Coffee or Tea

[sekinto]

I love tea, the cheap stuff from grocery stores is kind of bitter (although still alright) but if you buy loose leaves and brew it yourself it is magnificent. I recently bought a small tea infuser and have been making different kinds of teas that I got from a tea store.

Personally I can't stand coffee, it is extremely bitter and doesn't have a good taste at all. The only time I ever drink it is when I reeaaaly need the caffeine.

[Mokoma]

tea my dear boy!

[swoll1980]

Eight O' Clock Bean FTW

[CharmyBee]

Lacking time, making tea became teadious

i'm an addict of coffee though, sorry if I can't help my cold turkey :(

[bashveank]

I love coffee, I try to try different beans whenever I can.
I want to try to get into tea, but good tea is just so expensive.



Personally I can't stand coffee, it is extremely bitter and doesn't have a good taste at all. The only time I ever drink it is when I reeaaaly need the caffeine.

Dude! Where are you having coffee? The only way it's bitter is if you burn your beans, overcook the coffee itself, or don't let the coffee sufficiently mix before pouring it.
/I'mfinishednow

[WhiskyChris]

Before lunch it's tea, after it's coffee to keep me going till home time! Tea's definately my favourite though... mmm

[jumpstreet]

Tea, all day every day

[Therion]

Coffee in the morning, tea before bed.

[Grant A.]

Water

[Chemical Imbalance]

I can't pick...both!

I like coffee and tea in all their flavors: green tea, white tea, sweet-tea, Earl Grey, black coffee, mocha, etc...

I prefer my coffee black and my tea unsweetened to get the most natural flavor though.

[swoll1980]

I love coffee, I try to try different beans whenever I can.
I want to try to get into tea, but good tea is just so expensive.




Dude! Where are you having coffee? The only way it's bitter is if you burn your beans, overcook the coffee itself, or don't let the coffee sufficiently mix before pouring it.
/I'mfinishednow

Or if you buy cheap nasty coffee beans. My coffee is not even close to being anything that could be confused, and mistakenly, described as something that could in any way resemble bitterness. Did that make sense?

[justsomedude]

Coffee.

[lisati]

Although I quite enjoy a well made cup of both - not at the same time :) - my usual choice is coffee (I can manage coffee without milk more easily than tea without milk, and being too lazy and/or too stingy to make sure there's milk in the house..... )

[Corfy]

Tea definitely... I can't stand the smell or taste of coffee.

However, I should add that I prefer iced tea over hot tea. I never was much of a hot drink drinker. I'll drink hot chocolate and hot cider in the winter occasionally, but that is about it.

[smbm]

Massive quantities of tea, all day every day.

[Sephoroth]

Yarg...Are these served iced or hot?

[Giant Speck]

I'm not really a fan of either of the two beverages.

In the rare occasion that I do drink coffee, I always add a scoop of hot cocoa mix to a cup of black coffee. In the even rarer occasion that I drink tea, I drink black tea with a little bit of honey and lemon.

[Bakon Jarser]

Green tea with honey...or whiskey.

[billgoldberg]

Dislike coffee and tea.

[etnlIcarus]

Personally I can't stand coffee, it is extremely bitter and doesn't have a good taste at all. The only time I ever drink it is when I reeaaaly need the caffeine.

Coffee shouldn't be, "extremely bitter". Either you've got super-sensitive tastebuds (which doesn't seem likely since you like tea), have had some sort of severe traumatic association with coffee or, the most likely explanation: you just drank some shite coffee.

The other factor is the first sip of coffee always tastes pretty awful. If you drink your coffee like I do (straight espresso w/ a side of 85% cocoa dark chocolate*), the key is to take one small sip; swish it around your mouth, then wait a good 60-90 seconds for your palette to adapt before continuing.

Also avoid crap like French Vanilla coffee beans. Anything flavoured is usually from an inferior crop and is bitter as all hell. The only thing most of your flavoured varieties are good for is lattes (which is crap anyway) or grinding finely and mixing through ice-cream.

*straight espresso and high-grade dark chocolate is really harsh on your stomach. Don't consume either unless you know you've got easy access to a toilet for at least an hour after consuming. It's very likely you'll need it.


I also enjoy my tea. Lady Grey is probably my favourite variety, although it's been a while since I've had a cup.

[Chemical Imbalance]

Green tea with honey...or whiskey.

