The taboo of taking sugar with your tea/coffee

magma69 · 18-07-2011 05:34PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

People who put sugar in their tea and coffee don't like tea and coffee and try to mask the taste with sugar. They're pussies in my eyes, essentially.

What a load of absolute nonsense. Is putting sugar in an apple tart hiding the taste also? I've never heard such a stupid attitude in my life.

Mance Rayder · 18-07-2011 05:36PM

Sugar Nazi's!

Eve_Dublin · 18-07-2011 06:09PM

magma69 wrote: »

What a load of absolute nonsense. Is putting sugar in an apple tart hiding the taste also? I've never heard such a stupid attitude in my life.

Anyone who gets hysterical over a tongue-in-cheek comment about putting sugar in their tea has an even more stupid attitude. Take a bleedin' chill pill and get some perspective.

Were only talking about tea here :rolleyes:

Wolfe Tone · 18-07-2011 06:11PM

I always fire in lashings of milk to looks of disgust

srsly78 · 18-07-2011 06:15PM

I take sugar in coffee but not in tea. This confuses the hell out of people :P

seanbmc · 18-07-2011 06:21PM

I used to take sugar in my tea and coffee all the time, stopped a good few years ago. Now I don't think I'd like the taste of it in my coffee or tea.

And for the record, instant coffee is shíte.

Mance Rayder · 18-07-2011 06:34PM

People who take sugar in their tea don't deserve to live. They should be rounded up and exterminated. Then a combination of witch doctors, voodoo shamans and priests should perform magic rites and rituals to prevent their souls from moving on and contaminating the next world.

plein de force · 18-07-2011 06:43PM

sugar with tea is just rotten
however i cant drink coffee without it

arybvtcw0eolkf · 18-07-2011 06:49PM

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.

Have to hand it to you, that made me laugh my arse off.

I fell apart :pac:

Saila · 18-07-2011 06:55PM

AngryLips wrote: »

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.

its the same people who are around when all the cakes and biscuits disappear, selfrighteous muppets :rolleyes:

AngryLips · 18-07-2011 06:56PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Well said, these shyte conformity threads are getting a bit too frequent around here.

Anyway OP what taboo?.............since when did putting sugar in tea become a taboo? Now it might be a taboo to piss into a cup of tea, but putting sugar into it? I think not.

Do you take sugar in your tea? Have you been reading some of the other comments in this thread? Taboo was a bit of an exaggeration but, in case the lightheartedly of my comment was lost in translation, here are some emoticons to address that: :pac::rolleyes:;);):pac::p:p:D:):rolleyes::o:P:pac::pac::p

Killer Wench · 18-07-2011 07:05PM

It's blippin' hot here and one of the greatest summer time treats in the Midwest and the South (US) is Sweet Tea.

It is essentially Iced Tea with a hell of a lot of sugar. Pour it on ice, and you're G2G!

Spread · 18-07-2011 07:25PM

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?

bluewolf wrote: »

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.

Well I think it should be made a word. We all know that sugar doesn't make kids hyper http://www.businessweek.com/careers/workingparents/blog/archives/2008/12/medical_journal_says_sugar_does_not_make_kids_hyper.html

but what if the milk was taken from a cow that had been in contact with mad-cow-disease. Then there is a possibility that someone who puts milk in the tea (and who had a finely attuned bovine allergy) could start leppin'. As in the Seven Days of Christmas Lords a leppin'

Or if a fella had too many in a pub in Leap and started playing up he would have been said to be Leppin'

http://www.cork-guide.ie/leap/

Rubberlegs · 18-07-2011 08:21PM

Used to take two sugars in both tea and coffee. Went off both in pregnancy, and when started drinking them again, couldn't handle sugar at all in tea anymore. Only one in instant coffee now, normally, two if it's an extra large coffee. If the coffee is really, really nice proper stuff, won't bother with sugar at all. OH takes 3 sugars in his coffee, pure poisonous:eek:

Sardonicat · 18-07-2011 08:46PM

I don't take sugar in tea. Just a drop of milk. I make it with loose tea in a pot and have a little strainer I hold over the cup when I pour it out. Oh, and milk in first. My family never used tea-bags and I can't abide tea-bag tea (now, now, that wasn't a euphamism). And yes, you can tell the difference.

