The taboo of taking sugar with your tea/coffee

AngryLips

I take sugar with my tea and coffee but I often find I'm treated like a lepper for doing so by my non-sugar taking brethens whenever I'm offered something to drink.

Because the non-sugar camp seems to occupy the majority and because of the unhealthy associations with sugar it's as though their position has become the moral high ground.

Does anyone else have similar experiences?
What about the non-sugar camp; is this just preception or reality?

o1s1n

I've seen people more or less taking tea with their sugar. Or worse, tea with their sugary milk. Eugh!

kfallon

AngryLips wrote: »

I take sugar with my tea and coffee but I often find I'm treated like a lepper for doing so by my non-sugar taking brethens whenever I'm offered something to drink.

Are you for real?

mackg

Sugary tea with toast and jam as a snack in the evening. Can't drink instant coffee without sugar, proper coffee I can have either way depending on my mood. Extra sugar in both if a hangover is part of the equation.

stimpson

I just prefer the taste of tea to the taste of sugar.


I do respect opinions though, even if they are wrong.

kfallon

kfallon wrote: »

Are you for real?

Indeed, lepper just isn't a word

I take honey in my tea, no milk; I take my coffee with milk but rarely any sugar.
I couldn't stand the taste of tea with milk and sugar now.

Asphyxia

Eww I can't have sugar it's rotten, I know someone who takes five spoons!! Ugh! I feel sick thinking of it.

Strong tea with a drop of milk.. best cup

Caraville

Well I think coffee tastes like clay anyway so it wouldn't matter what I put into it- but my tea has to be a sugar-free zone. I don't judge anyone for putting sugar in theirs even if I think they're ruining it though. I mean, I like salt and pepper on my food, others might think that's ruining it.

What I do find though is that I sometimes forget to offer sugar to people if I'm making tea. None of my girl friends take sugar but more than half of the lads do. I'd say taking sugar in tea is more common for men.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

AngryLips wrote: »

I take sugar with my tea and coffee but I often find I'm treated like a lepper for doing so by my non-sugar taking brethens whenever I'm offered something to drink.

Because the non-sugar camp seems to occupy the majority and because of the unhealthy associations with sugar it's as though their position has become the moral high ground.

Does anyone else have similar experiences?
What about the non-sugar camp; is this just preception or reality?

Your self-righteous friends need to get off their moral high-horses. At the end of the day, everyone ****s sitting down.

Nailz

I sometimes drink coffee without sugar (although I do take sugar most of the time), but I just have to have sugar with my tea, it's no option - it's a must. Most of my friends find this very bizarre.

stimpson

Caraville wrote: »

Well I think coffee tastes like clay anyway

You're doing it wrong.

Mickeroo

Can't say I've ever witnessed anyone maltreated due to taking sugar in tea or coffee.

Used to take it myself, 2 spoons in everything, I went off it for lent one year when I was maybe 12 or so. Once lent was over I had suger in my tea and nealy spat it out, if you go off it for a while and get used to how they taste without it then it's pretty hard to go back. Tea and coffee taste way better without sugar imho.

annascott

Perhaps I will be blasted and sent to the 'snobbery' pages for this, but I would definitely look less favourably on someone who put three or more spoonfulls of sugar in tea or coffee as it is socially unacceptable to ask for more than two. It is a social faux pas rather like someone putting a knife in their mouth.

I also see it as a sign of weakness if a man has sugar in tea or coffee (but that's just me, not a hard and fast rule like the above)

I don't actually say anything though. Just sit and judge quietly...;)

mackg

Asphyxia wrote: »

Eww I can't have sugar it's rotten, I know someone who takes five spoons!! Ugh! I feel sick thinking of it.

Strong tea with a drop of milk.. best cup

I like sugar but thats fcuking disgusting.

Pherekydes

Tea w/no sugar.

Coffee w/2 sugars.

What's the big deal? Is this another one of those threads for bashing people's preferences? Like there's a correct way to drink your tea, eat your steak, drink your alcohol...

dpe

Its only because if you don't take sugar yourself, its a pain in the arse if you have guests around who do take sugar (like, having to remember to buy it). I don't think there's any stigma attached.

FatherLen

strong coffee.
tiny bit of sugar if instant coffee.
if its not instant and a good coffee then it doesn't need sugar.
i am off to get a coffee.....

Mickeroo

Pherekydes wrote: »

Like there's a correct way to drink your tea, eat your steak, drink your alcohol...

Orally?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I used to drink tea with loads of milk and 3-4 sugars, I hated the taste of tea with anything less.

I stopped drinking tea altogether a few months ago and last week I had a cup with a tiny dash of milk and no sugar. It tasted pretty awesome. I had a coffee at a cafe recently with 1 sugar in it, and the sweetness was almost overpowering. tastebuds be crazy

kfallon

And btw I take 2 sugars with me tea and 2 sugars with coffee and if you don't like that then you can ask me hole

Incidentally I don't drink much of either, I average about 1 cup of tea a week and about 3 cups of coffee a year!

