It is a healthy drink Claire Williamson of the British Nutrition Foundation Dr Ruxton's team found average tea consumption was just under three cups per day. She said the increasing popularity of soft drinks meant many people were not drinking as much tea as before.
What Makes a Cucumber Bitter? Most cucumber plants contain compounds known as cucurbitacins (âkyew-ker-BIT-a-sinsâ) that cause fruit to taste bitter. At low levels, you arenât likely to detect them. But high levels of cucurbitacins produce extremely bitter fruit. Some cucumber varieties possess a gene that inhibits their formation.
Touch the cucumber. Fresh cucumbers will be firm and rigid to to the touch. Cucumbers that have gone bad will be soft and bendable. Slice the cucumber. The cucumber flesh should be firm and crispy, aside from the seeds in the middle. If the flesh is mushy or really soft to the touch, the cucumber is old and should be discarded.