Tea and coffee on waking

[Firstshoes]

I'm wondering if this is a generational thing. I'm mid fifties and myself and DH always have drank either tea or coffee as soon as we wake up. Our young adult dcs don't. Where I work it is only the older staff that drink tea and coffee at all. The younger ones usually have just water or cold drinks. Do you drink it specifically on waking and if do what age roughly are you?

My 18 year old starts the day with a cup of tea. I was drinking tea in the morning from age 8, I think.

When I go on holiday, I take a full size kettle, teapot and my own mug with me!

I agree. I think people must have a very small frame of reference if they think it’s somehow odd to not drink tea or coffee.

Why boring? There are plenty of other drinks. I can’t see how the temperature of your preferred beverage has any bearing on your personality.

(Ps I think tea, as a drink, is dull 🤫)

Yes, live & let live, hey💚
Each to their own completely
💚🤗🙌

In my 50s and have 2 large cups of tea before I do anything else in the morning. On holidays if there’s no kettle in the room I get antsy.

Early 30s, I drink a brew every morning. Maybe 2 on weekend mornings. Very rarely will I have one during the day though, unless it’s bloody freezing and there is also biscuits to dunk!

Decaff coffee first thing, always..

63, strong coffee the minute I wake up for work, preferably two.

I told my son that a mug of tea was a good excuse for a break during exam revision and he really went for it - he loves tea. Sadly spent more time drinking tea than revising but not sure tea is to blame.

I’m a coffee person as soon as I get up .

So let me get this straight. You stated that you didn't fully trust people who didn't drink tea or coffee, and when queried on this, said you were joking but then doubled down by saying we make you 'slightly uncomfortable' and that it's 'just not right', so I don't think you actually were joking.

Can you really not see how your comments are going to be a little irksome to some of us regardless of whether you mean them jokingly or not?

And yes, you're absolutely right about the cultural significance of tea and coffee, but that doesn't mean everyone has to slavishly conform to the norm. That's very rigid thinking imo, and that's why I said I thought you needed to broaden your horizons.

Dear god! The lighthearted threads aren’t for you, Rue. Nor is nuance. But making heavy weather out of very little? First class.

Still hiding behind 'lighthearted', I see. If you're not able to understand that 'lighthearted' doesn't equate to 'people aren't allowed to be irritated by anything I say', then there's no point discussing this further. Have a nice day.

You’ve literally described the global cultural ceremonial drinking of tea and coffee and then said someone else was taking things too seriously 🤣

Ooo look. The poster that posted the historic and cultural ceremonial practices involving tea and coffee consumption globally suggesting other people are unable to be lighthearted 😂😂😂

I’m late 40’s and never really drank tea or coffee. I hate all coffee tastes (cake, sweets etc), tea I don’t hate but don’t enjoy but could drink if I really needed to. I drink peppermint tea on a morning because it’s good for IBS. I don’t enjoy it though.

My 16 year old DD has recently gotten into tea but generally only has it on an afternoon, she doesn’t make it on a morning. 17 year old DS will have a coffee if someone offers him one but I’ve never known him make himself one. DH can’t function without coffee first thing then he switches to soda water for the rest of the day and maybe a cup of tea if he wants one in the afternoon.

I’m in my forties and always put the kettle on first thing! Instant when I first wake up and then I’ll make ‘proper’ coffee an hour later. Ds1 (twenties) has a bean to cup machine, but tends to wait until mid morning to use it, whereas I don’t function at all without caffeine. Ds2 (late teens) prefers energy drinks, especially when he’s on an early shift.

Over 60, cold bottle of water from the fridge on waking. Never drank tea, hate it, DM&DD drink it by the gallon. Only Coffee once I've started work and taken a few phone calls from customers... I feel I deserve if then 😊

The youngsters in my office all drink energy drinks, won’t touch tea or coffee. They’re all under 30, but are all male, so not sure if that makes a difference. Annoys the hell out of our MD who spent loads of money on a nice coffee machine and they don’t use it!

My DS was always offered tea and coffee growing up but was never a fan of hot drinks other than the odd hot chocolate or squash. He quite likes Lipton Iced Tea though or Bubble Tea.

In the morning he's more likely to be chugging milk than anything else. I don't think this generation are big tea or coffee drinkers.

Big cup of tea first thing. At least one cup. If DH doesn’t make one first and bring it into me then I make it for both of us and straight back to bed with it. I love coffee but wouldn’t drink it first thing! Late 50’s.

To add …. Both DC’s (late twenties/early 30’s) take a hot drink to work in travel cup. (Both manual workers).

For me, coffee as soon as possible after waking (I do have one of those obliging husbands who will get up and make coffee for me.) My 14 year old DD is addicted to strong tea. I think it comes from hanging out at the local stables in the winter - everyone drinks it, non-stop, to keep out the cold and to temper the mud.

I'm 47, first thing I do is make a coffee. My DP is 29, he doesn't drink much tea and coffee (usually only if we're out) so he's more likely to get juice first thing.