Tea versus Coffee

What is your choice of hot drink between the two? A cup of tea or a cup of coffee?

I used to be big on drinking tea including herbals which was relaxing while reading a book or looking up about subjects in the I.T field for me.

But coffee? I drink it in the morning ready for my day and work search, keeps me upright that caffeine stuff but I don't drink more than 2 cups due to caffeine contents.

I used to drink quite a lot of it in the workplace (Deadlines and projects tend to make you do that)

So what about you? Are you a tea enjoyer or a coffee enjoyer?

neidu2 ,

Coffee. Usually black, but I sometimes grab a cappuccino.

I never liked tea.

Track_Shovel ,

I really like both. I have to have coffee in the morning so I guess if I had to pick one that would be it.

I love a good chai that will take my lunch money though

Today ,

I prefer iced tea, but my honey makes me a coffee every morning when he makes his, so i drink it and enjoy it. I like a nice coffee or with dessert sometimes or occasionally an espresso in the afternoon. I like hot tea but don't really enjoy it unless it's cool out.

Phenomephrene ,
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I enjoy both. More typically I go for coffee in the morning. Pretty stuck on the same exact coffee, but I try this and that when it comes to tea. I'll always have both stocked in my pantry.

folekaule ,

Coffee in the morning, tea anytime after. Tea especially when it's cold. Great taste, zero calories, zero guilt.

Skua ,

I do love a coffee, but try to limit my intake for caffeine reasons. The flavour is lovely. I've got a few different ways of brewing it at home, but a cafetiere is probably my go-to. I will admit to being quite partial to a mug of milky decaf instant coffee in the evenings too, but that feels... a bit disconnected from coffee proper.

I am a total failure as a Brit in that I do not actually like black tea. Green tea, mint tea, mint green tea, and yerba mate are all great though. The black tea is in my cupboards solely for guests only

morrowind ,
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Neither, they both just taste like bitter water

Perhapsjustsniffit ,

They might hate you for it but I agree.

Godort ,

I like both quite a bit, and even got into the hobby culture for each.

Tea is simpler in preparation, but way more complex in terms of varieties. There is a huge difference between a chinese black tea and an assam black tea, even though its the same core ingredient, prepared in a similar fashion.

Coffee on the other hand has fewer varieties, but way more variables in preparation that can drastically change the flavor of your cup. The size of your grind, the brew temperature and the extraction time all have pretty major effects on thr end product.

norimee ,

Tea is simpler in preparation

Since I started drinking matcha, I disagree.

13esq ,

I know this answer isn't tea or coffee, I don't like coffee and I gave tea up because it was staining my teeth.

I was on herbal teas for a while but I then had the idea of drinking a weak beef stock (1 stock cube to 1.2 litres of water) and I love it so much I can't go back!

I thought I'd miss that caffeine but it was very easy to give up and I really don't miss it at all!

kurcatovium ,
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Holy cow! Is this for real?

13esq ,

Real

Skua ,

I don't know where you're from so you might be familiar with this anyway, but this is actually really popular at football matches in the UK. It's made with bovril rather than a stock cube, but the idea is the same

13esq ,

I've tried bovril but I don't like it as much, it also has more salt.

SnokenKeekaGuard ,
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Coffee, but I can get the ick from coffee once in a while the way I do with eggs, then it's either tea or nothing.

Also add a cup of tea in winter evenings since I don't wanna go over one cup of coffee a day.

MicrowavedTea ,

I like the taste of coffee but I'm way too sensitive to it so I'll only get it when sitting in a coffee shop with a bad tea selection. Tea doesn't seem to have any effect and there's much more variety. I've had times in winter when I was drinking 4-5 cups a day.

LarkinDePark ,

I've tried to quit coffee but after a month of anhedonia and general lethargy I accepted my dependence.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
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I've been quite coffee dependent ever since about age 16. Sometimes I like to take a week off, facilitated by a massive two litre teapot. In summer, iced tea is my crutch of choice.

Vanth ,
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Coffee in the morning. Switching to working from home, I started drinking way too much coffee but I'm back down to one cup a day typically. More than the excessive caffeine, I started noticing my teeth getting more sensitive, which I think was due to having coffee sitting on the enamel so much more. So one cup, drink it within 30 min, then brush my teeth.

Bubbly water or tea the rest of the day if I feel like something other than water.

Mothra ,
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I gave up coffee as part of my daily routine, so, tea. I try to switch up with camomile in an effort to moderate the tannins intake.

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