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?
I never understood why it has to be one or the other.
Sometimes I prefer coffee, sometimes some green tea in the morning, sometimes a cup of matcha if I’m feeling fancy. A cup of lavender tea with honey in the evening can be pure bliss, but an Italian affogado (espresso with vanilla icecream) in the afternoon can also be really perfect.
Btw it is also possible to like cats AND dogs.
I think most normal, reaaonable humans agree that both coffee and tea are good, and that both cats and dogs are cute. People just have a preference and like to joke around about that.
I have to concede though, that are some legitimately crazy people who go 100% team XYZ and leave no space at all for the positive sides of the other team.
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I will say that 99% of the time I prefer coffee in the morning. It’s not even the caffeine, but the aroma and flavor. Coffee has just an overwhelming flavor, like it just grabs your mouth and puts it in a headlock.
Tea is my preferred midday or night drink. A more mellow taste, and can be very different.
I love coffee but after my 1 cup in the morning I try not to drink it. My goto tea is Mate or Carceja.
Coffee all morning, because sleep. Iced tea all afternoon, because Atlanta.
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.
Coffee. Caffeine doesn’t really work for me in terms of giving me energy, but I like the taste of a nice cup of cortado.
I like tea as well, but can’t stand the herbal stuff. Only Camellia sinensis for me.
Never liked coffee. I usually drink Yorkshire tea in the morning, but sometimes mix it up with other black teas. If I drink any during the day, it’s green tea. Evenings are for herbal teas if I have any.
Tea all the way. I’m super sensitive to caffeine, so I even have to switch to decaf tea after noon or I’ll be up all night.
Love using herbs from my garden for tea in the evenings - lavender, lemon balm, peppermint, chamomile
Tea, but no one mentioned the huge drawback that needs to be said.
Do not drink black tea on an empty stomach. It causes nauseation and you might throw up. I know I always do.
Herbal teas are safe tho
Wait really? Many days my only breakfast is black tea and never had an issue
Yeah some people are more sensitive - it’s the tannins that do it.
I’m fine if the tea has a splash of creamer or something, but straight black tea makes me puke lol
I also have this problem with tea but not coffee
I don’t think that is a general rule. Many people drink only black tea in the morning.
This definitely sounds like OP might be sensitive to something in the tea
Yes not everyone gets this evidently! There’s a large subset of the population that is sickened by the tannins on the tea, but evidently y’all can just chug that shit and be fine? Wild.
Neither, they both just taste like bitter water
I love coffee but nowadays I tend to drink tea a lot more. I don’t like the taste of instant coffee, and that’s all I can get at work - so I stick to tea. I also can’t handle caffeine as well as I used to, so I have decaff.
At home I’ve got a nice coffee machine. I buy decaff beans and grind them - it’s all about the taste for me.
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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!
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
Holy cow! Is this for real?
I am a software engineer. Coffee goes in, code comes out
I am one too, but coffee now gives me bad heartburn :(
Straight to the point, I like it! Programming sucks out your soul!
My soul has been sucked out. But you forgot to mention your soul is also replaced with coffee.
And your blood
Coffee is the nations’ soul
Mostly only drink tea while I’m sick. I drink coffee every day getting up with my wife, but I’d rarely drink it on my own.
A few weeks ago my wife went out of town for a long weekend and I had the most persistent headache that wouldn’t go away. When she came back, it went away as soon as I started drinking coffee with her and I realized it was caffeine withdrawal. I hate being physically dependent on coffee, but it’s a big part of our morning ritual.
I’m the same, tea when I’m sick. Sometimes I won’t realize I’m getting sick until I turn on the kettle. That’s when I know.
Try Earl Grey tea, it can be decently stimulating. I know these things hehe
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.
