Samuel Johnson also opposed this trend, for the reason that "tea is a liquor not proper for the lower classes of the people, as it supplies no strength to labour, or relief to disease, but gratifies the taste without nourishing the body."
飲茶成癡的辭典專家約翰生，反對的理由是：茶是種重品味的精緻飲料，不會為勞工階級帶來做粗工所需的體力，因此不適低階層飲用。