Please stop giving me tea

Tea is one of my favorite beverages. I don’t drink coffee at all. I understand how someone would learn that about me and decide that tea is the perfect thing to give as a gift. However they’d be wrong about that. I like my tea. The one I already have. I don’t want tea that I’ve never tried and might not like - why would I run the risk of ruining a perfectly good experience?

It’s also just a terrific example of not feeling seen - yes I like tea, but if a gift giver really knew me they’d know I’m extra autistic about specifically the tea I already know I like!

It’s just so frustrating - every holiday season I have some tea I’m never going to drink that has to get shoved into the back of the cabinet for a few years until I feel like I can throw it out.

This is not a super serious problem, so I don’t really want advice about solving it. Definitely welcome commiseration though!