I was raised in Asia so I can not remember a time I didn't drink tea.
As a westerner being raised in Asia I never found Asian culture or tea
culture "odd" it was just part of everyday life. Culture shock came
when I came back to the States at 14 being most Asian in habit to find
a whole country of backward, coffee drinking barbarians!LOL j/king. But
seriously there was a cultural adjustment and now im my 40's I find
myself with one foot in the east and one in the west. I am pleased that
30 years later cultural views are becoming more accepting of each
other. I am also pleased that tea culture has grown and continues to
grow in the west.