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.
  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukMEnglish
    9·
    19 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.

  • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    18 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·
      18 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.

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    71·
    19 days ago

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

  • OrlandoDoom@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    18 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.

    • Mex@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

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

    • Mex@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      18 days ago

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

      • vzq@lemmy.world
        13·
        19 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·
          19 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·
    19 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·
      19 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·
        17 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