# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/41 "2016-08-21T02:04:49Z")
Nope. No tea for me. No coffee either. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/42 "2016-08-21T02:24:38Z")
> [@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. Preach it! I have had a cup of Barry’s every morning for going on 6 years. Sometimes I have a second, but if I am working from home I usually switch to Jasmine scented green tea around 11am. If I am not I drink iced tea. At night I have been drinking Rooibos with milk (not technically tea, but it’s tea). I drink a lot of tea. ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/43 "2016-08-21T02:34:36Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Okay, I’ll have a cup of Barry’s tomorrow and report back. I’m often proved wrong. > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > That’s because it is blended by the magical tiny hands of Leprechauns. Shhhh, don’t tell. Have you tried Barry’s Irish Breakfast in the green box? It’s also very good. ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/44 "2016-08-21T02:47:14Z")
Yep. But I prefer the Gold. ---
**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, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/45 "2016-08-21T02:55:21Z")
As a matter of fact, I caught a Leprechaun last year and forced him to tell me where he had buried his pot of Barry’s Gold. He took me to a copse filled with dozens of small identical trees and indicated which one had the treasure buried at its roots. I pulled out my white handkerchief and tied it to the boll of the tree. Then I took him by the shoulders and shook him hard, saying “Ye little bastard! Promise me you won’t take away me handkerchief in the night!” He snivelled and sobbed and swore he would not. The next day I returned to the copse with me pick and spade, and found that every tree there had a white handkerchief tied to it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/46 "2016-08-21T03:33:36Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I like tea. > > Green tea, black tea, > Hot tea, iced tea, > > I like tea. > > I like my coffee too, at breakfast time > If my tea is iced I add lemon not lime > I like Yorkshire Gold but not Earl Grey > I don’t drink much coffee, but I’ll tea all day. > > I like tea. If you’re ever traveling in the Hudson Valley, take a trip out to Millerton. That’s the headquarters for [Harney & Sons](https://www.harney.com/). Their distribution center is outside of town but they have a tea room in the middle of town. You can sample their teas. And they have some really good tea. > [@](#): > > We are here to teach you as much as we can about tea. The purpose of the tasting room is to try teas which will not only broaden your understanding of the tea world but encourage you to purchase some tea for your own consumption. Walking into the room, we have a pot of tea ready at all times which we call the tea of the moment. The tea of the moment changes throughout the day. In addition to the tea of the moment, on weekends we offer complimentary tastings of a flight of teas. For example, we may present three white teas; Chinese Mutan White which has buds and leaves, Chinese Silver Needle (only buds), and a Sri Lankan white tea, Ceylon Silver Tips (only buds). This way you can taste the wide spectrum of flavors in white teas from the different regions. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/47 "2016-08-21T03:54:34Z")
Many years ago I started at thread about tea here: [Teeny Tiny Tea Rant (with lemon)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158089) which pretty much is all I feel a need to say here. Other than don’t put fruit, including lemon, in my tea, thank-you-very-much. ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/48 "2016-08-21T09:42:31Z")
Black tea with lots of lemon juice. Wait until cold, enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Oswald\_Bastable](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oswald_bastable/32/214_2.png) [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/49 "2016-08-21T10:03:15Z")
> [@quiltguy](#): > > Earl Grey is a particular favorite, but any strong, black(ploughman’s(?)) tea suits me fine. I think you might mean ‘builders’ which is how we refer to strong (possibly stewed) black tea in the UK, always served with milk and optional sugar (‘builder’s tea’). A ‘ploughman’s’ is a quintessential pub lunch consisting of crusty bread, cheese, a pickled onion and an apple. Quite nice with a cuppa but better with a pint of best. OB ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/50 "2016-08-21T10:31:32Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > #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. Yup, tea at home and coffee when I’m out. I love tea but I’m picky. Very strong black tea w/ milk (not cream) and a little sugar (not “sweetener”!) please. My current favorite is PG Tips, and I leave the bag in the cup. Tea is my addiction. I have a [lovely big 12 oz mug](http://hadleypottery.com/images/Personalized/personalized-dog-flare-mug.png) that is just about the only one I ever use, and I pretty sip it all day. I don’t even care if it goes cold, I’ll still finish it off and go make another. It’s sort of the chain smoking model of tea drinking. So yes, I like tea 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/51 "2016-08-21T12:34:30Z")
Tea drinker, daily. Hot or iced. Sugar, no lemon or milk, please. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/52 "2016-08-21T12:40:14Z")
I drink hot tea (with just a little sweetener, no milk or lemon) but I can’t stand iced tea. I can’t stand coffee, either, so hot tea or hot chocolate are my cold-weather beverage choices. ---
**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 21, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/53 "2016-08-21T13:10:19Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > As a matter of fact, I caught a Leprechaun last year and forced him to tell me where he had buried his pot of Barry’s Gold. > > He took me to a copse filled with dozens of small identical trees and indicated which one had the treasure buried at its roots. > > I pulled out my white handkerchief and tied it to the boll of the tree. Then I took him by the shoulders and shook him hard, saying “Ye little bastard! Promise me you won’t take away me handkerchief in the night!” He snivelled and sobbed and swore he would not. > > The next day I returned to the copse with me pick and spade, and found that every tree there had a white handkerchief tied to it. The little pointy-eared rat bastard. Is that the same woods where the Keebler elves have their trees? ---
**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, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/54 "2016-08-21T14:17:56Z")
The Keebler elves are the WASP Republicans of the Little Folk. They’ve had their forest (and golf club) restricted, to keep out the Shanty Irish…and Jews, of course. ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/55 "2016-08-21T15:38:29Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > The Keebler elves are the WASP Republicans of the Little Folk. > > They’ve had their forest (and golf club) restricted, to keep out the Shanty Irish…and Jews, of course. _Oy vey iz mir_, I guess I’m out. ---
**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 21, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/56 "2016-08-21T17:24:03Z")
Iced tea is basically dishwater, whether sweetened or not. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/57 "2016-08-21T17:27:09Z")
Black tea, hot, with milk and sugar. (Twining’s Irish Breakfast is my favourite.) Iced tea of any variety, like iced coffee, is an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/58 "2016-08-21T17:51:26Z")
I do not like tea. Doesn’t matter if it’s hot or cold. ---
**Author:** ![onething](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/df788c/32.png) [@onething](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onething)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/59 "2016-08-21T18:51:36Z")
I like herbal tea. Pretty sure caffeine isn’t all that great for you. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424/60 "2016-08-21T19:26:27Z")
No, I have only had ice tea, do not like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-tea/763424.md?page=4)