well i mean i guess you could, but asking a 16y/o waiter what kind of tea she prefers would not more then likely invoke much of a suggestion, as they presumably have no idea. Of course i could always be wrong, but more then likely they are going to just try to sell me high dollar things on the menu rather then give me a good opinion(tis capitalist america we are speaking about here!). So i figured the best men to ask about tea would have been the Brits here, atleast this way i could get an opinion on the topic that would actually be relevant.
That's sad, man. Here you can usually ask the waiter for his personal recommendation and you get something good, be it wine, meal, dessert, whatever. Sounds like you don't actually have waiters but just errand boys that note down what you want.