cup of tea

American  

noun

1. a task, topic, person, or object well-suited to a person's experience, taste, or liking.

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Etymology

Origin of cup of tea

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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cup of tea

For matcha fans, the drink contains more caffeine than a cup of tea but less than a regular coffee.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Of Cooper and Franklyn’s pitch, he recalled thinking: “This is different. It’s not my cup of tea but I know I haven’t seen it before. Let’s give it a shot.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

“Doing those songs on tour was really hard,” Beatty says over a cup of tea on a recent afternoon at a Silver Lake diner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Of course, if soft-boiled eggs aren’t your cup of tea, you can always make them hard-boiled.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

I hurried back to Erickson’s Hotel, asked for a cup of tea to take to my room, and wrote letters until supper at six.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson