# Coffee or tea? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2000, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039 "2000-08-20T07:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039/21 "2000-08-21T05:38:46Z")
I like to have my morning coffee to jolt me awake (cream and a teaspoon of sugar) and I enjoy iced coffees in the summer (iced caramel frappachino… Starbucks or Second Cup it doesn’t matter) I usually enjoy tea as well though mainly to warm me up when I’m cold (instead of hot chocolate… its a comfort thing) and I enjoy lots of them… Peppermint, Darjeeling, Vanilla, Earl Grey etc. (generally cream and sugar though for the herbal ones I use honey and no cream… peppermint doesn’t work with cream in my mind… I also use cream in Earl Grey but then again not that often.) If I absolutely had to choose one though I’d go for tea. (The whole comfort thing as I said) ---
**Author:** ![SF\_CA\_US](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SF\_CA\_US](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SF_CA_US)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039/22 "2000-08-21T05:54:13Z")
That means hot, but cold will do. Strong, but weak if nothing else is available. Black, but won’t turn down anything else if the drive-thru guy gives me it by mistake. A true coffee lover doesn’t care how long it’s been in the pot, but will drink it all night, until he turns in, and still just goes right to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![uberDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f04885/32.png) [@uberDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uberDave)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039/23 "2000-08-21T12:55:40Z")
Kilgore– Of course I’ve tried Earl Grey without milk. Seems like my kids always drink up all the milk before I can get a splash for my tea. Its fine with out it but better with, IMHO. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Sea\_Sloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Sea\_Sloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sea_Sloth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039/24 "2000-08-21T13:26:32Z")
Herbal tea when I’m sick, Earl Grey every non-sick day of my life. At work plain, at home with milk. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039/25 "2000-08-21T13:42:03Z")
I don’t hate coffee, but I became a hardcore tea drinker when I spent time in England—have you ever TASTED what they laughingly call “coffee?” Yikes! I like good, strong black tea (can’t stand the green stuff). I buy it (either in bags or, preferably, loose) at a gourmet market near my office—good tea should NOT need sugar or milk, it should stand on its own. Now that my offices have moved to a bigger floor, I am thinking of instituting an At-Home Day, Fridays at 4:00—brew a good pot of tea, get some cookies, and invite everyone to drop in for a nice civilized cuppa. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039/26 "2000-08-21T13:50:33Z")
Tea. Never have been able to find a brand of coffee that didn’t taste like acid. I’m pretty broad in my Tea brands. I prefer the off-the-shelf stuff for serious slugging, tho. Earl Grey is for sipping. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039/27 "2000-08-21T21:56:19Z")
Coffee here. I can’t find anything that one can do to tea to make it taste remotely drinkable. It’s just disgustin’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-tea/30039.md?page=1)