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 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
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.
Coffee all morning, because sleep. Iced tea all afternoon, because Atlanta.
Neither, they both just taste like bitter water
Tea. Partially because it tastes better, but also partially because I have a low tolerance to caffeine. Drinking coffee just makes me feel jittery and shaky, not focused.
L-theanine might help with caffeine’s side effects. Theanine is a compound found in tea. It’s believed to reduce the negative side effects of caffeine, without affecting the positive effects of it.
I never knew that, thanks for sharing! Also, username checks out.
If you want a rush, try gyukuro. Flavor of an umami green tea with the caffeine level of a cup of coffee & high L-thiamine to cut the jitters.
I lived it the UK briefly & my roommate never understood my fascination generally preferring his Yorkshire tea (trash). One day he asked about it so I made him a mug (we used coffee mugs). He said it tasted like yard clippings like other green teas before walking off continuing to sip to not waste it. He comes back in 15–20 minutes later over halfway finished, “Did you put drugs in this‽”. “Nope.” “I feel like I want to run a marathon. Okay, I see the appeal for your mornings, but this is the worst high ever.”
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.
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.
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.
Tea is simpler in preparation
Since I started drinking matcha, I disagree.
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.
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’ve tried to quit coffee but after a month of anhedonia and general lethargy I accepted my dependence.
Coffee is just too bitter for me unless I overload it with way more cream and sugar than is healthy. At that point all the caffeine and sugar makes me way too jittery. On the other hand, I enjoy drinking tea black, so tea it is.
I enjoy Earl Grey tea plain, but I can’t call it “black,” even though it’s “black tea.” Because it’s orange-ish brown. 🐈
Black coffee is much blacker 🐈⬛
Fun fact: Black tea is called red tea in China, because of the color.
In my childhood teas were all named with colours. Mostly black, red and green. Green being mint and red fruity teas.
Yeah, I guess “black tea” is a bit of a misnomer. It’s probably just simpler to share the terminology with coffee though
It’s called black tea because of the color of the leaves, not the final product
Fair enough
I recently discovered cold brew coffee for myself (bought a cold brew jug on a whim at TJmaxx as one does) and I love how the coffee just doesn’t have any bitterness anymore. The slow stewing in cold water really pulls out the flavour without the acidity.
Coffee because tea doesn’t contain caffeine… I think I only drink tea when I’m sick and I add a ton of honey and lemon juice so it doesn’t even tastes like tea anymore.
black tea contains caffeine.
So do green and white. Green may even have more caffeine than black tea. I hope they’re drinking caffeine-free herbal teas.
Coffee is either a social thing for me or part of a nice sunday breakfast with quality beans, a hand grinder and V60 filter. I don’t believe it gives me actual energy, I prefer better sleep for that.
In other situations I drink tea. I always love browsing tea shops on holiday trips and get some for me or as gifts. There is a limitless variety of tea available. Something for everyone.
Coffee, black with too much sugar.
To me, tea always seemed like it was just hot water that’s unsuccessfully trying to taste like sticks and flowers.
Sounds like low quality tea. I’ve always enjoyed tea, but there are legit very large variations in quality of brewed tea from the same brand. One year it can be good, next quite bland. So this matters a lot.
I also have the privilege of being able to pick my own herbal teas, which never disappoint.
And I also enjoy some white/green/black teas as well.
