cup of tea

noun phrase

1

: something one likes or excels in

I see already that storytelling isn't my cup of tea

—John Barth

also : a person suited to one's taste

2

: a thing to be reckoned with : matter

poltergeists are a different cup of tea

—D. B. W. Lewis

Examples of cup of tea in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Premier League has come through the era when Pep Guardiola’s style, the precision in possession which took Manchester City to a treble in 2022-23, was everybody’s cup of tea. —Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

His fellow prisoners coached him on how to maintain it by drinking one cup of tea filled halfway with sugar each day. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025

Then, drug-averse singer Roger Daltrey got dosed with LSD in a cup of tea. —Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025

Last year, Shanghai authorities provided rent-free data collection premises for local firm AgiBot to have 100 robots repeating mundane tasks such as stacking shelves, folding clothes, and pouring cups of tea for 17 hours every day. —Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for cup of tea

• abc
• absentee
• addressee
• adoptee
• agouti
• allottee
• amphorae
• amputee
• apc
• apogee
• appointee
• assessee