British-style tea service opens in Boston, and a locally inspired dessert cookbook hits shelves From finger sandwiches to desserts with roots in New England, you're sure to satisfy your appetite.

"From one chaiwala to another," Akhil Patel said while serving hot tea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the UK.

Some 250 years after Americans ruined a lot of British tea in Boston Harbor, a U.S. chemist's salty tip for the perfect cup has prompted an intervention from the U.S. Embassy in London.

@almurph18 Making my British boyfriend a cup of tea the American way 😂😂😂 ♬ original sound - almurph18 @almurph18 It tastes the same to me 🤷🏼‍♀️ ♬ Crazy - Patsy Cline ...

Ted Lasso, the fish-out-of-water American sitcom character trying to make his way in the quintessentially British world of soccer, said: “Tea is horrible. Absolute garbage water.” ...