This isn't tea! / myLot

Edinburgh, Scotland

February 23, 2020 6:18pm CST

In my local supermarket the other day helping my better half with the groceries I made a startling discovery. That wonderful brew known as 'tea' (in my opinion much preferable to coffee) can now be bought in a multitude of flavours! Mint, strawberry, apple, blueberry, chocolate (yuk!), cranberry, ginger, lemon and many more. This is not something I approve of. Personally, I don't like the sound of any of them (especially the chocolate one!). I prefer good, old-fashioned tea which tastes like tea - not a bowl of fruit!

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79308)

• Germany

24 Feb 20

I can understand you. I like the real English kind of tea with fresh milk and sugar in it. I drink it often times in a day. I drink ginger tea but self brewed from ginger root when I have colds.

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

24 Feb 20

Milk yes, but not sugar - that just spoils the taste!

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79308)

• Germany

24 Feb 20

@ScotMac I see. I always put sugar in it but only a bit.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117218)

• El Paso, Texas

24 Feb 20

Mom always made us mint tea with the leaves she'd harvest from her plants, I liked it but I don't drink tea anymore .... or coffee.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117218)

• El Paso, Texas

24 Feb 20

If you ever grow peppermint or mint you can make your own @ScotMac just put the leaves into hot water and it'll create a tea. But be advised that peppermint or mint is also a diuretic so it would be unwise to drink too much of it.

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

24 Feb 20

@rebelann Ah, health reasons mean I won't be drinking mint tea then

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

24 Feb 20

I have never tried mint tea. Of all the flavoured teas mint tea sounds like the one I might actually like

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hereandthere

@hereandthere (45628)

• Philippines

24 Feb 20

i only drink tea if it's served to me or it's the only beverage on the menu. even if i'm not a tea drinker, i can't imagine chocolate tea!

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

24 Feb 20

Chocolate tea sounds absolutely disgusting!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381952)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Feb 20

Eric Bogle (Scotsman turned Australian) has a song about flavoured teas and says he doesn't know whether to drink it or to 'dab it on'.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381952)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Feb 20

@ScotMac He has written some wonderful folk songs including 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda'. I can't remember the name of the 'tea' one. It's probably not one he'd boast about.

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

24 Feb 20

@JudyEv I found his version of Waltzing Matilda but can't find the tea one

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

24 Feb 20