Tea - 'It’s an old person's drink.'

Norman_Conquest

Norman_Conquest

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The BBC is running an article on how young people are falling out of love with a 'cup of tea' with one comment saying it is an old person's drink and they would rather have a glass of water or diet soda drink.

I love a cup of tea in the morning and it certainly gets the tubes working and I wouldn't dream of having anything else with the mid-week evening meal and will have another cuppa before bedtime. Even as kids, we were given a warm milky cup of tea with toast for our supper before bedtime.

My go to tea has always been Yorkshire Tea, even though my son carries out electrical maintenance at Tetley's Eaglescliffe and can get the tea bags cheaper from their shop. In fact, I'm drinking Yorkshire tea as I type this. I have questioned its strength of late and are finding I need to leave the bag in slightly longer than previously.

Are you a tea person?



www.bbc.co.uk

Has Britain fallen out of love with tea?

Experts say tea has been in decline for years as younger people prefer alternatives.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Earl Grey, black with a slice of lemon. Sometimes with a teaspoon of honey, too.

Lapsang Souchong, black.

Assam, with a tiny drop of milk.

We have Yorkshire Tea in the house because my wife drinks it, but I won't touch that stuff. Teabags are the worst way to drink tea (at a push though I will occasionally buy Teapigs.)
 
Yorkshire tea ☕️ in the morning for me and the Mrs too 👌

Black tea though for me and almond milk for the Mrs!

Would have a cold drink or a beer with my tea these days though although my 80+ old dad from another and different generation would have a cuppa with his tea, that for me, is a bit old fashioned 😀

I’d have a cuppa later with a bit of chocolate as a treat and like you, as a kid, it was tea n toast for supper hmmmm
 
Rarely drink tea but when I do it’s black. Much prefer a black coffee though.
 
Drink Yorkshire tea every day, usually 2-3 cups.

But I've got myself in to coffee in the last year because you often can't get what I'd think of as nice tea in cafes and on holiday and it's easier to get acceptable coffee.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
The BBC is running an article on how young people are falling out of love with a 'cup of tea' with one comment saying it is an old person's drink and they would rather have a glass of water or diet soda drink.

I love a cup of tea in the morning and it certainly gets the tubes working and I wouldn't dream of having anything else with the mid-week evening meal and will have another cuppa before bedtime. Even as kids, we were given a warm milky cup of tea with toast for our supper before bedtime.

My go to tea has always been Yorkshire Tea, even though my son carries out electrical maintenance at Tetley's Eaglescliffe and can get the tea bags cheaper from their shop. In fact, I'm drinking Yorkshire tea as I type this. I have questioned its strength of late and are finding I need to leave the bag in slightly longer than previously.

Are you a tea person?



www.bbc.co.uk

Has Britain fallen out of love with tea?

Experts say tea has been in decline for years as younger people prefer alternatives.
www.bbc.co.uk
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We use decaff Yorkshire tea. It's the only decaff that tastes like proper tea.

Not sure about others but a cup of tea growing up was the original chicken soup for the soul.
 
TeaCider said:
Drink Yorkshire tea every day, usually 2-3 cups.

But I've got myself in to coffee in the last year because you often can't get what I'd think of as nice tea in cafes and on holiday and it's easier to get acceptable coffee.
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We drink more coffee when we are abroad in the caravan and tend to think tea doesn't seem the same. Now and again the wife will produce a mug of tea from her stash of Yorkshire Tea bags she's got hidden away. You see the French give us a funny look when they see us drinking out of mugs instead of our petite coffee cups.
 
Coffees for the ladies.

English breakfast and Assam mostly, about 8-10 cups a day.
Silver Needles White Tea in the summer if I want something a bit different.
 
I only occasionally drink tea and never as my morning drink as I prefer coffee. White with no sugar. Don't mind peppermint tea too, but I can't stand the smell of earl grey.
 
I still have at least one cup of tea every day but it's an evening drink for me. I drink coffee during the day.

I'm really not picky with what tea or how I have it. It's more of a functional drink than one I have to savour.
 
Cup of tea in the morning with breakfast before I go to work. Don't drink it during the day, always water to keep me hydrated. Then another with my tea and another one when we're settled to watch tele later on. Creature of habit 🤣
 
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