How much tea do British people actually drink compared to the stereotypes?

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Much-Beyond2@reddit

I probably drink 5-6 cups a day so can't really refute the stereotypes.. however there's also plenty of people who don't drink tea at all so I suppose it depends right?

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LeTreacs2@reddit

however there's also plenty of people who don't drink tea at all

Foreigners?

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I don't drink tea. I don't dislike it at all but I hate a drink that has a very limited window of when it's palatable. Too hot, burny mouth, window of 5 minutes to drink it, then too cold and tastes like shit.

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General-Bumblebee180@reddit

I'm a Kiwi living in Wales. I drink 3 or 4 x 900ml yeti mugs of tea a day. English husband and son don't do hot drinks. Always Thompson's Punjana. Its the best tea

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LeTreacs2@reddit

I’m a kiwi living in Wales

You have my sympathies

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General-Bumblebee180@reddit

Don't worry, I've now heard every sheep shagging joke that exists! Wales is an amazing country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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CowDontMeow@reddit

I’m British and rarely drink tea, mostly because I keep forgetting to get more soy milk and at least with coffee I can just make it ~~shot~~ espresso sized and carry on after my caffeine fix

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fezzuk@reddit

Im a coffee person i rarely have tea.

Although i have coffee black, and i think its because i onky really started drinking tea on building sites when i was a kid, but tea i have with milk and two sugars, because they jusr mass made it for everyone that way.

Ill have it if im hung over or feeling ill generally.

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D0wnb0at@reddit

I'm one of those people. I like tea, but i'll only drink it in winter and at most 1 cup a month. I just prefer other drinks. I drink 1-2 litres of Ribena a day.

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Sirlacker@reddit

Probably more than the stereotype, it's becoming less common in younger people but the older generations basically have an addiction.

And yes it is an addiction.

I know people who will happily have 10+ cups a day. Every time they get a little thirsty, they won't reach for a water or a juice, it's tea.

There's a power usage surge when TV soaps like Coronation Street go to advert breaks where hundreds of thousands of people will get up to go make a cup of tea.

Tea when they wake up, tea with breakfast, tea before they leave for work, tea when they arrive at work, tea on every break at work, tea as soon as they get home. Tea when the adverts are on TV.

I know people who get pissy when they haven't had tea in an hour or two.

It's an actual problem that isn't given much thought.

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Morris_Alanisette@reddit

None. I don't really care for it. I prefer coffee or a cold drink.

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PARFT@reddit

I think we get through 100 teabags a week here in a house of three. 5/6 cups a day, oh and I also drink coffee.

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

That's a lot of plastic.

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PARFT@reddit

it’s a minuscule bit of plastic

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

Adds up!

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benistowninspector@reddit

When was the last time you took your blood pressure?

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PARFT@reddit

teabags release only a little caffeine and drinking tea regularly actually reduces blood pressure over time.

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Tricky-Reporter-5246@reddit

Tea time

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No_Coyote_557@reddit

Which one?

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blarfblarf@reddit

I'm betting never.

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CommercialAd2154@reddit

The UK is 3rd in the world behind Ireland and Turkey (and I’m guessing that Turkey aren’t hamstrung by also drinking alcohol in large doses!)

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soviet_bias_good@reddit

In Turkey, tea is our alcohol. You’ll find it everywhere, dedicated tea gardens (which are basically Turkish pubs), any restaurant, any home, anywhere. If you don’t sell tea in Turkey, you’ll probably get a beating.

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

But you're not drinking black tea all day, correct?

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soviet_bias_good@reddit

Black tea, all day, everyday. In the morning, at work, after dinner, all into the night.

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

Congratulations, you're an addict, mate!

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Flat_News_2000@reddit

The tea is amazing in Turkey. Piping hot and tasty af

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IansGotNothingLeft@reddit

Recently came back from Turkey. I absolutely loved the tea. Obviously we drink it with milk over here, and I don't usually like black tea in the UK, but in Turkey it was delicious!

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spellbookwanda@reddit

Am Irish, can confirm we drink a lot of tea. Barry’s master blend (the black box) is the best tea.

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

Does Mrs. Doyle serve 'ya there?

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double-happiness@reddit

Tay, tay, tay! You’re always thinkin’ o’ tay. If a man was dyin’, you’d thry to make him swally a cup o’ tay! [...] Ah, a cup o’ tay’s a darlin’ thing, a daaarlin’ thing...

https://opentextbc.ca/englishliterature/chapter/juno-and-the-paycock-act-i/

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Scotto6UK@reddit

Oooo, not seen that type of Barry's. We have Yorkshire and Barry's Gold in stock most of the time.

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okaycompuperskills@reddit

I’ve also never seen it in the UK. Morrisons have the Barry’s Irish Breakfast (green box)

https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/barry-s-tea-irish-breakfast-tea-bags/105162145

Which is as good if not better than the standard red box stuff.

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spellbookwanda@reddit

Green is good too, for sure! Lyon’s used to be my favourite but I feel like it’s changed flavour a bit the last few years.

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ironicallyshitename@reddit

You guys can't get Yorkshire tea over your way?

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sookietea@reddit

Having grown up drinking Yorkshire tea and then moving to Ireland. I’m afraid to say, Barry’s is better.

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sookietea@reddit

Also, in Ireland it’s tea until a certain time and then alcohol. And then back to tea - to end the night on.

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spellbookwanda@reddit

Lol

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

Over there you either drink Barry's or Lyon's. Well that's what I remember my Gran saying a long time ago when we were kids. She drank a lot of tea! Things could have changed though

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catfordbeerclub@reddit

I've just been introduced to Barry's tea. It is very good

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Dull_Brain2688@reddit

Latest figures show Azerbaijan have passed the U.K. Up your game.

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IansGotNothingLeft@reddit

Fuck sake, why wasn't this on the news??

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4x6x8@reddit

The news is already pretty grim, this would have sent the nation into a doom spiral

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JoeyIsMrBubbles@reddit

Would send the nation into meltdown.. I support the suppression of this information

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DoKtor2quid@reddit

Devastated

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Aikiman@reddit

Isn’t the data skewed since the rankings use weight of tea rather than volume of tea? Turkish and Azerbaijan tea is much stronger so uses more tea per volume of water. Would be interesting to see if there are any stats for volume of liquid as opposed to weight of tea.

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CommercialAd2154@reddit

Absolutely no idea! 🤣

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LungHeadZ@reddit

Simply sublime!

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

Perhaps more important than how many cups a day people are drinking, it would interesting to know what kind they're drinking and if it's a builders (added milk) or what have you. If anyone says they're drinking +7 cups a day and they're pounding black tea all of the time, that's practically a cocaine addiction.

