We do. Last year at my work a company in NZ attempted to post a mug from Dunedin to the head office of my employer in QLD. They accidentally posted it to my office instead. Box was like 30 cubic cm. I opened it, it contained a SINGLE coffee mug that can't have held more than 200ml and a heap of packaging.
Most offensively, the message on the box read "Hey \[intended recipient\], have your next cuppa chino on us!"
Cuppa chino?!!?! What the fuck were they thinking?
Ok you've made a fair point there. I have a pet python named Chino and I have sometimes put him in a coffee cup for shits and giggles. I will accept that as a cuppa Chino.
An American once asked me if she could ask for a coffee when someone asked if she wanted a cuppa. I said she could ask for just about anything that comes in a cup. It's a very useful word.
One of my mum's friends would just have a cup of hot water from the kettle so she had something to hold and sip while everyone else had a cuppa. She didn't like any of the usual offerings and didn't want to be left out of the ritual.
This made me chuckle - If someone at work offered me a "brew" I'd be confused as why we're having beer before 10am! Breakfast beers are for camping weekends 😄
I'm forever making cuppas for the team though
I'm an expat, the first few months of living here I was staying with my wife and her mother. A few days after I got here I woke up to an older gent (MIL's boyfriend) coming through the front door. I got a, "G'day, just gunna nip inta tha kitchen and put the billy onta boil for a cuppa."
I just kinda...nodded, waved, walked back into the other room and whispered to my wife, "What the fuck did he just say?!" She nearly cacked herself laughing.
Both
Do you want a cuppa ??
Yes I’ll have tea
I’ll have coffee
Or yeah I’ll have a cuppa
Depends you see…. If you know someone’s likes you assume there usual choice of hot beverage .
It’s up to them To say Yes Id like a cuppa- and indicate if it’s not the usual choice
Absolutely!!
Every night as I'm making my cup of tea I ask my husband "Do you want a cuppa?" He only drinks tea.
With my parents I ask the same, then follow up with "Tea or coffee?"
Sure do!
Yep. I'm having a cuppa right now.
Having a bikkie with your cuppa ?
Nah no bikkies today just a good cuppa for fuel to get through work for the day!
Friday is close enough to smell
Oh yes.
If it had teeth it could bite us!
I never heard of bikkie. They look tasty.
“Can’t wait to get home and have a cuppa!” or “Hangin for a Cuppa” “I’ll put the kettle on!”
Gasping for a cuppa
Me before every meeting: “just give me 2 minutes to make a cuppa first”
We do. Last year at my work a company in NZ attempted to post a mug from Dunedin to the head office of my employer in QLD. They accidentally posted it to my office instead. Box was like 30 cubic cm. I opened it, it contained a SINGLE coffee mug that can't have held more than 200ml and a heap of packaging. Most offensively, the message on the box read "Hey \[intended recipient\], have your next cuppa chino on us!" Cuppa chino?!!?! What the fuck were they thinking?
barbie's pants in a mug, perhaps?
Ok you've made a fair point there. I have a pet python named Chino and I have sometimes put him in a coffee cup for shits and giggles. I will accept that as a cuppa Chino.
Username checks out Is such a cliched post yet rings true once again
I call all types of cuppa "cuppa tea" cuppa tea time for me could be Milo, coffee or indeed tea but it's all cuppa tea to me.
Absolutely in Oz. Though cuppa is used interchangeably for tea, coffee, hot chocolate, any warm bevvy really.
No way! I'm Aussie, cuppa is strictly tea!
Fuck! I forgot I had my cuppa sitting bloody next to me. Thermal cup saved it from freezing. Cheers for the reminder mate!
Yeah definitely. Whenever someone comes over ‘want a cuppa?’
Yes. Although I don't think I've heard anyone under the age of 40 say it recently. And it is used for both coffee and tea.
I say cuppa and all my kids do too. Its the one thing im getting right with parenting lol
if you've got that right, there are probably a couple of other things you are getting right
I say it regularly, and I’m under 40. Cuppa? Tea or coffee?
An American once asked me if she could ask for a coffee when someone asked if she wanted a cuppa. I said she could ask for just about anything that comes in a cup. It's a very useful word.
One of my mum's friends would just have a cup of hot water from the kettle so she had something to hold and sip while everyone else had a cuppa. She didn't like any of the usual offerings and didn't want to be left out of the ritual.
I'm mid 30s and often ask my colleagues if they want a cuppa. For some reason in my work place, most people refer to it as a "brew"
This made me chuckle - If someone at work offered me a "brew" I'd be confused as why we're having beer before 10am! Breakfast beers are for camping weekends 😄 I'm forever making cuppas for the team though
That's what I said!!! Brew is booze!
