What is the default tea flavor in your country?

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1. I think there is no real default in Germany.

   Except in East Frisia, where the default is Ostfrisentee, a mix of different black tea variants. They also drink a lot more tea around there than the average German.

2. In the Netherlands it is Ceylon. Luckily, we have more flavours than that. Only if you don’t ask, you get Ceylon.

3. Ceylon/Assam mix. Fancy people serve you Darjeeling. If you want herbal tea, you have to annouce it. Most people have peppermint, chamomile, and rose hip tea somewhere in the depths of their cupboards. Green tea, Roiboos and ginger are also somewhat popular.

4. At the coffee maker in Swedish offices there’s often: Earl Grey, English breakfast, Black currant and generic green tea to chose from. Mostly from either Twinings or Lipton.

5. “Breakfast tea” (a blend of black teas from Assam, Ceylon and Kenya) with milk and (often) sugar.

6. Mușețel (AKA Romaniță)!

   Which, in English, is called Chamomile.

   https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%C8%99e%C8%9Bel

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamomile

7. In Ireland the default is Black Tea, we are only second to Turkey in the amount of tea consumed.

   Either:

   Lyons: [https://www.lyonstea.ie/](https://www.lyonstea.ie/)

   Or

   Barrys: [https://www.barrystea.ie/](https://www.barrystea.ie/)

8. For me it’s black tea (Ceylon, Assam, Darjeeling, Earl Grey), but generally fruit teas are quite popular in Germany. If someone offers you tea and you say yes, they will probably ask you what flavour you want.

9. Some sort of black tra, probably – Earl Grey, English breakfast, or something like that

10. Mint or Cammomile, I am not pretty sure, but one of them certainly is!

11. For Poland it always is black tea with lemon and sugar (honey if you’re lucky) or a home-made fruity syrup.

12. Chamomile, probably.

    In Spain Linden tea is also very popular (I don’t find it to be as popular in Portugal).

    I’m not a tea drinker, but that’s what people order the most at the hotel where I work.

13. The Faroe Islands is a weird one here.
    All our imports come through Denmark, but due to the British occupation in WW2 our taste in tea, chocolate and biscuits have been heavily influenced by the British. And it is still going on till this day.
    We drink Typhoo tea, eat Cadbury’s chocolate, Viscount biscuits and Digestives.
    Perhaps the Danes on here can correct me, but I don’t think any of those are in the Danish supermarkets.

    Also, we use Maggi a lot, but that is probably even harder to come by, because it often comes with Polish labeling.

14. In Poland mostly black tea, but that depends on household. I have different types of tea, for example.

15. They seem to like berry and fruity flavorings here.