Are you a tea person or a coffee person? / myLot

Japan

January 30, 2016 4:24am CST

I am a tea person. Actually, I don't like coffee, and that includes anything coffee flavored as well as the smell. I like pretty much all black tea, green tea, etc. I can only drink caffeinated tea before noon, though, or it will keep me awake. Unfortunately, I'm not especially fond of most herbal teas. If I want a hot drink in the afternoon or evening, I sometimes have rooibus tea, ginger tea or yuzucha, a tea made of citrus rind cooked in honey. Or sometimes I make hot lemonade. Am I strange? Japanese people expect foreigners to love coffee and they are surprised by me, then delighted that I love green tea. But a lot of friends from my college days drink only herbal tea, or only milk tea, etc. One friend who is nearing retirement doesn't like any hot drinks and says, "I'm a kid in disguise." What about you? Coffee, tea, both or neither?

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12625)

• Ireland

30 Jan 16

@petatonicsca I'm an Earl Grey man myself. However my job requires me to drink whatever is offered to me and some people just refuse to give me tea without milk which I find very hard to have in my mouth. I gave up coffee 8 years ago with no ill effects. And tea is such an interesting drink. I order mine online and the variety is boundless.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

30 Jan 16

Both beverages, depending on time of day or occasion or mood. Not keen on Rooibos tea, but others in the house like it and other herbal or fruit teas.

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Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

30 Jan 16

I think Rooibus is also an acquired taste, and I only decided last year that I like it.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

30 Jan 16

@petatonicsca It can tastes a bit medicinal, Redbush tea - best made in its own pot, or the next pot of black tea you make will taste awful.

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amnabas

@amnabas (13742)

• Karachi, Pakistan

30 Jan 16

I take both but i love coffee.

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

30 Jan 16

People widely believe that all Brits are addicted to tea. I don't drink it at all.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306854)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

30 Jan 16

I'm a tea drinker. I don't like the taste of coffee, but I do like its aroma. I like almost all teas, herbals too. There was one I found I didn't like, and I can't remember which one it was, nor do I like lemon in my tea - ugh.

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Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

30 Jan 16

I only like lemon in iced tea. Hot tea I like plain or with milk. Chai is good too.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306854)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

30 Jan 16

@petatonicsca I just ran into Chai a few months ago and love it.

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Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

30 Jan 16

@just4him I make my own. Then I can put the spices I like in it. Also soy milk. Also no sugar (I use stevia.)

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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)

• Philippines

30 Jan 16

I am okay with both. Hot or cold too is fine.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157650)

• United States

31 Jan 16

I have to have a minimum of three cups a day or I have a headache the next day. I enjoy all types of tea as well. caffeinated tea will keep me awake worse than coffee will.

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Jon

@Bomber109 (201)

• Australia

30 Jan 16

I do drink coffee but I prefer a nice cup of tea (black tea).

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29256)

• Eugene, Oregon

30 Jan 16

I start the day with about four cups of strong black, freshly ground coffee, then have another cup or two or three later. In winter, I like hot black tea for lunch and strong ice tea in the summer. Later in the afternoon, I like green tea a lot and then some Sleepytime Tea at bed time.

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paigea

@paigea (35718)

• Canada

31 Jan 16

Wow! That is a lot of caffeine!

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paigea

@paigea (35718)

• Canada

31 Jan 16

@petatonicsca mmm, strong ice cream; does that mean really rich.

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Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

31 Jan 16

I read that as "strong ice cream." Well, that would be good too.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (326098)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Jan 16

We only like instant coffee or we might have weak black tea, no sugar. Shop-bought coffee is too strong for me although Vince enjoys a latte.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37346)

• Philippines

30 Jan 16

more on coffee or it is like 50-50 :)

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paigea

@paigea (35718)

• Canada

31 Jan 16

I am mainly a coffee drinker, but I also like tea. I tend to take a thermos of tea to work as I don't feel I should help myself to coffee in the various staff rooms. And some days I wouldn't ever get time to go to the staff room anyway.

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@Daljinder (23233)

• Bangalore, India

30 Jan 16

Coffee definitely coffee...No tea for me.........

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sanasaeed

@tahashif (63)

• Karachi, Pakistan

30 Jan 16

I am a tea person but I like coffee too

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youless

@youless (112123)

• Guangzhou, China

2 Mar 16

I don't ofen drink tea unless I am in the restaurant. Because here they will offer you tea to drink. Today I tend to drink more coffee because I will feel energetic after drinking it.

Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

2 Mar 16

What kind of tea do they serve where you are? Here, green tea is free. Black (Western) tea costs like coffee does. Mugi-cha (barley tea) is also free. Chinese teas cost some money too, unless you are in a Chinese restaurant.

Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36496)

• Toccoa, Georgia

30 Nov 16

Both, but I drink more tea.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36496)

• Toccoa, Georgia

2 Dec 16

@petatonicsca Yes, thats true :)

Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

2 Dec 16

Hooray for us tea drinkers!

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

31 Jan 16

I am primarily a coffee drinker. I enjoy it iced or hot, black or with a bit of sweet cream, or sometimes all fancied up in a machiatto. I also drink hot tea from time to time and iced tea often during the hotter months.

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