Tea?

I'm glad my semi-comedic tea and coffee rants have provided some amusement.

In all seriousness, I sort of wish I liked them. There's a calming ritual to making a hot drink that you just don't get when filling a Sigg bottle with tap water. ?
 
It's not uncommon for me to have my 'Englishness' questioned, because I know only one thing about tea: it's absolutely revolting. I have a small catalogue of polite ways of declining a cup of tea, all of which have been extensively practised. I may also have been heard referring to tea as 'bitter water dressed in brown' or 'hot leaf juice'.

Well, that's probably my sole contribution to this thread. Over to you, @Teresa. :)

Cheers,

Tom
As Tom knows, I also detest tea. The smell is dire too. Apparently I drank it as a baby, but soon went onto milky coffee (it was the 70's) aged about 3.
I accidentally accepted a cup of tea a couple of years ago. My neighbour (who was rather handsome and single) invited me round as I was going to be looking after his cats whilst he was on holiday. It was about 6 pm and when I got there, he asked if I wanted a cup of tea. I thought about asking for coffee, then realised it was a bit late in the day for coffee, so started to think of an alternative. Then realised I'd been thinking too long and he was looking at me waiting for an answer so panicked and said yes.
It was disgusting and he looked at me a bit odd whilst I was drinking it - I'm sure I was grimacing. I felt queasy all evening.
When I got home, I realised I would have to confess, otherwise he would make me tea everytime I went over. So I did and if he didn't think I was bonkers before, he did then.
And people ask me why I've been single for 15 years ?
But like Tom, I do wish I did like it as people seem to get so much pleasure out of it
 
I’m on board here but I’m not English (Scottish) so there are fewer expectations perhaps.

I drink any tea I do drink so weak that people think I’m a tad odd. I won’t even put a new bag in a cup. I rescue the used bag from my wife’s cup and dip that in for a second. I basically drink hot water with sweeteners and milk and a hint of brown for convention’s sake.

Coffee is the work of the devil. Burning those horrible beans is the right idea but people stop too soon I reckon. Ash would be best.

Hot chocolate however...


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It's not uncommon for me to have my 'Englishness' questioned, because I know only one thing about tea: it's absolutely revolting. I have a small catalogue of polite ways of declining a cup of tea, all of which have been extensively practised. I may also have been heard referring to tea as 'bitter water dressed in brown' or 'hot leaf juice'.

Well, that's probably my sole contribution to this thread. Over to you, @Teresa. :)

Cheers,

Tom
Have same problem with my attitude to wine , just give me grape juice it's way better
 
Strangely given that I hate the stuff, I am told by tea lovers that I make a lovely cup of tea. So I think the secret to making good tea is to make it like you hate it! ?
 
Flavoured teas as in my first post, has not been mentioned, I guess that is because they are not very dominant tea "type" in uk?
My sambo (is there an english word for that?) is in for them, as many more in Sweden, but me,..not sure about it.
 
Flavoured teas as in my first post, has not been mentioned, I guess that is because they are not very dominant tea "type" in uk?
My sambo (is there an english word for that?) is in for them, as many more in Sweden, but me,..not sure about it.
Sambo doesn't have an English equivalent, I'm intrigued to know what it means. You're right about flavoured teas not being very popular in Britain; they are available but I guess most people just 'have a brew' to quench their thirst rather than savour the experience of drinking anything other than 'regular' supermarket tea. Mine is Tesco's own brand Yorkshire, brewed in the mug for 4 or 5 minutes, with milk and a sweetener (because I'm trying to not put on weight).
 
Ah, Sambo is from sam=together and bo=live :).
So being in a relation and sharing roof/bed, but without necessarily being married => sambo.
We also have särbo, where sär=apart, refering to having a relation but not sharing the household.
 
Ah, Sambo is from sam=together and bo=live :).
So being in a relation and sharing roof/bed, but without necessarily being married => sambo.
We also have särbo, where sär=apart, refering to having a relation but not sharing the household.

Cohabitating?


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Try Russian tea! Yes, it is grown in Russia in the Krasnodar region.


It seems to be low in tannin, which gives the stewed tea taste. My favourite brand is Matsesta.


The Russians claim that it's the most northerly grown tea. True to form, it's not! That title belongs to Cornwall!


RAB
 
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The flavoured stuff is - IME - frowned upon. It's not 'real tea'. Story: a couple of years back, my parents visited. We went out to a garden not too far away, and went to the cafe after our amble around.
Mum ordered a tea. She only realised it was flavoured and not standard UK issue black tea when supplied... her expression was a picture :)
I'm away from home this weekend and have a selection box with: green tea with strawberry, green with lime & ginger, chai, white with raspberry and white with orange. All work really well with milk.
 
My daughter and her husband used to shop in Marks and Spencer or Waitrose because of the better quality so they told me. So i did the shopping for them when they were out and I went to Lidl. I bought as many items as I could that looked like they were the products they were buying. Red label teabags went into the Tetley container and the lidl equivalent of Frosties went into the Kellogs container etc etc I think I got 12 different items altogether. Obviously I hid the evidence ! Then I waited 2 weeks before announcing while we were having a cup of tea that you cannot beat Tetleys. Boom away they went extolling the quality and that you have to pay extra for it. When I told them they had been eating and drinking from Lidl the shock was enormous. My son in law thought I was trying to poison them. My daughter immediately emptied the tetley container onto the table and was forensically examining the teabags !
 
The flavoured stuff is - IME - frowned upon. It's not 'real tea'. Story: a couple of years back, my parents visited. We went out to a garden not too far away, and went to the cafe after our amble around.
Mum ordered a tea. She only realised it was flavoured and not standard UK issue black tea when supplied... her expression was a picture :)
I'm away from home this weekend and have a selection box with: green tea with strawberry, green with lime & ginger, chai, white with raspberry and white with orange. All work really well with milk.

I worked in a tea room when I was 15, on old traditional one that have all gone now.

Anyway we had flavoured tea, would go days without it being ordered.


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