Has Britain fallen out of love with tea?
www.bbc.com
Experts say tea has been in decline for years as younger people prefer alternatives.
    • MexEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      We were a country of coffee drinkers before we were a country of tea drinkers.

  • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    Hot leaf water has its uses. As a social ritual it helps break up that initial moment of awkwardness when guests arrive.

    • beejboytyson@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 days ago

      I kinda get what you mean. Everytime someone comes over I always offer some cofveve. I never used to but I started after I began watching the sopranos, they always offer a pot. Just because Tony is a murdering thug doesn’t mean he’s impolite to house guests.

        • CubbyTustard@reddthat.com
          1·
          3 days ago

          I have had loose tea that you have to prepare with a little steeping ball and tea in teabags I just have never heard of ‘builder’s tea’. it doesn’t sound like a brand so what does it mean?

          edit: i gave up and googled it, now i understand, i usually drink my builder’s tea without milk or sugar!

            • smegEnglish
              2·
              3 days ago

              Na, builder’s tea is just very strong tea, like leaving the (bog-standard supermarket) tea bag in there for about ten minutes

              • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
                2·
                2 days ago

                That just sounds like a normal tea to me!

                Is it still builder’s if you add the milk at the latter part of the steeping?

                • smegEnglish
                  2·
                  2 days ago

                  On the one hand if that’s a normal tea then you’re an absolute builder, on the other I don’t think any builder would ever call brewing the tea “steeping”!

                • smegEnglish
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  Yes princess, won’t you join me in this tent?

            • CubbyTustard@reddthat.com
              1·
              3 days ago

              lol i was editing my comment right as you replied. Thank you for the help :)

              i usually drink irish breakfast builder’s tea!

      • MexEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Builders tea is (cheap) english breakfast in a tea bag.

        • MexEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Often served very strong with a lot of suger, and a bit of milk.

    • MexEnglish
      31·
      4 days ago

      You are older than you feel.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝MAEnglish
    9·
    4 days ago

    This community never appears in the list when I try to do a crosspost.

    I’ve had the same problems. I suspect the name being short and common in other words leads to the suggests getting buried out by other communities.

    I might see if expanding the display name helps.

  • OrlandoDoomEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    Millennial here, not a fan. Like, I’ll drink it if I’m outside and freezing cold, but otherwise I’d rather just have a water.

    I don’t dislike tea, but I don’t love it either. Just don’t really see the point, I don’t need the caffeine.

    Years ago I did drink tea, (but mostly cos everyone else was) but it was never typhoo. Never even tried it. Yorkshire gold was my brand.

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    71·
    4 days ago

    I drink loose leaf tea at home because it’s easier to prepare, just add hot water and it’s ready.

  • Zip2
    41·
    4 days ago

    Hang on, I’m old but I’ve always thought it was vile.

    • MexEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      there are so many flavours to explore with tea and tisanes.

      • vzq@lemmy.world
        12·
        4 days ago

        Yeah, true. But that won’t stop the media blaming us for killing shit we can’t afford.

        We’re old, but we’re still poor. Coming of age during a once-a-century recession followed by crippling austerity measures does that to a generation.

        • dumbass@leminal.spaceEnglish
          6·
          4 days ago

          We’re getting to the age where our generation will start controlling the media, then we can start pushing the blame on the real culprits, Gen Alpha!

  • sir_pronoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
    412·
    4 days ago

    The thing is the average tea you get pretty much anywhere in the world is made FAR below how good it could be. If you want to make really good tea, you need to buy much better tea and learn gong fu cha, the Chinese way to prepare it. Imho.

    The stuff that many people make and call tea is a real embarrassment.

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      Supermarket tea is lacklustre at best, tea flavoured pesticides at worst.

      I’ve had several people curse me out a bit for introducing them to good tea. Once they’ve had high quality tea, properly prepared, they recognise the swill used in their office for what it is.

      I fully understand way people don’t like tea, if their only exposure is poorly prepared ultra cheap rubbish.

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
        2·
        2 days ago

        This is why I buy my loose leaf from the bulk store. I don’t want to get a taste.

        I wasted so much money getting fancy with coffee. The last thing I need is to replicate that with something as elegant as tea.

        Speaking personally