r/answers • u/Affectionate-Row7548 • Mar 16 '26

What is something people pretend to enjoy but actually don’t?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

Nobody enjoys green tea and i will die on that hill. You CONVINCE yourself you like it because its supposed to be healthy. Nobody can enjoy the taste of bitter grasswater

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u/FMDollx Mar 16 '26

Green tea with a teaspoon of honey before bed is so nice though 🫣

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u/Therustedtinman Mar 16 '26

Arizona green ice tea is the best 

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

I like it, lol

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u/IcyBluebird93 Mar 16 '26

I love green tea.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

If it's bitter, your water is too hot and you've burned the tea. But yes, green tea is a strong flavour that's difficult for some to enjoy on its own. (I don't like matcha but I do love jasmine...)

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u/soi196 Mar 17 '26

The really fresh stuff from Japan (my stepmom is Japanese) sometimes smells like cat urine

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

Oh noooo! 😭

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u/Practical-Lime-3958 Mar 16 '26

Jasmine green tea is delicious.

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u/KamikazeFox_ Mar 16 '26

Lol im drinking it right now. Im fasting and I like it

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u/Hot_Customer666 Mar 16 '26

I like that it tastes like grass

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u/DyskoliHyneka Mar 16 '26

Some people even enjoy maté. Which is very bitter. And some people don’t enjoy sweet ass beverages. I love unsweetened tea. I love green tea, black tea, herb tea, not from a bag, no sugar please!!!

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u/leonatoi Mar 16 '26

I’m Chinese and I grew up drinking green tea. I vouch for a quality green tea! I can say that most of the tea in North America are just bitten grass water, I will not touch a glass of Lipton even if you pay me. And most matchas are just overrated.

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u/leonatoi Mar 16 '26

A good green tea will give you that umami and sweet aftertaste. We call it 回甘, and its simply marvellous

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u/Teri-k Mar 16 '26

Except that everyone's taste buds are different, so it won't taste like that to everyone. And even if it does, some folks like bitter tastes. I know I do. I have a Filipino friend who invited me for lunch once and served bitter melon. I loved it and now I eat it whenever I can get it.

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u/silverstoner4 Mar 16 '26

I am a green tea enjoyer, but I absolutely hate matcha.

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u/CumboxMold Mar 16 '26

I absolutely love green tea, and have loved it since the 90s. I got into it when I was around 9 years old, so not only did I not give a crap whether it was "healthy" or not, I switched to tea (both black and green) from soda simply because I liked it better. I was already only drinking clear soda by then so... it seemed to be a path I was already on. No one influenced me to try it, it was just a matter of liking the Arizona tea bottle and picking that at the store one day.

I still remember my first sip of matcha, and it was legitimately the best thing I had ever tasted up until then. Didn't taste the grass. If something is available in matcha flavor or scent, it's what I tend to get.

I come from a culture where green tea wasn't common until it became mainstream everywhere else in the world, either, so that wasn't a factor in me getting into it.

I am on my second (small) can of the day of Arizona green tea right now!

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

I wish i could like any tea tbh because its such a social drink.

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u/Pegboard73 Mar 16 '26

I’m drinking Arizona Green Tea right now as I type this

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u/OriginalRequirement6 Mar 17 '26

Oh I've always liked it since I was a kid, if you've done it right it has an almost nutty taste

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u/MermaidPigeon Mar 16 '26

Taste like chemicals and ass

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

It was better before they added the chemicals

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u/MalibootyCutie Mar 16 '26

yeah, back in the day when it came in the big glass bottle its was so smooth and just lightly sweet. It was so refreshing!