of your stomach and can result in stomach ulcers. Adding milk dramatically reduces this effect.

I believe the reason people put milk in tea is simply because they like the taste. Tea contains caffeine in the same quantities as coffee (more or less!). However, it also contains quantities of natural barbiturate-type substances (valium is a man-made barbiturate). These are bound up in the tea and do not get released into the body, passing straight through us and out in our urine. When milk or other fatty substances (ghee, yak butter etc.) are put in the tea the barbiturates bind to the fat and are then digested and absorbed by the body. The effect is to perk us up with the caffeines while at the same time relaxing us with the barbiturates. So milky tea provides a much better way of waking yourself up than a cup of coffee and will not impair your ability to go to sleep.