美国驻英大使馆整活：用外交声明撇清“茶里加盐”梗

January 24, 2024
United States Embassy Press Release

Today's media reports of an American Professor's recipe for the "perfect" cup of tea has landed our special bond with the United Kingdom in hot water.

Tea is the elixir of camaraderie, a sacred bond that unites our nations. We cannot stand idly by as such an outrageous proposal threatens the very foundation of our Special Relationship.

Therefore we want to ensure the good people of the UK that the unthinkable notion of adding salt to Britain's national drink is not official United States policy. And never will be.

Let us unite in our steeped solidarity and show the world that when it comes to tea, we stand as one.

The U.S. Embassy will continue to make tea in the proper way - by microwaving it.

这是2024年1月24日美国驻伦敦大使馆发布的一篇恶搞外交新闻稿，针对有美国教授提出往茶里加盐的“完美配方”引发英国人不满一事，用正式的外交文牍风格出面撇清，声明往英国国饮里加盐绝非美国官方政策。文案里玩了多处双关梗：“in hot water”既指陷入麻烦，又呼应茶的“热水”；“steeped solidarity”用泡茶的“浸泡（steep）”谐音“深度（deep）”，打造“浸泡式团结”的趣味表达，最后还补了个“官方泡茶方式是用微波炉”的搞笑吐槽，以幽默方式化解英美之间的小风波，属于官方趣味公关内容。

该内容是美国驻伦敦大使馆的官方整活，发布于2024年1月24日，大概率首发于其官方社交平台（如X原推特、脸书等），用正式的外交声明格式调侃茶的争议，是为了拉近和英国民众距离的趣味公关内容，在社交平台引发了不少讨论。