Food · The morning question · Take No. 036
Tea or coffee?
The world's most popular drink after water, against the one that actually gets people out of bed. Half the planet picks one, half picks the other, and both think they're the civilised side.
The case for each side, then the verdict. Then the floor is yours.
The verdict
It's Coffee. Tea is the nicer drink; coffee is the better one.
Tea has numbers, history and grace, and a good cup of tea is a better afternoon than a bad cup of coffee. On a sick day, tea wins outright.
But asked which drink is better at being a drink, coffee has more flavour, more variety, more kick and a bigger culture around it. It's the one people miss when it's gone. Coffee, with tea at four o'clock.
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