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?

  • norimee@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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.

    • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      THIS /\ /\ /\

      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.

    • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      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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    5 months ago

    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.

    • Today@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      If i plan to have more than two cups of coffee, i drop some cbd in to help prevent jitters.

  • Bluu@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    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

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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.

  • Godort@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    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.

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    5 months ago

    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.

  • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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.

  • jedibob5@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      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 🐈‍⬛

    • norimee@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      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.

  • klemptor@startrek.website
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    5 months ago

    Tea always. I mean, coffee sometimes, but my go-to is tea. Yorkshire Gold, 2 sugars, small splash of evaporated milk.

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    5 months ago

    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.

  • XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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!