Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down
It is owned and maintained by Stuart Payne and his wife Jenny, who reside in Cambridge, England, and has spawned a spin off book of the same name. The website s creators, Stuart and Jenny Payne, are best known under their pseudonyms Nicey and Wifey . A Venn diagram shows the distinctions and overlaps between the categories biscuit, cake, bread, crackers, chocolate biscuits and chocolate bars. Covers Jaffa Cake, wedding cake, fairy cakes, packet cakes, ginger cake and Battenberg, with discussion of icing and glacé cherries. Sitting down in a comfy chair is advised, but advice is given on other tea situations, including in moving vehicles, and in public places such as cafés.Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down is a website which mainly discusses tea and biscuits, with content including news and reviews of biscuit brands. These are mostly British, with a final section on foreign ones which have entered the UK market such as Tim Tam or Choco Leibniz.
As the website increased in popularity, Nicey found himself a media darling, attracting interviews and much publicity. Caution is advised with vending machines, and the Christmas season is discussed. .
It has the following sections: Starts with My worst cup of tea ever and reviews the different sorts of tea and methods of making them, including discussion of teabags, teapots, kettles and mugs. The main part of the book, includes the technical definitions of all sorts of biscuits from the simple Rich Tea to the complex such as the Penguin, with advice on storage, dunking and enjoyment. The most common topics are tea, biscuits, cake, sit downs, and a running joke about the Wagon Wheels brand name biscuit.
He is regarded as a sought-after biscuit critic The website takes a humorous look at quintessentially British topics. The website has been featured on the BBC website and their weekly technology TV programme Click, As a spinoff from the website, the couple produced a book on the subject.
