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That first morning cup of tea.

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Kiwiqueen123 Fri 13-Feb-26 08:38:31

Nothing quite like it first thing. I usually do a little bit of housework clutching my hot water and lemon. Sit down time with my computer with a lovely cup of tea. Quite fussy about the tea bags so usually have the gold box ones from M&S. DH is very happy with the cheapo decaf teabags. How do you start your day?

henetha Fri 13-Feb-26 15:17:04

I cannot happily start my day without a big mug of ordinary breakfast tea and one biscuit and two painkillers.
Then I shower and get dressed.

BlueBelle Fri 13-Feb-26 15:14:15

Went totally off tea many years back, can’t stand it.
Have a coffee with my breakfast but not bothered what sort, I can’t taste any difference between cheap or expensive.
I don’t cost a lot to keep
I occasionally have a fruit tea or a green tea but prefer cold drinks

Greciangirl Fri 13-Feb-26 15:13:57

Mug of builders tea is the first thing I drink in the morning along with my meds.

I take it back to bed and listen to the radio for a bit.
After that I get up and prepare for whatever I have planned for the day.

That first cup of tea is the best one for me. It wakes me up.

icanhandthemback Fri 13-Feb-26 15:09:54

A strong cup of Americano. Nothing hits the spot like that does for me.

Etoile2701 Fri 13-Feb-26 14:48:39

I don't drink tea so I usually start the day with a cup of filter coffee. I wish I liked tea but I just can't get enthusiastic about it.

libra10 Fri 13-Feb-26 14:45:09

A cup of extra strong Tetleys tea, turn on my laptop, and watch the news on BBC.

DamaskRose Fri 13-Feb-26 14:35:32

A large cup of black Clipper organic between 6.30 and 7pm. Breakfast “porridge” (don’t want to offend you Scottish grans with the additions!) and another half cup. Coffee (never instant) between 10 and 11 am. No more caffeinated drinks or I don’t sleep.

Grandmama Fri 13-Feb-26 14:35:28

Yes, absolutely best cup of day. I wake up early and between 6am and 6.30 I make a pot of tea and return to bed to drink 2 cups, bone china of course. Unfortunately Coop 99 loose tea is not always available so I buy strong from M&S. Pale green china tea pot in bed, dark green pot mid-afternoon tea and red pot if I can't sleep and make a cup of tea in the night. Breakfast is my home-made nut, seed, jumbo oats, pinhead oatmeal and yoghourt soaked overnight, eaten with a cup of all milk instant coffee. Then I'm all set for the day smile Miss my half grapefruit thanks to statins sad

Susieq62 Fri 13-Feb-26 14:30:27

I only drink coffee, gave up tea when I was pregnant and never went back ☹️
I start the day with a coffee for me and tea with a biscuit for himself!! I have one more coffee in the morning if at home plus one decaf in the afternoon. I have weaned myself off too many cups as was hyper active..

Nurseundercover Fri 13-Feb-26 14:25:47

I agree with you Bellasnana tea does taste better in a china cup, I’ve no idea why that is but it does.
Whilst I find coffee tastes better in a stoneware cup, always decaf for both, I don’t fair well with caffeine.

SillyNanny321 Fri 13-Feb-26 14:23:59

Large mug of very strong Yorkshire tea. Maybe a bowl of porridge or in warmer weather Weetabix. Half hour after another large mug of Yorkshire tea & I can face the day!

Silvertwigs Fri 13-Feb-26 14:20:53

Kiwiqueen123 I’m a coffee gal, freshly made Lavazza and toast, yum

Lupatria Fri 13-Feb-26 14:18:53

no tea - never liked it. but i can't start the day without my mug of coffee made with milk. can't seem to get coffee made with water right so milky coffee it is.
accompanying this is two slices of oat and barley bread toasted and cooled spread with whatever takes my fancy - currently honey.
sometimes i do overnight oats with raspberries, sometimes on special occasions i make an effort and have warm croissants and strawberry jam.
each to his own i suppose.

Cabbie21 Fri 13-Feb-26 14:11:01

Like Olderme my husband brought me a cup of tea every morning in bed. He drank only coffee, but he got mine just right every time. I probably miss that more than anything else. I rarely get up to get one now to take upstairs but it is the first thing I do once I get downstairs.

Stillness Fri 13-Feb-26 14:10:18

Clipper organic tea and a biscuit every morning! Then, I make my breakfast and take it back to bed….every morning…..which amuses family and friends! I’ve done this forever….even when I was working and had young children I still managed ten minutes in bed with tea and toast, or similar.

merlotgran Fri 13-Feb-26 14:09:43

A mug of strong, decaff Yorkshire tea starts my day. I take it back to bed and watch Breakfast TV for a while as well as scrolling through Gransnet. I have a second mug when I’m up and in going order. I don’t always bother with breakfast. If I do it’s just a slice of gf toast and marmite.

DrWatson Fri 13-Feb-26 14:06:20

Yorkshire tea here, you can get a decaff version too if needed. We have a s'market 'Assam' variety too.

I've met Twinings EB (a couple of comments) in hotels, best with 2 teabags in a mug, not just one?! [NB -- hint for would-be cruise folk, if you like strong tea, lots of ships, if in American ownership, stock Liptons or similar teabags, poor, feeble things. We take our own, just in case).

B'fast is some variety of Oatiflakes or the Oatibisk things (quite like a Weetabix, except). Later on I usually have a banana, lots of reports talk of their health benefits.

Silvergirl Fri 13-Feb-26 14:06:10

I feel for you Olderme. My husband gives me tea in bed every morning and I often think how much I would miss it if he wasn't here.

WelshPoppy Fri 13-Feb-26 14:02:10

Cornflakes or frosted flakes with banana, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries and milk. Don't have a cuppa, usually coffee, till 11ish.

Rocketstop2 Fri 13-Feb-26 13:57:31

Cup of tea, fairly strong, dash of milk, if I don't have that, my day starts wrongly and all sorts of malevolence can occur grin

Sparkycv Fri 13-Feb-26 13:57:27

I'm usually up around 5.00am, put on the radio and make my first cup of tea with PG Tips, tea bags. I open my iPad and have my first scan of the Daily Mail cryptic crossword. I then look at the headlines, and get ready for the day.

Shill29 Fri 13-Feb-26 13:56:35

I take a flask of boiling water together with a drop of milk in a jug to bed with me so that I can have a cuppa, or two, in the morning…..

olderme Fri 13-Feb-26 13:55:32

My late husband always brought me a cup of tea in bed every morning. Tea has never tasted the same since.

Graceless Fri 13-Feb-26 13:52:55

Strong black Macchu Pichu as soon as I wake if possible. But sometimes i have to wait for my carer to make it because I haven't the energy to get out of bed on my own.

AuntieE Fri 13-Feb-26 13:51:24

coffee with cream for breakfast.
Right now I defer it until I have cleared the pavement of snow.

I don't usually eat anything until mid-morning when I have a piece of bread and butter.