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No-Butterscotch-1385@reddit

Can't start the day without a cup of tea

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LowerEntertainer7548@reddit

My wife and I both typically drink 3/4 cups a day

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RedDemio-@reddit

People who drink it, treat it like crack or something. Just banging them in all day at work. I’m English but fucking hate tea and coffee so go figure lol. I never understood the hype. It’s really weird that everyone basically expects you to make them tea or coffee when they come over here. People are confused when I say I don’t drink it lol. Feel free to bring your own I guess..

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

You're just not addicted yet. Give it a chance, and give it time. We'll get ya.

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Arch-Com_Songster@reddit

Getting involved in the workplace tea making cabal is a massive commitment. The politics, oneupmanship and petty arguments... fck that! Don't ever get involved in a tea club!

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catfordbeerclub@reddit

You must work with some strange people. Tea is life

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littlehamster_@reddit

Tea is all I drink at home. I never drink it when I'm out and about though because tea from places like Greggs is awful. At home I probably have about a cup an hour from 7am till my bedtime cup at 9-10pm. So easily like 15 cups a day, sometimes more sometimes less. The least I have in a day is probably 4 or 5 cups but those are days when I'm out for a while or I'm super busy working and don't have time to make more. Those are bad days.

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

Fokin hell, you must piss all the time.

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criminalsunrise@reddit

All I say is I was in the kitchen talking to some colleagues whilst making and drinking my tea. I finished during the conversation so I immediately made another one and drank that as well.

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FlatWolverine2062@reddit

Probably a cup an hour at work and a couple more a day at home.

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

How do you sleep at night?!

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BertBlenkinsop@reddit

About the same, if I could be bothered to wake up I'd do it through the night aswell.

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zukerblerg@reddit

light weight

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testydonkey@reddit

This is the correct answer

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Odd_Bug_7029@reddit

You were watching me?

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Pitiful_Shoulder9730@reddit

More than the stereotype

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lildemonjodsx@reddit

During COVID, mine was borderline addiction... 10/15 cups a day 😂😬

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Hamsternoir@reddit

That's only borderline addiction if you're using Sports Direct mugs.

Otherwise it's just normal

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ChuzzNet@reddit

My Mornings is ALWAYS in a a Sports Direct Mug sometimes 3 bags 😒😁

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

That's basically cocaine.

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Anxious-Potato-7323@reddit

Try loose tea, my brother got me one of those glass tea pots with the straining part in the middle. It's an absolute game changer, can have the tea as strong or as weak as you like and it tastes glorious with so many different varieties to try.

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Lopsided_Snower@reddit

I salute you!

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Dennyisthepisslord@reddit

5 sports direct mug tea a day for me.

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TheGeordieGal@reddit

You must have biceps of steel if you've been lifting a full sport direct mug!

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lildemonjodsx@reddit

With how many sugars in each?!

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Dennyisthepisslord@reddit

A stirring spoons one mind you.

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S3F_83@reddit

Got one of these for when in the office. Got an over size mug @ home too. Drinking from a “normal” cup now just doesn’t cut it.

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Jesterstear99@reddit

Try Lidl/Aldi poverty tea. Once you get used to it (takes half a dozen mugs) you will find one bag makes a pint of builders tea in under a minute,

My reasonable sized mug is about a pint.

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OP_Scout_81@reddit

You lived ON the loo, there then.

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paolog@reddit

Two thirds of a cup isn't very much...

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Lucky-Remote-5842@reddit

TIL my mom is British.

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CuntyMcFartflaps@reddit

For the first three days after my parents moved house, they were both complaining of having really severe headaches. I asked them if they'd unpacked the kettle yet. Immediately solved - it was caffeine withdrawal symptoms from their usual 12 mugs or so a day.

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alltorque1982@reddit

WAAY more

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168EC@reddit

If OP pops the kettle on, we can have a brew and explain how much more than the stereotype it really is.

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TheGeordieGal@reddit

I usually have 1 or 2 a day - depends on the temperature. Sometimes up to 5. This is large mugs (although not sports direct mug large), not tiny ones.

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Main_Protection8161@reddit

Not as much as we drink coffee... tea is very popular, but coffee sales (in terms of value) outstrip sales of tea by 5:1. The latest figures I could find were from 2023.

It's not all coffee shops either, spend on instant coffee is around 2½ times that of black teabags, coffee pods on their own see a higher spend than tea.

Naturally there is a "cost per cup" calculation to be played around with, but you'd be hard pushed, even then to say that tea is a more "popular" cuppa than coffee.

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smokingbeagle@reddit

10 to 15 mugs a day

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SapphicStoner99@reddit

I don't drink I smoke and I know people who do one or the other usually.

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quellflynn@reddit

i drink practically no tea at all, but i drink more tea than a walkman.

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mrs_peep@reddit

So much teeeaaa

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halfalife122@reddit

3 a week.

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Significant_Return_2@reddit

I drink a cup of tea one or twice per week. But not every week, I’m a coffee drinker.

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afrodizzy25@reddit

I have 3 to 5 cups a day. My husband has 1 a month.

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itsthesplund@reddit

I'm out at the cricket today so I'll probably only get through 5 mugs. But those mugs are the size of plant pot.

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40something_milf@reddit

The older I'm getting, the more tea I drink and the more I appreciate a decent cup of tea. I think at least 6 cups a day (I'm on the road, if i worked from home or had unlimited access, I think it would be more!)

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TwinkyBoi76@reddit

None - hate it 😝

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Potential-Ordinary-5@reddit

I literally don't understand why they even sell boxes of 40 teabags if that helps?

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snarkycrumpet@reddit

when I'm outside the UK, about 4 cups a day. when I'm in the UK about 10 cups

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Cant_Change_Itt@reddit

I drink 1-2 cups per day. I’ve heard some Brits claim they drink 10+ and I don’t quite understand how

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Tricky-Reporter-5246@reddit

Drink 9 first

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Cant_Change_Itt@reddit

true

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tobotic@reddit

If you drink 9 and then drink 10, that's 19 total which seems a tad excessive.

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Fanjo_mcclanjo@reddit

Loads. But not everyone I know drinks tea.

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Plankton_Royal@reddit

Probably about 5 cups in my whole life. 35 years old

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LazyEmu5073@reddit

Other than the 'zero' people, I didn't think I'd find someone lower than me! I'm about 5 cups a year.

Coffee, zero in my entire life. It stinks.

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thickgenius@reddit

Just reminded me I need a brew.

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Accomplished_Leg3462@reddit

Zero

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CardiologistRare8829@reddit

Three people in my house, none of us drink tea except one who has peppermint!

