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You knew you were a tea addict/tea snob when...
12 years ago
(Lets start a list! When did you know you were a tea lover? What tea snobbery habbits have you developed?)
1) I had an entire pantry shelf dedicated to tea.
2) I scoffed when a family member left the tea bag in the cup while they drank it.
3) "Nooo you need to TEMPER the good china tea cup so it wont crack later!"
4) Tea stained fingers
5) "Whole milk only, how dare you use skim in your tea!!"
6) I watch the bubbles appearing on the water to check it's warmth.
7) I yell at my father because he wants to drink it before it finished to infuse.
8) I get a mini heart attack everytime someone puts sugar in it.
9) Same thing when someone says "chai tea".
10) My idol is Uncle Iroh.
11) I grin with disdain everytime I see someone drinking some lipton.
12) Which tea my fursona is drinking is actually an important factor.
13) You keep different pots for different kinds of tea, just so you can brew and display them traditionally.
14) You have four yixing pots because you can't pick a favorite flavor to brew.
15) You have your brew times planned down to the second.
16) You can do a gong fu ceremony and still have your fingerprints.
17) You know how to make puerrh not taste like fish.
18) You get twitchy when you hear someone try to pronounce "Rooibos."
19) You know what countries your teas of choice come from, and know what countries you favor.
20) "I don't like tea" WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS.
1) I had an entire pantry shelf dedicated to tea.
2) I scoffed when a family member left the tea bag in the cup while they drank it.
3) "Nooo you need to TEMPER the good china tea cup so it wont crack later!"
4) Tea stained fingers
5) "Whole milk only, how dare you use skim in your tea!!"
6) I watch the bubbles appearing on the water to check it's warmth.
7) I yell at my father because he wants to drink it before it finished to infuse.
8) I get a mini heart attack everytime someone puts sugar in it.
9) Same thing when someone says "chai tea".
10) My idol is Uncle Iroh.
11) I grin with disdain everytime I see someone drinking some lipton.
12) Which tea my fursona is drinking is actually an important factor.
13) You keep different pots for different kinds of tea, just so you can brew and display them traditionally.
14) You have four yixing pots because you can't pick a favorite flavor to brew.
15) You have your brew times planned down to the second.
16) You can do a gong fu ceremony and still have your fingerprints.
17) You know how to make puerrh not taste like fish.
18) You get twitchy when you hear someone try to pronounce "Rooibos."
19) You know what countries your teas of choice come from, and know what countries you favor.
20) "I don't like tea" WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS.
WE MUST CONVERT THE NON-BELIEVERS!
To me, there isn't really a "wrong" way to drink tea, when you drink with friends, or it's something that was given to you out of love.
Everyone enjoys things differently, and I can respect that ^.^
Tea just happens to join people from all walks of life, and that makes it a wonderful thing to share.
You have four yixing pots because you can't pick a favorite flavor to brew.
You have your brew times planned down to the second.
You can do a gong fu ceremony and still have your fingerprints.
You know how to make puerrh not taste like fish.
You get twitchy when you hear someone try to pronounce "Rooibos."
You know what countries your teas of choice come from, and know what countries you favor.
7) I yell at my father because he wants to drink it before it finished to infuse.
8) I get a mini heart attack everytime someone puts sugar in it.
9) Same thing when someone says "chai tea".
10) My idol is Uncle Iroh.
11) I grin with disdain everytime I see someone drinking some lipton.
12) Which tea my fursona is drinking is actually an important factor.
Holy Earl Grey, what have I become?
Hmm... Delectable tea, or deadly poison?
Uncle Iroh
*hugs*
but I was also told off by my fiance for putting the milk in whilst the teabag is still in the cup
apparantly it "shocks" the tea, and makes the teabag break -thus releasing it's bitterness
This ^
Also 6, 9, and 12.
When you wince whenever someone mentions 'Twinings'.
omg, YES!
Sugar and the pronunciation of Rooibos are the main things that make me twitch. Other than that, I'm not much of a tea snob, I don't even use proper tea cups :P
And I steep mine forever cause I actually like bitter tea. A whole lot <3
I guess I am not snobby xD