Anonymous wrote:Never in a million years did I think I and a billion people would be called pretentious for drinking tea. Do you hear yourself?

2B+ ppl in India and China alone? So pretentious, especially the people living in shanty towns.

Also the whole UK, obviously.

The problem with dirt isnt the flavor, it's the grit.

Steak tastes like bones, but we don't try to chew and swallow the bones. I mean, except OP, maybe.

Anonymous wrote:I love my masala chai. Sorry you have no taste, OP.

Well what's not to like about spicy milky sugary hot bevvie?

Eww grass

Ewww animal guts

Eww plant gonads

Grow up.

Black tea, builders.

Cream tea

Herbal teas/tisanes when I'm feeling off

Tea is medicine, and ritual, and just fun.

People who don't like tea are kinda sus to me. People who complain about how other people like tea are just jerks.

I drink weak black tea - a lot of it, and have done for years. I'm also from a Commonwealth country with a tea drinking tradition. I have a nice glass pot that uses loose tea. An $11 tin lasts me about 5 months, so that is great value compared to store coffee for $4-5 a cup.

I love the smell of coffee but hate the taste. That dislike saves me a lot of money! A friend once sat me down at breakfast and tried to teach me to like coffee, but it tasted like the scrapings from burnt toast in water. I also hate olives, tomatoes and pickles, so that might be a super taster thing.

Pretend?

Tea is amazing! I am certainly not faking when I say I like it.

Mmmm hot grass and dirt water! Yummy!

Do you like coffee op? It tastes like dirt and mud.

It’s almost as if different people have different tastes or something.

You should be asking why people pretend to like COFFEE. That's what tastes like dirt. They're all just addicted to the caffeine.

Anonymous wrote:OMG I like tea AND coffee. Sue me.

+1. But I only drink them with milk and sweetener. Go ahead and judge me.

Maybe the OP doesn’t like tea. Maybe the OP stuck a Red Rose teabag in a mug of water, nuked it for a few minutes and doesn’t realize that what they tasted isn’t what the rest of us are drinking when we are drinking tea. Whatever. Nice thread for sharing tips with the non-trolling readers among us.

Mariage Freres has some wonderful blends.

I love my masala chai. Sorry you have no taste, OP.