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Desperate-Coat-8791@reddit

Only if the tea alarm has sounded

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SwordTaster@reddit

Let's put it this way, the national electrical grid has to brace for impact, as it were, at around 5pm every single day because of everyone in the country putting the kettle on at the same time for a cup of tea. No, I'm not exaggerating

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Anxious-Potato-7323@reddit

I bought a fancy (to me) bean to cup machine just before COVID, cost around £600, worth it because I drank obscene amounts of coffee and loved trying different blends etc.

I caught COVID and went completely off coffee, just found it too dry and now drink 10+ cups of tea a day.

I buy loose tea and try out different blends of tea but man, every time I walk in to the kitchen that coffee machine causes a little tweak in the back of my brain.

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JChristSocialist@reddit

The problem you’ll encounter here is people thinking the whole country is either like them or like the worst stereotypes because it suits their narrative. The statistics are fairly clear that binge drinking and expenditure on alcohol are decreasing. We still as a country drink more than say France or Spain but the trend is going in a positive direction.

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TheKingOfSpite@reddit

I might only have 2-3 cups a day, but I only drink incredible wanky and expensive loose leaf tea

I figure that if we ruined a whole subcontinent over it we should at least drink proper tea

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SkipperTheEyeChild1@reddit

Maybe one mug every couple of months for me.

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NYColette@reddit

When I ask my British husband if he'd like a cup of tea, he always answers, "Oh! Yes, please!" As if he's waited decades for someone to ask this life-changing question. It's his fifth cup of the day.

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mikey2505@reddit

Tea is how I hydrate!

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DeanTheDad@reddit

Brits drink more coffee than tea.

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Willeth@reddit

It's not an addiction, we can stop any time we want.

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Upstairs-Balance9846@reddit

A lot less than we used to thanks to the kettles providing boiling water disappeared in place of coffee places.

a tea drinker will drink 4 cups of tea on a light day.

7 cups thats a good day.

Haven't had one of those in a while.

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ExoticMangoz@reddit

Pretty sure my local coffee shop didn’t steal my kettle

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Upstairs-Balance9846@reddit

That cafe that stood there before had a kettle. The coffee shop does not have a kettle.

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Drug_Taker917@reddit

What? I don't know a single person who doesn't have a kettle

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roxieh@reddit

Holy shit that's a lot of caffeine. I have maybe 2 a day, 3 at most. Any more than that and I start to feel weird.

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MintberryCrunch____@reddit

I would say 7 is my standard to minimum, I do work from home most of the time though.

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VdubKid_94@reddit

What?

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InevitableFox81194@reddit

I own 47 different types of loose tea. 17 different types of tea in bags. 4 different teapots for different ways to brew the tea.

Make of that what you will..

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Electronblue69@reddit

I'd say 80% of people that I know drink coffee regularly but rarely tea. I'm in the north of the UK if that affects anything. Personally I have an average of maybe 3 mugs of black tea a day and maybe another 2 of peppermint / lemon + ginger / chamomile whatever else. I love tea but too much strong black tea makes me panic - caffeine I suppose.

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semicombobulated@reddit

I agree — in my experience most people under the age of 50 either drink coffee or don’t like hot drinks.

I wonder if it’s a north/south thing — are all these tea addicts from down south?

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Electronblue69@reddit

Yes this coffee or cold drinks I have noticed the same. Tea is still the most popular drink though apparently so a lot must be drinking it just not the people that we know. Maybe the southern older generation are going through 20 cups a day lol.

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DoKtor2quid@reddit

I’m northern and drink a caffetiere of black coffee (3 mugs) in the morning then tea for the rest of the day. I can’t function without my coffee but would be climbing the walls if I drank it all day. Black coffee to get a pulse, and tea to level me out.

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ServerLost@reddit

Coffee enthusiast, haven't drank tea in 20 years. My missus however drinks builders brews out of what I'd describe as a bucket with a handle.

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dazabhoy67@reddit

I drink 3 a day. Morning, mid afternoon and 9pmish

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Ragnarsdad1@reddit

As a nation we drink more coffee than tea now.

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farlos75@reddit

More. I have 2 cups before I leave the house, then 5 or 6 at work. If I have a bath later one in there too.

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Fearless-Owl-3516@reddit

Approx ten per day

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sunnflower6@reddit

That depends. My mum probably drinks 10+ cups a day. I probably drink 1-3. My dad does not drink tea. 🤷

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ConsciouslyIncomplet@reddit

I average 8 cups a day?

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DL3432@reddit

Not a fan of hot drinks at all, so I'venever had tea or coffee. They just don't appeal. I only drink water, so no interest in juices, Coke, etc either. I wish I was so indifferent to foods as I am to drink. I would be so healthy.

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FlashGen@reddit

If there isn’t a hot cup of tea in front of you whenever you glance down then you’re doing it wrong…

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UnacceptableUse@reddit

During a particularly boring job I tracked how many cups of tea I drank during the work day and I was averaging 3-4 sometimes as high as 9-10

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Parker_Borders283739@reddit

The stereotype stipulates all activities stopping at points in the day for tea, when in fact it's just constant tea chuffing around the clock. Even on really hot days. We have hot summers now because America did something to cause this.

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The_Barnabarian@reddit

6 cups a day durring the week? Maybe up to 8-10 on a weekend? Yorkshire tea usually, sometimes Yorkshire gold if I'm feeling flush.

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Far-Act-2803@reddit

I think coffee is most peoples go to nowadays you dont find as many people who regularly drink tea.

Ive also found young people dont tend to drink hot drinks as much as my geberation and older (im only 31)

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slade364@reddit

I don't drink tea because I prefer coffee, but the stereotype is pretty accurate I think.

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Far-Radio856@reddit

I drink a bout 5 cups a year.

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Due-Dot1255@reddit

It's alot, I sometimes drink tea for something to do. To avoid deep psychological introspection.

Chinese people drink alot of tea. They have tea making tables that are used every time you go in an office or home. They may not drink as often, but the process is very almost ceremonial. And the table is a kind of theatre with utensils as puppet characters and repeated pourings. They also have ridiculously priced special teas.

But the fact in the UK that you can buy 1000 plus tea bags tells you all you need to know.

The Moroccans and Turkish are also mad tea drinkers, they have the gear but like a Shisha pipe the gear is just a delivery system for the addiction.

The Indians are also addicts, every 300 meters someone will be selling chai or cigarettes.

So we are not that mad in Global terms.

The American Consumer Coffee is also big everywhere now.

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Mediocre-Smile5908@reddit

Me, maximum 2 mugs a day. Husband one mug once in a blue moon. 20 year old son 5 - 6 huge mugs a day.

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olimc@reddit

Damn, I'm English and you lot drink a lot of tea

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martini1294@reddit

Well, I drink like 6-8 Sports Direct cups a day

So, like 7 pints?

