disliking tea/coffee

mr_fegelien

Anyone here dislike tea and coffee? As a kid, I always disliked the taste of tea. Tried to drink coffee as a teen to stay awake but would get terrible nausea. I prefer taking drinks like Coca Cola or Red Bull to stay awake along with non-drowsy Sudafed tablets. Also don't make me nauseous.

Mugeen of tea agus brioscaí is one of life's pleasures.

I don't understand people who don't drink tea..

ILoveYourVibes

I used not to like them. Now i do.

Loved tea out of the best fine porcelain was a tiny kid, only broke one of the precious family heirloom teacups as I appreciated the flavour so much. Gave that set away to another family member (with more storage) some years ago, so I don’t have any bone China left. Also I’m much more shaky and clumsy now than I was as a two year old and have too many Hyacinth Bucket moments.

As a kid I always loved the smell of coffee passing Bewleys, but not so much the taste of it, now when I’m out and about I will nearly always have coffee, but tea at home. I have quite a collection of teas in my little press, from Azores, East Friesia (Germany), China, India, Ceylon, Kenya, Seychelles, Vietnam, Myanmar, even Cornwall. There’s always a good cuppa in my place, but not out of a fine bone china cup.

colm_mcm

Reminded of this

https://youtu.be/xinLivR8Sp0

ILoveYourVibes

I want catmaniac to have some fine bone china ..i even wanna give her some!

Autosport

I dislike both tea and coffee

Church on Tuesday

I don't trust people who don't like tea.

daithi7

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

I don't trust people who don't like tea.

Me neither, and I certainly couldn't trust their taste!!

Love coffee, can take or leave tea for the most part. If someone's making a pot of tea then I'll have a cup but I'd very rarely ever make it for myself.

Only time I'd choose tea over coffee might be if I'm sick.

4068ac1elhodqr

Fine China is a pre-requisite needless to say (unlike the polyethylene-terephthalate gen-ben lined takeaway mugs).

When out of the organic Matcha Green (hexagonally re-structured, vortexed, shungite infused, and attuned to 432hz),
will settle for Earl Grey (never from a bag, always loose), in a borosilicate-glass double-walled travel type of drinking vessel.

colm_mcm

Julio Poor Monster wrote: »

Fine China is a pre-requisite needless to say (unlike the polyethylene-terephthalate gen-ben lined takeaway mugs).

When out of the organic Matcha Green (hexagonally re-structured, vortexed, shungite infused, and attuned to 432hz),
will settle for Earl Grey (never from a bag, always loose), in a borosilicate-glass double-walled travel type of drinking vessel.

You’re not fussy, basically.

Mister Vain

I never liked tea, horrible taste off it. I've only started drinking coffee in the last couple of years.

kowloon

Julio Poor Monster wrote: »

Fine China is a pre-requisite needless to say (unlike the polyethylene-terephthalate gen-ben lined takeaway mugs).

When out of the organic Matcha Green (hexagonally re-structured, vortexed, shungite infused, and attuned to 432hz),
will settle for Earl Grey (never from a bag, always loose), in a borosilicate-glass double-walled travel type of drinking vessel.

Do you stir clockwise or anti-clockwise? I'm not letting my children mix with your children until I know they're not going to be among savages.

Wanderer2010

I don't drink tea, never like it never will. Weird that people can have individual tastes when it comes to food and drink but when its a "national" drink like tea, people are shocked or amazed that you wouldn't have a cup of tea. If I don't like the taste of something then I wont eat or drink it, that's as deep as it goes...

4068ac1elhodqr

kowloon wrote: »

Do you stir clockwise or anti-clockwise? I'm not letting my children mix with your children until I know they're not going to be amongst savages.

Clockwise, but when mixing with antipodeans, down at the Harbour for the annual fireworks hoorah, anti. Always tap the silver 3 taps on the edge of the cup no more, no less (ding, ding half-notes and the full final ding) anything else would be just reckless.

Mister Vain

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I don't drink tea, never like it never will. Weird that people can have individual tastes when it comes to food and drink but when its a "national" drink like tea, people are shocked or amazed that you wouldn't have a cup of tea. If I don't like the taste of something then I wont eat or drink it, that's as deep as it goes...

