# Do you like tea? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424 "2016-08-20T18:03:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/21 "2016-08-20T22:05:32Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oooo… I want to hear more about this. What is your preferred black tea brand? Mine is Barry’s Gold. Barry’s Gold is very good, but I think Yorkshire Gold edges it. As a good Irish-American, it kills me to say that. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/22 "2016-08-20T22:19:53Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Barry’s Gold is very good, but I think Yorkshire Gold edges it. > > As a good Irish-American, it kills me to say that. I’ll send you my box of leftover Yorkshire Gold. To me Barry’s has a liveliness and brightness not found in any other tea. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/23 "2016-08-20T22:20:13Z")
I voted yes. I do like tea. BUT, I never ever WANT tea. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/24 "2016-08-20T22:21:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ll send you my box of leftover Yorkshire Gold. To me Barry’s has a liveliness and brightness not found in any other tea. Okay, I’ll have a cup of Barry’s tomorrow and report back. I’m often proved wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/25 "2016-08-20T22:24:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Barry’s has a liveliness and brightness not found in any other tea. That’s because it is blended by the magical tiny hands of Leprechauns. Shhhh, don’t tell. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/26 "2016-08-20T22:25:36Z")
I absolutely can’t stand coffee, so hot tea is my choice when I need a warm dose of caffeine. I don’t care for iced tea, however. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/27 "2016-08-20T22:26:32Z")
When my wife was pregnant with out third child, she suddenly acquired an aversion to coffee and started to drink tea. I joined her out of solidarity and discovered I prefer tea. After the baby was born she reverted to coffee but I continued drinking tea. Now when I wake up in the morning, I make her a mug of coffee and myself a mug of tea. For the past several years I have drunk only decaf. Oddly when I do drink coffee, I take it black and unsweetened, but for tea I add milk and sweetener. ---
**Author:** ![appleaday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@appleaday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleaday)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/28 "2016-08-20T22:35:29Z")
Don’t care for tea, although I will drink it on occasion. Oddly enough, I used to love tea and gag on coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/29 "2016-08-20T22:56:16Z")
I like tea, provided that: (1) It is made with _tea_, that is the leaves of the [tea plant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_sinensis). Not “herbal tea” (tisane), rooibos or any other such nonsense. (2) It is: — plain, — with milk (not cream or half-and-half or “creamer”), — with sugar (granulated cane sugar, not honey or “sweetener” or whatever else), — or with milk and sugar. (3) It is made with _hot_ water poured directly onto the tea leaves (or teabag) straight from the kettle, not hot or warm water poured into a cup and then brought to you separately from the tea leaves. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/30 "2016-08-20T23:17:52Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I like Southern-style iced sweet tea the best. Southern-style sweet iced tea is an abomination. Iced tea should not be adulterated with sugar, sweetener, or anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/31 "2016-08-20T23:19:45Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society. ETA: Also, I hate tea. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/32 "2016-08-20T23:36:38Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I like tea, provided that: > > (1) It is made with _tea_, that is the leaves of the [tea plant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_sinensis). Not “herbal tea” (tisane), rooibos or any other such nonsense. > > (2) It is: > > — plain, > — with milk (not cream or half-and-half or “creamer”), > — with sugar (granulated cane sugar, not honey or “sweetener” or whatever else), > — or with milk and sugar. > > (3) It is made with _hot_ water poured directly onto the tea leaves (or teabag) straight from the kettle, not hot or warm water poured into a cup and then brought to you separately from the tea leaves. #3 is why I never order hot tea in restaurants, although there are a few that will bring a tiny pot of hot water with just enough water for one cup, for me to pour over my tea bag. This is ok if the water is really hot, but so often it isn’t. Unfortunately, I suspect tea drinkers are not a big enough demographic for most restaurants to give a flying fig about whether they make tea properly or not. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/33 "2016-08-20T23:42:34Z")
Total tea addict. Hot tea, loose leaf, made in a pot, strong but milky, no sugar. Iced tea is another beast altogether; it’s not what I mean when I say “tea”, and I never drink it. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/34 "2016-08-20T23:53:11Z")
Tea is what my mother made me drink when I was sick. Now just the smell of tea makes me sick. Coffee, please, and for a cold drink, water or beer. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/35 "2016-08-20T23:54:22Z")
Today has been a low tea day for me, I probably had less than 10 mugs. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/36 "2016-08-20T23:55:43Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Total tea addict. You and The Rutles. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/37 "2016-08-21T01:17:14Z")
Tea is my go-to hot drink. I can’t stand the taste of coffee and hot chocolate has calories (my rule is to never drink calories). I especially like the fact that there are so many flavors and varieties. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/38 "2016-08-21T01:38:28Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I like tea, provided that: > > (1) It is made with _tea_, that is the leaves of the [tea plant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_sinensis). Not “herbal tea” (tisane), rooibos or any other such nonsense. > > (2) It is: > > — plain, > — with milk (not cream or half-and-half or “creamer”), > — with sugar (granulated cane sugar, not honey or “sweetener” or whatever else), > — or with milk and sugar. > > (3) It is made with _hot_ water poured directly onto the tea leaves (or teabag) straight from the kettle, not hot or warm water poured into a cup and then brought to you separately from the tea leaves. I am shocked – SHOCKED – that a tea thread has been open on the SDMB for over seven hours and no one has yet posted the obligatory link to George Orwell’s essay on How To Brew a Motherfucking Proper Cup of Tea. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/39 "2016-08-21T01:57:15Z")
Douglas Adams also bloviated on “the perfect cup” I really do wonder if someone could, in fact, taste the difference in a blind test. Maybe a very rare handful of “supertasters,” but, for the 99.9999% of us who aren’t, the full rigor of the magic ritual is not mandatory. Boiling water and a tea-ball infuser: good enough for people who aren’t obsessive about things. (I’ve also watched obsessives going to absurd lengths for a “perfect” cup of coffee. They go way past the point of diminishing returns.) (I had my first cup of mocha last weekend. A nice “Grasshopper Mocha” with mint syrup. Extremely yummy! I’m sure there’s some purist out there screaming that the cup wasn’t properly pre-warmed, and that syrup is no substitute for freshly-picked mint leaves from a strain of bush that grows only in the Balearic Islands and has to be picked only on St. George’s Day.) ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/40 "2016-08-21T01:57:44Z")
Constant comment for hot tea. Just started drinking cold Jasmine tea last year after I developed a taste for it when I was in Vietnam. Good on a hot day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424.md?page=3)