I drink hot tea when I’m feeling a little bit sick (respiratory or digestive), or I’ve had my coffee already for that day and still want a hot drink. Happens more often when it’s cold. Usually I don’t sweeten it, but occasionally I have hot tea as dessert and then I do sweeten it a little bit, about half a packet of sweetener. I like the “raw” sugar sweetener the best. Hot tea always makes me feel better if I’m a little bit sick, it gets rid of mild cramps, or rough breathing, or slight nausea for me.
I drink iced tea if I feel like an astringent flavored drink. I don’t like it sweetened unless it’s also flavored, and then it’s more like tea flavored punch than actual tea. Sometimes with breakfast I mix unsweetened iced tea with juice and water to make a light tea punch. It seems to go well with grits or with oatmeal, or eggs and sausage.
Probably I have each about 3-4 times a month, often all in the same week as I get in the mood for it and then out again. I drink coffee every day, with milk and no sugar usually. If it’s dessert, it gets the same half packet of sweetener as tea would.
I live in the “sweet tea/unsweet tea” part of the USA, but I didn’t grow up here. I find the oversweetened ice tea really unpalatable.
You know, I WANT to drink hot tea, but I must confess after taking a big swig, it makes me nauseous. It’s better if I put milk and sugar in it, but I read that milk destroys the healthful properties, whatever they are. I like green tea, though, and camomile. (I can’t stand anything fruity, and a lot of the herbal teas have some nasty berry/plum/hibiscus extract). Iced tea? In restaurants in the summer, but at home I stick to cold water, or seltzer water. There’s way too much sugar in most iced tea mixes and I just don’t bother brewing up unsweetened iced tea.
I like it hot - black or with milk or cream. With sugar or honey or nothing. I like black and white and green and herbal.
I like it iced - black or with milk or cream. With sugar or honey or Sweet or nothing. I like black and white and green and herbal.
My absolute favorite is chai with a splash of milk and a teaspoon of sugar. My favorite for when I’m sick is black tea with a teaspoon of ground ginger.
Get the feeling I like tea? I like coffee too though.
I do NOT like Earl Grey from Starbucks. They somehow manage to make it taste like weak coffee in a dirty cup and that’s just gross.
I like hot tea. I mainly drink Red Tea but will drink green tea at asian restuarants. My red tea of choice is Cestial Seasonings’s Madagascar Vanilla African Roobis. It’s caffine free, which I guess is an added bonus. I never drink iced tea or coffe.
I drink hot tea sometimes, and iced tea sometimes. For me, they are two very different beverages, which I drink at different times for different reasons. There’s never a time when I think “I’d like some tea…do I want hot or cold?”
Hot tea, please, and preferably one of the traditional Asian ones. I don’t mind cold though, especially in the form of chilled bottles of Oi Ocha Japanese green tea.
What I find particularly nasty is sweetened tea. Ugh, disgusting.
I love coffee, but it does not love me. Every now and then I succumb to the smell, and have a cup, and I visit Heartburn City for a while. I particularly love iced coffee. I wish I could drink it.
Oh, and I love some of the herbal teas, especially the ones put out by Celestial Seasonings. Their Sleepytime Tea is great for an upset tummy, and it’s wonderful if I have a cold, too. Any hot liquid will help unclog the sinuses, but the Sleepytime Tea seems to work particularly well.
I recently gave up caffeinated coffee and soft drinks, but I still drink hot tea. And that’s tea, with tea in it, that is leaves of the tea plant, not “herbs.”
I drink tea all the time. Hot, usually Earl Grey but always some sort of black tea. The thought of drinking hot milk gives me the willies so I drink it black. If I wanted sugar I would get a Coke. A squeeze of lemon or nothing.
Ok two posts because my phone decided to post the last one and I couldn’t edit it quick enough.
I also drink iced tea. The unsweetened stuff in restaurants is passable but homemade is the way to go. First boil a full tea kettle. Pour the water in a bowl. Add 6 Tetley tea bags. Let it cool to room temperature. That allows the water to get as black as a cave on the bottom of the ocean. Place the tea in a pitcher and squeeze in one whole lemon. Refrigerate for at least a few hours, preferably overnight. Don’t let sugar get anywhere near it. Perfection.
I drink three cups of hot tea a day, after each meal. Green tea in the morning or night, and I adore Good Earth sweet & spicy tea with a packet of Truvia. Yum yum! I find it keeps me full and gives me a happy feeling. And nothing beats a cup of Throat Coat when you’re feeling poorly.
I drink hot tea and avoid iced tea like the plague. I didn’t know I liked hot tea (aka tea) until I visited England. Cream and sweetener (liquid Splenda) as I am on a low carb diet. Probably drink six cups a day, switching to decaf after 7 PM.
I hate ordering tea in restaurants though. A little pot of lukewarm water and a teabag does not and cannot make tea. Instead, it makes a tannin-flavored brown liquid. Not to be a tea snob, but seriously - water cooler than boiling is an insult to tea.
For years I’ve been drinking my tea hot and steeped for minutes. Now, because I wanted to limit my caffiene, I tried steeping it for as little as possible that it will still have a tea-like color. It tastes better. As in, you can actually taste something other than pure astringency if you don’t steep it to all hell and back. I don’t even need to add milk and sugar that way.
That said, when I order hot tea in restaurants, I steep it for a bit more than I normally do and add milk and sugar because I want to get my money’s worth
