Nestle Blue Riband - 6 Pack

Blue Riband lives in the biscuit aisle, not the sweet aisle, and that matters. It is a tea break biscuit, the one that sits beside a mug rather than replacing your lunch. It is thin and crisp, and lighter than a chocolate bar, which is the excuse everyone uses for the second one.

People search for it by name because the memory is so specific: a packed lunch, a flask of tea, a wafer that broke into shards if you held it wrong. Ask anyone who grew up in Britain and they will tell you which pocket of their school bag it rode in.

Six bars to a pack, easy to drop into a lunch bag, a desk drawer or a coat pocket. Keep them somewhere cool so the chocolate stays where it belongs. They are at their best with a cup of tea, ideally one you are slightly too busy to drink.

It tends to go into the basket alongside a box of proper British tea and a couple of other biscuits from home. Put them all in the cupboard together and the place suddenly looks right again.