coffee v tea, which do you prefer?

[saj1985]

Yorkshire one cup tea bags. Just right for a decent mug. I drink around 8 mugs a day, with 1 sugar. Coffee now and then but prefer tea.

8 cups....thats a lot

 

[Llew]

Tea for me first thing, and in the afternoon. Twinings preferred. Coffee mid-morning and last thing at night, espresso or cappuccino from an my ancient Morphy-Richards 'Mister Cappuccino' coffee maker. Tried other makes, Delonghi etc., but sold them on, no match for the M-R.

Coffee was rare for us when I was younger. First time I tasted it was in a visit to hospital. Before that, had to make do with an ersatz pretend coffee called Camp -

 

[jeallen01]

Tea in the morning before leaving for work, Yorkshire Tea, made strong, 1 sugar, Nescafe Gold Blend after work, couple of cups, Real coffee on my days off currently Jacobs coffee, I'll either make a cappuccino or latte, I have syrups for the latter.

Yorkshire for us - most of the day! - I buy the 1-cup teabags "in bulk" from MAKRO (currently about 1/4 way through a bag of 1200 - and there are 2 more bags in the attic!)

OTOH, I do like a cup of fairly strong coffee from my Delonghi ground-coffee maker when "things get difficult".

 

[purplemarina]

1 pint of tea in morning or 2 pints on day off if not going out (2 pints has consquences)
coffee midday cafe jurado=cheap spanish brand which i like.

 

[Analoguesat]

8 cups....thats a lot

Not really - I probably drink the equivalent of at least 10 mugs of tea & coffee a day - I start the day with a jumbo sized mug of tea with my breakfast - then a normal sized mug of coffee or tea when I get to work - thats the equivalent of 3 mugs before 9am!

 

[Ghostleader]

....and 4 sweetex tablets in it!

Oh bloody hell no! lol

 

[2cvbloke]

It'd be tea for me, I keep trying with coffee, but after a while I get sick of the other end effects it has on me, fresh or instant...

 

[Ghostleader]

Up for work, kettle on for tea, here's the coffee shop ingredients without the £5 price tag for a latte:

 

[sonnetpete]

Before that, had to make do with an ersatz pretend coffee called Camp -

That's awoken memories of my late aunt, who would make coffee with Camp and steri milk. It was f***ing horrible....

 

[Llew]

Something nicer from that era was the free orange juice we were given weekly at the new NHS clinics growing up in the post-war years. I recall it even now - seemed to taste much better than some of the juices you get these days. But then it probably would - it was given after the requisite dollop of cod liver oil

 

[pgh13]

That's awoken memories of my late aunt, who would make coffee with Camp and steri milk. It was f***ing horrible....

Don't think I've ever sampled it, but was surprised to see it's still made; the brand now belonging to McCormick the spice people

 

[Llew]

Don't think I've ever sampled it, but was surprised to see it's still made; the brand now belonging to McCormick the spice people

Yes, you can usually find it in the cookery aisles of some supermarkets, for adding a coffee-ish flavour to cakes etc.

 

[saj1985]

i just had a chai latte from costa coffee, i love it

 

[saj1985]

Not really - I probably drink the equivalent of at least 10 mugs of tea & coffee a day - I start the day with a jumbo sized mug of tea with my breakfast - then a normal sized mug of coffee or tea when I get to work - thats the equivalent of 3 mugs before 9am!

thats a fair bit of tea

 

[Archive7]

I used to drink a lot of coffee 10 years ago something like 8 large cups a day, and one day I felt dizzy and went to see a doctor and I had high blood pressure.
Started taking medication ever since but that day was so traumatic I stopped drinking coffee perhaps two cups only during 10 years!!!
I like Twining tea and I order Earl Grey and special herbal tea bags from the USA!!!
In total 5 cups of tea during the day and night.

 

[Lazarus]

Tea has similar amounts of caffeine as Coffee: Tea Leaves actually have more than Coffee Beans do.

But the brewing and dilution processes alter the equation to some extent.

 

[RustySpoons]

One brand of capsule I'd avoid is 'Cru Kafe'. I bought some following a great write up in one of the broadsheets. It's one of the weakest, watery, bitter coffees I've ever tasted.

Please report back if you do find the Lidl ones, I was expecting them to be rubbish but was blown away. They are £1.70 a box in the UK so shouldn't be far off that where you are.

 

[saj1985]

Tea has similar amounts of caffeine as Coffee: Tea Leaves actually have more than Coffee Beans do.

But the brewing and dilution processes alter the equation to some extent.

i think coffee gives you a better kick

 

[Lazarus]

Tsk. Here in Yorkshire we know the Tea is ready when a spoon can stand up in it.

 

[sonnetpete]

They are £1.70 a box in the UK so shouldn't be far off that where you are.

Well that's certainly cheaper than buying them direct from Nespresso. We're away for three weeks on Sunday, so I'll try and give them a go when we get back. Our local supermarket stocks a 'Starbuck' capsule which is pretty good and I'm trying some of these, which smell great when poured out but taste disappointing...