Caraville

stimpson wrote: »

You're doing it wrong.

Honestly, I've tried all sorts of coffee- including the good stuff (my sisters are coffee fiends so they assure me what good stuff is) and even tried the less strong tasting ones like lattes and whatnot but it all tastes horrible to me.

Maybe I could eventually get a taste for it (although I doubt it) but I've enough vices already without adding another to the list.

I absolutely love tea though so at least I can have something when it's offered to me in someone's house- people who don't drink either always seem like they're missing out or something...

Minstrel27

AngryLips wrote: »

I take sugar with my tea and coffee but I often find I'm treated like a lepper for doing so by my non-sugar taking brethens whenever I'm offered something to drink.

You should see how some people react when you tell them that you do not drink tea or coffee. One would think they were insulted.

Mickeroo

Minstrel27 wrote: »

You should see how some people react when you tell them that you do not drink tea or coffee. One would think they were insulted.

Are you sure you're not just scared of the awesomeness of tea??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxtRGEVsSOc

Pherekydes

Mickeroo wrote: »

Orally?

Ach, I didn't mean it like that.

More like, "Real men don't drink Bailey's on ice, real women don't drink pints."

And so on...

Mickeroo

Pherekydes wrote: »

Ach, I didn't mean it like that.

I know

stimpson

Caraville wrote: »

Honestly, I've tried all sorts of coffee- including the good stuff (my sisters are coffee fiends so they assure me what good stuff is) and even tried the less strong tasting ones like lattes and whatnot but it all tastes horrible to me.

Some people think Gold Blend is the good stuff. Some people swear by tins of Illy or Lavazza. Some people think Starbucks is drinkable.

For me it has to have a roast date on the bag (and be less than 3 months old). It has to be freshly ground with a proper grinder and it has to be prepared properly. So in Dublin, that means it should be made in my kitchen or here: http://www.3fe.com/

Creature

Don't worry OP, I look down on people who have milk in their tea/coffee just as much as those who have sugar. Filthy mutants.

Mickeroo

stimpson wrote: »

Some people think Gold Blend is the good stuff. Some people swear by tins of Illy or Lavazza. Some people think Starbucks is drinkable.

For me it has to have a roast date on the bag (and be less than 3 months old). It has to be freshly ground with a proper grinder and it has to be prepared properly. So in Dublin, that means it should be made in my kitchen or here: http://www.3fe.com/

Recommend any good places outside of dublin? Even places I could just order beans from? it's ridiculously hard to get really good coffee in ireland I have to say.

Teyla Emmagan

I don't take sugar, but I always have it in the house for baking.

I also don't take milk - what really annoys me are the people who go on and on about how uncivilised I am for not having milk - I'm like 'I live by myself, WTF would I buy it just in case you feel like dropping for a cup of tea in once a month???! Bring your own milk'.

The hostess with the mostess me.

Caraville

stimpson wrote: »

Some people think Gold Blend is the good stuff. Some people swear by tins of Illy or Lavazza. Some people think Starbucks is drinkable.

For me it has to have a roast date on the bag (and be less than 3 months old). It has to be freshly ground with a proper grinder and it has to be prepared properly. So in Dublin, that means it should be made in my kitchen or here: http://www.3fe.com/

I must recommend that to them, they love trying different coffees. One of them has her own grinder thingy and also one of those Nespresso machines, but I'm still not convinced!

I keep a jar of what I can only assume is disgusting instant coffee in the house in case any friends want some instead of tea, but I'd say that jar is sitting there over 18 months & has only been used by one of my friends once. Although that might be more cos it's rotten & not cos they don't want coffee! Generally my friends are more tea people though.

Mr Freeze

I normally have a small drop of milk, and a spoon of sugar. Sometimes 2.

I wouldn't look down upon anyone that has their tea differently, except for the people have really milky tea, that's ruining a good cuppa imho.

At work in the canteen, we often run out of milk & sugar, so you'd be forced to have tea on its own without milk and sugar, and its sound, wouldn't be my favorite, but its fine once in a while, once we were out of water too, we just ate the tea bags dry, that wouldn't be for everyone's taste i'd say.:p

Jess16

Minstrel27 wrote: »

You should see how some people react when you tell them that you do not drink tea or coffee.

W.T.F!












kill him

W.Shakes-Beer

Tea with 1 sugar, sweetens it up just enough.

Coffee, if its proper coffee, then no sugar because it tastes damn good.

If its crappy instant stuff, then 2 sugars just to get the taste of shít out of it.

AngryLips

Caraville wrote: »

I don't judge anyone for putting sugar in theirs even if I think they're ruining it though. I mean, I like salt and pepper on my food, others might think that's ruining it.

What I do find though is that I sometimes forget to offer sugar to people if I'm making tea.

