As Tom knows, I also detest tea. The smell is dire too. Apparently I drank it as a baby, but soon went onto milky coffee (it was the 70's) aged about 3.It's not uncommon for me to have my 'Englishness' questioned, because I know only one thing about tea: it's absolutely revolting. I have a small catalogue of polite ways of declining a cup of tea, all of which have been extensively practised. I may also have been heard referring to tea as 'bitter water dressed in brown' or 'hot leaf juice'.
Well, that's probably my sole contribution to this thread. Over to you, @Teresa.
Cheers,
Tom
Have same problem with my attitude to wine , just give me grape juice it's way betterIt's not uncommon for me to have my 'Englishness' questioned, because I know only one thing about tea: it's absolutely revolting. I have a small catalogue of polite ways of declining a cup of tea, all of which have been extensively practised. I may also have been heard referring to tea as 'bitter water dressed in brown' or 'hot leaf juice'.
Well, that's probably my sole contribution to this thread. Over to you, @Teresa.
Cheers,
Tom
Haha! Yep, agreed. ?Have same problem with my attitude to wine , just give me grape juice it's way better
Sambo doesn't have an English equivalent, I'm intrigued to know what it means. You're right about flavoured teas not being very popular in Britain; they are available but I guess most people just 'have a brew' to quench their thirst rather than savour the experience of drinking anything other than 'regular' supermarket tea. Mine is Tesco's own brand Yorkshire, brewed in the mug for 4 or 5 minutes, with milk and a sweetener (because I'm trying to not put on weight).Flavoured teas as in my first post, has not been mentioned, I guess that is because they are not very dominant tea "type" in uk?
My sambo (is there an english word for that?) is in for them, as many more in Sweden, but me,..not sure about it.
Ah, Sambo is from sam=together and bo=live .
So being in a relation and sharing roof/bed, but without necessarily being married => sambo.
We also have särbo, where sär=apart, refering to having a relation but not sharing the household.
I think a partner can be either sambo, if you live together, or sarbo if you don't.Partner
The flavoured stuff is - IME - frowned upon. It's not 'real tea'. Story: a couple of years back, my parents visited. We went out to a garden not too far away, and went to the cafe after our amble around.
Mum ordered a tea. She only realised it was flavoured and not standard UK issue black tea when supplied... her expression was a picture
I'm away from home this weekend and have a selection box with: green tea with strawberry, green with lime & ginger, chai, white with raspberry and white with orange. All work really well with milk.