# Coffee/Tea Poll: UK/Ireland Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598 "2011-05-20T17:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/1 "2011-05-20T17:38:22Z")
Please answer in this utterly un-scientific and utterly pointless poll ONLY if you drink coffee and/or tea. There will be no option for “I don’t drink either.” Poll to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/2 "2011-05-21T19:07:02Z")
You didn’t have an option for “I drink both, but rarely” so I went with “I drink them both equally”. It’s true, but my answer might not quite be in the spirit of your question. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/3 "2011-05-21T19:35:09Z")
I drink mostly tea in the winter. It gives me that warm, toasty feeling. I drink coffee mostly in the summer. Generally iced coffee since it’s hot as blazes around here. And when all the kids are home from school I need more energy. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/4 "2011-05-21T23:14:49Z")
Coffee mostly, tea rarely. Always black, no sugar. ---
**Author:** ![rekkah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rekkah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rekkah)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/5 "2011-05-22T08:02:33Z")
Coffee multiple times a day, tea maybe once or twice a year. Coffee black, two sugars, tea white, no suger. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/6 "2011-05-22T08:28:46Z")
Coffee I drink two of three cups a day, one when I wake up, the others during work. Milk & sugar. Tea I drink late in the evening, with my wife, usually a bit after dinner. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/7 "2011-05-22T09:32:01Z")
Get up, have an Americano, black, no sugar. Then another one. Go to work, usually my assistant makes a pot of coffee; sometimes he offers tea. I am easy as to which one I have. Coffee after lunch, then mid-afternoon I often have a nice cup of tea. When I get home I have another Americano unless I’m unwinding with beer. Sometimes, later in the evening, I’ll have a tea. Coffee is a necessity; tea is a comfort. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/8 "2011-05-22T16:11:09Z")
Tea, almost exclusively. I’ll have a coffee once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/9 "2011-05-22T19:36:38Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Coffee I drink two of three cups a day, one when I wake up, the others during work. Milk & sugar. > > Tea I drink late in the evening, with my wife, usually a bit after dinner. Are you from Tel Aviv, Somerset or Tel Aviv, Co. Tipperary? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-uk-ireland-edition/582598/10 "2011-05-23T21:22:45Z")
Mostly tea. I really only drink coffee at work, and then not often (maybe three cups a week), mostly because their tea is so excruciating. I like good coffee; I drink it on holiday, and I’ll get a Starbucks or something occasionally. But I couldn’t live without tea. English, of (immediate) Irish descent, if that helps with your poll!