"Nicey" and "Wifey"
The website's creators, Stuart and Jenny Payne, are best known under their pseudonyms "Nicey" and "Wifey". As the website increased in popularity, Stuart Payne was interviewed in the mainstream press and became "one of the world's most sought-after biscuit critics", with biscuit manufacturers sending him free samples in the hope of a favourable review. Payne's views were sought by the BBC on the launch of the leading American Oreo cookie into the UK.BBC News MagazineWebsite
The website takes a humorous look at quintessentially British topics. The most common topics are tea, biscuits, cake and "sit downs". The website has been featured on the BBC website and their weekly technology TV programme ''Click (TV programme), Click'', ''The Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Guardian'' newspapers, as well as the ''Richard & Judy'' chatshow. In September 2006, the British Library proposed that Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down should be archived along with other socially significant websites.Book
As a spinoff from the website, the couple produced a book on the subject. It has the following sections: *''A Nice Cup of Tea'' 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. *''Some Biscuits'' The main part of the book, includes the technical definitions of all sorts of biscuits from the simple Rich tea, Rich Tea to the complex such as the Penguin (biscuit), Penguin, with advice on storage, dunking and enjoyment. These are mostly British, with a final section on foreign ones which have entered the UK market such as Tim Tam or Choco Leibniz. A Venn diagram shows the distinctions and overlaps between the categories biscuit, cake, bread, Cracker (food), crackers, Chocolate biscuit#Chocolate digestives, chocolate biscuits and chocolate bars. *''A Little Bit of Cake'' Covers Jaffa Cake, wedding cake, cupcake, fairy cakes, packet cakes, ginger cake and Battenberg cake, Battenberg, with discussion of Icing (food), icing and Candied fruit, glacé cherries. *''And a Sit Down'' 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. Caution is advised with vending machines, and the Christmas season is discussed.References
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*''Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down'' ** published on 21 October 2004 by Time-Warner Books. (179 pages hardback) ** {{ISBN, 0-7515-3765-9. 1 September 2005 by Time Warner PaperbacksExternal links