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[fast lodge]

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[manic geyser]

"du thé" would be like "some tea", kind of. A smaller, undefined amount of tea.
"de thé" would simply not make sense, something like "I love of tea"

after verbs of opinion (and probably some other stuff), you're referring to the object as a whole, so you use the definitive pronoun (le/la/les)

[full field]

The thing is I’m confused how to say “I love tea” vs “I love the Tea”

[manic geyser]

it's the same, just context

[full field]

Oh that’s so confusing

[manic geyser]

not really

context makes it very clear

if you add anything after "thé" it's very clearly "the"

the distinction isn't really important since in order to use "the" you have to already be clearly talking about something

so the context would already be clear

[full field]

I wish you could just say “j’aime thé”

But of course French with its articles

[manic geyser]

languages just do not line up with each other

english is weird in that it drops the article in a bunch of different contexts

but context still usually makes it clear so it doesn't make a huge difference

like in english "tea in general" and "some tea" are just "tea"

in french those are differentiated

[rocky lintel]

I don’t know if this helps, but saying « J’adore le thé » is the same as saying « I love tea »
And if you’re in a situation where someone serves you tea and you love it you can say « J’adore le thé ! » and it will mean « I love the/this tea! »