Two sugars in coffee, though. And milk in after you pour. What is it with the Irish thing of putting milk in the cup with the coffee (if instant) and mixing it into a paste before adding the water? Disgusting.

The people who really psis me off are the "just a half/quarter spoon, please" brigade. When I ask if someone takes sugar and they come up with that answer I just hand em the sugar bowl and let them count the grains themselves.

Killer Wench · 18-07-2011 08:51PM

I guess sugar in tea and coffee technically claims the title of "sweetest taboo"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcPc18SG6uA

CrinkElite · 18-07-2011 08:52PM

Killer Wench wrote: »

It's blippin' hot here and one of the greatest summer time treats in the Midwest and the South (US) is Sweet Tea.

It is essentially Iced Tea with a hell of a lot of sugar. Pour it on ice, and you're G2G!

I prefer the Long Island style.

Ruu_Old · 18-07-2011 08:54PM

Weak tea drinker here, could do with or without the sugar but like a small splash of milk. Hate when people make me milky tea! :mad:

"This is very milky tea, Mrs Doyle."
"This is almost all-milk tea."
"Is there any tea in here at all?"

Rocket19 · 18-07-2011 08:59PM

o1s1n wrote: »

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

Ha! I do this. Weak tea with loads of milk and loads of sugar. I tend to use splenda though, but that's probably worse.

If I'm in a cafe, its sometimes as severe as using 5 sachets of sugar. Most people find this weird, but I can't drink it otherwise!

the_syco · 18-07-2011 09:05PM

I take sugar and milk with my tea.

One spoon of sugar, a splash of milk and tea.

Barrys Classic Blend

hondasam · 18-07-2011 09:06PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Do you know any Polish people?,they look at you like you have two heads if you put milk in you're tea!

I drink my tea without milk or sugar.

Chuck Stone · 18-07-2011 09:10PM

I'm a real purist. I just munch the teabag or spoon coffee directly into my mouth.

Hot water?

Pfff.

zyxwvu · 18-07-2011 09:48PM

I never consume caffeinated drinks because I like to be dependent on as few substances as possible.. although if I was a guest in somebodies house I wouldn't turn down an offer for a cup of tea! No sugar and a drop of milk

Conor108 · 18-07-2011 09:56PM

Don't take sugar, I'm sweet enough;)

Luxie · 18-07-2011 10:03PM

Tend to avoid sugar in tea. Sometimes my blood sugar levels need a boost so I'll chuck a lump of sugar in. Alwas need sugar in coffee though (the rare time I drink the stuff) Each to their own I say.

Naikon · 18-07-2011 10:03PM

Get yourself a french press and some proper coffee beans along with a grinder. Milk and suger fcuks up the taste of coffee. Can't stand either in the drink.

Luxie · 18-07-2011 10:06PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Do you know any Polish people?,they look at you like you have two heads if you put milk in you're tea!

Ouside Ireland and UK that generallyis the case

nlgbbbblth · 18-07-2011 10:13PM

Proper coffee doesn't need sugar.
I take one and a half spoons with instant though. Masks the mediocre taste.

bnt · 18-07-2011 11:48PM

You never see folk on TV or in the movies putting sugar in their drinks, except to make a point about someone's unhealthy lifestyle. Fashion victims, eh? One sugar isn't going to do anything major to your waistline.

Personally I find coffee vile without some sugar, but there can be such variance in a coffee's size and strength that I can't just say "two". In a good cappuccino I can get away with one, but when it's strong filter coffee or some gnarly instant I need a couple more than that.

previous user · 19-07-2011 12:01AM

Remember once I got looked at like I was some kind of fruity nut when I asked for
honey in my coffee, I mean what the hell is wrong with honey in coffee?

The taboo of taking sugar with your tea/coffee

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