Tea

[Poppycorn123]

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?

Op I’m with you but don’t drink any hot drinks ever - I drink water through the day, takes about 10 seconds to pour and drink.
Some people treat tea/coffee drinking as some kind of ritual! Jesus the amount of time spent on boiling, brewing, sitting and waiting for it to be the right temperature to be able to drink…
I don’t get it myself as a non hot drink drinker and find it tedious being out and about with people who want to stop for half an hour for a cup of tea 🫠🫠

But tea is treated as "special" in the UK.

Yes - because it is. It's not about everyone liking it, it's just because it's historically been part of British culture. Similarly, coffee is treated as 'special' in Italy, fresh bread daily is treated as 'special' in France, vodka is treated as 'special' in Russia etc. Most cultures have specific foods and drinks that are considered culturally significant. That's one of the things that's interesting about different countries and cultures.

When you say chats while making tea, that is the same as the way tea is usually drunk in China. You all sit at the table and make the tea at the table. And the tea is poured into small cups as you sit and chat, or watch TV, or sit on your phone.

Depending on the house, or where you are, the tea making can be a ceremony. Special tea tables, kettles, loads of different types of small pots. Tea bags are around, but not really used in the house. It is mostly loose tea, all different sorts, usually plantation specific.

It's the tea making that is the social thing. Rather then bung a bag in a mug in the kitchen.

It is a really nice way to do it.

I drink either tea or lift lemon tea, I dislike coffee with a passion. The cup size for me would be the issue, if it is a cup on the smaller side then I would probably want another one. If it was a huge mug then I am sure 1 would be enough. I would not say it is exhausting being a tea drinker!

boil kettle - make a big family sized pot of tea.

give a jug of milk, sugar a spoon and a mug and let them enjoy.

often do that at the weekend - a massive pot of tea just for me to pour myself loads of mugs from!

or make a couple of big insulated travel mugs full to the brim.