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ForwardAd5837@reddit

One or two cups a day when at work, 4-6 when working from home. Had two so far this morning.

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OldManAndTheSea93@reddit

I drink none

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SnooStrawberries2342@reddit

About five cups per day for me.

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Stinkinhippy@reddit

Used to be 10+ good sized mugs a day. Can't be bothered with the whole process these days and just get my caffeine from other sources.

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Czubeczek@reddit

4 a day at work. Sometimes more at home 🤣

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AirlineSevere7456@reddit

I drink more coffee, but have an occasional earl grey. So nothing like the "stereotype", I also don't wear a bowler hat to work.

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secretlowkeys@reddit

I’m the worst Brit, none 🤣

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phantom_phreak29@reddit

Same. Im caffeine intolerant so I don't ever have that or coffee..and To be honest I don't really like hot drinks anywaysm I'm a water or alcohol guy ha ha

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BankDetails1234@reddit

Yeh people in here drinking fifteen cups a day? Wtf I’ve got the jitters after my second of the afternoon.

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bewawugosi@reddit

I have two teas at a time. Not one after the other, in tandem. Then two more. Then two more. Then tw…

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nonsequitur__@reddit

Probably a few cups a day on average of tea or coffee, for me. Some days none, some days more.

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BankDetails1234@reddit

Makes me a little nauseous if I don’t eat first, so if I want something in the morning it’s coffee. Afternoons I will always drink tea though as I much prefer the flavour and find it way more refreshing.

I probably only drink on average two cups of tea a day though. I’m afraid hot drinks just aren’t my preference most of the time.

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Foshiznik23@reddit

3 sports direct mugs a day, more if someone else makes them.

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Inevitable-Debt4312@reddit

Couple of mugs a day? Coffee in the morning. Tea in the afternoon. That’s the way it’s been for the last 55 years since I started work and that’s what they did.

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Most_Gur9426@reddit

A few times a day in a mug the size of a small bucket. My parents practically have one every hour. It's tea on tap at their house!

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KoorbB@reddit

Many many Gen X and baby boomers drink it and only it. I never ever see my mum & dad drink a glass of water.

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Nineteen_AT5@reddit

One lemon and ginger tea in the money and one black tea at 1900, so total two a day

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Ok-Middle8656@reddit

British people have the following states: Drinking tea, Making tea to drink, discussing whose turn it is to make tea to drink, travelling somewhere to drink tea.

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

🫖☕️If I had some tea, I'd drink it in the morning I'd drink it in the evening, All over this land 🎶🎵

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Interesting_Fish309@reddit

More i literally have tea all day everyday hahaha

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atomic_mermaid@reddit

I never drink it, so going off the averages there must be someone out there who drinks gallons.

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tootingandpooting@reddit

probably 5-6 cups a day on average

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Jesterstear99@reddit

4 pint mugs a day. I was drinking more but I've cut back lately.

I have to drink decaf (Lidl poverty) now as I was getting migraines, they stopped when I went decaf for tea & coffee, mind you going from 6 pints of tea and one of coffee down to just 4 of tea might have helped a bit too!

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cat-faced@reddit

Data of one: I drink absolutely no tea. And don’t have a kettle at home.

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Qyro@reddit

Tea is literally all my ex would drink. I might be able to persuade her to have a glass of water if she was ill, but otherwise it was tea tea tea tea tea

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veryordinarybloke@reddit

I have to have mine at set times otherwise I'd overdose and feel jittery. So on a work day it's 7am with breakfast, 9am when I get to work, 11.30, 2pm, 4pm. So 5 cups a day. Is that a lot?

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daekle@reddit

"British people value Quantity of tea over Quality. Whilst we do enjoy good quality tea, the most important aspect is that it is warm, vaugely beige, wet and most importantly in my hand right now."

- Me, explaining british peoples love of tea to various people who ask.

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Smeeble09@reddit

I don't drink any, and my wife generally goes for a coffee or two a day rather than tea.

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Success_With_Lettuce@reddit

Less than the Turkish and Irish.

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Capable_Tip7815@reddit

I have a mug of tea after dinner. That's it. I am Scottish.

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weigl_@reddit

So much that some people take it on holiday!

On a balcony in the med, 30 degrees, prime Fanta limon or local cerveza territory, and people want nothing more than a boiling hot cup of tea.

I’ve never understood it but that shows you how strong the stereotype is.

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drxc@reddit

I think what throws foreigners off, especially Americans, is that they think of tea as something a little bit fancy and the we're there with a teapot and little teacups, drinking it with our pinky fingers raised and cooing over the blend.

It's a mug with a tea bag in and hot water and milk. It takes 15 seconds to make.

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WILKOFL@reddit

I drink probably 4 cups a day. Decaffeinated though, and after work between 5pm - 10pm

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Swimming_Possible_68@reddit

It's 8.49am

I'm on my 3rd cup of tea.

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Bodger81@reddit

I prefer coffee and in my head I hardly drink tea but I have 1-3 cups a day! So there’s your baseline. Anything under four cups a day basically counts as no tea at all

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BrightonBaby@reddit

I don't drink tea at all and people tell me I'm going to lose my British card

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BG3restart@reddit

Me, none. My mum, 200%.

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romeo__golf@reddit

Usually have a coffee first thing at work, but then tea in the afternoon and another after dinner. Weekends might have an extra mug or two per day if I'm at home.

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Tiddlybean@reddit

I drink 6 cups a day.

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FinnemoreFan@reddit

I used to drink cups of tea all day long, like a normal person. My husband still does. Unfortunately, I went off it completely about five years ago and now the even thought of it nauseates me.

But in general, tea - yes. It’s not a stereotype, it’s a daily reality.

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bopeepsheep@reddit

I bring the numbers down: 3 cups in 49 years.

OTOH for 4 of the 5 years before that I drank at least 6 big two-handled mugs full a day. A lot more if I was at my grandparents' house - I think they averaged 2 or 3 cups an hour.

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Shawn_The_Sheep777@reddit

I drink about 8 mugs per day. Is that too much?

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Fullchimp@reddit

Less than I should. Coffee is bad for your blood pressure and shackles Christ. Moving to teas has changed my life fam.

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Fyonella@reddit

Shackles Christ? Wtaf are you wittering on about?

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Fullchimp@reddit

Ya mother

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Fyonella@reddit

Ahh ok. Fully insane and illiterate. I understand. Sympathies.

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fimbleinastar@reddit

You get tea as a mid-day stimulant You get tea with your afternoon tea For any old ailment or disease For Christ's sake, have a cuppa tea

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Difficult_Style207@reddit

Me, about 8, my mum ,none. Because there's 70 million of us and we're not all the same.

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AkraStar@reddit

Family of 5, only one of us drinks tea - and she drinks enough for all of us.