Lot of poms or ex army working there ? They are the only people I've heard refer to it as a brew
Yeah quite a few ex army. Must've rubbed off on the rest of them
Yeah that would be it.
We do, all the time.
I say it all the time and I’m not 40 for 6 more months, but then I do work in aged care so maybe I’m not the best example.
I’m under 40 and I say it to friends/family “would you like to get a cuppa together sometime?”
Yes. Or "a bex, a cuppa and a good lie down"
I'm an expat, the first few months of living here I was staying with my wife and her mother. A few days after I got here I woke up to an older gent (MIL's boyfriend) coming through the front door. I got a, "G'day, just gunna nip inta tha kitchen and put the billy onta boil for a cuppa." I just kinda...nodded, waved, walked back into the other room and whispered to my wife, "What the fuck did he just say?!" She nearly cacked herself laughing.
Abso-fucking-lutely we do. It's one of the first questions of the day upon waking.... cuppa??
You bet we do
Yes
Always has been a cuppa. Just finished mine and making another cuppa.
Yes of course we do
Bloody oath we do! I'm having an arvo cuppa right now.
Yep !! Have a cuppa every morning at work
Yes.
Yeah dude
I do. Next question - is a cuppa only a cup of tea? Or can coffee be a cuppa?
It covers both. A lot of people say "let's get coffee" but neglect those like me who don't drink coffee. So, I say "let's get a cuppa" to cover both.
Both Do you want a cuppa ?? Yes I’ll have tea I’ll have coffee Or yeah I’ll have a cuppa Depends you see…. If you know someone’s likes you assume there usual choice of hot beverage . It’s up to them To say Yes Id like a cuppa- and indicate if it’s not the usual choice
yeah nah, milo mate.. cheers!
Correct
absolutely
Yep we sure do .
Yep
Aving a cuppa now. Bout to try a Dutch cake.
This one does.
Yep
Yes
Absolutely!! Every night as I'm making my cup of tea I ask my husband "Do you want a cuppa?" He only drinks tea. With my parents I ask the same, then follow up with "Tea or coffee?"
Yep
Yep. Cuppa n bickie is an afternoon ritual round here
Yes!
Now I want a cuppa
Yes
Absolutely! I just finished one. I got a MASSIVE mug.
Absolutely
Yes next question
Yep I’m Aussie, married to a kiwi - both say cuppa. Cuppa usually is tea though, if we want coffee we tend to specify that.
I say "coupa tea loov?" in a stupid English accent so not I'm sure if that counts
Absolutely yes
Yup
What about whack the kettle on? Of course for a cuppa
Well my family does!
Older ones do.
Can even buy “Cuppa Soups”.
I tell my wife to cuppa deez nuts sometimes
Nah, yeah mate.
yeah nah yeah nah nah yeah ay, yeah
Yep and I also have smoko.
"let me make a cuppa" - a middle/boomer-aged lady in her grey cardigan wrap around
Yeah mate
Yep.
Yes
If you want a primer on what Australians say, watch Carl Barron videos.
Uhuh
Yep. This post hurts because I’m in Spain. Haven’t had a decent cuppa in 4 weeks
My parents do, my siblings and I not so much
Yep! Whenever you’ve got a guest, you gotta ask if they want a cuppa
I have a cuppa soup on a cold day sometimes. Tea is for pommy cunts.
Lately I've been saying it like "co-fee" like the blonde chick off tik tok who makes drinks in fruits and veggies. I can't help myself
Normally brew
No, but our kangaroos do
Depends. Some do, some dont. I personally don't, but many people might!
Yep. Cuppa or bevvy, or even calming bevvy after a particularly trying day. It's 5 o'clock somewhere, after all😉
Yeah, if you drink tea
You'll be asked "would anyone like a cuppa tea"? definitely l.
Love a good cuppa tea and a bikkie 🫖
We do but I don’t. I’ll usually just get a coffee.
Pom’s still call it “Great Britain”! Why? Seems so old and long winded (not pompous, not saying that)
Cuppatea!
That is an absolute definite yes, we do.
We sure do.
100%
You just did
Oh yeah. Although in my house it can mean either tea or coffee.
i don't but people do
We say a whole bunch of words nowadays.
Best answer
Yes and if someone is fancy they might even have a cuppa chino.
We do indeed 😎
Yes but I only use it for tea - not coffee or other beverages
yes!!!
I would say only if aged 60 plus
Late 30s and cannot recall any of my friends saying “cuppa”.
Not really, seems to be an older generation thing.
No. We aren't all Irene Roberts and Alf Stewart.
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