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)
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.
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
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.