"we are the ovaltineys..... blah blah blah.. ))

Tea isn't tea unless your spoon stands up in it. 

When I was a kid (I guess my mum wanted us to get to sleep and stop being a pain) my mum went through a phase of giving us Ovaltine, Horlicks or Milo - I made it quite clear I didn't like them .............she always insisted that it was simply tea.

As a child I grew up drinking tea ......................i never really gave it to my kids - hence - as adults I think only one of the three of them drink it -and only occasionaly ..................I feel that I failed them TBH...

Same here, Soozy.

I think we were told that tea was bad for kids, even though we drank it as kids. But then we realised that it was good, and now want our kids to drink it. My youngest drinks it, and the other three sometimes.

Interesting tea-twist going on here. Was tea really evil and to be avoided at all costs? Or just boring? 

I'll say this for tea: It's the King Of Something To Dunk Other Things In 

My mum being half Irish and half Scottish was given tea by the gallon load as a kid and passed it on to me. One of the joys in life is slippers on and a good cuppa cha

Tea is also the one non-alcoholic drink that is offered in times of strife. You always hear on the tele 'I'll put the kettle on pet and you can tell me alllllll about it'.

I'm an occasional coffee drinker, but I don't understand these posh coffee types

I like tea occasionally

But I am a coffee drinker

I just don't like coffee and never have ................I sort of feel that I'm missing out.

I love coffee cake, coffee ice cream and coffee chocolates and I love the smell but .................juust can't drink the stuff!

Nothing like a cup of tea, first thing. I couldn't drink coffee...

Interesting new question for tea fans. One teabag in a cup or do you make a pot and if so how many teabags in the pot or do you use real tea and if yes to the teabags in the pot how big is the pot and...

Hang on I've got a bit mixed up

milk in first

See, I like coffee, but hate coffee cake, coffee chocolates, coffee ice cream, coffee flavouring etc.

In fact, I hate eating chocolate with coffee, because it tastes like all the above.

See previous Youtube segment.  

If made in a pot then yes. If made in a cup with a tea bag - mi9lk in last.

OMG - I never realised it was so complicated!

One teabag (proper type, mind) in one cup (one girl).

Brew for 4 minutes, or more. Proper squeeze with teaspoon. Dash of milk. 

Yes ...............that's a perfect cuppa

How strong is that going to be? 

Proper strong, like! 

I love a nice cup of tar, me 

Tea - boiling water in first so the tea can brew. Then a dash of milk. Leave for about 8 seconds, stir, push the teabag (oh you know what I mean), take the teabag out, put back in cup and repeat. (I like my tea to be the right colour, not too dark and not too light).

Coffee - milk first then boiling water otherwise the coffee will burn (apparently).

(And if you don't take milk then you shouldn't even be reading this post anyway)

We've now moved on to tea colour schemes folks 

Just tea, but it does have milk, honest. 

Bleurgh...I detest tea, can't even stand the smell of it. I tried it as a child and was nearly sick. Coffee for me.... very strong, sweet and black. I like a cup of Cadbury's Highlights, but just the normal one, none of these minty/orange/toffee/fudge ones.

I'm a proper tea Jenny - real tea, not the fruit or herbal kind. It has to be strong tea, with a wee drop of milk.
I am partial to some Bovril or an Oxo drink, in winter.
I have an occasional cup of coffee and Cadbury's drinking chocolate, but I'm not keen on Ovaltine or Horlicks.

Peppermint tea or Lemon and Ginger if I have a cold   of a night time I drink hot chocolate sometimes with a good glug of Minttu (a Finnish liqueur) in it 

A teaspoon of whisky in tea last thing at night is good for whatever ails ya.
It's what my nan used to give me (when I was five years old)....
But that's the only messing around I can deal with.
Coffee with any of those flavour thingies is wrong...and so is putting liquers/spirits in it. 
Some barman once put my Amaretto in my coffee....I wasn't best pleased.

Tea...made to the 'classic british' colour....can't stand coffee unless my Grandad has made it!!!


I love a hot chocolate, Highlights Cherry flavour, before bed and I have to say that a hot blackcurrant (made with a proper cordial NOT squash) is the best drink when the sniffles hit, it's like a hug in a mug.

mug of tea............not a cup..........a mug............milk in first....plonk the tea bag in.......quick squash an get it out..........i hate hate hate tea that looks like you could tar the m25 with it........

none of those fruity tea things either.........its builders tea all the way.......if i'm at home i easily get through 30 mugs of tea a day......i finish one and make another straight away..

With one tea bag, I presume? 

I don't really drink a lot of hot drinks   Occasionally I'll have a cup of tea of coffee, but otherwise it's a swig of water from the bottle. (Good job there's only me in here)   and yes......I know, I should be drinking more than that 

Sprout!
Water is good for you!
tbh coffee makes me urge - just the smell - even coffee chocs
& tea! well ermmmm - I just don't geddit!
My sis shares a teabag between her, hubby & son! Yakk yakk! 

Having said that all but one of my children love tea! - each to their own! 

Anyone got one of these? I have 

Hiya Slimmy. Yes I know it is. It's also the sparkling stuff I drink too