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Coffee or Tea and how do you take it?

Either or:

Coffee: strong, black, no sugar
tea: green by preference (no additives please), or if regular tea, black, no sugar.

I guess the theme is; anything so long as it's devoid of sugar and cow juice

I drink both randomly.

Coffee with cream and sugar.

Tea, regardless of type, almost always has honey in it.

I prefer coffee to tea. I must have coffee everyday. I am definitely addicted to caffine, but I know it is as much psychological as it is physical because it has to come in the form of coffee or it doesn't quite cut it. I take it with milk and 1 splenda. I have about 20 oz per day (guessing based on the size of my mug). Also I don't want flavorings in my coffee. Just coffee-flavored coffee is fine by me.

This is the time of the year though where i will also go for tea. I tend towards sinus headaches (never officially diagnosed as migraines, but the symptoms are all there). When it gets bad like that I must have tea with lemon and honey. I breath the steam and also directly apply the hot mug to my face.

Neither

Being a southern gal by birth, I love my iced tea sweet. But not overly sweet. I am very particular about this. If it is a poor brew or if it is too sweet... no, thank you.

For hot tea? I like honey and lemon. I prefer green teas, but I don't discriminate.

I also am a lover of chai tea. <3333

And let's not forget bubble tea. LOVE ME some bubble tea.

For both hot and cold...I either use the TAZO teas, celestial teas, or pretty much anything from the republic of tea. Bubble Tea is a more obscure buy that requires sucking up to my closest location that sells it. I dare not attempt make it at home as I am very particular.

I am a huge coffee addict. I am drinking a pot of my home brewed St. Ives "Highlander Grog" all by myself and I don't feel guilty about it at all. I have memories ever since I was young smelling coffee being brewed in the morning, so it is just one of things that are essentially for a good day. I adore Hazelnut Creme blends. Mostly smooth, over bold. Though, I can appreciate most quality blends. Oh, and I take it with a splenda and creamer. I don't mind the flavorings as long as it doesn't overpower the coffee.

I don't consider myself a tea or coffee snob. I just know what I like.

Always coffee. Never tea.

I prefer my coffee with cream, but I can also drink it black. I abhor any sweetner or sugar in my coffee.

Kailz wrote:Either or:

Coffee: strong, black, no sugar
tea: green by preference (no additives please), or if regular tea, black, no sugar.

I guess the theme is; anything so long as it's devoid of sugar and cow juice

Coffee, the same. Super strong, bitter sludge. Yum! I try to use good coffee beans, freshly ground, where possible... If there's sugar and milk added it just clouds and overwhelms the natural nutty/fruity/floral flavors of the coffee. Joaquin thinks my coffee is gross
I do like tea, as well. I usually drink my tea unadulterated, unless I'm drinking the British version of PG Tips (was recently launched in the US with a milder profile)... if I'm drinking PG Tips I drink it as my former boss said was typical "with a cloud of milk." I like most kinds of tea (excluding white tea :/) but the kind of tea I drink depends upon what I am eating with it... ie, if I'm having Chinese food or Sushi, I will drink hot green tea. If I'm just having hot tea to have hot tea I'll usually go for a black tea. I do like Chai as well.

Mostly the type of tea I drink depends upon what the Lipton group at work has most recently put up for a give away, haha

hehe Most of my mates tend to go for both / either in NATO Standard format (White with two sugars - apparently that's what give, or used to, in army rat packs).

Coffee with cream and sugar. My rule of thumb is 6 oz. of coffee to 2 sugars and 4 creams. Yes, I like it white.

Tea tastes like boiled cigarette ashes to me.

Coffee. Two Sugars. Milk.

I'm at a loss ... my English husband has not yet replied to such a vital thread ... both are vital to his existence.

Coffee, cream and sweetner. Or at night, coffee, cream and rum

Innari wrote:I'm at a loss ... my English husband has not yet replied to such a vital thread ... both are vital to his existence.

Yes well .. said husband was having a laugh in Fusang.

Tea .. depends on which it is, my favorite Lapsang just plain with nothing added. Normal run of the mill supping tea, milk and maybe sugar depending on mood.

Coffee .. ah yes my old friend ... hot with milk or cream, and lots of it. I think I currently get thru a 2lb bag/tub of grounds per month, cannot operate without coffee in the morning and drink thru the day until 10 minutes before bed. Yeah I am an addict

Coffee. Black as my soul
Tea is for when I'm ill.

I prefer tea anyday, although sometimes I need the staying power coffee gives me.

I only drink green tea, but I've got about 5 kinds on my shelf right now haha. Ginger, Sencha, Cactus fig, and two different "plain" teas. I usually prefer plain, but sometimes the flavoured ones are nice. which flavour depends on my mood usually. Right now I'm addicted to Teavana's "Dragonwell" plain green tea. They recently bought out the local Teaopia joint here and it makes me sad. I really really miss Teaopia's Fresh Lemon Zest and Japanese Cherry. They had the right tea to flavouring ratio so every brew was just right. I don't know if I'm a snob or not, but I can usually tell when the local sushi place puts on a new pot, or if they've been using the same leaves for a few hours :S I have no idea what they serve, but when they use fresh leaves it's one of my favourites.
I also brew my tea for at least half an hour longer then any 'instructions' suggest. I like my tea stupidly bitter. Anything less is just warm water.

I drink coffee when I need the small caffeine boost. I don't drink anything fancy, I usually grab a double-double from Timmy's or McD's when I'm on the run. Two cream, Two sugar, just enough so you don't have to taste the coffee anymore
Although lately I've been bad. The pumpkin spice latte and the peppermint mocha from Starbucks aren't bad..

Phaeton wrote:I also brew my tea for at least half an hour longer then any 'instructions' suggest. I like my tea stupidly bitter. Anything less is just warm water.

This! I love the bitter and astringency you get from the tannins in the tea... nothing like it.

Phaeton wrote: I usually grab a double-double from Timmy's

Hehehe, I'd never heard a Canadian order coffee till this past October when I was up in Toronto for work... we were picking up coffee for a couple of the guys at the factory that were helping us out with our trial. "We're going for coffee, do you want anything?" "Small coffee double double" I was like... double double what? ...Thankfully I don't have that issue because I drink my coffee black

I drink mostly coffee. The Swedes love their coffee (accept X cause he is weird ) and I have drunk more of it since moving to Sweden then I have the rest of my life. I used to have to take it with tons of sugar cause Swedes love it dark and it was way to strong for my tastes, but now I take it with just a little milk and think the American stuff tastes like water. haha

I drink tea when I'm not feeling well.

It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

... hmmm brb need more caffeine ...

... oh and hi \o ...

... oh and first post \o/ ...

... oh and *strokes Ash's silky thighs*

Lykeios wrote:It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

... hmmm brb need more caffeine ...

... oh and hi \o ...

... oh and first post \o/ ...

... oh and *strokes Ash's silky thighs*

Strangley I have a version of the Mentat prayer for Ari and her diet coke ........