Tough question for me because the ratio waxes and wanes. Right now I'm drinking more cups of tea than coffee. I emphasize cups because of those charts that are measuring consumption by weight. The amount of tea for a cup can vary a lot, and the amount of coffee grounds per cup can vary a bit also. The weight is bad yardstick for measuring consumption. It could be that tea is consumed more on a per cup basis than coffee because I think that the weight of tea used in comparison is less per cup.
Quality Tea vs Quality Coffee - Which do you drink more cups of?
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For me, it depends on the quality of either if given a choice. Just like liquor, I prefer top shelf tea/coffee freshly ground since I don't drink much of either.
I drink coffee only occasionally (less than once a month), but about two liters of tea a day (20+ brews Chinese gongfu style). Wasn't always this way (in grad school it was coffee that was drunk in excess), but has been in recent years.
I love tea but drink way more coffee because it's more readily available throughout the day.
I do love a good quality cup of tea, but our family is coffee drinkers.
I normally drink a 34oz french press of coffee in the morning and then 1-2 french presses of tea on average
Both coffee and green tea have been shown to have health benefits. Take your pick. Is green tea healthier than other teas? I doubt it. Japan, where most green tea originates, has done more tea studies on this tea than have countries where most black varietals originate.
I prefer tea because of the infinite variety of flavor profiles. Coffee is coffee: good, bad, indifferent. And coffee gives me the jitters, which tea does not.
I prefer tea because of the infinite variety of flavor profiles. Coffee is coffee: good, bad, indifferent. And coffee gives me the jitters, which tea does not.
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I voted that I drink about the same, which I think I do, but I must admit that I really do not know. I don't keep count. I tend to have a cup of coffee in the morning, maybe two, and never more than two. Sometimes, I have tea instead of coffee. Sometimes, I follow coffee with tea, but I also might follow tea with coffee. The Earl Grey I drink is actually pretty good for two steepings (although the second is very different), so having one cup of that often leads to a second. Just about all the green teas I drink are good for at least 2-3 steepings, so I'll have two or three cups when I break it out (maybe once or twice per week).
In other words, your guess is as good as mine, man. It's all "quality," so it all counts.
I voted that I drink about the same, which I think I do, but I must admit that I really do not know. I don't keep count. I tend to have a cup of coffee in the morning, maybe two, and never more than two. Sometimes, I have tea instead of coffee. Sometimes, I follow coffee with tea, but I also might follow tea with coffee. The Earl Grey I drink is actually pretty good for two steepings (although the second is very different), so having one cup of that often leads to a second. Just about all the green teas I drink are good for at least 2-3 steepings, so I'll have two or three cups when I break it out (maybe once or twice per week).
In other words, your guess is as good as mine, man. It's all "quality," so it all counts.
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