Drinking tea?

[Silentrunning]

I am truly surprised that the British of all people would allow any changes to their tea. How did they sneak plastic teabags in?

 

[MaryMary]

How did they sneak plastic teabags in?

Same way stuff gets done here, I'd guess: they didn't bother to ask permission.

 

[Becky]

It turns out that teabags are actually only 70-80% biodegradable because they also contain polypropylene!

Ooops! Who would have thought!?

Oh no, that's very disappointing!

 

[alp]

@MaryMary: you're a valued member here. So many informative articles. That quotation was from MaryMary's links.

Shocking ..

 

[MaryMary]

@MaryMary: you're a valued member here. So many informative articles. That quotation was from MaryMary's links.

Meh, no worries, alp. I'm sure that Becky meant no slight by it!

 

[Becky]

I'm sure that Becky meant no slight by it!

Yes I was disappointed by the fact that teabags are not 100% biodegradable - I don't hold @MaryMary accountable!

 

[Esther Knapicius]

was searching for something else and re-discovered this. there is a type of tea leaf I use during the summer. very natural. called honeybush tea. really good. has a natural sweetness to it.

 

[Logan]

I drink decaffeinated tea, any of these Typhoo, Tetley or PG Tips. Usually when any of them are on offer. Milk no sugar, because I'm sweet enough.
No I stopped having sugar when i was 16, trying to lose weight. It's very difficult to do it and it tastes bitter for a long time.
I still put the used ones in the compost bin, they break down eventually.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

https://www.livestrong.com/article/257007-health-benefits-of-honeybush-tea/

 

[Sean Regan]

I don't have sugar in any beverage and not even on cereal. You can actually taste the sugar, manufacturers put it.


This goes back forty years, when I was making myself a coffee one morning, a spoonful of Nescafé, two spoonfuls of Coffeemate and two of sugar in a cup. I looked down at it told myself, "this can't be doing me any good." So I gave up with the sugar there and then. Those like me who don't take sugar, will screw their faces up if given a cup of tea or coffee with sugar in it. Same reaction to some who like sugar but have been given a drink without it. So it must be a bit of an addiction.

It cut down on dental treatment immediately. I rarely have to have anything done.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

How to drink tea like a Royal

 

[La Garden]

I never got into the south's classic sweet tea. I do drink cold green tea. Hot black teas I found that I like them with nut flavored creamers that people buy for coffee.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain meets the Sandringham branch of the Women's Institute once a year.
Tea and cake with the Queen

 

[LouisFerdinand]

How to make Irish Tea

 

[Owdboggy]

I have not had sugar in either tea or coffee since 1960 something when it went up to 1 shilling a bag. I was living with my grandfather at the time and he refused to buy it at that price.
Not had milk in either for over 25 years either. Lactose intolerance.
I like Early Grey tea in the evening, made with leaves not tea bag.