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doublemp@reddit

You either get people who don't drink tea, or those who drink copious amounts. There's no in-between.

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lildemonjodsx@reddit

Sounds like me 😂

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Codders94@reddit

4/5 a day

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RockAndHardPlace81@reddit

I'd say 2x cups on waking up (one breakfast, one earl grey), then a breakfast tea an hour until 2ish, then I switch to a decaf tea like red bush tea for every hour from then until bed. I generally only have cold drinks with meals and even then it's usually water.

I did once order a cup of tea at an Indian restaurant to go with my meal but only because I was frozen solid! I often order hot drinks at the pub too, just can't beat a warm drink if weather is cold.

House guests will usually opt for tea in colder weather but I keep a whole selection of herbals just in case they don't want the kinds I usually drink, it's always in demand!

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Whyunhappyme@reddit

Probably 5 mugs a day

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fistmcbeefpunch@reddit

I like tea. But I would say I drink maybe 1 or 2 cups a week. I prefer coffee or water (and beer)

Tea never really hits the spot for me

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BuncleCar@reddit

I saw somewhere some years ago that the UK consumption of coffee had overtaken that of tea. I think a lot of coffee in the UK is instant rather than brewed though, but presumably still counts

The coffee shop I'm in at the moment sells tea and things like chai latte but it's rare for anyone to buy these while I'm in hearing range

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Reverend_Butler@reddit

2-3 cups per day of Yorkshire tea, the only acceptable tea

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Competitive_Rub_9590@reddit

2 a day 1 in the morning 1 around early-mid afternoon

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badger906@reddit

Think Guy Martin has about 8 and hour lol

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PretendPop8930@reddit

It's 8am and I've had two cups so far!

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helpmaboabjings@reddit

I drink none. Just a strong black jar coffee every morning

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dinotoxic@reddit

1-2 cups a day maybe

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Affectionate-Long-10@reddit

Less

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QuizzicalSquid7@reddit

I don’t drink it. Tea makes me feel weird, it does something odd to me. I’ll drink it on occasion, but I prefer coffee in general. Will usually drink 2-3 cups a day of coffee though, but sometimes I just won’t bother.

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x99kjg@reddit

Im better now, used to be a hell of a lot. But now I won't in work because they don't have Yorkshire Tea, only Tetley and I refuse to have that filth. So I'll have one when I get home to sort me out, then another immediately to properly enjoy. Another then after dinner, likely another one around half 9 and then more than likely one before bed.

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Oohoureli@reddit

Two mugs to get me going in the morning, and about five more during the day.

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reader270@reddit

Probably about 7 cups a day, more if I’m not at work. I pack tea and milk sachets to take on holiday because hotel rooms never ever provide enough tea stuff. I get a bit excited if I’m out and order tea and get my own pot.

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Beautiful_Spread7866@reddit

My mum has a coffee in the morning then drinks nothing but tea for the rest of the day. No water or juice at all, only tea

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toast_training@reddit

Not sure. Let’s get a brew on and work it out!

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CapnSeabass@reddit

I don’t drink tea but my husband does. Well, I drink green tea but I don’t understand why anyone would put milk in a tea 🤢

We got one of those Quooker taps installed in our kitchen and he’s at it all the time. He’s on upwards of 12 cups a day.

What the stereotype gets wrong, I suppose, is the pomp and ceremony with the fine china and the teapot and all that. Mug, teabag, near-boiling water, splash of milk.

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SonOfGreebo@reddit

2 to get out of bed. Another at 11, one at lunch, another at tea-time (4pm). Additional ones throughout the day at random intervals according to visitors and emergencies.

After 5:00 pm, visitors and emergencies are met with wine.

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snapper1971@reddit

Nowhere near as much as the Irish.

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tradegreek@reddit

We bath in the stuff

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chi-93@reddit

Personally, I drink none. Can’t stand the stuff. Same with coffee and beer. I do enjoy a good vodka-based cocktail though. Or a blue WKD.

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Bellatrixforqueen@reddit

Circa 4-5

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IansGotNothingLeft@reddit

Obviously, it depends on the person. Some people don't like tea.

But apparently, as a nation, tea has a £1 billion market value (per year).

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Scotto6UK@reddit

On a workday, I'll have 2 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon, and then between 2-3 in the evening at home.

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MurdockMow@reddit

No one I know drinks tea

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selfinflatedforeskin@reddit

I have a mug that's just over a pint. I'll drink 7-8 a day in Summer，but that increases in Winter to about 10

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tragic1994@reddit

I'm British and I hate tea so never.

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SirGuestWho@reddit

None, I don't like it

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mergraote@reddit

Never drink the stuff. I prefer coffee.

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dismaldunc@reddit

about 10 cups a day.

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JohnCasey3306@reddit

Zero. Coffee is where it's at.

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Plot_3@reddit

I think it varies a lot. I only drink two cups of tea and one of coffee, but am aware that is a pretty low number compared to others.

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Lazy_Cat1997@reddit

The older people I work for drink it every 20/30 minutes, it’s their water

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Lulovesyababy@reddit

I drink 8-10 cups of tea on an average day 🤷‍♂️

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Fit_Adhesiveness7307@reddit

I don’t even like black tea so never drink it.

I will sometimes drink green tea but only because it’s healthy and I like the caffeine. I’m super sensitive to caffeine so one green tea a day is quite strong for me.

My mum and her friends, as well as my uncles/aunts, do drink 2-3 cups a day. So I think tea drinking must be more common among boomers than younger people, though everyone gets offered tea in a lot of places so it’s hard to escape it in general life.

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zukerblerg@reddit

completely true

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Embarrassed_Sky_5616@reddit

When I was working from home, I basically consisted of tea

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404pbnotfound@reddit

Probably 4-5?

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tmr89@reddit

On Reddit you get strange performative tea drinking obsessive comments

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soviet_bias_good@reddit

I’m a Brit originally from Turkey, so double the answer and in your head and add another 5 and that’s how much I drink a day.

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No-Sandwich1511@reddit

I start everyday with a cup although as I get old I find it just sits in my stomach and makes me feel bloated so potentially time to change my milk.

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PutSimply1@reddit

Apparently I have a problem

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AndyOf77@reddit

I'm a British and rarely drink tea, I bet I could match an American cup for cup on coffee though 🤣

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Georgie_fresh@reddit

If you’re not sure, have a cuppa

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maelinecallie@reddit

One once in a blue moon when I have some biscuits to dip. I'm a coffee addict, 4-5 cups a day but switch to decaff from 1ish

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Cute-Cat-2351@reddit

Around 5 cups a day

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jaydubyah100@reddit

Think when smokers would have a cigarette - that’s tea for me.

