Mixed with coffee and chocolate. Trust me, it works quite well. Unless you use too much of something, in which case it's your own silly fault.

Or, for that matter, Coffee. I don't like the taste of it, even though the smell of Coffee is pretty good. I had really good Chai tea once at a tea shop, but it was loaded with cream, sugar, and other cavity-inducing gunk, so I couldn't really tell what the Chai actually tasted like. Then I had this pear-lemon-honey tea when I had a cold and it was absolutely nasty, even though my parents suggested it to me and said it was good. (Now that I think of it, I've probably got only myself to blame for that nauseating experience because I didn't add any cream or sugar to the tea and drank it straight from the cup. Yuck.) Instead of coffee and tea, I drink hot cocoa. I can't get enough of that drink. Chocolaty and creamy hot cocoa with a handful of marshmallows thrown in and I'm completely happy.

...an assortment of green and black teas (though not at the same time), brewed dark enough to taste and without any milk or sugar. Earl Grey is always good, of course, and so is Darjeeling, and I have yet to taste a white tea I haven't liked.

I'm not exactly a connoisseur, though, so I'll pretty much try anything.

Chai, the kind you buy already brewed, with just a teeny bit of soymilk.

One bag vanilla, one bag peach, with a spoon of sugar.

Two bags of green, straight up. Sometimes with honey or agave.

I couldn't resist using the Star Trek reference, sorry...although Earl Grey is indeed one of my favorites. I have a particular brand of Earl Grey that has double bergamot, and is made of pure awesome.

I like most black teas, and also Chai. Although I don't take Chai with milk OR sugar. I drink it black. But that's partly because I'm too lazy to get milk and sugar to store in my dorm room. And then an assortment of herbals.

I never use lemon, I find the combination of bitter and sour to be unappetizing. I'll use honey if I have a sore throat, and milk when I feel like it.

Either Panyang Congu, mint tea, or Earl Grey (and a couple of times I had something called Paris which was really sweet and sort of exotic and I loved it, but the box was almost empty and ran out really fast). Either I throw a couple spoonfuls in a strainer or toss in a teabag, stew for three minutes, and throw in an ungodly amount of sugar and some milk. Way more milk in the mornings so it becomes cool enough to drink in time for me to actually drink it. (Incidentally, I make it by the moderate-size mug, not the pot, so it comes out pretty strong.)

Random depressing sidenote - Earl Grey tea reminds me of my deceased grandmother more than anything else on Earth. The odd part being I never had a clue she made Earl Grey at the family teas until I took a sip of it as a teenager and recognized the flavor. I guess taste really is an evocative sense.

Ouch. I feel your pain. Personally, I like a weak tea (two bags), left to steep for about thirty minutes in extriemly hot water (to make it strong), plenty of sugar (though honey is preferable), and then enjoyed at a leisurely pace (usually with a good book or peridocial).

I'm actually an Nescafe coffee fan, myself: 1 teaspoon of the granules, a splash of milk, and 3 to 6 spoons of sugar to taste, sometimes more.

I don't think I've had tea since I was 7 or 8. I'd asked for coffee, but some silly nut didn't hear right and gave me tea instead. Anyways, I was a little traumatized and haven't been able to have it since, although I will try it one day!

When I say Earl Grey, you say yes please!
Earl Grey!
Yes please!
Earl Grey!
Yes please!
I enjoy chai too. With a bit of the old moloko... aagh! No! Bad Maudlin! No quoting!
And sugar. I'm one of the few people I know who can actually have sugar.
Of course, my teeth are tannin-stained like really stained things, but it's worth it.

I take them with lots of tea and sugar, and perferably with caramel or chocolate.

Earl Grey: Black, no sugar, slice of lemon.
Breakfast tea: Milky, two sugars and cornflakes (not in the tea)
Green Tea: just tea leaves and water.
Peppermint tea: With a little bit of honey
Decaffeinated tea: Do not drink, it is of the Devil!

I'm mostly a juice/water guy.

When I do have tea, i like it with a fair amount of milk and sugar. I haven't drank enough to really like certain types, but then I rarely have that kind of opinion on any kind of food. I like pretty much everything.

I just don't like Tapioca balls in my tea.

Aaah the joy of Tea (and the joy of the PPC board, where such randomness is celebrated).

I adore black tea with rose petals, slightly sweetened with honey and plenty of cream. However for most of my tea drinking needs I have plain old bog standard tea bags (branded or non-branded, I'm not fussy) quite weak with a lot of milk.

This is in total contrast to my coffee!

