Does anyone else not like tea?

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I've never been a big fan of tea but recently I've been trying to find some form of the drink that might change my mind and I simply can't seem to. 

I just find tea to be too weak of a drink. It just tastes like warm water to me no matter what kind I have, no matter how strong I have it. 

There must be something appealing about it with it being so popular, so is there something I'm missing?? 

[Click]

I don't like tea or coffee, Americans tend to be shocked when they hear I don't drink tea.

[graveyard johnny]

1 hour ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I've never been a big fan of tea but recently I've been trying to find some form of the drink that might change my mind and I simply can't seem to. 

I just find tea to be too weak of a drink. It just tastes like warm water to me no matter what kind I have, no matter how strong I have it. 

There must be something appealing about it with it being so popular, so is there something I'm missing?? 

have you tried a drop of gravy in it? to beef it up a bit 

[graveyard johnny]

 

[hindle xiii]

Peppermint tea babeh!

[graveyard johnny]

42 minutes ago, Click said:

I don't like tea or coffee, Americans tend to be shocked when they hear I don't drink tea.

I  have never told an American that I  am not a big tea or coffee fan but since you brought it it up I  aim to do just that to see the look on their faces and see their reactions - I bet if I  told them I  don't go to Mc Donalds either their reaction would be off the scale

[Maximus Decimus]

I love a good cup of tea, only good old fashioned English breakfast tea mind. Not interested in any of the others that taste like mud.

Coffee on the other hand I find to be massively over-rated. I drink it now and again and think it's OK but I don't get the obsession some people have with it. 

[Click]

10 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

I  have never told an American that I  am not a big tea or coffee fan but since you brought it it up I  aim to do just that to see the look on their faces and see their reactions - I bet if I  told them I  don't go to Mc Donalds either their reaction would be off the scale

I've had quite a few American friends over the years and I'm not sure if I have come across one that wasn't shocked that I don't like tea.

It's like they've all been brought up being told that all English people are addicted to it

[graveyard johnny]

9 minutes ago, Click said:

I've had quite a few American friends over the years and I'm not sure if I have come across one that wasn't shocked that I don't like tea.

It's like they've all been brought up being told that all English people are addicted to it

like all Scottish people drink whisky and all Irish folk love Guinness 

[HawkMan]

@The Hallucinating GooseIf the problem with  tea is it's  too weak, try it without milk.

When other people make me tea I always ask for it black, as too much milk ruins it for me. 

Getting to taste the real flavour of tea is easier with little or no milk.

Try Twinings English Breakfast Tea. 

[Futtocks]

25 minutes ago, Maximus Decimus said:

Coffee on the other hand I find to be massively over-rated. I drink it now and again and think it's OK but I don't get the obsession some people have with it. 

Depends on your experience of coffee. Most cafés and coffee shops make a pretty mediocre cup, especially the American (and wannabe American) ones.

[CanaBull]

Maybe you should try some of bolder black teas on their own and, as has been suggested, without milk.  Quite partial to a smoky lapsang souchong myself but I know that’s a Marmite of teas, you love it or hate it.

Best coffee I’ve ever had was when I was a teen working at a partner company of the place I worked that was in an industrial outskirt of Madrid, place called Torrejon. Small cafe the locals used to go to, crackingly strong espresso that set you off for the day!  Certainly didn’t need those calorie and sugar laden Americoffees. 

[graveyard johnny]

8 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Depends on your experience of coffee. Most cafés and coffee shops make a pretty mediocre cup, especially the American (and wannabe American) ones.

this is a thread about tea - if u want to start a thread about coffee please start another one or it will get locked for going off topic 

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

this is a thread about tea - if u want to start a thread about coffee please start another one or it will get locked for going off topic 

Fair enough. I rarely drink tea, except when I'm visiting family. Oddly, I do like a nice cup of tea, but just don't often make it at home.

However, I do have some loose-leaf Russian Caravan tea in the cupboard, which is a pretty amazing smoky brew when I ever get round to making it.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

35 minutes ago, HawkMan said:

@The Hallucinating GooseIf the problem with  tea is it's  too weak, try it without milk.

When other people make me tea I always ask for it black, as too much milk ruins it for me. 

Getting to taste the real flavour of tea is easier with little or no milk.

Try Twinings English Breakfast Tea. 

This is what is intriguing me; most of the teas I've tried have been without milk or just a tiny drop and made as strong a mashed builders tea as possible but I still don't really taste much.