Ahh yes, forgot to mention that! (JD ftw)

[dragos240]

They're both so awesome.

[oldsoundguy]

Folks, ya need to visit the Pacific Northwest. There you can get a good to great cuppa on almost any street corner from a kiosk vendor. A good barista should serve a good cup or pack it up!!

That crap they serve in most restaurants would not even be used to clean the floors of a good coffee shop.

If it comes in a can, it sux, plain and simple!

I burr mill grind my own at home from my own blend of specifically chosen beans.

BUT .. I do enjoy green tea on occasion .. a good Earl Grey on a nasty day, and ICED TEA all summer long!

[sports fan Matt]

Coffee..Dunkin has won me over

[wolfen69]

Tea, all day every day

me too. i drink at least 6 cups of decaf tea a day. Tetley and various herbal teas. no coffee for me.

[MikeTheC]

Coffee here for sure... Top personal favorites:

Tanzanian Peaberry
Organic high-grown Mexican
Brazil Santos
Guatemalan Antigua
Nicaragua Cup Of Excellence

[pwnst*r]

coffee definitely, tea sometimes. yay for dark roasts + burr grinders.

[RandomJoe]

I drink almost nothing but water now, but even before I switched I still didn't touch coffee or tea. Just have never liked the taste of either. (I was a serious Coca-Cola addict up 'til about 2000.)

However, I *LOVE* the smell of fresh coffee grounds, and the smell of brewing coffee! The smell of many teas is nice too.

I've always wondered why I never took to either one. Seems like everyone around me drinks one or the other, and certainly at get-togethers the one drink guaranteed to be there is iced tea.

[|Mitch|]

I don't do iced tea very often, or any tea for that matter. I do love the Starbucks or PJs though.

[Eviltechie]

Coffee tastes like crap, but smells good.

With all the tea lovers, we will need to make an alternate badge scheme.

[chucky chuckaluck]

i grew up drinking tea, but my ex-wife (god rest her soul) converted me to coffee.

[etnlIcarus]

Here's a question: anyone tried cat guano beans?

[mr.propre]

99.9% of the time it's coffee.
Sometimes mint tea and preferable made by a Muslim from around the Mediterranean sea. For some strange reason they make the best mint tea I ever drank.

[khelben1979]

Tea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea). I dislike coffee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee).

[ks07]

I hate both, I never drink hot drinks. Although if I had to pick, it would be tea. Coffee tastes horrible it is too bitter. *Starts thinking of coffee revels*

[etnlIcarus]

Tea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea). I dislike coffee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee).

Well thank god for your being here. I had NFI what this thread was about!

[pwnst*r]

Tea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea). I dislike coffee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee).

thanks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanks!) for (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For) that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That)! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclamation_mark)

[samjh]

Depends. I like coffee in general, but I prefer iced tea, and don't like hot tea.

[sekinto]

I hate both, I never drink hot drinks. Although if I had to pick, it would be tea. Coffee tastes horrible it is too bitter. *Starts thinking of coffee revels*

Iced coffee/tea?

[NightwishFan]

I have always been fond of coffee. French roast coffee is excellent.

As for tea, I prefer green teas, although some people think I am crazy.

I voted coffee, though.

[blueshiftoverwatch]

I'm not much of a coffee fan unless it's cappuccino, so I voted for tea.

[Giant Speck]

Tea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea). I dislike coffee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee).

[citation needed]

[mcduck]

I like both. A lot. :D

Actually I'm right now trying to figure out if I should make myself some coffee, or white tea, or perhaps a nice cup of Ceylon FTGFOP1..

[inobe]

coffee black, no sugar, by the buckets.

[etnlIcarus]

coffee black, no sugar, by the buckets.

I want to have your babies ...were that possible.

[Penguin Guy]

Coffee obviously, this is what's called a rhetorical question.

[etnlIcarus]

*Bump*

Every night for about the last week I've downed four short blacks with lady fingers, 85% cocoa bitter chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

My digestive system is making some less than inspiring noises and I think I'm getting an ulcer on my tongue but I've never felt so good. All you coffee haters are missing out on the best legal high out there. Man up and brew some coffee!

[VCoolio]

This is more like my cup of tea:

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/9922/ga871201.gif

[Gucko]

I love coffee, I try to try different beans whenever I can.
I want to try to get into tea, but good tea is just so expensive.

/I'mfinishednow

Lipton is great and not so expensive, don't you think?