It's not too bad nowadays, but years ago if you told someone you didn't drink tea they would look at you as if you had 10 heads, and then they would awkwardly offer you a cup of milk.

I don’t really dislike tea but I never want it because coffee exists. The very odd time I’d take a notion and make a cup, about twice a year.

Larbre34

I've never met anyone yet who likes every single food and drink. Hardly surprising then that there are folk who dislike either or both tea and coffee.

Filmer Paradise

Any adult who doesn't like Tea is an overgrown child.

Not properly developed, if you will.

tamara25

Used to drink coffee years ago but had to stop,, would give me the jitters & bad anxiety.. switched to regular tea, still had anxiety but less. Drinking clipper white tea with vanilla these days, very, very nice

Church on Tuesday

Larbre34 wrote: »

I've never met anyone yet who likes every single food and drink. Hardly surprising then that there are folk who dislike either or both tea and coffee.

Lads, don't take it to heart.

'tis only a joke.

Rodney Bathgate

Never tried them, never will.

I couldn’t imagine life without tea. I like coffee too and have a few everyday but tea I couldn’t do without.

Have to bring tea bags with me when going abroad as I can’t function without proper tea and it can’t be got in most counties. Milk is an issue too in a lot of places but can’t bring that.

Church on Tuesday

Aliya Gifted Passover wrote: »

I couldn’t imagine life without tea. I like coffee too and have a few everyday but tea I couldn’t do without.

Have to bring tea bags with me when going abroad as I can’t function without proper tea and it can’t be got in most counties. Milk is an issue too in a lot of places but can’t bring that.

Tea withdrawal is a very real thing.

wush06

Big tea drinkers in our house hold. My partner myself and both kids 14 and nine year old all like our Lyons gold cup tea.
Partner also loves her coffee but the rest of us don’t drink it.

Giraffe Box

Wouldn't have coffee in the house, far too American for my liking.
I'll stick with strong tea thanks.

I love a mug of tea. Every couple of hours, splash of milk and nice and strong. I used to have a coffee first thing but not any more. OH drinks coffee but nobody's perfect. I do like the smell of coffee brewing, just not keen on the taste.

I've had tea from a plantation in Darjeeling, just the tips of the leaves sun dried. It's a whole other level of tea.

I love both. bought an aeroccino at the start of all this although i haven't found whatever coconut milk starbucks use, so settling for the alpro "for professionals".
black tea with honey plz

Encouraging children to drink tea is one of the most important things to do as a parent.

It establishes a habit that can keep people away from drinking soft drinks, juice and the like.

Also important in winter as a hot drink. Instead of something like hot chocolate.

salonfire

salonfire wrote: »

Encouraging children to drink tea is one of the most important things to do as a parent.

It establishes a habit that can keep people away from drinking soft drinks, juice and the like.

Also important in winter as a hot drink. Instead of something like hot chocolate.

Make them get a job at 8 years of age too while you’re at it. Cheek of them wanting something nice.

Greyfox

Tea is so underratted, i'd rather live without music than live without tea, not liking tea it a bit weird in my opinion.

Filmer Paradise

salonfire wrote: »

Encouraging children to drink tea is one of the most important things to do as a parent.

It establishes a habit that can keep people away from drinking soft drinks, juice and the like.

Also important in winter as a hot drink. Instead of something like hot chocolate.

All kids in my time drank tea from an early age.

I think that's why so many Irish people have it with lots of milk & sugar.

It made it more pallatable for us.

Spose it's why we dunk it with biscuits too...

heldel00

salonfire wrote: »

Encouraging children to drink tea is one of the most important things to do as a parent.

It establishes a habit that can keep people away from drinking soft drinks, juice and the like.

Also important in winter as a hot drink. Instead of something like hot chocolate.

Wow, mine are doomed so. Here i am encouraging them to read books, have confidence and be decent human beings when i should have been encouraging them to drink muck water.

heldel00

heldel00 wrote: »

Wow, mine are doomed so. Here i am encouraging them to read books, have confidence and be decent human beings when i should have been encouraging them to drink muck water.

Yes, they are indeed at a distinct disadvantage.

Even for social occasions such as visiting other houses, what will they drink instead of tea or coffee? They will be offered coke or something

Giraffe Box

salonfire wrote: »

Yes, they are indeed at a distinct disadvantage.

