Why do people pretend to like tea?

[Anonymous]

Tell us you've never been outside the US and grew up poor OP without having to tell us. I have never had coffee in my life and love tea.

More people in the world prefer tea to coffee. After water, tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world:
https://coffeeaffection.com/tea-drinkers-vs-coffee-drinkers-statistics/

[Anonymous]

I LOVE TEA!!!!! How can you say such a thing about tea drinkers????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell us you've never been outside the US and grew up poor OP without having to tell us. I have never had coffee in my life and love tea.

More people in the world prefer tea to coffee. After water, tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world:
https://coffeeaffection.com/tea-drinkers-vs-coffee-drinkers-statistics/

“Poor”?! As the saying goes : what does growing up poor have to do with the price of tea in China? Given the prevalence of tea drinkers — which you, yourself, have pointed out PP, it should be clear that people at all economic levels drink tea, although admittedly they might not be drinking the same types of tea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell us you've never been outside the US and grew up poor OP without having to tell us. I have never had coffee in my life and love tea.

More people in the world prefer tea to coffee. After water, tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world:
https://coffeeaffection.com/tea-drinkers-vs-coffee-drinkers-statistics/

“Poor”?! As the saying goes : what does growing up poor have to do with the price of tea in China? Given the prevalence of tea drinkers — which you, yourself, have pointed out PP, it should be clear that people at all economic levels drink tea, although admittedly they might not be drinking the same types of tea.

Nooo PP is saying that OP grew up US poor. Which means drinking coke and chocolate milk and NOT drinking hot tea. I guess.

[Anonymous]

I think there's just comfort in a hot beverage. And they are all acquired tastes. But probably acquired and habitual because we start young and they are comforting. Sometimes there is even sugar and caffeine.

Even hot chocolate was an acquired taste when it was first introduced. Anyone make "real" hot chocolate on here?

[Anonymous]

Hah. I drink tea very occasionally (I do make spiced chai in the winter, so good). But this week I came across a stash of very old green tea bags, made sun tea, added a little sugar and a splash of lemon juice. I've been doing garden work and guzzling it.

The reason people in the US drink coffee is because of the British. There's a great article in this month Smithsonian about coffee and the Civil War (and the role of Liberian coffee growers in helping the north win).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there's just comfort in a hot beverage. And they are all acquired tastes. But probably acquired and habitual because we start young and they are comforting. Sometimes there is even sugar and caffeine.

Even hot chocolate was an acquired taste when it was first introduced. Anyone make "real" hot chocolate on here?

You mean like the Aztecs? Never have, but imagine it was rather like coffee, in terms of being a bitter, aromatic drink?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell us you've never been outside the US and grew up poor OP without having to tell us. I have never had coffee in my life and love tea.

More people in the world prefer tea to coffee. After water, tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world:
https://coffeeaffection.com/tea-drinkers-vs-coffee-drinkers-statistics/

“Poor”?! As the saying goes : what does growing up poor have to do with the price of tea in China? Given the prevalence of tea drinkers — which you, yourself, have pointed out PP, it should be clear that people at all economic levels drink tea, although admittedly they might not be drinking the same types of tea.

Nooo PP is saying that OP grew up US poor. Which means drinking coke and chocolate milk and NOT drinking hot tea. I guess.

My grandparents were poor depression farmers. They drank coffee because Grandma came from Swedes, and tea because Grandpa came from English people. I think tea was for after breakfast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell us you've never been outside the US and grew up poor OP without having to tell us. I have never had coffee in my life and love tea.

More people in the world prefer tea to coffee. After water, tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world:
https://coffeeaffection.com/tea-drinkers-vs-coffee-drinkers-statistics/

“Poor”?! As the saying goes : what does growing up poor have to do with the price of tea in China? Given the prevalence of tea drinkers — which you, yourself, have pointed out PP, it should be clear that people at all economic levels drink tea, although admittedly they might not be drinking the same types of tea.

Nooo PP is saying that OP grew up US poor. Which means drinking coke and chocolate milk and NOT drinking hot tea. I guess.

Yes, that was my assumption as well. Where we differ though, is in our assumptions about dietary choices as they correlate with income. Hot tea and iced tea — (not from a mix) are a lot cheaper per serving than “coke and chocolate milk” — and taste better too, at least to some of us.

Oh, and “the price of tea in China” really is an old saying, and wasn’t meant to be taken literally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it like a pretentious thing? Tea tastes like dirt/Earth and it’s like nobody will admit this out loud.

It does taste like dirt, but I like that about it.