I like to think I am a budding connoisseur of tea. I'll try anything once, and if I like it I'll drink it any which way I feel like, depending on the day. Sometimes I'm in a straight-black mood, sometimes a milk-and-sugar mood. However, there are a few things I do consistently:

Chai must be strong, sweet enough to heighten the flavors, and milky, generally about 3/4 water to 1/4 whole milk. A barely-rounded teaspoon of sugar goes in with the teabag (only one, so as to conserve), then water; steep about five minutes, then add milk.

I will drink green tea straight if plain, but if it is flavored, it must have honey--generally about half a teaspoon. Plain sugar just doesn't work as well with green tea.

Earl Grey is my favorite black tea. There is no wrong way to drink Earl Grey as long as it's strong and you can smell the bergamot in the next room.

I prefer the simpler blends of chai, with a few potent, well-balanced ingredients, and no anise. I believe the essentials are cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, clove, and possibly allspice.

My mug is about 10 oz, I think, and it DOES get washed due to the variety of things that get put in it.

The only thing I really don't like is Rooibos. I keep trying it, but I keep coming away disappointed.

~Neshomeh

Earl Grey, preferably with vast quantities of sugar

I generally like a lot of teas (except those of certain brands- I'm looking at you, Lipton). For some reason, I can't really stand anything in my tea, especially sugar. The more bitter, the better. :D I've also taken a liking to herbal teas...

I drink regular black tea with milk and sugar. My mother is constantly telling me that I shouldn't put sugar in as it will rot my teeth. But I do anyway :)

Bad chai is often worse than no chai at all.

Chai's definitely my favorite-- nice and strong (sometimes if I had to buy the weak stuff, I'll throw in a black tea bag, which kind of gives it at least a little strength), with just a little bit of honey, and just enough milk/soy-milk/almond milk (if I am being fiscally irresponsible and currently valuing tea over food, which happens more often than it should) to make it caramel-coloured.

Green tea is good, too, with lemon especially, and black tea if we've got any milkstuffs. I can't drink that stuff black, even with an ungodly amount of sugar. Guh. When there's no milkstuffs around, herbal teas are good-- ginger especially (made my first mug of fresh ginger tea the other day, absolutely amazing), or mint. Tazo makes three different mint teas that I can think of, all quite good if you can find them marked down.

As for tea substitute? I used to steer clear of coffee 'cos of the whole fair-trade thing (as in, affordable coffee is morally objectionable, and good coffee is too expensive), but since I got a job at a little soup restaurant and am allowed one meal per five hour shift, I allow myself a Starbucks mocha before work (they're just across the plaza). It's quite good!

...Mmmm, tea. Think I'll go make some. >_>

After over twenty years of asking my parents still don't seem to remember that I don't drink coffee. They claim they ask on the off-chance that I have begun drinking coffee since they last saw me. Which is fair enough, but then why ask me on Saterday after know whether I drink coffee and again in the evening of that same day?

I'm a tea drinker. Meanwhile green tea with a touch of lemon these days. Used to drink lots of Earl grey. Washed my mug about once a three month period. Usually shortly after someone asked me why I put a tea bag in my coffee.

Instant coffee made with five spoons of sugar, three spoons of coffee and three-quarters milk to one quarter boiling water.

50% coke, 50% raspberry syrup.

Lemonade with a scoop of vanilla icecream (known locally as a spider drink because a restaurant chain here, about fifteen years ago, ran a promotion involving this drink with a plastic spider toy in it).

Water. Preferably hard. Or alternatively bore water with that distinctive composty aftertaste (I grew up on it. It's the unmistakeable taste of the soil of home).

I keep a teapot, strainer and several tins of tea leaves on my desk at work. Lately, I've started drinking Russian Caravan tea, no milk, with lots of sugar, to get the mixed smoky and sweet flavours.

Strong, black, normal tea. We're on PG Tips at the moment, cos there was no Tetley's on cheap.

Pint-and-a-half mug. (Which never gets washed, because the limescale scum and the crust adds flavour.)

Teabag first, then water. Leave to stew for at least the duration of a fag. (Roll, not straight. Ie at least seven minutes.)

A decent splash of milk, so it's the colour of a rich tea biscuit (NOT a digestive).

No sugar.

And since I'm lazy and the kettle's downstairs and it takes twenty minutes to brew in a cup that size, we just throw in teabag, hot water, stir, milk, and leave the bag in. By the time it's cool enough to drink (ie in fifteen minutes) it's brewed properly.

I do enjoy my chai. I take it as strong and spicy as possible. Also, fairly sweet and with enough milk to turn it a pleasant caramel color.

I also like fruit teas. I take those with nothing but sugar, and plenty of that.

I have a tendency to experiment with mixing different teas together. Fruit and chai actually works rather well in a couple of circumstances.