Whisky Galore As China Takes Scotch With Its Tea

It probably gives an unsettling colour but it may also relieve the hangover. A fashion for mixing whisky with antioxidant-rich green tea has doubled Scotland's exports of whisky to China in the last year, with £1bn exported in the past six months alone.

Although the two would not seem an appealing combination, apparently it is the drink of choice among China's new middle class.

"Friends will buy a bottle and place it on the table before drinking it over the course of an evening in a long glass with green tea leaves and crushed ice," said David Williamson of the Scotch Whisky Association.