April 11th, 2011
Coffee vs tea
I love tea. Not in the same way that mums like tea – you know, the slightly obsessive ‘it’s been five minutes, shall we have another cuppa’ type way – but in more of a ‘yeah, why not, go on, I’ll have a cup’ type way.
I’m basically one of those annoying people in the office who never thinks about tea, and therefore never offers to make the tea, but is still quite happy to have a cup if someone else is making.
Thanks to my imperious sweet tooth I like my tea with two sugars. I also dislike coffee. It’s bitter. Even the choca-mocha-doodahs that everyone tells me to try are not enough for my sugar loving self.
As a result I think it’s important to maintain a supportive cheerleader relationship with tea – it needs our backing. It’s not necessarily cool, but it possesses an elegance that coffee can’t muster. Coffee is tea’s boorish American cousin who’s always a little bit over-excited and vulgar.
Considering all of the above I felt pretty chuffed when I saw this infographic on tea vs coffee. It outlines some fun facts, health statistics and even caffeine levels. There’s no clear winner necessarily, but in my view tea definitely comes out on top.
Whether you prefer Coffee Bars or Tea Shops, whether you like yours leafy or beany, this is well worth a look. Just so that you can see I’m blatantly right.
