The taboo of taking sugar with your tea/coffee

AngryLips · 18-07-2011 11:51AM #1

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 · 18-07-2011 11:55AM

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

kfallon · 18-07-2011 11:58AM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:00PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:00PM

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

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

Asphyxia · 18-07-2011 12:01PM

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

18-07-2011 12:01PM

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.

Caraville · 18-07-2011 12:02PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:02PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:02PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:05PM

Caraville wrote: »

Well I think coffee tastes like clay anyway

You're doing it wrong.

Mickeroo · 18-07-2011 12:06PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:08PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:09PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:09PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:11PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:13PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:15PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

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

Orally?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 18-07-2011 12:15PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:20PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:22PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:28PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:30PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:30PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:31PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Ach, I didn't mean it like that.

I know

stimpson · 18-07-2011 12:31PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:36PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:36PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:37PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:37PM

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 · 18-07-2011 12:46PM

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

The taboo of taking sugar with your tea/coffee

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