[subdivision]

Coffee.

[Kevbert]

I'm English, so it has to be a good cup of tea !

[sports fan Matt]

Again Coffee, but the prices at least here in the states have gotten extremely expensive, espically for Starbucks everyday. Id do dunkin over starbucks though

[emeraldgirl08]

I've never been much of a coffee drinker. Late night cram sessions or no availability of any other caffeinated products will get me to drink coffee. Don't know if Frappucinos would count but those are my weakness these days :)

Overall tho I prefer tea.

[HappyFeet]

Only tea for me, and only decaf, as I don't enjoy caffiene. I can drink any kind and enjoy it.

Tetley bags

Salada green tea (flavored ones)

Herbal teas

[kaivalagi]

Coffee in the morning to wake up
Tea in the afternoon if more serious caffeine isn't required :)

[Muffinabus]

Coffee. I've never really had tea, I can see myself enjoying it, however. I don't drink it for the caffeine though, I don't notice the effects of caffeine. I also drink LOTS of Coke, preferably Vanilla Coke.

[Muffinabus]

Woops, double posted! O_O

[rcayea]

Coffee all the way! As much coffee as possible in one day. For the sake of it, I will say I prefer Tim Hortons Coffee and McDonalds Coffee as my two favorites.

[adrianx]

At least 6 cups of tea and 3 cups of coffee every day.

I don't think caffeine affects everybody in the same way. Sometimes, I have coffee just before going to bed. Someone I know, has to have his last cup before 4 pm or else he can't sleep. Oh, and the only place that I have ever seen a coffee "high", is in the movies! :D

[gregorio]

Earl Grey - hot
make it so

[mamamia88]

thats tough. i like coffee in the morning and i love those iced frapuchinos. but on a summer afternoon nothing beats one of those cold arizona teas

[monsterstack]

I'm used to getting my tea in 1000-bag sacks with "generic tea" written on it. When I went to America I was disheartened to find most grocery shops stocking tea in boxes of about twenty bags with all sorts of mad flavours. Still coffee is usually the drink of choice in America, so it's understandable.

Generic tea (that's English Breakfast Tea for you yanks), or Earl Grey for me. Yes. Good stuff. Coffee is good too, so long as it's hot, black, and without sugar.

[t0p]

I like tea, it's a refreshing, thirst-quenching beverage. I'm a Brit, so I take it with milk and sugar. Lovely!

But coffee is my fave. Whether it's instant Nescafe granules or a nice latte at the local java joint, I can't get enough of it. This isn't a caffeine thing though. Contrary to popular belief, tea contains a lot of caffeine. A whole bunch of tannin too.

But there is a great tea that has zero caffeine. It's green and it makes everything soft and smiley. Can you guess what tea I mean? :p

[Mason Whitaker]

Cup of Tea in the morning and I'm good to go!

I have my own section of my family's pantry dedicated to assorted teas and dried tea leaves in jars :D

[etnlIcarus]

Coffee. I've never really had tea, I can see myself enjoying it, however. I don't drink it for the caffeine though, I don't notice the effects of caffeine. I also drink LOTS of Coke, preferably Vanilla Coke.If you drink lots of coke, you're going to have a constant caffeine fix in your system, thus you're not going to notice caffeine from coffee until you consume coffee in comatose-causing proportions.

I grew up drinking cola almost exclusively (how I'm not diabetic, I don't know) and even though I can't stand most cola these days, I still don't notice the effects of caffeine until I reach the point of medically defined acute caffeine overdose (which is awesome, BTW). If I'm lacking caffeine, however, I can't avoid noticing it.


Earl Grey - hot
make it soThe only thing that could have made Picard more awesome was if he drank Lady Grey.

Also, got an, "Espresso Pronto", long black from Maccas this morning (rarely eat at McDonalds'). Wasn't great but wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Hell of a lot more acidic than the stuff I make at home, though.

[NightwishFan]

There are very odd flavors of tea that are common. I prefer very generic teas.

[HappyFeet]

Contrary to popular belief, tea contains a lot of caffeine. A whole bunch of tannin too.



A typical teabag contains 40mg. or less of caffiene and a cup (10oz.) of coffee contains about 100mg. I wouldn't call 40mg. a lot. However, I only drink decaf, so it doesn't matter to me.

[pat23_2007]

I prefer Tea, but I do drink Coffee from time to time.

