A smidge of honey or nothing at all is the way to go. If you need to put a lot of sugar in the tea, you probably brewed it wrong (or it's just shitty tea).

[–] Jesus_666@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

Depends on the tea. An East Frisian blend, for instance, is intended to be drank with some rock sugar – not a mountain of it, of course, but the sugar is an integral part of the beverage.

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

I drink black coffee so I'm free to judge all of you.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I never got people that load up tea with sugar and milk. It's barely tea at that point.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I just like sweet tasting early grey with a bit of caffine

[–] e8d79@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

It is a good way to use cheaper tea like the tea bags that only contain tea dust. A cup from these will be rather bitter but it can taste nice once you add milk and/or sugar.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Tried to order green tea at a drive thru once and they asked what I wanted with it. Confused the heck out of me and I just responded with "uh, tea?"

[–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of when I asked for a cream soda at Wendy's and they responded with "What flavor?" and I was like "Uh... cream soda flavored?"

Turns out they didn't have regular cream soda....

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

European here, what the hell is a "cream soda"? That sounds horrible.

[–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It's basically just a vanilla-flavored soda. Apparently there are some European varieties, according to the wikipedia page, but they must not be that popular if you've never heard of it.

[–] Jesus_666@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

You can get it in Germany but typically only in import candy stores. While I don't mind the flavor it's generally considered too sweet by people who try it.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nothing to do with vanilla.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

150 years ago, sure. Coca-Cola has neither coca leaves nor kola nuts these days though, and modern cream soda in the US is a vanilla-flavored amber beverage.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

I never got people that get excited about tepid leaf water.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

I don't shame people who order what is effectively a coffee flavored milkshake every morning. But I wish they'd cop to it and call it a milkshake.

There's two thousand calories in your mocha triple vanilla pump latte, Susan. Own it.