Oct 28, 2026, 10:17 AMbritish person: i love tea. i drink tea every day. for my entire life i drink tea every single day
non-british person who's really into tea: oh cool, what type of tea??
british person: i don't know
- Oct 28, 2026, 10:17 AM
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Jeezy Peepscolon_three@icosahedron.websiteOct 28, 2026, 10:24 AM@jk "BARRYS"
Matthew Skeltonmatthewskelton@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 10:26 AM@colon_three @jk Yorkshire 💮
Or sometimes... Lancashire 😱
Chris Pittsthirstybear@agilodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 12:49 PM@matthewskelton @colon_three @jk Is that allowed? I thought they were a bit like matter and antimatter, and cannot exist simultaneously.
- Matthew Skeltonmatthewskelton@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 3:39 PM
@thirstybear @colon_three @jk I will try that experiment next time 😁🧪
Oct 28, 2026, 1:47 PM@colon_three @jk BARRYS FOCKIN' TEA INNIT
- Matthew Skeltonmatthewskelton@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 6:17 PM
@finn @colon_three @jk indeed 🤣
- Matthew Skeltonmatthewskelton@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 6:16 PM
@colon_three @jk technically, Barry's Tea is by folks in Ireland, but it does put up a damn good fight against Yorkshire Tea. 🥊🥊 And I don't like to drink anything else except Barry's while in Ireland 😁
Speaking as a British tea connaisseur... 🧐
Oct 28, 2026, 10:25 AM@jk "brown liquid"
Oct 28, 2026, 10:31 AM@jk builders' of course! 😅
Simon Dobsonsimoninireland@mastodon.scotOct 28, 2026, 10:42 AM@jk @sandorspruit Tetley's, obviously, but I take your point 😀
Oct 28, 2026, 10:51 AM@jk i have a theory that this is actually the true indicator of [loving] [thing]. if you got a real clear favorite or only like a particular version of it, do you really love it, or just enjoy it when it is a certain way? particularly with tea, when it's all the same plant in the end.
if one only cares for a particular brand of a certain style, perhaps one is merely a [specific tea] enjoyer; a tourist in the world of leaf-based beverages
Oct 28, 2026, 11:01 AM@jk
This is Finnish people with coffeeThe product is consumed for the caffeine, the rest is secondary
Oct 28, 2026, 11:24 AMWell, english breakfast tea or english afternoon tea. Probably Yorkshire Tea, or Tetleys or Typhoo. Or Glengettie. That'll do. It's the same in eastern frisia. They drink eastern frisian tea.
ShiroBlooShiroBloo@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 11:29 AM@jk Tbh, as a Polish person, British black tea is pretty good, although very strong.
Núcleo Irradiadorehproque@neopaquita.esOct 28, 2026, 11:32 AM@jk a very British cup of tea, expectation Vs reality
☭ Father Hardstone :batman:harib_murshidi@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 11:33 AMActually, the exact opposite happened with me when a Grand Aunt visited us from the #UK and started mentioning Earl Grey and other different types of tea etc. and somebody in my family said that they have never heard of that "Earl" (cos he never made into the local newspapers here in #Pakistan) :KEKW:
The local #chai culture here is not that particular about blends compared to the Brits
OffbeatmammalOffbeatmammal@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 11:56 AM@jk tea is either "brown" or "green", and only the former has milk. Brown tea in a mug for working folks, and a little china cup for the Queen. Green tea tastes like meditation should feel like, and is about as refreshing.
Helenmiffyhelen@beige.partyOct 28, 2026, 12:29 PM@jk related: on holiday in Japan last year and fellow English people on our trip were annoyed they couldn't get English Breakfast Tea. The only teabags available were Assam or Ceylon. Those weird teas they'd never heard of. Who knows what they might taste like?! Not English Breakfast, that's for sure! :pumpkin_think:
Okaberokabe@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 12:34 PM@jk [Yorkshire accent] Cause you only see T' Tea Type if Tea T'int in Tin
Oct 28, 2026, 12:39 PM@jk me being french: do you have some white tea please?
AfterlifemusicAfterlifemusic@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 12:59 PM@jk green tea from china, I love it, Lung Ching and Mao Feng my favourites
Danish Akhtardanish_akhtar7@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 1:10 PMI am reading this post just after having Indian Chai (Tea).
