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Do Americans drink tea?

Tea is drunk here in the UK, not as much as coffee though. But I'm wondering whether it is drunk in America?

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Reply 1
you beat me to it :unimpressed:
yes, it is - though it's usually not made properly, and they don't always sell the same tea bags.

coffee is a lot, lot more common.
Reply 3
Of course not. How dare you suggest that Americans drink tea. I'm disappointed OP.

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Reply 4
the second highest importer of the stuff so i imagine so
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Reply 5
im pretty sure tea is sold in every country hence people drink tea in every country.it depends if the person likes tea or not

Reply 6
Original post by kadiatuj0001
im pretty sure tea is sold in every country hence people drink tea in every country.it depends if the person likes tea or not


How could anyone not like tea? :wtf:
Reply 7
Original post by Mike Jordan
How could anyone not like tea? :wtf:

i know some people who don't like it
Reply 8
Original post by kadiatuj0001
i know some people who don't like it

They don't sound like my kind of people.
No of course not it's illegal there :naughty:
Original post by Mike Jordan
They don't sound like my kind of people.

true, it's weird because tea is actually nice
Original post by SuperiorPotato
No of course not it's illegal there :naughty:

That's me never visiting the states then.
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I'm American and I'm literally drinking tea right now...although then again I've also mostly grown up and currently live in the UK :tongue:

That said, I do know that Americans do drink tea as a regular thing otherwise (as various different family members I have living in different parts of the country all drink tea and have kettles etc), so the answer is still yes. Also outside of hot tea (with or without milk/sugar), iced tea/sweet tea is a big thing in the US, especially in the south.
Original post by AngryJellyfish
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:frown:

this video is literally how to get diabetes not how to make tea :lol:
Original post by AngryJellyfish
[video="youtube;loYRymELHx8"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loYRymELHx8[/video]

:frown:

:yucky:
I expect some do as it has been available in cafes on my one visit to the U.S. In a way it seems rarer in parts of Europe.
Original post by Mike Jordan
Tea is drunk here in the UK, not as much as coffee though. But I'm wondering whether it is drunk in America?

Yes. It gets called "hot tea", as they do iced tea, which is not to my taste. The US tea bags are not, IMO, a patch on PG Tips, which I get from Amazon (I'm in California). When I still lived in the UK and attended conferences around the globe, I always took a supply of PG Tips.. That's the one thing that I would have a hard time doing without.
Original post by RogerOxon
Yes. It gets called "hot tea", as they do iced tea, which is not to my taste. The US tea bags are not, IMO, a patch on PG Tips, which I get from Amazon (I'm in California). When I still lived in the UK and attended conferences around the globe, I always took a supply of PG Tips.. That's the one thing that I would have a hard time doing without.

Whenever I visit the UK I stock up on Yorkshire tea. Yorkshire > PG Tips :wink: You ever tried Lipton tea bags? :puke:

I live in the South and didn't really like "sweet tea" but it's definitely grown on me. It has more sugar than coke but it's delightful with some real Southern barbecue. :drool:
Original post by Sabertooth
Whenever I visit the UK I stock up on Yorkshire tea. Yorkshire > PG Tips :wink:

I prefer PG Tips, despite having grown up in Yorkshire.

Original post by Sabertooth
You ever tried Lipton tea bags? :puke:

Unfortunately. Lipton Yellow shouldn't be called tea.

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