A cewar rahoton kidayar shayi na UKTIA, shayin da ‘yan Birtaniyya suka fi so su hada shi ne baƙar shayi, kusan kashi 22 cikin ɗari (22%) suna ƙara madara ko sukari kafin a ƙara. jakunan shayida ruwan zafi. Rahoton ya bayyana cewa kashi 75 cikin 100 na 'yan Birtaniyya suna shan baƙar shayi, tare da madara ko babu, amma kashi 1 cikin ɗari ne kawai ke shan shayi mai ƙarfi, mai duhu, mai daɗi. Abin sha'awa shine, kashi 7% na waɗannan mutane suna ƙara cream a shayi, kuma 10% suna ƙara madarar kayan lambu. Mai laushi saitin shayi kuma shayin da aka yi sabo yana iya sanya masu shan shayi su ji daɗin shayi daban-daban. Hall ya ce, “Ana noman shayi na gaske daga bishiyar shayi a cikin kasashe sama da 60 na duniya kuma ana iya sarrafa su ta hanyoyi da yawa don yin baƙar shayi, koren shayi, shayin oolong da sauransu, duk daga shuka iri ɗaya ne. Don haka akwai daruruwan nau'ikan shayi daban-daban da za a dandana." Zaɓen bai tsaya nan ba. Kimanin tsire-tsire daban-daban 300 da sassan shuka sama da 400, gami da mai tushe na ganye, haushi, tsaba, furanni ko 'ya'yan itatuwa, ana iya amfani da su a cikin shayin ganye. Peppermint da chamomile sun kasance mafi mashahuri shayi, tare da 24% da 21% na masu amsa suna shan shi akalla sau biyu a mako, bi da bi.

Kusan rabin (48%) suna ganin hutun kofi a matsayin hutu mai mahimmanci, kuma 47% sun ce yana taimaka musu su dawo kan ƙafafunsu. Kashi biyu cikin biyar (44%) za su ci biskit tare da shayin su, kuma kashi 29% na masu shan shayin za su tsoma biscuits a cikin shayin don su yi tsalle na ƴan daƙiƙa guda. Hall yace. "Yawancin masu amsa sun saba da haɗin shayi na Earl Gray tare da karin kumallo na Ingilishi, amma waɗanda ba a san su ba sune Darjeeling da Assam teas a Indiya, kamar yadda Gyokuro na Jafananci, Longjing na China ko Oolong teas, waɗanda aka bayyana ana kiransa "mafi girman shayi". Shayi Oolong yakan fito ne daga lardin Fujian na kasar Sin da yankin Taiwan na kasar Sin. Tea ce mai ɗanɗano, tun daga cikin koren shayin oolong mai ƙamshi daga cikin jakar shayi zuwa shayin oolong mai launin ruwan ƙasa, na ƙarshen yana da ɗanɗano mai ƙarfi da ɗanɗano mai ƙarfi. Akwai alamar peach da apricot a lokaci guda. "

Yayin da shayi duka abin sha ne mai kashe ƙishirwa da kuma hanyar zamantakewa, ƴan Birtaniyya sun fi son shayi, kamar yadda yawancin masu amsa tambayoyin ke juya shayi lokacin da suke jin sanyi. "Shayi runguma ce ashayi pot, Aboki mai aminci kuma mai kwantar da hankali… abubuwa da yawa suna canzawa idan muka dauki lokaci don yin shayi”.