I do wish I liked coffee!

I can't start the day without tea, at least two cups (well, china mugs).

When we were staying at someone's house ages ago she kindly brought us coffee in bed, however, the smell of coffee first thing makes me want to heave.
I can drink it by about 11 am though, just one cup a day, but never in the afternoon.

I went from endless cups of coffee to hot water, end of. Hot water literally wherever I was, THEN I started working with a fabulous bunch of girls and everyday we would meet in the cafe in our break between our morning calls to our lunchtime calls ( we were carers )

At 1st it was hot water hot water, hot water, then slowly the cup of coffee crept in, I felt more 'intune* with everyone else as we sat chatting, then the odd cup of coffee turned to regular cups of coffee and alllllll because I felt more intune. That was well over 15 years ago !

Well, I can’t stand tea! It’s rather awkward being offered it in someone’s house because folk seem to assume you drink it if you’re British. I’ve never liked it. One of my earliest memories is being 4 or 5 and being strongly persuaded to have some by my grandparents. I didn’t. I guess I must have had some at a previous time and found I didn’t like it.
If I were to force a cup down, it would make me nauseous!
Quite like some of the fruit teas though as long as they’re not based on black.
Got to be something to do with your genes maybe whether tea or coffee is your dislike.

I only drink coffee rarely because of the IBS problem which had taken me years to realise coffee is one of the triggers. I can just about manage a one shot latte, but can’t stand coffee in cakes or chocolate centres. Hated tea as a child and up ‘til I was 40ish, but slightly addicted to it now.

It's a preference really. Coffee is an acquired taste, it either grabs you by a certain age, or it doesn't. I remember being offered it as an older child and thinking I'm never going to want to drink that! and then sometime, maybe mid to late teens I started meeting friends for coffee at which time it became a permanent fixture in my life. I like a few strong coffees in the morning, it gives me a kick start. Coffee out is only as good as the barista who makes it or type of coffee an establishment offers, many miss the mark, nothing worse than a great big soup bowl type of cup with loads of froth imo! I like a perfect small flat white. I did notice I went off coffee when I had Covid though.

I'm an afternoon tea drinker, one or maybe two cups, again has to be strong and I like it out of a china receptacle I'm embarrassed at how fussy I am

Don't get me started on poached eggs, I went off eggs a few years ago, I'm alright with a Spanish type omelette, flavoured with chorizo and peppers, even scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, I don't actually want to taste the eggs but runny yolks make me really queasy!

Prior to loosing my taste and smell it wouldn’t have bothered me if I never tasted another cup of coffee.
Now, coffee is one of the few thing’s I can taste, and I’m enjoying it
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I don’t like Tea, but wish I did as it’s cheaper than coffee

And yet, posh people in America drink tea.

I like both. Tea for comfort or when I at home. But I love a nice coffee too, although too lazy to bother making it myself.

I'm not a huge chocolate fan. I don't wish I loved it, because I'm fat enough without adding another bad for me food. But I don't really 'get' the whole chocolate addiction.

Hi Kitty ,

Drink what pleases you !
You don't have to drink coffee if you don't like it .
My friends are all coffee drinkers ,but I'm not .
I love coffee ,but it triggers off my IBS .
In order not to offend a friend on Monday I drank a coffee which he'd made for me-he decorated the top with a pattern .
Yesterday, I was still suffering
the after effects .
It's the same with soft fizzy drinks .

Baggs, that made me smile. I have been called old fashioned because that is how we do tea here.

Quite often a pot of tea out is bags.

MaizieD

I can't stand coffee, I don't know how people can drink it, but everyone is different, aren't they.?

I feel no shame at all in ordering tea; it was known as the British national drink, as I recall. Coffee's a bit unpatriotic, really ...

It's no more or no less 'sophisticated' than coffee.

Don't let it bother you, kittylester

British people have been drinking coffee as long as they have been drinking tea MaizieD, both came here in 17th century.

I can’t stand tea myself, I hate the smell - but I think it’s actually easier to be a tea drinker in the UK because that’s what you are always offered at peoples houses I find, and lots of people don’t drink proper coffee, just instant, which I’m also not keen on. That’s probably why coffee shops are so popular, because it’s so easy to get bad coffee otherwise.

I never used to like peppers Jax but for some unknown reason I developed a taste for them following my brain injury!

Peppers, I really, really don’t like them, I can suss the weeniest piece, think princess and the pea!
But they look lovely, especially all charred on a bbq.

I can't stand coffee, I don't know how people can drink it, but everyone is different, aren't they.?

I feel no shame at all in ordering tea; it was known as the British national drink, as I recall. Coffee's a bit unpatriotic, really ...

It's no more or no less 'sophisticated' than coffee.

Don't let it bother you, kittylester

I cannot eat uncooked tomatoes. Just the sight of the horrible snotty goo that dribbles out of them makes me heave.

I have never drunk tea. In a way envious of those who like it. Order coffee, usually just one cup, order tea, usually cheaper, and get at least 2 cups from the pot. Some places offer cafetiere of course.

kittylester

I don't like poached eggs either, too much possibility of under done, wobbly white!

There was a thread recently about underdone whites of egg. I di fried eggs in a cast iron skillet with a lid on. This way the heat is reflected back to some degree and the whites get cooked. Its also being a glas lid means I can give the skillet a shake to test wobbliness. They come out like poached eggs perfectly done.

Whadyamean "A pot of tea doesn't carry the same aura of sophistication"??? kittybaditty!?

'Course it does! ???? ? Especially out of a teapot, and poured through a dinky strainer. Done proper, like.

My daughter doesn't like coffee either but does say she is meeting friends for a coffee,?☕ I don't like prawns it is the texture that I don't like but I wish I did?.

I can barely look at poached eggs and fried eggs and I am slowly adding baked beans to my growing list.

I only ever drink coffee but I have to make it from a jar or otherwise I would be as high as a kite. I have not touched tea for well over 50 years-It was either coloured water or one could stand on it. Yuck.

I don't like poached eggs either, too much possibility of under done, wobbly white!

I really wish I liked poached eggs. Everyone else in the world seems to adore them and it would be a good easy source of protein which I don’t eat enough of.

A pot of tea doesn't carry the same aura of sophistication though does it, BigBertha, though the company helps!! And the big cakes!!

I like the taste of coffee but really love the smell of it as it's brewing.

Doesn't have to be coffee, you ciuld join them for a mint tea or hot chocolate if that takes your fancy.
Most coffee shops do a variety of other drinks? Or how about an iced coffee to get you started? ?