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I never got people that load up tea with sugar and milk. It’s barely tea at that point.

Tried to order green tea at a drive thru once and they asked what I wanted with it. Confused the heck out of me and I just responded with “uh, tea?”

Reminds me of when I asked for a cream soda at Wendy’s and they responded with “What flavor?” and I was like “Uh… cream soda flavored?”

Turns out they didn’t have regular cream soda…

European here, what the hell is a “cream soda”? That sounds horrible.

Like when I order a Ceasar salad and get asked what kind of dressing I’d like.

Apparently they like “barely tea” shrug

I wasn’t a fan at first but barley tea really grew on me.

[At least where I’m at] it’s kind of hard to find good tea. Like there are 400 cafés in the city that serve single origin beans with latte art, but I only have one local shop where I can get decent loose leaf. If I end up drinking the stuff from the grocery store, I probably will put sugar in it.

You can buy it from Chinese farmers on the internet and it’s not even expensive

I’ve ordered expensive tea direct from China. It was definitely the highest quality I’ve seen. Where do you go for the non-expensive stuff?

I don’t shame people who order what is effectively a coffee flavored milkshake every morning. But I wish they’d cop to it and call it a milkshake.

There’s two thousand calories in your mocha triple vanilla pump latte, Susan. Own it.

I just like sweet tasting early grey with a bit of caffine

As a kid I always hated tea because when my dad made it, it would always have an obscene amount of sugar. It blew my mind when I tried someone else’s tea with a little honey and milk, that shit’s SO good

It is a good way to use cheaper tea like the tea bags that only contain tea dust. A cup from these will be rather bitter but it can taste nice once you add milk and/or sugar.

A teaspoon of sugar and a splash of milk is still very much tea. It’s about 10% of the sugar and calories that are contained in an average soda.

I never got people that get excited about tepid leaf water.

It’s one step up from water. It’s not supposed to be a sidestep from soda with milk.

I drink black coffee so I’m free to judge all of you.

That’s right, get more of that strong, healthy caffeine.

? It’s the same amount of caffeine

The master race! Hold strong brother (sister?) 💪

Most of the sugary drinks I drink have had most of the sugar converted into alcohol before I drink it which makes it much healthier!

I don’t get people who drink tea with a fuckton of sugar. At tyst point it’s damn near impossible to to even taste the actual tea anymore.

I tend to drink it like that. Apparently it’s not socially appropriate to drink hot sugar water, and I need the sugar.

My secondary issue is that most tea available now is quite crap quality. I don’t need sugar in good tea, but good tea is not trivial to make, and requires good tea to work with. Failing that, masking the poor flavour with sugar helps.

Apparently it’s not socially appropriate to drink hot sugar water, and I need the sugar.

Anyone who saw the Men In Black movie would be a little suspicious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qgKUsDptKQ

most tea available now is quite crap quality.

Are you referring to teas available in supermarkets?

Supermarket tea can be a bit of a crapshoot. Some is quite good, some is complete rubbish. Unfortunately, most places err towards cheap bulk tea, rather than expensive tea, particularly for workplace tea.

I’m personally also a bit of a tea snob (ok, a complete snob!). I’ve found a place in Bath that sells excellent tea. I’ve also taken the time to figure out the best way to brew it, to my tastes. Unfortunately, this also raises the bar on all other teas. It makes it obvious how bad the likes of PG shits etc are.

Where do you get your Tea?

I drink all tea without anything added to it. Sugar just makes me hyper all day.

A smidge of honey or nothing at all is the way to go. If you need to put a lot of sugar in the tea, you probably brewed it wrong (or it’s just shitty tea).

Depends on the tea. An East Frisian blend, for instance, is intended to be drank with some rock sugar – not a mountain of it, of course, but the sugar is an integral part of the beverage.

Same, can’t relate to that comic at all

Really depends on the Tea.

Stash makes good tasting Tea. If you’re into Loose Leaf - they’re all usually strong. But Lipton makes weak ass shit. You’d need 3 bags and then it just turns bitter.

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