Do people no longer take sugar in their tea?

PhilOssophy · 08-03-2019 4:26pm #1

As title suggests.
I work in a large organisation and I can't remember the last time I saw somebody putting sugar in their tea.
I don't do it myself and was wondering if it is a thing of the past?
Nobody in my family take it either, and if somebody wants sugar in our house, they get sugar that is hardly ever used!
Was this just something previous generations did?

Signore Fancy Pants · 08-03-2019 4:27pm

Heyes · 08-03-2019 4:28pm

I do ! Mind you its only half a spoon - a spoon but it still goes in.

colm_mcm · 08-03-2019 4:28pm

Not since September 2014.

Deebles McBeebles · 08-03-2019 4:28pm

2 please.

Tacklebox · 08-03-2019 4:29pm

I have tea with my sugar...

shamrock55 · 08-03-2019 4:29pm

One spoon always, can't drink it without

TheValeyard · 08-03-2019 4:29pm

Two spoons. No more. No less.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-03-2019 4:30pm

I couldn't drink it without sugar tbh.

punisher5112 · 08-03-2019 4:30pm

7 tea spoons spanks

paulpd · 08-03-2019 4:31pm

Never took sugar in teas. Used to take one spoon in coffee. Don't take it in either nowdays. Visitors either go without or use some hardened sachets that might be in some press somewhere. Don't miss it at all.

Deebles McBeebles · 08-03-2019 4:33pm

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Two spoons. No more. No less.

And god help the absolute mother*cker who gets it wrong.

TheValeyard · 08-03-2019 4:34pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

And god help the absolute mother*cker who gets it wrong.

Or who tries to use the sugar substitutes instead.

theteal · 08-03-2019 4:34pm

My auld fella like to have some tea in his sugar, like jayzisin syrup it is

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-03-2019 4:36pm

The father puts a lemon slice in his.

No milk , no sugar.

08-03-2019 4:39pm

I haven’t used sugar in my tea for years I use sweeteners from Lild 1200 in a tube for €1.99

Pauliedragon · 08-03-2019 4:42pm

Sugar in tae lad? Absolute blasphemy. Off to purgatory with ya. Barry's tea black is the only way to go.

TheValeyard · 08-03-2019 4:43pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I haven’t used sugar in my tea for years I use sweeteners from Lild 1200 in a tube for €1.99

DS86DS · 08-03-2019 4:44pm

Pauliedragon wrote: »

Sugar in tae lad? Absolute blasphemy. Off to purgatory with ya. Barry's tea black is the only way to go.

Too puritanical for my liking. Give me a cup of tea with milk and a bit of sugar any day of the week

gidget · 08-03-2019 4:49pm

Two for tea and two for coffee as well.

retro:electro · 08-03-2019 4:54pm

Accidentally supped tea that had sugar in it and almost gagged. Tastes like poison

08-03-2019 4:57pm

retro:electro wrote: »

Accidentally supped tea that had sugar in it and almost gagged. Tastes like poison

Same goes for me when I had with sugar by accident years after I gave it up

RhubarbCrumble · 08-03-2019 4:59pm

retro:electro wrote: »

Accidentally supped tea that had sugar in it and almost gagged. Tastes like poison

Agree. I don't take any sugar in tea but Mr Crumble takes 2. He made us both a cup during the week in identical mugs and handed me the wrong one. One mouthful and I honestly almost vomited. How on earth people actually drink tea with sugar in it, I honestly don't know.

Church on Tuesday · 08-03-2019 5:01pm

Tea and coffee tastes pretty bland without it so yeah, 2 sugars for me please.

Rarely drink any fizzy drinks though to keep the sugar count down .

PhilOssophy · 08-03-2019 5:02pm

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Agree. I don't take any sugar in tea but Mr Crumble takes 2. He made us both a cup during the week in identical mugs and handed me the wrong one. One mouthful and I honestly almost vomited. How on earth people actually drink tea with sugar in it, I honestly don't know.

Sounds like you need different mugs.....

Goodshape · 08-03-2019 5:04pm

No sugar. No milk.

fixXxer · 08-03-2019 5:05pm

Tea so strong you could walk on it and a spoon of honey. Perfection in a mug.