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More-Magician4492@reddit

Only herbal teas, especially on weekends usually 7/8 a day

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TomfromLondon@reddit

47, I actually don't drink any these days as prefer coffee

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zigzog7@reddit

I have a pint mug at work and easily get through 4-6 a day

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Opposite_Funny9958@reddit

Hubby has ADHD, drinks it by the stein (because I won’t have a giant Sports Direct mug in the house) four teabags a stein full, has about 10 steins a day? We order a 20 sack of teabags (about 1,100 bags) a month.

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EatingCoooolo@reddit

3rd most? Everyone in my office only drinks coffee maybe because it’s free. There’s no tea provided.

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spoo4brains@reddit

Coffee myself, I drink tea maybe a handful of times a year, I don't see the attraction of tea myself.

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dragons-tears@reddit

Quite a lot. But be real. It's a question of personal taste

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Aromatic_Pea_4249@reddit

4 mugs before 8.30am then roughly hourly until bedtime. 😊

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Mrslinkydragon@reddit

1 or 2 cups, black no sugar

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Candid-Bike-9165@reddit

Up to 10 a day

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Tricky-Reporter-5246@reddit

Easy. Not long ago I decided to count how many I drank in a day. Lost count though

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Big_Translator7475@reddit

I treat tea as a dip for my rich tea biscuits and cheese sandwiches.

I'm more of a coffee drinker.

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decisiontoohard@reddit

Much more frequently but in mugs, not teacups, unless we're out, and never with the pinkie finger up

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madnasher@reddit

I've been up for 15 minutes, I've just had my first sip of my first cuppa. I don't drink hot drinks at work (I always forget and they go cold) but I'll have around 4-5 cups a day when I'm working, and easily twice that when I'm not.

The cup I use is a sports direct cup, and according to their website it's a 20oz cup.

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ElmyriaFaenala@reddit

Usually only the one cup, maybe two or three if I'm at work - caffeine starts to fuck with me if I drink more than that. I'm admittedly kind of a snob and a loose leaf enjoyer though, so for me making my cup of tea is An Event lol

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dirtyprincessworld@reddit

way more than you’d think

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Background-Base130@reddit

3-10 cups a day depending on how much I’m home

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noctenaut@reddit

I’m British and now live in Colombia, married to a Colombian - Tea here is either crap cheap piss or 10 Twinings teabags for £5 (sadly I have to go with the latter)

I’m deadly serious when I say people here, including my husband, think it’s absolutely fascinating, unreal, positively exotic how much not only how much tea I drink a day, but the fact I have it hot too…

…I literally have 3-5 unremarkable builders tea a day 🤦🏻

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GuiltyCredit@reddit

I work from home so as soon as I finish a cup I put the kettle on for the next...

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fotfddtodairsizr@reddit

Honesty the stereotype doesn’t do our tea drinking justice. We drink a lot of tea at home and at work.

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Biggeordiegeek@reddit

4 or 5 cups a day when at home, when I worked it was closer to 15 a day!

When I fasted (Baha’i) the caffeine withdrawal headaches were quite something!

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DrMacAndDog@reddit

2 strong cups of coffee in the morning, then 50 cups of tea throughout the day.

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MadamKitsune@reddit

Totally tea-free household here. Neither of us drink it.

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Leapimus_Maximus@reddit

I've literally had a bath in the stuff, while drinking a cup.

It was relaxing.

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CurrencyIll9145@reddit

i'm more of a coffee drinker but at least 5 teas a day

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Current_Mongoose_844@reddit

3-6 cups a day

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Morganx27@reddit

I like tea, with caveats.

1) English breakfast tea is easily the worst type of tea going. 2) Adding milk to tea is madness. It's like adding milk to coke, it's rancid, why would you do it. 3) All the chat around tea is so dull. If you ever expect me to sit through you talking about how you only like PG Tips or how you need to have it a certain colour, just know that I'm daydreaming about launching you into the sun.

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DaToasta@reddit

Used to be on a minimum of 8 on a busy day. Less if im not doing much.

Now im medicated and anything stronger than green tea makes me an anxious wreck.

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LondonLady-8@reddit

I drink a few cups a day and also have it through an IV drip. It’s highly addictive, be very careful it’s a slippery slope! You start off with 1 cup then 2, 3 and next thing you know; you are mainlining it.

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StatisticianUsual471@reddit

I've had like single digit amount of cups in my life i don't like the stuff

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Keepingongoing@reddit

It’s true. Any excuse for a cup of tea…

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Shot-Specialist-9841@reddit

A lot but not how you guys picture it like we aren’t sitting there with a little tea pot and a plate of scones we drink it the same way you guys drink coffee at home I personally don’t like tea at all but it’s considered polite to have it in for if you’ve got guests particularly older people

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

8 or 9 cups a day I reckon. The first is medicinal. The second to enjoy. Then one before and after tasks

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blarfblarf@reddit

I drink 2 cups in the morning, I drink 2 cups in the afternoon..

...and when I drink 2 cups, I drink 2 more cups.

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Campandfish1@reddit

I drink 2 cups in times of peace and 2 in times of war

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

A true Brit

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surreyade@reddit

Makes you proud 🇬🇧

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Temporary_Ebb9486@reddit

A cup a day and about a pint of espresso

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jimmywhereareya@reddit

How long is a piece of string?

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Sorry_Leopard9657@reddit

I have one coffee, my fella drinks probably nine cups of tea. Bonkers!

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Clipperslinger@reddit

None at all

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Junior_Tradition7958@reddit

So much more.

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doublegulpcup123@reddit

I’m no Brit, but Ive been consuming 3-4 cups of double-bagged Yorkshire Red and half a pack of Hobnobs a day since I moved to the UK.

Am I worthy of citizenship?

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Maximum-Armadillo809@reddit

While Yorkshire red is acceptable, gold is preferred. Those hobnobs better have chocolate on them or im having you deported. I dont have that power but I will.

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doublegulpcup123@reddit

Confirming they do have chocolate on them m’lord

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Maximum-Armadillo809@reddit

Very good young squire, carry on.

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BellendBuilder@reddit

Change to Yorkshire Gold and we’ll consider it

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doublegulpcup123@reddit

Okay I’ll do my best to find it in my grocery budget.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the other habits I am adopting in hopes of becoming a British citizen:

Incessantly discussing the weather
Assisting others on public transport
Toast
Slamming my seventh £8 pint after work while complaining about the cost of living
Appreciating nature eg. Bird watching
Carpet
Naming the local foxes
Jousting
Sarcasm

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BellendBuilder@reddit

£8 pint. You must be down south. It’s a shade over £3 in my local 😅

Oooo fuck it we will give you citizenship and you can choose one of the commenting Redditors who doesn’t drink tea to deport 😁

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Pockysocks@reddit

In some places, dinner is called "tea" because that is the important part of the meal.

