Today's Discussion (with Poll) - Tea or Coffee?

El Capitano

As it says above, what's your prefered drink?

Had to say for me, I don't function in the morning until I've had a couple of mugs of tea, but then proceed to drink coffee (Grande Latte from Cafe Nerro's) throughout the day. I'll have a few mugs of tea when I get home and a coffee before bed.

projectsome

No brainer for me, I don't like tea

nicklouse

Both.

psymon

I can live off coffee and not much else.

it wakes you up, keeps you going, helps burn fat.

only bad point is teacher breath.......oh and the cold turkey headaches if i dont have it.

toby_winkler

Tea, purely due to the fact that I don't like coffee.

Good cup of tea in the morning really does wake you up good and proper.

.blitz

Tea for me with a packet of choc Hob Nobs or a couple of Kit-Kat Chunkies nom nom nom...

I like caffeine in energy drinks but if I drink coffee without excercising I am still bouncing off the walls 8 hours later.

MacAndCheese

Coffee - love it, but only decent stuff - no instant (sorry, I know that's a bit snobby)
Don't mind tea, but could easily live without, without coffee my Iife would be troubled.

reevie25

I don't usually drink any but if I had to pick I would choose coffee just because it tastes nicer.

singlespeedexplosif

Coffee - love it, but only decent stuff - no instant (sorry, I know that's a bit snobby)

Depends on your reason really! I don't drink instant, because it tastes grim. If they made an instant coffee which tasted like coffee, I'd drink it. If you're not drinking it just to be snobby, then yeah, it's a bit snobby

psymon

people who dont like tea or coffee are officialy wierd.

like those people who dont own a tv.

welshkev

psymon wrote:

people who dont like tea or coffee are officialy wierd.

like those people who dont own a tv.

that be me then...not the not having a TV bit

i'll drink tea if there's nothing else available - like when i go to conferences etc - but i hate coffee....yuck!!!

MountainMonster

Tea all the way. Absolutely hate the smell of coffee. But of course, no milk in my tea, drink it pure.

Jimbob_no5

i drink neither, but a good hot choc with 6sugars, whipped cream, marshmallows and choc sauce

Raymondavalon

Both! I do drink more tea at home solely because most instant coffee sucks
I do like a good kickazz coffee (usually a large skinny cappuccino + extra shot or two) from the coffee outlets, especially when I'm doing a long drive.
I voted tea because it's what I mainly drink in the way of hot beverages

MacAndCheese

singlespeedexplosif wrote:

Coffee - love it, but only decent stuff - no instant (sorry, I know that's a bit snobby)

Depends on your reason really! I don't drink instant, because it tastes grim. If they made an instant coffee which tasted like coffee, I'd drink it. If you're not drinking it just to be snobby, then yeah, it's a bit snobby

Good point, it is only a taste thing, If I found one that tasted as good I would drink it.

Tartanyak

I dislike tea, so it's coffee. Thick, black and strong coffee. Can't stand milk in it. <shudders> Eurgh.

cat_with_no_tail

This poll lacks a "bacons" option.

Also, I drink both. Coffee at work, tea at home, bacons at both

I also had a starbucks coffee when on the Ferry last month and it was the most awesome drink I've ever had! Just a shame that as a rule, I hate Starbucks.

Beardface

Tea gets my vote, can't live without the stuff.

So much so, that (although a little mincey and pricey) I've just spent $120 on some tea from these lovely people:

http://www.harney.com/

Some of it is for the missus for xmas as well though, but still works out to about £2 a cup.. :shock:

Thewaylander

This is like having two children and being asked witch you want to get rid of, but in this case for me i want to keep them both

psymon

after 18 years research the best instant ive found is this...



really strong, with lots of milk, in a stolen massive starbucks/costa mug

and never put the water straight on the coffee, always put the milk in first or it scalds.

Thewaylander

Nescafe doesn't mae a decent instant yuk

Dough Egberts.

VWsurfbum

I only started drinking hot drinks (coffee) since i started this job 4 years ago, you cant go to see a customer and say "oh yes i will have a drink, it will be a Orange squash please" so for the first few months of this job i was easily spotted as i was the one shaking, sweating and genrally bouncing off the walls.
the only downside of drinking coffee all week is when you do have a redbull type affair is that its less effective on me now

psymon

ive drunk coffee that long that im the same.
im desensitized to it.
i dont get that american high from coffee or energy drinks.....or sugar

projectsome

VWsurfbum wrote:

I only started drinking hot drinks (coffee) since i started this job 4 years ago, you cant go to see a customer and say "oh yes i will have a drink, it will be a Orange squash please" so for the first few months of this job i was easily spotted as i was the one shaking, sweating and genrally bouncing off the walls.
the only downside of drinking coffee all week is when you do have a redbull type affair is that its less effective on me now

And why not? or you could just ask for water?

projectsome

VWsurfbum wrote:

I only started drinking hot drinks (coffee) since i started this job 4 years ago, you cant go to see a customer and say "oh yes i will have a drink, it will be a Orange squash please" so for the first few months of this job i was easily spotted as i was the one shaking, sweating and genrally bouncing off the walls.
the only downside of drinking coffee all week is when you do have a redbull type affair is that its less effective on me now

And why not? or you could just ask for water?

VWsurfbum

i do sometimes, i guess thats the sheep in me?

CraigXXL

Love my fresh ground coffee but if it's instant then got to be Douwe Egberts Continental. Saying all that you can't beat a good cup of Tetleys tea.

mudsucker

PG tips tea FTW! For some reason coffee gives me a headache. Prob because i'm weird

Gazlar

tea in the house, but I do love a skimmed milk latte and a skinny stem ginger muffin from Starbucks on occasion

Stevo_666

Coffee edges it for me - gets me started at work in the morning (bowels included...) and a really good coffee is bliss. Usually prefer tea at home for some reason though, not sure why?

woodnut

I drink far too much rubbish instant coffee. I wish I preffered tea as I would guess its less bad for you. My absolute favourite is an americano from Caffe Nero. Not fond of frothy milk based limpwristed lattes & crappucinos.