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Tell me about your teadrinking habits

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Aspiringcook · 18/09/2025 22:27

Always been fascinated by tea and kind of like the good quality ones but has never been a habit for me. I have recently decided to stop drinking coffee for various reasons and incorporate more tea onto my life. I like black tea and green tea, not a big fan of the fruity infusions. What are the best brands? Do you usually drink it loose or in a bag? Teapot or straight into the mug? Milk? How many cups a day do you drink?
Curious and fascinated by the tea topic that’s all :)

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TotHappy · 18/09/2025 23:49

Hate sugar in tea. Love the taste of tea with a bit of milk, can't understand why anyone would dislike it.
I have between 3 and 8 mugs a day, large mugs, like the ones Sports Direct used to give away to everyone. Often use a latte mug. Teabag in cup, just Boiled water, leave to brew for a good 5 mins or even longer. Mash teabag against edge of mug to get all the goodness out, then add milk until its a sort of light hazelnut. Not too milky but full fat.
Prefer to drink in gulps which works well with my long brew period.
Always one first thing, always one after a meal. I feel a bit sick and indigestiony if I don't have one.

PG Tips or Yorkshire, whichever is on offer, although I'm not averse to the fancy ones if they're what's there e.g. Clipper. Can't abide Tetley or Typhoo. Switch to decaf if start to notice myself jittering.

MarthaBeach · 18/09/2025 23:46

I drink Twinings English Breakfast in the morning - a bag in a pot (warm the pot first), let it brew for a couple of minutes, then it's delicious - I top up the pot with more boiled water so I have 2 or 3 cups.
Then the rest of the day I drink rooibos (redbush) tea, sometimes earl grey rooibos, or decaff earl grey tea. Green or jasmine tea occasionally.
But always another cup of proper tea at about 4 or 5pm
Before bed I have a cup of camomile.

I love tea (don't like coffee), but I'm too sensitive to caffeine now to drink much proper tea. I also really loathe milky tea - just a splash for me please.

JamMakingWannaBe · 18/09/2025 23:46

When I'm in the office, Clipper green tea. Made in mug. Tea bags left in then I top up again with hot water to get a 2nd mugful. I probably drink 6 mugs a day.
At home, black tea. Normally Tetley but I'm trying Morrisons extra strong bags (they're not) as I like a strong "builder's brew". I need to try the Yorkshire ones again.
I have a teapot I add teabags to throughout the day so I probably have 6 in there at the end. Splash of milk, no sugar.
Avoid Aldi's own brand teabags. They just make hot brown water.
I have peppermint and camomile teabags in the cupboard for occasional stomach issues/ nighttime tea.

Vodkamartini3olives · 18/09/2025 23:38

I drink Tetley or pg tips because I'm in the US and they are both readily available in most grocery stores. 2 cups 1st thing. One to sip and one to gulp down when it cools. Another cup with the kids when they're getting ready for school. 1 cup around lunch and 1 more when the kids get in from school. All served strong with 1 sugar. My daughter's both take tea in their travel mugs and a couple of rich tea biscuits to have at school.

GoodLaudanum · 18/09/2025 23:34

Clipper organic. 5 a day habit (down from 10)

angelspike2025 · 18/09/2025 23:31

I’m not fussed on brand particularly, I’ll drink most stuff
milky but strong. I would prefer sugar but have sweeteners because I drink the stuff all day long (teeth!)
sugar reserved for very awful days, shock and hospital tea

anything from 4-8 large mugs a day

Whatsherusername · 18/09/2025 23:26

Yorkshire tea bag in an oversized bone china cup (which has to have a white inside otherwise the tea looks wrong so tastes wrong lol), made strong with 3 sweeteners (as I'm diabetic, and the volume of tea i drink if i had sugar I'd be fatter than i am) and a splash of soya milk. I drink about 7 or 8 of these a day. Which is probably far too much but I love tea!

JetFlight · 18/09/2025 23:25

Not a huge tea drinker but love it on cold days. If it’s very cold, I make a pot for when the dcs (teens) get back from school and we’ll all have tea, snacks and a chat for a while.