I tried a ginger tea, and yeah while there was obviously a ginger taste there, it was very weak. Same when I tried a lemon tea.

Years ago, I fell down this same rabbit hole and I think I ended up finding Lapsang Sushong (can't spell that off the top of my head) to be the must flavoursome, very smoky sort of flavour which I quite liked. Was that flavour the tea itself though? 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

22 minutes ago, CanaBull said:

Maybe you should try some of bolder black teas on their own and, as has been suggested, without milk.  Quite partial to a smoky lapsang souchong myself but I know that’s a Marmite of teas, you love it or hate it.

Best coffee I’ve ever had was when I was a teen working at a partner company of the place I worked that was in an industrial outskirt of Madrid, place called Torrejon. Small cafe the locals used to go to, crackingly strong espresso that set you off for the day!  Certainly didn’t need those calorie and sugar laden Americoffees. 

Just read your post after replying to Hawkman, refer to the post above for a reply! Haha 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

1 hour ago, Click said:

I don't like tea or coffee, Americans tend to be shocked when they hear I don't drink tea.

This is actually partly why I've started exploring tea again. I fell down a rabbit hole years ago of following Americans on social media that live in this country and they always talk about how everyone here drinks tea, and they almost always claim to love tea and drink it massively. They ask other Americans what their stereotypes of Britain are and one is that we are obsessed with tea.

It got me thinking, outsiders coming into the country and loving tea despite said culture being completely new to them, and me growing up in tealand an just not getting it at all. Lets point out as well that tea is the most popular drink in the world, I must be missing something, right?

[CanaBull]

39 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Just read your post after replying to Hawkman, refer to the post above for a reply! Haha 

Great minds and all that  

[Gerrumonside ref]

@The Hallucinating Goose

You’ve just not found your tea lobster yet.

I feel a bit unclean saying this but my mainstay is Yorkshire Tea because of the Assam flavouring.

I like to have that in as standard but also a cup of Earl Grey for a bit of contrast.

Really love tea and international tea culture elsewhere like in Turkey, China, Japan etc.

I think it’s initially calming because you have to stop for a few minutes to make a good strong brew and the whole process is good for breaking negative focus.

Then comes the slow refined hit of the caffeine in it, ah yes.

We’ve not even got into its perfect marriage with biscuits!

Edited July 14 by Gerrumonside ref

[Damien]

I dont like tea, as others have said its far too weak. Give me coffee any day.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

39 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

@The Hallucinating Goose

You’ve just not found your tea lobster yet.

I feel a bit unclean saying this but my mainstay is Yorkshire Tea because of the Assam flavouring.

I like to have that in as standard but also a cup of Earl Grey for a bit of contrast.

Really love tea and international tea culture elsewhere like in Turkey, China, Japan etc.

I think it’s initially calming because you have to stop for a few minutes to make a good strong brew and the whole process is good for breaking negative focus.

Then comes the slow refined hit of the caffeine in it, ah yes.

We’ve not even got into its perfect marriage with biscuits!

Now biscuits, there's something I frequently gorge on! I mean, it is illegal to open a packet of biscuits and not eat the entire thing. 

[Gerrumonside ref]

1 hour ago, Damien said:

I dont like tea, as others have said its far too weak. Give me coffee any day.

Even instant coffee?  

(pulls face and starts to utter the word ‘dirty’)

[Cumbrian Fanatic]

I've never liked tea and was once accused by a French lady as obviously not being English - she was joking, I think

[Futtocks]

23 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Even instant coffee?  

(pulls face and starts to utter the word ‘dirty’)

Memories of Sharon Maughan and the late Anthony Head in the Gold Blend adverts, but also the spoof by the C4 comedy troupe Who dares Wins.

Doorbell rings. Smug man answers door.

Smug Yuppie Woman: I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm having a dinner party and I just realised I've run out of coffee. Do you have any?

Smug Yuppie Man: Well, I have this (he holds up a jar of Gold Blend), but are you sure it's not too sophisticated for your guests?

Smug Yuppie Women: Ugh, instant! (she slams the door and they never speak again).

[Maximus Decimus]

4 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Depends on your experience of coffee. Most cafés and coffee shops make a pretty mediocre cup, especially the American (and wannabe American) ones.

I've had the fanciest coffee you can imagine and thought it was just OK.