I suspect that back in the 80s/90s it was suddenly considered bad for your health to have sugar with tea and coffee (around the same time as sugar-free options of this and that suddenly became available/popular) so people gave up on it, usually at lent. The thing with salt is that most people consume way above their RDA in the stuff every day because of it's so prevalent in many of the processed foods we buy, yet you'd never find yourself at a dinner table where pepper is available and salt isn't.

I think neglecting to offer sugar, even if it's because of an absence of mind, kind of sums up how I'm made feel when asking for sugar.

jester77

You wouldn't put sugar in your beer!

Calibos

Personally I can't understand coffee connoisseurs anymore than I understand beer connoisseurs. I drink coffee if I need a little jolt of caffeine and I drink beer to feel merry not because I like the taste. The weaker and more watery the taste the better. ie. the beer I hate the least would be my favourite so to speak. So its a Bud for me Cheers!

Don't get me started on Yogurt. Which bright spark with fcuked up tastebuds in the middle ages decided to sample the container of milk that had gone rancid with a massive breeding colony of bacteria and said to himself...Yummy!

Mickeroo

Calibos wrote: »

Personally I can't understand coffee connoisseurs anymore than I understand beer connoisseurs. I drink coffee if I need a little jolt of caffeine and I drink beer to feel merry not because I like the taste. The weaker and more watery the taste the better.

Wouldn't say I'm a connoisseur but there's not much to understand, i prefer my beer to taste good, same with coffee and anything else i put in my mouth for that matter.

Columbia

I've never been made to feel out of place for taking sugar, but people react with disgust when they see how much milk I put in my tea. The reason for it is that I like to drink it quickly (as in, within 40 seconds, and that includes a biscuit), and I am prone to second degree burns.

mike65

The thing about sugar is that if you can just break the habit for a week or two you'll never go back. Sweet tea is enough to make me gag - just the whiff of it makes me go "eugh"

careca11

strong tea, small drop of milk , 1 t-spoon of sugar ,and 2 chocolate biscuits (HEAVEN)

ejmaztec

jester77 wrote: »

You wouldn't put sugar in your beer!

I thought all kids were given sugary beer?



or maybe it's only families entirely consisting of alcoholics like mine.

cowzerp

Tea is my favourite drink in the world with sweeteners, no sugar for the waist ya know!!

Anyway-without sugar my favourite drink becomes my least favourite drink and disgusts me-either way if someone judges me for using seetners/sugar then i'll just judge them as morons!

jugger0

I put creatine in my tea sometimes but never sugar, thats just gross.

pushki

ick!!! sugar with tea and coffee thats like taking blackcurrant with cider !!

CrinkElite

double espresso with one spoon of sugar all day and all night. don't go to sleep till 6 in the morning

Da Shins Kelly

I've seen more people taking sugar with tea than people who don't. Although, I drink black tea with two sugars, which seems to be something that isn't done. But, like someone already said, a couple of my friends take the milkiest tea in the world with loads of sugar. It sickens me, to be honest.

Spunge

Even if you took your tea with 9 spoons of sugar it would still have less sugar than a can of coke

ItsNoAlias

Mate of mine doesnt drink tea, she drinks hot water with loads of milk & 2 sugars... it looks and sounds disgusting. I'm appaulled everytime I make her a cup. Its just so wrong.... Each to their own though.

Mance Rayder

annascott wrote: »

Perhaps I will be blasted and sent to the 'snobbery' pages for this

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73355762#post73355762

annascott wrote: »

I would definitely look less favourably on someone who put three or more spoonfulls of sugar in tea or coffee as it is socially unacceptable to ask for more than two.

annascott wrote: »

I also see it as a sign of weakness if a man has sugar in tea or coffee

Makes me think:

Jess16 wrote: »

W.T.F!

Ok I take 3 YES 3 glorious Sugars in my tea and no amount of snobbery would ever sway me from my path. Diabetes may however.

Monty Burnz

annascott wrote: »

Perhaps I will be blasted and sent to the 'snobbery' pages for this, but I would definitely look less favourably on someone who put three or more spoonfulls of sugar in tea or coffee as it is socially unacceptable to ask for more than two. It is a social faux pas rather like someone putting a knife in their mouth.

I also see it as a sign of weakness if a man has sugar in tea or coffee (but that's just me, not a hard and fast rule like the above)

I don't actually say anything though. Just sit and judge quietly...;)

Bizarre.

KnifeWRENCH

annascott wrote: »

I also see it as a sign of weakness if a man has sugar in tea or coffee (but that's just me, not a hard and fast rule like the above)

WTF? That makes no sense whatsoever. It's quite pathetic that you'd judge something like that as a weakness. :rolleyes:

I used hate the taste of sugarless tea but I got used to it eventually. Still prefer it with sugar though. (2 spoons)

I've never had coffee without sugar. I'd imagine it'd be too bitter.