BoredZelda · 18/09/2025 23:24

Thomsons if it’s on offer, tetley as my go to, but actually Aldi’s own is decent. I drink decaf tea and mostly can’t tell the difference, some just need steeped more than others.

I do love Twinings Apple and cinnamon, but I can only buy it when I’m in Sweden.

Cynic17 · 18/09/2025 23:22

I never drink "regular" tea, because it tastes revolting.
I do like peppermint tea, especially after a big meal.

AAudreyHorne · 18/09/2025 23:21

Earl grey, 1 sugar, tiny splash of milk, made in the mug, teabag and sugar in first, then just clicked off boiling water, leave it to brew for 5 mins, add milk.
I probably drink between 8 - 10 cups a day.

Elephantsarenottheonlyfruit · 18/09/2025 23:20

Taylor’s of Harrogate Loose leaf earl grey tea before 10am. Then Fortnum’s “Fortmason” tea until the evening. Then Marks and Spencer’s Empress Grey after dinner.
I always carry tea with me when I’m out of the house : tea bags and my contigo travel mug.

AlPaccacino · 18/09/2025 23:18

I have just spent too much money on Bird & Blend tea, and a gravity brewer. I also have 2 small infuser tea pots ( one at work) and a pile of fillable tea bags. Black, green, white, oolong, Yerba maté, chai, with all the the lovely flavours. My current favourite is a coconut milk oolong. And I have the advent calendar waiting for December.

MardyAnn · 18/09/2025 23:17

Yorkshire teabags, 3/4 bags in a teapot depending on how many people are having one, always warm the pot and just a little bit of milk.

DiscoBob · 18/09/2025 23:14

I like twining English breakfast when I wake up, a bit of milk and two sugars.
Then throughout the day I drink peppermint or fennel and ginger tea. I put two bags in and then just keep topping it up with hot water.

imbolic · 18/09/2025 23:11

Miles's tea - ordinary loose leaf - made in a teapot. I like it weak with whole milk. I usually have 2 half pint mugs 3 times a day. Don't like coffee.

Didimum · 18/09/2025 23:02

Coffee first thing, before breakfast, then 2-3 teas throughout the day. Yorkshire Gold, milk, no sugar. Tea and toast is my #1 comfort food.

Hollowvoice · 18/09/2025 22:57

I have 2 or 3 mugs of tea every day.
Assam tea bags, splash of milk, made in the mug and left to brew for a good few minutes.

NinaGeiger · 18/09/2025 22:47

I love tea. I went to India for a wedding and tried Masala chai tea which I absolutely loved - they boil the milk, tea leaves, water and spices and sugar in a saucepan and serve it in a little metal cup and it has a slight skin on from the milk being boiled, like rice pudding.

I haven't made it the proper way in a saucepan since having babies but I usually have a mug of tea with a chai teabag with the spices in (eg Twinings Spicy Chai). So good.
Sometimes I have earl grey or lady grey (like Earl but more citrusy).

Ddakji · 18/09/2025 22:46

Mugs - Gisela Grantham mugs, I’ve got about 4 of them. Perfect shape and size.

HappyHedgehog247 · 18/09/2025 22:46

Breakfast tea in the morning, earl grey in the afternoon and then rooibos in the evening!

paddyclampster · 18/09/2025 22:46

Proper strong northern tea! Mashed well with only a bit of milk!

BlueWorkDay · 18/09/2025 22:46

I like a cup of tea, but probably only have a couple of cups a month.

Because I only drink it infrequently we often have "naice" tea like Fortnum and Mason or Marriage Freres.

I usually take it with a splash of milk, no sugar, but sometimes black.

I ALWAYS have a cup of tea when I eat baked beans.

I drink 2-3 coffees a day.

Wherestheteenguide · 18/09/2025 22:45

One before breakfast. English breakfast tea - Strong, bit of milk, no sugar. Another around 4pm usually earl grey. Then a herbal tea before bed. I'm a creature of habit!

Ddakji · 18/09/2025 22:45

emmetgirl · 18/09/2025 22:42

I’ve never drunk tea. I hate it. The smell of it makes me heave 🤢
The British obsession with it is a complete mystery to me.

As a child I always loved the smell of tea but hated the taste. Didn’t become a tea drinker until my late 30s.

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