Take part in the Exeter Biscuit Dunkathon Challenge
Oreo a biscuit lover? Will only a Jammie Dodger do it? To feed the nations love of the sweet treats this National Biscuit Day, Bird & Blend Tea Co. unveils its limited edition and brand new range of biscuit flavour teas, including its classic, Chocolate Digestives, and there’s a flavour for everyone.
To celebrate the new flavours on the big day, Bird & Blend also launches its first ever Dunkathon Challenge and competitors are invited to dunk their favourite biscuit in the new flavours - Gingernut Biscuit, Jammy Dodgers, Biscoff, Custard Cream, Cookies & Cream and its classic, Chocolate Digestives.
Competitors can also choose from the other 100+ flavours on its tea wall on the day.
How to take part in the Dunkathon
Good things crumb to those that wait. 25 seconds is all it’ll take to win a free cuppa on the day.
A choice of biscuits will be available to choose from; will a Chocolate Digestive be the victor or will it be the Custard that gets the Cream? The chosen biscuit will need to be dunked for 25 seconds without breaking.
If the chosen biscuit has a soggy bottom and breaks, the competitor will leave with no free cuppa, but that’s just the way the cookie crumbles!
The Dunkathon Challenge will take place all day at the Exeter Bird & Blend Tea Co. store in the High Street (check the website for opening hours).
Every day is really a dunking tea day at Bird & Blend Tea Co. but Monday 29th May is a nationwide British celebration of all the biscuits in the land.
According to a study by the British BMJ last year, the Chocolate Digestive was the second most dunkable biscuit, behind the oaty hobnob, and only loses 15% of its crunchiness after being dunked…Bird & Blend challenges you to find your best dunker on the day with all the brew biccies available to choose from.
Take the Dunkathon Home
For anyone that can’t make it into the store, or wants to create a Dunkathon Challenge at home, they can still brew the perfect dunking cuppa to celebrate, follow these simple steps from Krisi Smith, Co-Founder & award-winning, Chief Tea Mixologist at Bird & Blend Tea Co.
How to make the perfect dunking cuppa
Tea is one of the most consumed drinks in the world with the UK drinking nearly 36 billion cups per year! The Brits also consume more biscuits than any other country, with 27 million households buying biscuits each year to enjoy across 6 million biscuit-eating occasions!
Whether you’re an eat the biccie first type, a nibbler & tea sipper or a double dunker, here is how to ensure the perfect cuppa for the perfect biscuit accompaniment:
1. Select a tea that suits the biscuit choice
2. Choose a high quality tea
3. Choose your tea cup or mug
4. Use freshly drawn, cold water each time
5. Stick to the brewing instructions
6. Sit back, sip and relax!
You’ve now made the perfect cuppa... get dunking!
Find the full guide to making the perfect cuppa here: https://www.birdandblendtea.com/blogs/tea-academy/how-to-make-the-perfect-cup-of-tea
*Tea exclusions on National Biscuit Day, 29th May: free cup of tea does not apply on matchas or lattes in store.
