M&S All Butter Biscuits - 200g

The plain butter biscuit sits at the sensible end of the British biscuit tin, alongside the digestive and the rich tea. It is the one people reach for when they want a biscuit that simply tastes of biscuit, and M&S has made a name for doing that sort of everyday thing well.

If you grew up with an M&S food hall down the road, you know this packet before you read it. People search for it by name because a biscuit with your tea is a small thing, right up until you cannot get the one you mean.

It is a 200g packet: a week of elevenses if you are disciplined, a single afternoon if you are not. Keep it sealed in a cool, dry cupboard, or tip the lot into a tin, which is what tins are for.

Most people put them in the basket next to a box of proper British tea, and plenty add a few more M&S bits while they are at it. They also travel well in a parcel for someone on the other side of the country who misses the food hall.