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Gogglebox stars sing tribute to tea and stir up a major debate

Photo credit: Channel 4
Photo credit: Channel 4

From Digital Spy

Gogglebox favourites Mary and Marina sang a delightful tribute to tea tonight (September 25), only to spark a major debate among those watching at home.

In tonight's episode, the pensioners and their fellow armchair critics sat down in front of Channel 5's Yorkshire Tea Vs PG Tips: Battle of the Brews.

Before long, Mary and Marina found themselves singing along to Binnie Hale's 1937 banger 'A Nice Cup of Tea', which simultaneously filled viewers with national pride and had them jumping up to make a brew.

Photo credit: Channel 4
Photo credit: Channel 4

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"Oh please get Mary and Marina to No1 with their 'Nice Cup of Tea' song," tweeted one person, while another wrote: "Got emotional watching Mary and Marina sing the cup of tea song."

However, not long after the stirring rendition, things soon got ugly as the inevitable question was asked: how do you make the perfect cup of tea?

The Gogglebox stars were horrified by some of the tips Battle of the Brews was offering up, one of which suggested that you shouldn't fully boil the kettle, which is objectively wrong.

Photo credit: Channel 4
Photo credit: Channel 4

Soon enough, viewers took to Twitter to share their own tea-making methods and preferred choice of bag.

One person wrote: "On @C4Gogglebox they're talking about best ways to make tea and it's all made in a mug. I can hear my mother, 200km away, screaming at the tv to MAKE IT PROPERLY IN THE POT."

Check out more of the reactions below.

Gogglebox airs on Channel 4.


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