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Tea

154 replies

Poppycorn123 · 20/07/2026 15:46

To find tea drinkers exhausting? 🍵
I might have the very odd cup in the rare event of a hangover. Dh would only have one if a guest is present. When we have tea - drinking guests they will drink about 3 cups in a row , five times per day. I've started telling them to help themselves to a cup because it's so exhausting keeping up with making cups of tea. Why not have a glass of water every now & then? There really is no need for copious amounts imo- especially in this weather. Are they addicted?

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nicolefromfrance · 20/07/2026 16:04

How odd. Tell your guests to help themselves, or if they aren’t able, get a tea urn type thing and make a huge amount and leave it out for them. Sort the issue rather than randomly blame people for drinking what they enjoy.

CarbootJunction · 20/07/2026 15:58

Just get a massive teapot and let them help themselves to several cups.

FeliciaFancybottom · 20/07/2026 15:55

It's not normal to have 15 cups of tea a day, and I say that as a tea drinker. Also, we aren't the Borg of beverages; it's unreasonable to say we're all exhausting.

Thechaseison71 · 20/07/2026 15:48

Nothing wrong with drinking tea. I have about 8 cups a day plus water