Daily is dependent on time of year for me. I tend to not like hot beverages during warm whether, with the minor exception of coffee with deserts and I still let the coffee cool some.

That being said, I'm having a cup of earl grey as I'm scrolling lemmy right now, and I have a cup almost every day during cooler weather. It is, however, a recent thing. I never liked hot teas, but I have a thing where I retry things I don't like (but not things I hate) every now and then because I discovered that my tastes can change without any attempt at making it happen.

Last winter, I decided to try some of my wife's hot tea, which she does drink every day, all year round.

I found that I found it less meh than I used to, so I tried some other types she had around. I discovered that, while I'm particular about how I like specific teas, I very much enjoy hot tea in general now.

Before, green tea was the only one I would choose to drink hot, and only at Japanese restaurants.

Now, I prefer Earl Grey, it's my favorite tea. I take it with a single sugar and splash of milk. Not cream, milk

I also very much enjoy English and Irish breakfast teas single sugar, splash of lemon.

Other teas vary, but lag behind those in how often I would pick them instead of those. And, I tend to always want a single sugar, no matter the type. Green tea I drink either plain, or with a few drops of honey, but no sugar.

I tend not to like flavored teas as much, though I can tolerate them if I want a hot drink and there's nothing else.

I'm not too picky about preparation. If I'm really wanting to savor a special tea, I boil the water separate, use filtered water only, carefully time the steep, and such. But for day to day drinking, I'm using a microwave. 2 minutes thirty, with the bag in, and the little bit of flavor that's lost is not a problem to me. But I wouldn't do that with loose tea at all, even with reusable bags. If I'm reaching for loose tea, I want every bit of flavor and scent, so it's precise.

But even with the fancy teas, I'm not sweating how the water is heated at all, and I'm not fanatical enough to worry about seconds of steep time.