In a three-year-old thread posted on the r/tea subreddit, user u/VerdantAquarist inquired about ordering tea at a café. “I’ve been traveling the last few weeks in places with very coffee centered cultures" — like the Portugal and the Balkans, including, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro — they wrote. “Despite this I can’t go without my cuppa tea when out to a coffeeshop or café. I’ve discovered, or at least come to terms with, two truths when in places where most people don’t drink tea.”
The user went on to state that, in their opinion, it’s not worth ordering green tea because it’s “either just really bad” if it’s served bagged or “very stale and almost flavorless” if served loose. On the off-chance that they do order loose-leaf green tea, they request that the leaves be placed on the side: “This is usually when I get a green, so they don’t just pour scalding water on it, but it’s useful also with black teas, so you have an idea for how long they’ve steeped.”