I love loss leaf tea's :p

[Changturkey]

I like both, but I drink Tea a lot more.

[etnlIcarus]

Copypasta:

I managed to use my espresso machine without it spewing hot coffee ground all over the kitchen. :coolduck:
To be safe, I covered it in 3 towels and wrapped a towel around my hand as well. It looked like an explosive Afghani.

Was good coffee. Well worth the potential disfiguring scolding.

[NWAdawg]

coffee, got a cup in hand every waking moment.

[dragos240]

Tea right now. Sore throat.

[ohbuntu]

Properly brewed coffee any day!

Of course, I'd rather have tea than that hopeless crap coffee that Starbucks and a lot of other chains dish out.

[geekygirl]

Definitely coffee for me - I don't function too well in the AM without it lol (I never answer an email for work related purposes until I have had my coffee - likely to get it all wrong LOL)

No instant coffee though, fresh brewed from the local coffee shop, or when I am at home made myself with my espresso machine :D

[Sxeptomaniac]

I have to start out the day with a large cup of Irish Breakfast Tea, myself.

[Sublime Porte]

http://www.coffeebrk.com/images/almeedcoffee.jpg

This stuff ---^

Lovely fresh authentic Arabic coffee with cardamon seed, nothing like it.

[Tipped OuT]

I'm only 15, so I prefer Tea, no need for the Coffee at the moment. Tea is just soothing and relaxing for me.

[etnlIcarus]

I'm only 15, so I prefer Tea, no need for the Coffee at the moment. Tea is just soothing and relaxing for me.

Wait until you lose that youthful exuberance and you need something to go you through the day.

Lord, I'm only 21 and already past it...


(Actually, teenagers probably need coffee more than adults do).

[Kazade]

Tea. A nice cup of English Breakfast, my good man.

[tashirosgt]

Hot tea or ice tea? Or do tea snobs even count ice tea as tea? I prefer hot coffee to hot tea. I prefer ice tea to ice coffee. This assumes both kinds of coffee have a big helping of "half and half" added and that the tea does not have cream. Given that, I like them all.

[Chemical Imbalance]

I've just been brewing white tea and green tea lately and then setting it in the fridge to chill.
I never add anything like sugar.
I like my tea and coffee plain.

[HappyFeet]

Wait until you lose that youthful exuberance and you need something to go you through the day.

Lord, I'm only 21 and already past it...


(Actually, teenagers probably need coffee more than adults do).

The thing is, if you don't drink coffee, you don't need it. It is because you are addicted to caffiene, that you need it. If you are not addicted, you will function just fine without it. I gave up caffiene years ago and don't miss it.

[koleoptero]

Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon.

[Dharmachakra]

The real question is this: who is man enough to press their coffee?

[Pogeymanz]

I prefer coffee.

I started drinking coffee when I was 15 years old. Damn that high school for starting at 7:30AM!

Caffeine has a very sharp addiction curve. If you don't drink any coffee for ~3 days, you are totally over it, but you also get addicted just as quickly.

I enjoy my late afternoon pick-me-up. I even look forward to it now. It's like a prize for making it through most of the day.

[Bachstelze]

Neither. Chocolate milk ftw!

[etnlIcarus]

The thing is, if you don't drink coffee, you don't need it. It is because you are addicted to caffiene, that you need it. If you are not addicted, you will function just fine without it. I gave up caffiene years ago and don't miss it.

No, it's because caffeine is a stimulant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulant). It's got nothing to do with addiction.

Admittedly mine is a special case but I've gone 5 months without coffee, tea, chocolate, cola and energy drinks: far past the initial withdrawal and **** doesn't get better with time.

[MikeTheC]

I'm only 15, so I prefer Tea, no need for the Coffee at the moment. Tea is just soothing and relaxing for me.

Yunnan Bo Nay is one of the absolute most soothing teas I've ever had. The effect it has on the digestive system is amazing, actually.

[aufan19]

I prefer tea. I've actually got some green tea brewing right now. I've never liked the taste of coffee that much, but I drink an espresso or mocha from Starbucks once in a while.

[venator260]

Coffee, strong with a bit of cream. Hopefully with a good cigar.

[konnorrigby]

I lyke both. um i lyke arazona iced tee bes though.

[NightwishFan]

Chocolate milk is actually pretty good. I like it better than Gatorade if I do some exercise. Coffee and Tea not so great for that.