Why do people pretend to like tea?

[Anonymous]

“Hot garbage water”

[Anonymous]

OMG I like tea AND coffee. Sue me.

[Anonymous]

Love tea.

But how do people like beer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I was younger I pretended to like to tea - not because I’m pretentious but because my gram and my great gram drank tea and had tea cup collections and I wanted to be like them. But most of the time I didn’t like it very much.

During the pandemic when everyone got into something, I got into tea. I bought a bunch of varieties from Harney & Sons (very good quality teas at decent prices) and I also bought an electric kettle with preprogrammed temperature settings. And Harney sent me a nice little guide to tea with my first big order.

I learned that I hadn’t liked tea in the past because I’d always brewed it incorrectly, I’d ruined it by squeezing tea bags and thus getting all the bitter tannins into the cup instead of leaving them in the spent teabags, I’d burnt green and white teas by boiling them at black tea temperature, etc.

Now I really love tea! Not all varieties, but many of them - I especially love green tea which is great because it’s so healthy for me.

But sure, some people don’t like tea. Some people do. Pretentiousness has nothing to do with it.

I'm a tea lover...and my favorite is Harney's Paris. Did you know you can subscribe to their tea--I get a lb of Paris delivered monthly

Yes their Paris is lovely!

I just got a delivery - a 1lb bag of blueberry green and a 1lb bag of hot cinnamon spice green.

There’s a small tin of Boston (very tasty) and another of chamomile in the cupboard, and the tops of my cupboards are adorned with all the pretty colored tins from varieties I’ve tried since the pandemic - but I’m mostly into the greens now, for the micronutrient benefits of green.

[Anonymous]

I can’t understand why anyone drinks Lipton—that rastes gross to me, as dlo several other brands like red rose). So bitter.

But OP definitely needs to watch Ted Lasso — this is a running joke in that show!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey let's debate Coke vs Pepsi vs Dr Pepper!

Sweet vs sweeter vs sweetest

[Anonymous]

I like tea. I like different kinds of tea. I like different kinds of tea prepared different ways. I’m not pretending.

Teaism is a good place to try a nice variety of teas. Rodman’s has several good brands at good prices for those who make it at home.

Preparation matters. Things like tea bags vs loose tea, using good water (if you don’t like the taste of your tap water, don’t use it for making tea), and paying attention to the brewing time (to avoid bitterness) really matter.

I like Paris tea. Constant Comment is great for iced tea. My current inexpensive tea is Trader Joe’s Earl Grey.
Twinnings and Harney have great selections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like tea. I like different kinds of tea. I like different kinds of tea prepared different ways. I’m not pretending.

Teaism is a good place to try a nice variety of teas. Rodman’s has several good brands at good prices for those who make it at home.

Preparation matters. Things like tea bags vs loose tea, using good water (if you don’t like the taste of your tap water, don’t use it for making tea), and paying attention to the brewing time (to avoid bitterness) really matter.

I like Paris tea. Constant Comment is great for iced tea. My current inexpensive tea is Trader Joe’s Earl Grey.
Twinnings and Harney have great selections.

You make great points! In addition to the steep time and water temperature you are so right that water quality is huge. I never use my tap water for tea, it’s almost always distilled but sometimes spring. Distilled is best because it really lets the tea shine through without any competition.

[Anonymous]

I love tea, especially flavored teas. I love David’s Tea.

I’ll have a cup of tea over coffee any day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are a couple of things I believe everyone should consider terrible because the taste makes me want to vomit, monkfruit and stevia. It's ruined beverages, caprisuns, supplement powders and candies. I refuse to believe those companies have any taste quality inspectors

Preach.

I opened and began eating a yogurt the other day. Almost spit it out. It was a "low sugar" version that I bought by mistake and it had ... stevia.

+1 you have to be on high alert. You can't grab a quick "0 cal flavored water" thinking it's just water. Sometimes it's got Stevia in it. Right to the trash. Even teas (a propos to this thread) will have Stevia in the teabag!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love tea.

But how do people like beer?

+1. Beer is disgusting. I can only believe people drink it to get drunk, but why then non-alcoholic beer???!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I was younger I pretended to like to tea - not because I’m pretentious but because my gram and my great gram drank tea and had tea cup collections and I wanted to be like them. But most of the time I didn’t like it very much.

During the pandemic when everyone got into something, I got into tea. I bought a bunch of varieties from Harney & Sons (very good quality teas at decent prices) and I also bought an electric kettle with preprogrammed temperature settings. And Harney sent me a nice little guide to tea with my first big order.

I learned that I hadn’t liked tea in the past because I’d always brewed it incorrectly, I’d ruined it by squeezing tea bags and thus getting all the bitter tannins into the cup instead of leaving them in the spent teabags, I’d burnt green and white teas by boiling them at black tea temperature, etc.

Now I really love tea! Not all varieties, but many of them - I especially love green tea which is great because it’s so healthy for me.

But sure, some people don’t like tea. Some people do. Pretentiousness has nothing to do with it.

I'm a tea lover...and my favorite is Harney's Paris. Did you know you can subscribe to their tea--I get a lb of Paris delivered monthly

Yes their Paris is lovely!

I just got a delivery - a 1lb bag of blueberry green and a 1lb bag of hot cinnamon spice green.

There’s a small tin of Boston (very tasty) and another of chamomile in the cupboard, and the tops of my cupboards are adorned with all the pretty colored tins from varieties I’ve tried since the pandemic - but I’m mostly into the greens now, for the micronutrient benefits of green.

That sounds lovely! Enjoy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love tea.

But how do people like beer?

Great thought...how many beer drinkers are there out there? Yet, to someone who doesn't drink, beer tastes like absolute s--t. Even me, I've been drinking beer for 35 years and even when I quit for a few weeks (maybe Lent or just trying to cut calories for example), when I start back up, I'm like this tastes terrible! Why do I drink this crap? Then after a few, it's back to being enjoyable. So it's all about taste buds and positive associations I guess. I (and my teen) have been drinking Costco Green Tea for years. It's not the greatest taste in the world. but I feel like it's worth it for the presumed anti-inflammatory and health benefits. I have no idea how much these "exotic teas" cost, but if they are the same as Costco I would love to try them.

I haven't took a sip of coffee since I was like 10. Don't like the taste or the smell but mostly, I, personally, have this negative feeling towards it because of HOW ADDICATED some people are to it. Drives me absolutely nuts how people can't function without coffee and have to take a coffee with them everywhere.

[Anonymous]

I enjoy variety in my drinks and tea is one of them.

[Anonymous]

People started drinking tea because they had no access to sanitized water. And over time, they have learned to enjoy many different varieties and have developed cultural traditions and ceremonies around tea. I’m East Asian and tea is a staple in my household. I offer tea (and coffee) to my guests as a sign of hospitality, my kids ask for tea when they have a cold or are feeling cold, I give them rice in tea when they have an upset tummy, I like drinking tea early in the morning when the sun is rising. I don’t drink chai at home, but I love going to my friend’s house and being served chai made from spices that she has toasted herself. I think OP is salty about being shut out of the social parts of drinking tea.