SEPT 23 1989 · 08-03-2019 5:11pm

Two sugars milk and the bag left in the mug

Thephantomsmask · 08-03-2019 5:16pm

No sugar in tea with milk. If I am drinking my tea black then I might have a sweetener tablet in a cup of Earl Grey or a slice of lemon.

chakotha · 08-03-2019 5:19pm

I gave it up a few years ago when I wanted to shed some weight.

The first sip out of a cup of tea or coffee was a bit rank but you really don't notice after that first sip.

You feel much better for it after a few weeks, provided you are not devouring sugar in other foods.

Vowel Movement · 08-03-2019 5:58pm

I love sweet stuff but sugar in tea is absolutely disgusting

EPAndlee · 08-03-2019 6:00pm

Growing up in my house nobody used sugar in their tea but we always kept a bowl of sugar

dxhound2005 · 08-03-2019 6:16pm

This is Lent, so a good time for anyone to give it up if they want to. As posted before it only took me a short time to get used to it. Many years ago, when I used to give up things for Lent.

Here is my most recent recipe for a nice mug of tea. Put a big mug of water in the microwave. Boiling it first in the kettle speeds up the process. Heat for 2 minutes. Carefully remove the mug and from a short distance throw in a teabag. The water will bubble up violently for a few seconds. Stir in the bag to the desired strength and add milk to taste.

This is another recipe.

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/best-way-make-tea-microwave-according-science/

Force Carrier · 08-03-2019 6:18pm

One and a half to two.

Signore Fancy Pants · 08-03-2019 6:24pm

Pauliedragon wrote: »

Sugar in tae lad? Absolute blasphemy. Off to purgatory with ya. Barry's tea black is the only way to go.

Yeah same as the wife.

Once you go black she said you dont go back.

She's lying though, she always puts milk in her tea!

r93kaey5p2izun · 08-03-2019 6:35pm

Never tasted it with sugar. We weren't allowed as children and it just seems a strange concept to me now. Black Barry's made with tea leaves for me.

Atoms for Peace · 08-03-2019 6:42pm

I like my tea supersaturated.

Infonovice · 08-03-2019 6:43pm

Tacklebox wrote: »

I have tea with my sugar...

my friend too. FIVE sugars in one cup of tea

surely after maybe two sugars, it's totally pointless? doubt it even dissolves

08-03-2019 6:44pm

Never took sugar in tea, if you mixed tea that had sugar with a spoon and then mixed my tea I’d know. A like a good shot of milk though.

On the other hand I always take sugar in my coffee and wouldn’t drink it without.

Doctors room ghost · 08-03-2019 6:45pm

A quarter of a teaspoon in tea and 4 teaspoons in coffee.

Mam of 4 · 08-03-2019 6:46pm

Tea , no sugar no milk .

Coffee no milk but sugar .

Rubberlegs · 08-03-2019 6:48pm

Very strong tea with a splash of milk and no sugar.

Doctors room ghost · 08-03-2019 6:52pm

Rubberlegs wrote: »

Very strong tea with a splash of milk and no sugar.

Do you leave the teabag in

rob316 · 08-03-2019 6:55pm

Sugar in tea but I prefer sweetener in coffee. Hermesetas is only sweetener that isn't horrible.

Rubberlegs · 08-03-2019 6:56pm

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Do you leave the teabag in

Sometimes

StreetLight · 08-03-2019 6:59pm

Gave up sugar in tea for Lent as a child. Never went back on it.

DJIMI TRARORE · 08-03-2019 7:07pm

havent put sugar in tae for donkeys years,but on a hangover morning i"ll always throw 1 in:)

AllForIt · 08-03-2019 7:07pm

I gave up sugar in my tea when I was a teenager for Lent and never went back on it. I'd spit it out now if there was sugar put in my tea.

The pink killer · 08-03-2019 7:15pm

Two yokes in me tea and a gurn for desert.

Yer Da sells Avon · 08-03-2019 8:16pm

I'm sweet borderline diabetic enough, thanks.

I'd throw up if someone put sugar, or any more than a threat of milk in my tea or coffee.

wakka12 · 08-03-2019 8:27pm

You get enough sugar from nearly every other sugar packed food in supermarkets in our society, no need for extra teaspoons of it

Ive a bad sweet tooth but for some reason I think sugar in tea tastes absolutely disgusting

Do people no longer take sugar in their tea?

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