Even for social occasions such as visiting other houses, what will they drink instead of tea or coffee? They will be offered coke or something

Wouldn't surprise me. Kids these days eh.

xzanti

Loved tea as a kid. As an adult I now realise it was all the sugar I was putting into it that gave me the kick.

As an adult I drink coffee a lot.

Would accept a cup of tea if I'm visiting someone, but I'm not mad for the stuff.

Mad_maxx

i love my coffee but im a strange duck in that i only drink one cup of coffee per day , 11 am , i could never enjoy coffee first thing in the morning , i just dont get anything out of a second cup later on either

drink three cups of tea each day , regimental i am

lainey_d_123

No, I love them. I have a chronic bowel disease and really shouldn't drink coffee, but I just love it too much. Both the taste and the way it wakes me up. Trying to limit myself to one coffee a day and tea the rest of the time.

Both of them stain my teeth something awful and I'd love to get my teeth whitened and then not drink them anymore, but that seems like a high price to pay for looking slightly better.

bilbot79

Would you like tea and biscuits? No? I do have some red bull and sudafed if you prefer that?

heldel00

salonfire wrote: »

Yes, they are indeed at a distinct disadvantage.

Even for social occasions such as visiting other houses, what will they drink instead of tea or coffee? They will be offered coke or something

Which is as alien to them as a big sugary mug of tea with two Marietta biscuits on the side.

lainey_d_123

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

No, I love them. I have a chronic bowel disease and really shouldn't drink coffee, but I just love it too much. Both the taste and the way it wakes me up. Trying to limit myself to one coffee a day and tea the rest of the time.

Both of them stain my teeth something awful and I'd love to get my teeth whitened and then not drink them anymore, but that seems like a high price to pay for looking slightly better.

ah the odd whitestrips would do the job

donspeekinglesh

ALL hot drinks are ville. I'd rather die of thirst.

Giraffe Box

heldel00 wrote: »

Which is as alien to them as a big sugary mug of tea with two Marietta biscuits on the side.

Luxury!

Filmer Paradise

heldel00 wrote: »

Wow, mine are doomed so. Here i am encouraging them to read books, have confidence and be decent human beings when i should have been encouraging them to drink muck water.

You need to fix this attitude really quick.

It's a bit like christening a boy Jamie & expecting the world to open up in front of him

Then be confused 30 years later as he wanders about the place wearing a onesie with a chronic thumb sucking habit.

There is something inherently odd & infantile about a grown adult not liking tea, or coffee for that matter.

Sort it!

mr_fegelien

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Anyone here dislike tea and coffee? As a kid, I always disliked the taste of tea. Tried to drink coffee as a teen to stay awake but would get terrible nausea. I prefer taking drinks like Coca Cola or Red Bull to stay awake along with non-drowsy Sudafed tablets. Also don't make me nauseous.

What coffee have you tried? There's marked differences in flavors.

I used to be fine with instant but now I can't touch the stuff.

Stop taking Sudafed for this purpose by the way. Jeez!

dotsman

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Any adult who doesn't like Tea is an overgrown child.

Not properly developed, if you will.

Any adult who makes such blatantly ignorant comments such as "people who dislike tea are overgrown children" has no hope of ever developing a mature and intelligent mind.

And adults who put milk in the "tea" need to realise they are just drinking a children's drink.

zanador

Four years ago due to a chronic condition i had to give up coffee. Im no coffee snob, each to their own, mine was espresso and cortados. But was one of the saddest days of my life.

Tea is the ultimate social bonding drink and also the ultimate alone comfort drink. A wise work colleague said to me once as we were out on our 6th or 7th site of the day - always say yes to tea, even if you're awash, it's how we make friends.

Filmer Paradise

dotsman wrote: »

Any adult who makes such blatantly ignorant comments such as "people who dislike tea are overgrown children" has no hope of ever developing a mature and intelligent mind.

And adults who put milk in the "tea" need to realise they are just drinking a children's drink.

So.........do you drink tea or coffee?

Or are you an overgrown infant?

dotsman

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

So.........do you drink tea or coffee?

Or are you an overgrown infant?

I'm a man, so I'll have a beer, thanks.