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Whoppa-seagull@reddit

When one cop of tea is gone I make another when at home & I am retired & at home most of the time.

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xl3roken@reddit

I dont like tea. Most ill drink is the herbal teas. I hate the herbal teas too. I drink it because its good for my health. Ill drink a normal tea and add honey in or something if im ill though.

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abyssal-isopod86@reddit

I drink 1-4 cups of decaf tea a day.

I mostly drink water.

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Solid_Contact6529@reddit

I probably drink about 6-8 cups of tea a day at least.

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Statement-Acceptable@reddit

5 cup minimum is my policy. (Per day)

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Wildredheadedgypsy@reddit

I only use Yorkshire tea - the leaves and I drink about 8 very large (the size of two regular mugs) cups per day. I don't touch alcohol, drugs, sugar or processed foods... but I'm not giving up my tea for anything.

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spacee_dustt@reddit

Really depends on the person, I had friends who have multiple cups a day whereas I’ll only really have a cuppa with some honey when I’ve got a cold

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alinalovescrisps@reddit

Does herbal tea count or are we talking breakfast tea only 👀

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Cheap-Vegetable-4317@reddit

Coffee at breakfast and about five or six cups of tea during the rest of the day, but I drink half and get distracted so really it's only half that.

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mancfester@reddit

People who have 6+ cups of tea a day, how long are you brewing it for? I like strong tea bag in 3-5 mins. I’ve seen some folk dunk the bag for 30s. Not comparable

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KnockOneOut178@reddit

I’m much more of a coffee person. I literally never drink tea. And on the odd occasion I do have it (honestly like a few times a year) I do really love it and I appreciate a cup of tea way more than if i was to drink 10 cups of it a day like some people do.

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Cirias@reddit

I work from home and I usually alternate coffee and tea and I get through a cup every hour or two. So probably end up drinking 5 or 6 teas a day and 3 or 4 coffees.

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mancfester@reddit

One or none a day

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mmoonbelly@reddit

My mug has a pint capacity. I’m drinking 10 cups a day.

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Maximum-Armadillo809@reddit

Whatever you think it is, its probably more. One of my co workers, thankfully not in my actual office, smells of black tea.

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Mikon_Youji@reddit

In all fairness some British people do drink a lot of tea, so there's at least some truth to the stereotype.

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Sunset_Shimmering_@reddit

I don't like tea.

(This is going to get me downvoted, isn't it?)

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thecheesycheeselover@reddit

As a non-tea-drinking Brit, imagine the most tea you think a person might drink in one day, and the to estimate consumption for the average person, double it. At least.

People drink so. Much. Tea.

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luckyjenjen@reddit

Don't drink any. Can't stand the stuff.

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brabrabra222@reddit

Not British but tea is the default drink in our household. So 3-4 teapots (1l or a little bit more, 2 teabags per that, the later ones not caffeinated) between 2 people. No milk, no sugar.

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RunsWithGlueSticks@reddit

3-4 on a workday.

Probably the only difference to the portrayal on the telly or whatever is that I'd say most of us are having it from a mug and not our fine china with cucumber sandwiches.

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Dull_Brain2688@reddit

4th in the world behind Turkey, Ireland and Azerbaijan.

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-auntiesloth-@reddit

The stereotype is pretty accurate. I don't drink tea myself, but I know a lot of people who drink tea all day every day.

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Hot-Efficiency7190@reddit

Can easily do 10 cups in winter and procrastinating - great way of delaying something is to make another cuppa. Summer not so much.

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DoISmellBurning@reddit

My wife and I use pint mugs, so about 2x “normal” cups, and we’ll probably have at least 3-4 of those a day, more depending on what’s going on

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PrimeWolf101@reddit

5-6 a day. I remember being a child and I didn't like the taste of tea and my parents kept putting sugar in the tea till I would drink it. Has to be one of the few countries where parents activity push an addiction onto children. I regret nothing , tea forever

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Whosentyounow@reddit

Yeah at least 5 cups a day

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Oofoofoof969@reddit

Slightly less, we're stereotyped as being the world's biggest tea drinks but we're beat by Ireland and Turkey.

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Ok-Explanation1990@reddit

I start the day with a coffee, then 4-6 cups of tea through the day.

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mammammammam@reddit

Maybe once a week or so il have a cup of tea when the kids are jn bed and I want a warm drink but any other time its coffee or a mocha for me.

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Hunter199090@reddit

If I'm off work I think I have about 6 or 7 cups throughout the day. I don't know what number the stereotype lands on

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kone29@reddit

When I visit my family, we can’t even start a conversation before we’ve all got a cup of tea

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jakedaboiii@reddit

I probably have one maybe 2 cups a week?

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real_light_sleeper@reddit

I’m a chain drinker. On about two packs a day.

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Veenkoira00@reddit

Umpteen mugs per diem are made – about 50% are misplaced during odd wandering holding the mug, forgotten, go cold and are discarded.

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Tall_Stick5608@reddit

Only about twice as much as a person from Poland and almost only half as a much as a person from Turkey. But personally I use 4 - 6 teabags a day

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scenecunt@reddit

I have one when I wake up and take back to bed before getting dressed. And then at least another 4 throughout the day, usually more.

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User-blink-@reddit

Same morning for me. Sometimes a travel tea to the train. Then one when I get to work, another with lunch, one or two in the afternoon, then one when I get home. It peters out after that.

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nunatakj120@reddit

I drink it throughout the day. Wake up and put the kettle on, then repeat whenever i get 5 mins. Away from whatever i’m doing.

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MelodicAd2213@reddit

Usually 3-6 mugs a day

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PKblaze@reddit

Normal brits (In my experience) like 3 cups a day maybe.

Me: One every now and then, once a day at most, usually Matcha, Jasmine tea etc rather than British Tea

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EsotericSnail@reddit

3? You’d be dehydrated if you only drank 3 cups of tea a day. I think most people drink double that.

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Mortiis07@reddit

Haha I'm so British I drink so much tea haha I drink so much tea because I'm British. It's my whole personality

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MillionDollarHeckler@reddit

I'm teetotal so nothing at all

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blarfblarf@reddit

Zero.

Tastes like leaves, and not the good kind.

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Fyonella@reddit

One cup of Lady Grey per day. After lunch.

Coffee replaces breakfast. Lady Grey after a light lunch. Camomile or Valerian tea after dinner and another in bed.

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Veinmire@reddit

It's all fun and games until Dad breaks out the Sports Direct mug.

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Dry_Action1734@reddit

It is telling that I missed the word tea and was about to respond in terms of alcohol consumption.

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WryAnthology@reddit

I am drinking tea now.

