Do you have a favourite tea?

Hi Ann - that sounds so unusual. It’s available on Amazon (though I know a lot of people don’t like to use Amazon understandably). Is it a bit like hot chocolate? 

I would love to say that my favourite tea is something fancy or interesting, or at least sophisticated. It's not though. I drink Yorkshire Tea, in a mug, and I mash the teabag around in the mug until the tea is almost strong enough to dissolve the spoon.

I suddenly realised the other day that Shakespeare never got to drink tea. I felt sorry for him. All those incredible worlds in his mind and yet he never knew or could conceptualise the daily ritual or even occasional treat of a nice cuppa. Alas. 

I spent the first 40+ years of my life detesting and refusing to drink tea or coffee.

I started being able to tolerate coffee in my 40s and now I'm addicted to the stuff.

I don't think I could ever acquire a taste for tea  I've tried all kinds of herbal varieties too but I haven't found any that I like.

Assam for AM tea

Earl Grey for PM tea

I know this will be an unpopular answer but I detest tea and coffee. Both taste too bitter to me. I guess it’s a taste sensitivity thing.

I want to give up caffeine for this reason but I don’t get enough sleep so feel i need it. It’s a clever drug as using more of it keeps you awake so you get more tired and need more of it!!

Just regular old tea. Nambarries is the brand I go for, think they’re local to Ireland not sure. 

I also don't drink caffeine anymore for similar reasons. Last time i drank caffeine was over a year ago and i won't be going back to it

Over the past few years I have only been drinking Thompson's and Waitrose gold blend.  Other tea brands taste like dirty dish water.

In one job they regularly bought Yorkshire tea, I hated it.

One of my former landladys only bought Earl grey, a whole year of only Earl gray! I hated it from the first time I tried it and never got used to it.

My late mother didn't care about the brand as long as the tea bags were square/rectangular.  I once bought a packet of round tea bags, she went crazy,  started screaming in disgust and chucked the whole packet of 80 round tea bags in the bin.

Hello Jamie,

I drink peppermint tea in the mornings... it's clean and fresh and wakes me up.

Last thing at night, I have camomile tea with a spoon of honey to help me sleep.

I never drink anything with caffeine as it makes me anxious.

Ben

Ooooo that sounds good

There is this chocolate tea from Yogi tea which i really like- sadly it’s been out of stock in my local shop for a while now...