Tea is tasteless and bitter without sugar

Actually I drank green tea 5 minutes ago and it's what caused me to make this thread.

I am shocked. Shocked and upset.

If your tea goes cold within five minutes, it wasn't hot to begin with.
Use boiling hot water and let it brew for 3-5 minutes if you're making green tea, or for 5-10 minutes if you're making black tea.

Huh? People put sugar in tea? To me, there's nothing better than just the regular taste. I've tried every single kind I can get my hands on and never been disappointed yet. The hot temperature warms my body and nourishes my soul. The taste is pronounced just right without being overly intruding, just enough to matter. I drink tea 3 or 4 times a day, usually non-caffeinated kind, glad I started. There's already so much sugar in everything people eat why would they need to add even more to something that's supposed to be healthy? Also, bitter taste is good. Bitter is how a lot of things should taste but they've been raped with sugar and artificial sweeteners by companies.

but l did let it sit for five minutes, l thought you meant longer. It was still hot.

Get better tea or try to develop a taste. A lot of people don't realize it, but their tastebuds are completely fried from all the sugar that they have been shoveling into their mouths their whole lives.

don't be
but be original

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In that case, I'm afraid the problem lies with your sense of taste and smell, not with the tea. My advice: stop drinking soda.

Only plebs drink tea with sugar

you're an actual retard

tea is supreme with no sugar, off yourself, americunt

>brew longer
>"But then it'll become cold and even tasteless"

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ITT: Tea elitists and autists

>tasteless
>bitter

pick one, you silly goof

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do you actually have any fucking clue how to make tea

That bitter taste isn't that bad, feeling like shit sometimes is always nice.

I'm not referring to the same tea here, SOME are bitter and SOME are tasteless

well then maybe you should've specified in your original post you flaming autist

i could drink sugarless tea, but then i would rather just drink water.

expecting him to make the perfect post is more autistic desu.

>makes a mistake in assumption
>has the situation clarified
>gets angry and defensive
You should work on that. It's okay to not look cool and smart 100% of the time, and this doesn't help.

handing down life lessons from upon your pedestal on r9k, now that IS hilarious

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I've embarrassed myself like this, too, before and know how it feels. Just know you don't have to make yourself look like a total faggot every time you don't look cool. Nobody would have even noticed your original post if you didn't get all upset.

just drink unsweetened ice tea

Did you use boiling water?
You're supposed to use water that's hot but not boiling to properly release the tannins from the tea leaves

tea is gross, boss
ross

>Tasteless
No
>Bitter
Yes, that's why I like it. Go drink more sugar water you underageb&. I bet you don't like coffee either

I hate coffee. and alcohol. I'm a supertaster. bitter is overwhelming and terrible. Bitter is literally the taste of poison.

How do you guys feel about cold, instant tea? This stuff helped me to stop drinking soda so often.

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>Be me
>Lipton tea
>every morning get up
>Go downstairs
>Fill cup up with water
>Put in microwave for 2:30
>Take out
>Put Lipton teabag in
>Pour milk in
>Put 2 and a quarter teaspoons of sugar in
>Drink this 3-6 times a day
There is nothing you can do to stop me.

then why the fuck are you making a thread complaining about something that is objectively known to taste bitter on its own, the absolute state of your intelligence

>I'm a supertaster.
what in the fuck does that mean?
>I hate coffee. and alcohol
Alcohol I can understand, for the most part. I can drink beer (I like the dark bitter ones, same as my tea and coffee) but I can't stand stuff like rum and whiskey.
>bitter is overwhelming and terrible. Bitter is literally the taste of poison.
It's called an acquired taste. Please tell me you're 18 at most

I have mine without milk as well. The tastelessness and bitterness only compliment that.

I'm not OP
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster
also I'm 22.

>replying to a response directed at the OP
>responding to it in a matter that it was directed at you

k m8

Have you tried mint tea? It just tastes like mint, there's no need to add stuff

huh, I learn something new. Does a sensitivity to bitterness necessarily mean a dislike of it? Because I can taste the bitterness a lot, but I like it.

I know, that is why I drink both tea and coffee blacker than a black hole.
I have my tea steep for 10 minutes then drink it with the bag still in, and it is still pretty hot. How the hell does your tea go cold after only 5 minutes? Are you even boiling the water?

good shit, got a cup of it rn. It's a more interesting flavor than just water, has no sugar or calories, and I can still get a small amount of caffeine from it

I can eat bitter stuff, but it is the taste of poison.
Humans are genetically hardwired to avoid it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste#Bitterness
>Bitterness is of interest to those who study evolution, as well as various health researchers[23][31] since a large number of natural bitter compounds are known to be toxic. The ability to detect bitter-tasting, toxic compounds at low thresholds is considered to provide an important protective function.

But then why do I like it? Am I retardtaster?

no it's probably just not as overwhelming to you and it's an acquired taste. basically what I'm saying is it's much harder for me to acquire that taste.

You're confused as to why I'm complaining about something that I don't like? And you're questioning MY intelligence?

fuck you that's how it's supposed to taste

Tea isnt supposed to taste like sprite you nigger.

I had no idea that a thread about tea would be so controversial.

most tea is

try oolong though, shit's great

It's supposed to be bitter. It's bad for you.

mormon detected. go drink a sodie pop

havent heard this conspiracy theory before, good one user

you couldn't even grasp the concept of taste, yes im questioning your intelligence

I'm saying it's a quite shit taste

I abstain from soda as well. Don't drink corn syrup shit.

Your senses designed over millions of years of evolution to detect harmful bitter chemicals is a conspiracy theory? Tea tastes nasty because it's full of tannins which are really bad for you.

what do these tannins do

so ive drank tea for nearly 10 years or so now, why arent i dead yet mr science man?

and tea tastes great btw

did you not realise taste was subjective? ofc you didnt

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Nothing because there are no studies showing whether they are beneficial or not. Considering how long things like tea have been drunk across the world however I would say they are not exactly something you should worry about unless you drink some crazy amount per day.

What has caused such an increase in the preponderance of uncultured swine posting here?

MICHAEL YOU'VE BEEN IN A COMA FOR 10 YEARS WAKE UP

You're going to wake up one morning with kidney stones due to the high oxalate content in tea.

Peppermint herbal tea tastes good without sugar. Infact sugar ruins it. Makes it taste like shit.

I dunno, lots of sex obviously

Get better tea

Your taste is tasteless

I bet you plebs don't like high cacao chocolate either. Enjoy your mcgrease with extra aspartame milkshakes.

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