Rose, Skaven Mars PriestessRoseRaven@eldritch.cafeOct 28, 2026, 1:19 PMthis but coffee
Richard Michael Blaberrmblaber1956@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 1:27 PM
philippeingemaischt@chaos.socialOct 28, 2026, 1:41 PM
MUGISHA PHOCIT2003MugishaPhocit@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 1:41 PM@jk Every nation has it's favourite meal,drinks,dances and other ways of living
purplemontartpurplemontart@beepboop.oneOct 28, 2026, 1:50 PM@jk the bag one
BimboBigTittyBimbo@autonomous.zoneOct 28, 2026, 1:53 PM@jk Green >:(
Faraiwefaraiwe@mstdn.socialOct 28, 2026, 1:58 PM@jk 😂 preach!
groff 🇺🇦geoffl@mastodon.me.ukOct 28, 2026, 2:00 PM2008 second-flush, Muscatel, black tea from the Castleton Estate, Darjeeling.
Kierkethumbs up convincinglyKierkegaanks@beige.partyOct 28, 2026, 2:22 PM@jk bp: pg tips
Petra van CronenburgNatureMC@mastodon.onlineOct 28, 2026, 2:22 PM@jk Non-british person reading the comments here: a hole new universe is opening! 👍🏼😄
SkanamiSkanami@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 2:33 PM@jk Black, tea. X) Its Assam. I'm from northern Germany. We have three cities were the tea is mostly packaged and each person normally has their favourite brand. We are using the one from "Leer" nowadays since someone told us it works better with harder water.
Oct 28, 2026, 2:57 PM'Hot. With milk'.
Oct 28, 2026, 3:11 PM@jk
exhibit 1
Sham 🏳️🌈shammers@mastodon.coffeeOct 28, 2026, 3:24 PM@jk some british friends came to america for the first time and were looking for milk to put in their tea and they were absolutely BEWILDERED by the fact that the colors of milk caps in the US didn't match with the UK.
and tbh I feel that.
Vaibhav S.vsharma2430@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 3:53 PM@jk from the colonies 😂
Maya Granadekevingranade@mastodon.gamedev.placeOct 28, 2026, 4:32 PM@jk just like Americans and coffee
Oct 28, 2026, 4:32 PM@jk "oh, you know, whatever they have at <insert extremely class-specific choice of grocery store herr>"
NatalyaDNatalyaD@disabled.socialOct 28, 2026, 4:48 PM@jk Tetley (brand) obviously... (aka black tea)
Christo. London, England.Christo_459@mastodon.me.ukOct 28, 2026, 4:54 PM@jk I drink tea without milk or sugar. So Darjeeling, Mint, but mainly Tumeric Chai
cheesemergencymakeitmythic@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 5:03 PM@jk im american but i drink tea every day. its store brand black tea dust in a tagless bag from a box of 100 for ~$3. its probably the stuff they sweep off the floor after theyre done packaging up the nicer stuff lol i leave in my mug as i drink it. no milk, no sugar, just tea.
Nicole ParsonsNpars01@mstdn.socialOct 28, 2026, 7:19 PMAnswer: I don't know. It's orange.
- KerplunkKerplunk@mastodon.scotOct 28, 2026, 7:45 PM
british person: i love tea. i drink tea every day. for my entire life i drink tea every single day
non-british person who's really into tea: oh cool, what type of tea??
Average modern brit, tea bags from sainsburys.....
Thomascoastgnu@norden.socialOct 28, 2026, 8:19 PMSame here in Friesland!
If you would ask you will get only two answers. "Thiele" or "Büntig", which are the most common tea brands here.
You are born into a Thiele or a Bünting family, no choice!
So, by birth, I am a Bünting man!
BTW. you know the tea world champions?
PothosPothos@pouet.chapril.orgOct 28, 2026, 9:24 PM
Bodhipaksabodhipaksa@mastodon.scotOct 28, 2026, 9:04 PM@jk This equally applies substituting "American" for "British" and "coffee" for "tea."
Oct 28, 2026, 9:56 PM@jk That's wrong. We drink Tea. Yorkshire Tea.
Paper MoonTazPoltorak@fosstodon.orgOct 29, 2026, 5:22 PM@jk You mean, when I can't get hold of anything like Peach Cobbler or Butter and Toffee, which I order from Bird & Blend in Brighton? Ok, I suppose I will brew some Darjeeling or Assam leaves, if I must.
Oct 30, 2026, 10:47 AM@jk I have an entire cupboard in my kitchen dedicated to tea.
After the question "Would you like a cuppa?" (The only correct answer is yes, tea please), comes the question, "What tea would you like?" Newbies then get to learn about tea and usually end up going with some sort of breakfast tea.
That said, I have now gotten people addicted to Chai, Assam, Vanilla Redbush, and other tasty variants.
