Tea or Coffee - Let's End This Debate

If you have stopped at this blog being a tea or a coffee enthusiast then we would . request you to read this one with a balanced perspective for a fun and informative read. We know that we have chosen a debate more heated than Messi or Ronaldo but why not? 

Why Tea v/s Coffee? 

Before coming to the conclusion about what’s better and what’s not, it’s important to know why we consume tea or coffee. Both tea and coffee are sipped as everyday beverages by their consumers. It can be for anything, just a random break, a craving to have something to drink, or just a caffeine kick to boost productivity at work. Both beverages have their distinct taste and qualities that they offer so let’s deep dive into them and understand what are these features. 

What came first, Tea or Coffee? 

We might still be some centuries short of knowing if the egg came first or the hen but we surely know that tea was discovered before coffee. 

According to the known records and literature it was in 2737 BC that tea was first discovered by a Chinese man who mixed some leaves with boiling water and got to know that it tasted really good, before this tea was only boiling water. 

Coffee was discovered way after in the 9th century. According to the records, it was an Egyptian shepherd whose flock ate coffee beans and got energised for the whole night, still consuming coffee became a culture only after the 14th century. 

The healthier beverage out of the two is… 

Coffee is a winner when it comes to health benefits after consumption as coffee is better than tea in this case. Consuming coffee regularly can help you boost your brain and enhance its efficiency. It helps improve your heart health and increase age longevity, it also supports healthy weight management and reduces the risk of diabetes. 

Tea is a healthy beverage too, but it needs other ingredients to make it a healthy beverage like ginger, tulsi, or cardamom. Drinking tea with just normal tea leaves is not as beneficial as roasted coffee is. 

Who's winning at variety?

It's a shared win when it comes to this and we cannot say that tea is better than coffee or vice versa. Taste and types of tea change every hundred kilometers depending on the popular ingredient in that geography. Coffee also has its variety of versions like espresso Coffee, mocha, latte, etc. 

Who’s the winner when it comes to popularity? 

When it comes to popularity, coffee is better than tea as it’s the most consumed beverage across the globe. On average, 35-40% of people in Europe and the USA start their day with a cup of coffee, and more than 14% of the population drinks coffee more than 3 times a day. 

Tea is a more Asian’s preferred beverage. Indians, Chinese, and Pakistanis who contribute to a majority of the Asian population are avid drinkers of tea. It will not be wrong to say that what’s coffee to the west is tea in Asia but coffee finds its clan here too. 

But, what do we conclude, what’s better? 

Well, we can say that better is a heavy word and we can literally have a web war if we say that one is better than the other, but what we can say is which one is the preferred beverage. According to the popularity and varied consumer spectrum, coffee surely does stand out as a preferred beverage.