In praise of tea...

I haven’t drunk ordinary tea for a good 35 years. DH was told to stop drinking milk because of high Cholesterol long before statins were around. We both tried other alternatives but didn’t find anything we both enjoyed until I happened across what we both now call tea but was crossly informed by a doctor one day that it wasn’t tea but an infusion. It’s simply lemon peel with boiling water poured over. Made in a jug and chilled it’s very refreshing in hot weather as well.
I’ve been known to take lemons on holiday with me.

Going off tea was always the first sign of being pregnant, for me. I'd be back on it after the first few months though. Twinings English Breakfast tea.

Yorkshire biscuit tea is just heaven. Sadly I can’t have caffeine past 4pm now so I’ve moved to fruity teas in the pm

I used to drink a lot of tea but really don't enjoy the taste of it at all now. I have a mug of real coffee for breakfast and then water from then on as caffeine in quantity keeps me awake.
If someone comes to see me who likes tea I use the Yorkshire tea for hard water as tea is scummy here if I use the normal version.

No other Earl Grey will do other then M&S. We live abroad and when I go to UK/M&S I clear all the packets. I also take the packets off and leave with the staff. What a terrible waste 2 coverings.
Just a tiny drizzle of milk now. No sugar. Bliss !

My favourite tea is camomile honey and lemon

It’s bean to cup coffee for me! I can drink tea, but I wouldn’t pay for it in a café. I prefer fruit teas. Twinings do a lovely raspberry and lemon one.😎😋

Taylor's China Rose Petal tea for me. DH brings me a cup in the morning.
Really don't like Yorkshire Tea, way too strong. Only in desperation do I succumb - waving the tea bag over hot water.

Yorkshire Tea for us. Take it on holiday to Greece as well although Yellow Label tea is a good substitute which you can usually get in Greece.

My sister lives in France and before Brexit we always took some large boxes of Yorkshire. It's so expensive to buy English tea in France they can get it but only in small box quantities.

One cup of tea with skimmed milk no sugar, first thing before getting up. Then one cup mid afternoon with a couple of biscuits.

Can't drink instant coffee at all now just have the nespresso Dolce Gusto pods. No more than 2 a day. I do worry about coffee and tea staining teeth but not enough to give it up.

I can't enjoy tea anymore I drink it only if nothing else is available...it tastes...wrong beefy? Even without milk it just doesn't do it for me any more. Sadly, I can't drink coffee either, so tend to live on Ovaltine :/

I went for years only drinking coffee, Kenco instant decaffeinated, or a flat white when out. Then my ex and I split up and I bought a box of Yorkshire Tea for visitors ( ex always insisted on PG Tips) and made myself a cup to try it. After that it was tea all the way, Yorkshire of course, with full fat milk and one sugar. I do also like Earl Grey occasionally and Lady Grey is lovely on a hot day, but mainly it’s just good old YT.

Yorkshire tea for me every morning, and a cup of decaf in the afternoon. I'm not in the UK but luckily there is a supermarket that stocks it and will post to all parts of the country.
For mid-morning it has to be coffee though.

Gagajo Thank you for that earl grey I'm having chemo at the moment I will give it a try do you add milk?

Tea? Yes please, but do make sure it's loose leaf every time. Here's my celebration of that wonderful brew. Get that kettle on...

A Nice Cup of Tea

When I wake up every morning, and I’ve finished with my yawning, and I thank the Lord that I’ve been spared once more,
I make a pot of tea, and the taste to guarantee, I always let it brew before I pour.
There’s Assam and Darjeelin’, and Ceylon is quite appealing, English Breakfast always seems to hit the spot,
But make sure that pot is warm, or the brewing you will harm, and your water always must be boiling hot.
Let it sit and take on flavour, so it’s something you can savour, that first sip sets taste buds bursting with delight,
Now relax and please don’t hurry, there’s no need to sit and worry, just chill out and let that nectar make you right.
I don’t think that it’s just me, as so many love their tea, it’s the favourite drink throughout our British Nation,
Though I like a coffee too, tea is still the champion brew, and will always get unqualified ovation.
When our troubles get us down, when we wear a worried frown, as our lives seem to have turned to stormy sea,
If we’ve had some awful news, all that tension to defuse, there’s nothing better than a welcome cup of tea.
And a teapot that you share, with a friend for whom you care, is a blessing sent from heaven up above,
As you sip that brew together, why it’s “never mind the weather”, it’s a cup that goes down better with some love.
So enjoy your cup of tea, and savour it, like me, as I’m sitting here reflecting on times past,
Put your brake on and slow down, play a nice, relaxing tune, life’s too short to spend it always stuck on ‘fast’.
It sometimes seems to me, life’s just like a cup of tea, regardless of the way in which you take it,
The nature of the brew, why that’s down to me and you, and like life, depends on just how well you make it…

I used to love coffee, but gave it up when trying to lose weight by going Vegan (so no milk). I found Peppermint tea and have drunk this ever since (5+ years).
I have two cups each morning and only water thereafter!

I drink a lot of tea. Luckily they bring in Waitrose essentials here so I am well stocked up. Tea is very comforting and it is interesting to see our different preferences. I will never forget that when we first visited St Lucia and went to son’s place he said he had got some Earl Grey for me! Now I only like string, traditional tea so I was disappointed. I am 4 hours behind UK so I have only just had my first cuppa. I just love tea!

Love tea and prefer to coffee. But not Yorkshire tea, way too strong for me, one tea bag would last me a week! Like Aldi tea and have several cups a day, couldn't start the day without tea.

I went off Earl Grey after a homeopathic treatment, anything with elderflower in it, they both just taste like perfume. Now I have a strong black mug of tea first thing and another in the middle of the night (rare) and can’t get back to sleep. One cup of decaf coffee in the morning and the rest of the time herbal tea though I used to like Rooibos so might try that again - thanks to those who have mentioned it.

PG tips for me - very strong. Always take it on holiday!

I live for tea! Any strength, milk in first. We have Yorkshire. In the afternoon I have decaf and its a good substitute. Occasionally a red bush, again milk in first. Great thread, thanks!

I don't drink tea anymore either only coffee, not sure why I have gone off it but the taste just doesn't appeal to me anymore. Many years ago when I was in my teens I done a Sunday paper round and you had to go in early to number up the newspapers, the chap that had the newsagents used to keep his used tea bags in a saucer on the side of the desk it seemed like a week's worth, the metallic smell used to turn my stomach, I only lasted a month or so.😂

Tea...yuk. I don't know what all the fuss is about, I can't stand it. I think it was because there was never any alternative when I was growing up & it was overkill.

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned tea leaves. Easy to make in a transparent tea pot which has a filter to catch the leaves. Assam tea is very flavoursome, but may be too strong for some. It tastes and looks better in a white bone china mug or cup.
Tea in cafes is not worth buying: it's often too weak or too strong, and almost always involves a tea bag. All teas necessitate a biscuit.

Best drink in the world,black tea with milk,just finished a cup😁

A nice cup of Tetley’s at breakfast, another mid-morning, then again around 3.30. It was always coffee mid-morning but for an unknown reason I went off it last year so changed to tea. I do still enjoy a latte or flat white when out though.