Growing up, my family used it as breaks when we'd all come together, no matter what we were doing.

So, breakfast - tea.

Mid morning - tea.

Lunch - tea.

Mid afternoon - tea.

After dinner watching TV - tea.

Ad break/ mid evening - tea.

If you go around someone's house they will offer tea/ coffee (it would be rude not to) or if you have builders at your house - tea.

I live in Australia now and no one offers workers in your home tea/ coffee here. It's just not done. Even a cold glass of water when it's hot. I try, and the workers always decline. It feels not right.

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craftyorca135@reddit

4/5 a day. More if I go to a cafe.

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SignificanceHead9957@reddit

Probably had 10 cups today.

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One_Complex6429@reddit

Two cups before I even get out of bed! Then another 5 before bed.

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Albertancummings@reddit

I'll put the kettle on.

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Wackylew@reddit

Probably about 4, I like warm sugary water and I usually drink the ones at home within 4 minutes without realising

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Disastrous_Rise4433@reddit

I’ve never had a cup, if that brings the average down a bit haha

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Dread_queen23@reddit

2-3 on a typical day. If I'm visiting someone or go out for lunch, 4-5

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Endless_road@reddit

People that drink tea drink a lot of tea, multiple cups a day. I’m not particularly fond of tea personally.

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alfa_omega@reddit

Bloke I live with drinks a cup every half an hour, with 2 sugars in it. Everytime I go in the kitchen there's a cup brewing on the side. It's fucking insane.

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testydonkey@reddit

About 4-5 cups of coffee in the morning. At around 12 I switch to tea where I have about 6/7 cups.

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Correct-Ad-6605@reddit

About 2 a day for me. Sometimes, i'll push the boat out and go for 3. *Rubs thighs aggressively*

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Remote_Development13@reddit

I cant stand the stuff

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Sefotron@reddit

Can't stand the stuff.

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Doctordelayus@reddit

I use the morning tea to see if the day is gonna be good or bad, if the tea goes cold then the day is ruined and I just gotta tolerate the bullshit of the day

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Werthead@reddit

I feel like we met the stereotype up until the early to mid 1990s, when coffee culture became a huge thing in the UK very quickly, and we went from never having heard of lattes to it being everyday language in about eighteen months (I think it was faster than mobile phone adoption). Since then tea and coffee have both been a big thing. The cliche I feel is still true to an extent, we still love tea and drink lots of it, but some people won't drink tea at all and some will prefer coffee, and some dislike both.

It feels like there's been a big shift to different types of tea in recent years/decades, with chai, Earl Grey, green tea etc becoming a lot more popular. Decaf tea is also now a big thing as well.

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NobblyNobody@reddit

well, two of us get through 160 teabags every couple of weeks, apparently. It might be pixies though.

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Derbadian@reddit

Loads more

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Particular_Meeting57@reddit

I drink zero.

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AdMaleficent6813@reddit

I'd say more than people would think.

6 cups a day ish?

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Youstinkeryou@reddit

4 cuosa a day?

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Emmalulu2907@reddit

Personally, zero

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prustage@reddit

For me, three cups of tea a day, two of coffee. I dont know if that is considered high, low, typical or not. But they are v large mugs (about 500ml / a pint)

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michelinstarwimpy@reddit

14 months ago I gave up drinking caffeine entirely.

why, you ask?

because I was sick of the outrageous withdrawal symptoms if I didn't have it

because I was sick of needing a piss every 20 mins, because obviously caffeine dehydrates you and makes you urinate

I am free, it is as million times better this way

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Werthead@reddit

You can give up caffeine and still enjoy decaf tea or coffee.

I didn't give it up entirely but I massively reduced my intake, with decaf-only "normal" teabags and Earl Grey (which I have in the evening). My only caffeine intake is a green tea early in the morning (which is lower in caffeine anyway). I agree, it really makes a difference to how often you need to go to the toilet and removes those withdrawal symptoms.

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Melonpan78@reddit

I don't like tea, and never have.

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step_scav@reddit

One cup a month if that

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Regular_Bike1437@reddit

More than the stereotypes

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Desafinado777@reddit

Just finished large pot of loose earl grey.

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thecxsmonaut@reddit

It's just as common as coffee is in other countries. I wouldn't say people are "obsessed" with it in any way really it's just a simple and basic part of daily life.

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GrahamGreed@reddit

It is such a nice ritual to have a cup of tea. Breaks up the day and is warming and energising without the harsh hit of coffee.

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Intruder313@reddit

I know people who drink 5 cups a day while drink that a month

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LadyInAllPower@reddit

The tea drinking is constant, as it should be

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Meal-Entire@reddit

More

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Big_Block_5271@reddit

6 x 300ml mugs every day. It is an addiction.

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Zealousideal_Pop3121@reddit

0

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Informal-Intern-8672@reddit

I have a couple of cups a day so not much, I have drank a cup of tea while giving a BJ like. I didn't want it to get cold and he actually really liked the extra warmth.

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Opening-Fortune4@reddit

8ish mugs I think

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56Hotrod@reddit

Coffee mornings, 7-8 teas rest of day & evening.

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Far-Abroad-2040@reddit

2 cups in the morning, 2 cups before bed Most people have one every couple of hours especially at work

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trialbybees@reddit

How ever much you think we drink + 4

I myself drink between 6 and 8 cups a day

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doctorbiffgood@reddit

Some people drink loads. Some people drink zero.

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Altruistic_Fruit2345@reddit

Ireland drinks more than the UK.

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Short-Shopping3197@reddit

I’ll have a coffee in the morning and after lunch, probably a couple of teas during the day and one in the evening.

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AlfCosta@reddit

I used to have a cup on the go from the moment I got up to the moment I went to bed. 🛌

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NewtRider@reddit

I drink on average 2-3 cups a day.

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Connect_Candy6291@reddit

I drink an average of one cup a day, sometimes none but weekends I'll have a couple of cups. My fiancé drinks somewhere around 3-5 a day but I've known him to have 8-10 a day on a winter weekend

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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

I have friends who meet the stereotype properly - can't do anything without a cuppa first. I prefer coffee personally.

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Carafaggio@reddit

I never drink tea but most my family and co-workers drink it all day and it basically replaces water for them so I think the stereotype is pretty accurate

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ItAintNoUse@reddit

I drink about 3-4 cups a day. Strong tea, a little sweetener (never sugar anymore) and a splash of milk.

My partner doesn't drink tea at all as he dislikes it. I don't think any of his friends drink it either. It depends heavily on the person but tea is very commonly consumed here especially by the older generations (relatively speaking, I'm 23). Coffee is becoming increasingly preferred now especially among my generation, I can't speak for others. For me, tea will always be my drink of choice.

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