# Coffee/Tea Poll: US/Canada Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597 "2011-05-20T17:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/1 "2011-05-20T17:36:12Z")
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:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/2 "2011-05-20T17:39:35Z")
Tea only. 🙂 I am Canadian of English descent. ---
**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, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/3 "2011-05-20T17:40:28Z")
Coffee almost exclusively; I’ll drink tea if there’s literally nothing else to drink (except water). Also I have herbal tea a few times per year. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/4 "2011-05-20T17:42:37Z")
Tea only, and then only iced. the only warm beverage I will drink is hot chocolate, and that only about 5 times per year. I prefer Bigelow’s Plantation mint, and various herbals in the evening. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/5 "2011-05-20T17:48:13Z")
I don’t really drink either with any regularity but when I do it’s almost always tea. ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/6 "2011-05-20T17:56:43Z")
Tea at home, coffee at work. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/7 "2011-05-20T17:57:34Z")
I voted Tea exclusively but it’s kind of misleading. My caffeine drink of choice is diet coke, tea is an occasional drink when I want something hot. Never coffee though, I can’t stand the taste even after adding half a cup of milk and sugar. I have been drinking more tea lately, one of the women in the office brought in some Pink Flamingo tea from David’s teas and I’m in love. It’s amazing in the morning and now that there is actual SUN I’m looking forward to trying it over ice. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/8 "2011-05-20T18:00:32Z")
Coffee only when we eat Sunday breakfast at our favorite diner. Otherwise I never touch the stuff. Tea when I eat Chinese and iced all summer long. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/9 "2011-05-20T18:46:34Z")
You didn’t say hot tea or iced tea. Iced tea I drink every night, I drink hot tea also at work, but not nearly as frequently. Coffee usually, though. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/10 "2011-05-20T18:52:52Z")
Tea every single workday, and most weekend days, although I will on occasion make a pot of coffee upon request, and partake thereof. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/11 "2011-05-20T19:03:22Z")
I drink both about equally. What I _REALLY_ drink a ton of is Diet Coke. Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/12 "2011-05-20T21:31:40Z")
One cup of each a day, coffee in the morning and (black, hot) tea in the afternoon. U.S. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/13 "2011-05-20T21:36:27Z")
Hot tea, no milk, sugar, honey, or anything. Just plain tea. Yum. I drink many cups of it a day. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/14 "2011-05-20T21:40:28Z")
Green tea: every day. Vietnamese ice coffee (aka cà phê sữa đá): sometimes. Regular coffee: never. That stuff’s nasty. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/15 "2011-05-20T22:09:44Z")
I drink hot coffee (or hot tea, depending on my mood that day) until around 10am, and then I switch over to iced tea. Strong, and unsweetened. I don’t stop drinking iced tea until I head off to bed. ---
**Author:** ![classyladyhp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@classyladyhp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/classyladyhp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/16 "2011-05-20T22:18:24Z")
Coffee all the way baby! Tea other than chamomile or iced tea is repulsive to me. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/17 "2011-05-20T22:26:28Z")
Coffee exclusively except for iced tea (which shouldn’t count). American, born and raised. ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/18 "2011-05-20T22:28:47Z")
Tea, iced or hot, fairly frequently. Coffee only when I desperately need caffeine and it’s the only available option. Even then I can just barely choke down weak coffee only with the help of obscene amounts of sugar and cream. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/19 "2011-05-20T22:48:03Z")
American here. My parents drink lots of hot black tea. My mom is of British extraction (though all ancestors have been in America since the 1800s) and her entire family loves tea and often has a traditional ‘tea time’ - hot strong black tea with cream or sugar and baked goods on the side, at around 4pm. I found I liked coffee too when I was a kid and they kept some instant in the house for me. I’ve had one or the other or both nearly every day since I was 10 or 11. As an adult I still drink and enjoy both black tea and coffee. Lately, much more tea than coffee. I take both with cream. I also drink various herbal ‘teas’ on occasion but could take or leave them. Iced tea is all right but I almost never drink it. I don’t like cold drinks. If I had to choose only one for the rest of my life it would be a piping hot Irish Breakfast black tea, served in a thin china cup. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597/20 "2011-05-20T22:51:00Z")
Espresso mostly, coffee at work, iced tea in restaurants, rarely hot tea. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-poll-us-canada-edition/582597.md?page=2)