Tea

[Koga No Goshi]

are you sure you're supposed to do it twice? I've seen ppl tap three times

Whatever you do, don't do it once. I don't know what it would mean, but I don't want you announcing somebody died by accident or something.

[Yoyoma1910]

The history of the Tea and Sugar trades are very much intertwined. They both hit European mass markets at almost the same time.

The reason you don't put sugar in your tea is probably more related to the difficulty you would have had in getting it during WW2 than some "ancient cultural tradition," as you seem to make it sound. And the reason Americans do put sugar in their tea is probably attributed to the fact that we grow it here. We grow a lot of it here.

It's the same reason New Orleanians put roasted chicory in their coffee. We had trouble getting coffee beans during the civil war. Quite frankly, its rather bitter, but sometimes desirable.

[Koga No Goshi]

The history of the Tea and Sugar trades are very much intertwined. They both hit European mass markets at almost the same time.

The reason you don't put sugar in your tea is probably more related to the difficulty you would have had in getting it during WW2 than some "ancient cultural tradition," as you seem to make it sound. And the reason Americans do put sugar in their tea is probably attributed to the fact that we grow it here. We grow a lot of it here.

It's the same reason New Orleanians put roasted chicory in their coffee. We had trouble getting coffee beans during the civil war. Quite frankly, its rather bitter, but sometimes desirable.

I don't think modern Japanese or Chinese have any difficulty at all having sugar on hand. But they still don't put it in their tea.

[Legosoldier]

I don't think modern Japanese or Chinese have any difficulty at all having sugar on hand. But they still don't put it in their tea.

Most likely because they never really used pure sugar at all in the Chinese culture...