As a nation, Brits currently drink 165 million cups of tea, and the healing benefits of the nation's favorite beverage have long been acknowledged.
However, now the team of scientists led by Professor Les Baillie from Welsh School of Pharmacy at Cardiff University and Doctor Theresa Gallagher, Biodefense Institute, part of the Medical Biotechnology Centre of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute in Baltimore, has found that the widely available English Breakfast tea has the potential to inhibit the activity of anthrax, as long as it is black tea.