12 Signs You Are A Die Hard Tea Lover

'Coffee or tea?' is not just a metaphorical question for most of us. Most people have very strong likes and dislikes when it comes to picking their favourite beverage. Tea drinkers find coffee bland and coffee drinkers think tea is so overrated; the battle just pursues. There are some very typical signs that you are a tea lover.

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Tea drinkers have an unique personality. This is especially true in case of Indians. After all, tea drinkers in India are more in number. Chai is India's favourite beverage and thus, we never miss the signs that you are a die hard tea lover. Even within India, tea is more popular in the North. Southern India is mainly comprised of coffee drinkers.

The battle of tea drinkers vs coffee drinkers always pursues. Coffee lovers win in terms of sheer numbers all over the world. However, tea drinkers have a loyal and substantial standing of their own. If you are a tea lover, your personality will betray your tastes for sure.

Check out these signs that show you are a tea lover for sure.

You miss most of the coffee related puns

When your girlfriend says 'want to come up for coffee?' in a seductive tone, you say, 'No actually I prefer tea'. And there goes your chance of a night cap.

You brag about the health benefits of tea

The biggest debate between tea drinkers and coffee drinkers is the health issue. Tea is not exactly a very healthy beverage but you tell anyone who is listening that it has more antioxidants than coffee and less caffeine.

You can tell the difference between tea leaves and tea powder

You can actually differentiate between the taste of tea liqueur that you made from tea leaves and tea powder. And you stock both because you sometimes like to mix things up.

You love going to hill stations

And whenever you are at a hill station, you raid the tea plantations for different kinds of tea leaves.

You are the only one who orders tea at 'Coffee Shops'

You are probably the only one who can walk into a coffee shop and order tea. And if it is not available, you order iced tea just to be loyal to your favourite beverage.

You find the word 'cafes' inane

As if people who are tea lovers have no right to have snack with their favourite beverage. Why do coffee drinkers have so much more representation in popular culture?

You hate 'coffee' centric phrases

So when your boss tells you to 'smell some coffee and get to work' you are doubly pissed off.

You get withdrawal symptoms from tea

If you do not get your cup of steaming hot chai is the morning, you behave like an addict who is on rehab. You snap at everyone and most certainly come down with an incurable headache.

Your bowel movements are totally dependent on tea

The signs you are tea lover become obvious when you get constipated without tea. For most people, tea is a trigger that makes their morning bowel movements easier.

If you are a smoker, then your smokes never kick in without tea

Most people are well aware of the 'chai and sutta' combo. If the West has coffee and cigarettes, we Indians have 'chai and sutta'.

You use tea as a medication

Tea can most certainly cure coughs, colds, headaches and migraine attacks. It has magical properties that only you know about.

There are different type of tea for different purpose

Green tea makes you healthy by flushing out toxins and making you lose weight. Hibiscus tea is for good hair. And ginger tea is to cure coughs and cold.The list can go on forever.