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If you have been reading our blog regularly, you already know a lot about tea. But, how much do you know about tea lovers? We dared to generalize a bit and had quite a lot of fun doing it. Do you want to know what type of tea lover you are?

Level 1: Tea? I drink tea only with alcohol

This type of tea lover tries to deny the existence of tea by all means – unless it contains alcohol. They generally have no idea on the types of tea that exist, and believe all teas taste the same – unless added a bit of rum or whiskey into a cup. If you are a level 6 tea lover, they are very unlikely to become your true friends. In fact, they cannot even be called tea lovers.

Level 2: I drink tea only when I'm unwell.

This type of tea lover is not a tea lover as well. They explore different fruit blends only when they are down with a cold – usually in teabags – when they cannot even feel much of a taste. But, every teabag will taste right with an adequate amount of honey and lemon.

Level 3: I love tea! I have dozens of different teabags at home.

Now things are finally starting to heat up a bit. This type of tea lover is ready to explore different teas. They usually collect teabags and want to try every possible type of tea they can find in a supermarket. They are still unaware of loose leaf tea, but are definitely on the right way to the throne.

Level 4: Tea in teabag sucks. Now give me that cherry loose leaf tea blend!

This type of tea lover is a bit higher on evolution scale. If we imagine that the world started from one single molecule, then they would be close to Homo Erectus – they are quite skilled at finding all sorts of flavored loose leaf tea and even trying pure teas as well. They are on a good way to completely enjoy what the world of tea has to offer.

Level 4a: If it's not organic, I'm not interested.

This is only a sub-level as this is a point where most tea lovers try to choose a healthier option – organic tea.

Level 5: Flavored tea? No, thanks.

At this point we can start talking about serious tea drinking. This type of tea drinker will refuse anything that has added flavors, fruits, herbs, or anything that's not made from Camellia sinensis. Their knowledge is quite wide and they are searching for the best teas on the market. They drink at least a few cups per day.

Level 6: I drink only Shandong green tea and Da Hong Pao from the mother tree cuttings.

Remember our topic on tea snobism? This type of tea drinker is a tea snob as well. They like to brag about all types of teas they had a chance to try and like to go an extra mile to get them. For them, tea is life. They always use original tea names.

"Only pure loose leaf tea for me, please." (Image source: Tea Chronicles ©)

Level 7: Just give me tea please.

Evolution has come to an end. After going through most of previously mentioned steps, this type of tea drinker doesn't really care what he or she is drinking, as long as it's tea. They don't avoid flavored teas as long as they give them as much pleasure as pure teas. They mostly drink only tea and their knowledge is extremely wide. They respect all tea drinkers and like to share their tea passion in an unobtrusive way.

Remember, every tea drinker started at level 1 or 2 and went through all these steps. So, be friendly and kind to all tea drinkers, especially if you are at level 5.