Trade your double-double for a relaxing cup of tea
When she graduated from college in 1981, Jan Tyson made a bold move that would change her life.
I taught myself to drink tea, she said. Because I figured I was an adult then, and I needed a hot beverage. I like the smell of coffee grounds, and I dont mind the smell of it being brewed. But its too bitter for me, and I didnt want to have to put cream or sugar in it. I tried it several times, and I dont like it, I thought, Ill drink tea.
Not easy.
Our nation was founded on tea. It was the drink of the British settlers, so essential that taxes on it led to the Boston Tea Party. But now, the country runs on coffee.
Shoppers barrel through Wegmans with their lattes by their side. Cars line up at Dunkin Donuts and Tim Hortons. Buffalo, home to descendants of immigrants from Germany, Poland and Italy, is especially coffee-centric.
Whats a tea drinker to do?
Jan Ferington, who like Tyson is a tea drinker, admits she sometimes feels out in the cold.
When youre sitting around the table, and they come around with the coffee pot, its kind of weird, explained Ferington, who is co-host, with restaurateur Russell Salvatore, of Channel 7s Come Dine With Me.
People say, You dont drink coffee? she lamented. Its just such a universal thing.
Tyson lives in the genteel village of Kenmore and works for the Presbyterian Church, a denomination that, with its Scottish origins, must be home to more than a few tea drinkers. But she, too, often feels marginalized.
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Trade your double-double for a relaxing cup of tea