In terms of originality very few people in the music biz can touch Mr Scruff’s blend of broken beats, jazzy loops and fishy samples thrown in a melting pot of hip-hop, reggae and soul-derived influences.

So it’s no real surprise that at one of the scruffy one’s gigs revellers who are partial to an alcoholic drink can lay their hands on a good old cup of English tea.

Not the usual fare admittedly, but typical of someone who has brought new meaning to the word unique.

Speaking to the Independent the man behind Keep it Unreal and Trouser Jazz reveals his love of a good cuppa cha and that he’s actually quite good at it.

When asked what he was good at, he said: "Making records and making good tea." He then revealed he is the proud owner of his own tea company and has a tea tent at his gigs just in case anybody else is as partial to a brew as he is.

The tea may not be of great interest to everybody but the news that he is working on a new album after a three-year hiatus will please many.

He also went on to reveal how he got in the business in the first place, saying the most surprising thing to happen to him was: "Getting asked to make a record for the first time in 1994, after a mate sent a demo to a label."
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