question for those who don't drink tea or coffee

[RaspberryK]

My mil would buy milk in for us if she didn't normally have it, I buy decaf and fruit or herbal tea for her that I don't, or rarely drink because I know she likes it and caffeine doesn't agree with her.
It's just second nature to me to offer a hot drink to guests.
We hardly ever have fizzy drinks or alcohol in the house but if we were expecting guests then we might get something.
Xx

 

[babyjan]

I don't drink tea or coffee but OH drinks coffee so I get it for him if I'm shopping, I did once get a box of pg tips for when I had guest coming over but that was only needed for the one time and I ended up chucking it away a the other day, one year after guest came cause no one to drink it lol x

 

[Tasha]

We dont drink hot drinks and dont have it in, no one drinks it, so no point x

 

[babyv13]

we don't drink normal tea but have teabags for guests. they have to have it with almond milk though because we don't drink cows milk, I wouldn't/don't buy milk in for guests.

 

[R_x]

We have it in for guests x

 

[wishuwerehere]

We drink A LOT of tea/fruit tea/coffee in our house and wider extended family but there is one particular type of tea my mum drinks and we keep a box in just for her. I would personally be embarrassed if i didn't drink tea/coffee not to at least be able to offer a brew to someone eg a builder visiting our home.
I do agree that if she insists on a specific brand then you are totally justified in asking her to buy her own.

 

[Equreuil]

TBH, it seems a little rude of her to expect it, especially since you don't buy branded items for yourselves. Also, the not buying milk thing is a bit different as it goes bad a lot faster than coffee or tea.

If she comes around regularly, I second the suggestion of asking her if she'd get a container of it herself to leave at your place.

Personally, I'm more than willing to offer someone a beverage from what I do have in the house, but I can't afford to buy extra to keep just for guests. Aside from that, I don't even own a coffee machine, so there's that, as well.

 

[wishuwerehere]

^^ you don't need a coffee machine to make a cup of instant! A jar of supermarket own instant is about £1.50, if you don't drink it it will last for ages so it's hardly breaking the bank...

 

[Bex84]

We have tea and some of the coffee my mum likes but it lasts ages as we dont drink it and we visit family more than they visit us. So i do just check dates lol or they do mostly sit there. We drink water mostly and i do have to remember when certain people come over to buy squash. Especially toddler visitors as alot only have squash fruit drink where as my lo always just has water

 

[Wriggley]

^^ you don't need a coffee machine to make a cup of instant! A jar of supermarket own instant is about £1.50, if you don't drink it it will last for ages so it's hardly breaking the bank...

She won't drink super market own brand I have brought that in the past and it went to waste because she wouldn't drink it she brought her own round

She comes to our house about once a month as she don't drive so we go to her every other weekend and we go to my mums the opposite weekends

 

[hayz_baby]

We have it in.. Sometimes my oh drinks tea but that's only occasionally.. I only drink tea when hungover.. But yeah we always have it in for guests as I always think it's polite to offer tea and coffee. It does get used though.. But it isn't branded.. If someone told me to buy a certain brand if ask them for the money tbh! It's rude to complain about the drink offered though! (At least in my book)

I'm a fizzy drinker.. We always have in! When ima guest I ask for water.. I'm perfectly happy drinking water!