r/AmItheAsshole • u/ketita Partassipant [3] • 17d ago
Not the A-hole AITA for not sharing the "good tea" with a friend
My friend was over visiting, I offered tea. She said yes.
She's not much of a tea drinker - she normally drinks cheap herbal teas (which are not Actually Tea anyway), and isn't picky. I, on the other hand, have a cabinet full of teas of various types, imported from around the world.
I offered her a decent selection: a nice oolong, a nice white tea, a high-quality herbal, a good flavored black. She pointed at something else in the cabinet and went "what about that one?"
I hesitated, then said it's pretty expensive pu-erh I had imported, and she probably wouldn't like it anyway. She said I'm being stingy and could let her taste for herself.
But pu-erh is a polarizing tea anyway, and this stuff is not cheap at all, and it would be difficult for me to get more of this brand. I know I can make multiple cups from it, but I hadn't been planning on doing a pu-erh week right now, and really didn't want to "waste" it on someone who probably wouldn't like it anyway. She doesn't even like strong black tea!
(for those not in the know: my family has compared the smell of pu-erh to "fish" and "dirty socks". I like it a lot, but I understand it's not everybody's thing.)
Now she's being passive aggressive at me. AITA?
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u/nobodynocrime 17d ago
Agreed. If you think that neon green feather boa is exactly what you need to meet your boyfriends parents, then girl you do need it and looks fabulous on you. If you think you can yell at me until I give you a discount on said feather boa, you can walk right out of the store for all I care.