The 10 second dunk test! There's a challenge..
What's the best dunky biscuit?
- Thread starter PeteXXX
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Bourbons, Hobnobs and Digestives. The reason? You only need one cup of tea to do a whole packet of biscuits. 
(Un)Fortunately those days (tea breaks) are long gone. 🫖🍪
(Un)Fortunately those days (tea breaks) are long gone. 🫖🍪
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I was at university with a bloke who used to dunk a Mars bar and then suck the tea off it
He has been a chaplin at a school for a long time now - probably to attone for the above!
He has been a chaplin at a school for a long time now - probably to attone for the above!
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Sainsbo's choc chip Digestives. Dead thin so you don't feel quite as bad and choc. Obvs. And there's loads in the packet.
I was at university with a bloke who used to dunk a Mars bar and then suck the tea off it
He has been a chaplin at a school for a long time now - probably to attone for the above!
From sucking the chocolate off mars bars to school chaplain...
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Rich tea, in tea.
"A one shecond dunk only pleashe"
"A one shecond dunk only pleashe"
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I fear for the children under his care!!!From sucking the chocolate off mars bars to school chaplain...
There was a girl at my university famous for the suggestive way she ate Mars bars.I was at university with a bloke who used to dunk a Mars bar and then suck the tea off it
He has been a chaplin at a school for a long time now - probably to attone for the above!
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
For shop-bought biscuits, it has to be the humble Rich Tea, dunked in tea. A digestive in coffee is also good but fraught with risk.
For a wider scope of "biscuit" then biscotti takes the biscuit. Dunkable in any medium for any length of time, good up-soak, great structural integrity and a decent mouthful too.
For a wider scope of "biscuit" then biscotti takes the biscuit. Dunkable in any medium for any length of time, good up-soak, great structural integrity and a decent mouthful too.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Are those the ones that you get with coffee in posh places??
they are good in black coffee (and all coffee should be black - that's just how it is!!)
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
They often are, yes. Assuming it's not Lotus Biscoffs or amaretti(ni) (neither of which are dunkable).
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Oh, now you got me craving for some cantuccini biscuits...
Fisher, L. Physics takes the biscuit. Nature 397, 469 (1999).
...the Washburn equation, derived2 in 1921 to describe capillary flow in porous materials:
where t is the time for a liquid of viscosity η and surface tension γ to penetrate a distance Linto a fully wettable, porous material whose average pore diameter is D. The equation is strictly true only for capillary flow in a single cylindrical tube in the absence of gravitational effects, but can be extremely accurate for more complex materials, including, as I found experimentally, biscuits.
...the Washburn equation, derived2 in 1921 to describe capillary flow in porous materials:
where t is the time for a liquid of viscosity η and surface tension γ to penetrate a distance Linto a fully wettable, porous material whose average pore diameter is D. The equation is strictly true only for capillary flow in a single cylindrical tube in the absence of gravitational effects, but can be extremely accurate for more complex materials, including, as I found experimentally, biscuits.
