cup of tea

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cup of tea¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

For most adults, up to 400mg of caffeine a day, or about four cups of instant coffee or five cups of tea, is safe.

From BBC

As I sit down with them the morning after the film's premiere, the pair, cups of tea in hand, are gushing over how great the other looked last night.

From BBC

Now, at last, some of the current hardy residents can experience joys such as hair straighteners on demand and not having to plan cups of tea.

From BBC

During a game in which islanders wrote letters to air out any grievances, she offered them a simple option: “I’m just not your cup of tea to be drinkin’, so don’t f—ing drink it.”

From Los Angeles Times

On special is an abalone soup, an alien beast in his time, and not our cup of tea, but they say Hemingway took a shine.

From Salon