The Energon Pub

Bit of an odd topic I know, but as an ex Brit I've seen coffee become the preference over the good old cuppa, normally when offered a drink its "would you like a coffee?".

I have seen Tea offered in some takeaway places (Mc Donalds have tea, but its milky water really!), but the menus are normally filled with the different coffee types (I lose track of how many ways you can have coffee now), so what is it bout coffee that makes it more preferable over Tea

Now this is what I've observed here in NZ, but what about you in other country's, what do you think, is tea becoming an oldies drink, even in the shops the types of coffee outweighs the amount of tea on the selves.

I should point out I like both Tea and Coffee, this is just an odd thought I had one evening.

Why would you put milk in tea

Original Sin wrote:Why would you put milk in tea

Some people like that. Chai.
It's nasty.

DISCHARGE wrote:

Original Sin wrote:Why would you put milk in tea

Some people like that. Chai.
It's nasty.

Sugar, tea bags, and water.

and maybe lemon.

Why do they have to complicate things?

Its an English thing really, milk in tea.

Powersurge wrote:Its and English thing really, milk in tea.

*shudders*

Original Sin wrote:

DISCHARGE wrote:

Original Sin wrote:Why would you put milk in tea

Some people like that. Chai.
It's nasty.

Sugar, tea bags, and water.

and maybe lemon.

Why do they have to complicate things?

Blargh, sugar? If you don't like the taste of tea, why drink it instead of polluting it?

Flashback wrote:

Original Sin wrote:

DISCHARGE wrote:

Original Sin wrote:Why would you put milk in tea

Some people like that. Chai.
It's nasty.

Sugar, tea bags, and water.

and maybe lemon.

Why do they have to complicate things?

Blargh, sugar? If you don't like the taste of tea, why drink it instead of polluting it?

Sugar, it sweetens it.

I don't drink hot tea, only iced tea so ner

Original Sin wrote:

Flashback wrote:

Original Sin wrote:

DISCHARGE wrote:

Original Sin wrote:Why would you put milk in tea

Some people like that. Chai.
It's nasty.

Sugar, tea bags, and water.

and maybe lemon.

Why do they have to complicate things?

Blargh, sugar? If you don't like the taste of tea, why drink it instead of polluting it?

Sugar, it sweetens it.

I don't drink hot tea, only iced tea so ner

Aha. well thats a whole different cup of tea, isn't it? If you're talking tea versus coffee, you're looking at HOT tea. I should've guessed you meant iced tea though. American and all...

I like tea. Definitely needs sugar though. Doesn't matter if it is warm or cold. Adding milk or lemon makes it taste just as good as by itself, at least to me.

So I take it there are regular tea drinkers here then, so where do you normally drink it, just at home, or if your out and about as well, only Cafe's here really do a lot of tea, I should know as when ether I go out with my Grandparents they normally go to a cafe and normally order a pot of tea.

Oh and I like my tea strong, with very little milk.

I like tea. I usually drink some preventative green tea during the beginning of the seasons when people start getting sick just to help out my immune system.

It's seemed to work thus far.

Senor Hugo wrote:I like tea. I usually drink some preventative green tea during the beginning of the seasons when people start getting sick just to help out my immune system.

It's seemed to work thus far.

Well I didn't mean green tea , just its burnt cousin (black and green teas are made from the same plant, its just how they're processed thats different).

But yeah I used to drink green tea a bit for its health benefits, though they've found black tea has some cancer fighting agents in it, but milk makes them useless apparently!

I drink Earl Grey.

I outrank all of you.

I am drinking tea right now, my family are heavy heavy tea drinkers-

And how do i have it? Really strong, Really Sweet and the tiniest drop of milk

The only way to have it

I'm a huge fan of both.

I love Chai, Green Tea, Earl Grey...

I love esspresso, cappicino(sp?), and you gotta love the novelty coffees.

Green Tea Frapaccino @ Starbucks -

I favour Earl grey meself, but I'm British so...

We go through 16 pints of milk in a matter of days here, that's just how much tea we drink

The Master Blaster wrote:I favour Earl grey meself, but I'm British so...

We go through 16 pints of milk in a matter of days here, that's just how much tea we drink

Wow...those poor English cows!

For me tea time is whenever I find a tea bag or have time.

Coffee - Whenever I have the appropriate creamers on hand at work (can't drink straight black) or whenever I have the money to go buy a cup. lol. I'm preferable on the iced coffees.


My drinking habits range from water to soda most of the time. My family's drink of choice is Diet Coke and I hate it. That's all we ever had when I was growing up. Sometimes my mom'd buy other kinds, but being as poor as we were, we were limited on the verit we were able to buy at a time. So it was that or tap...Egh! Recently though my Japanese obsession has leaked to my family. lol! Now it's tea, tea, tea. First is was Arizona Green Tea, then we discovered Milos. It's uber popular here in the south. You can buy huge jugs of it. We get the one w/ splenda in it. Not because it's better for you, it just tastes better.


All in all though, I'd much rather have some hot Chai...which reminds me...we have some!

*zooms off to kitchen*

Bloody foreigners.

I drink about 5-10 cups of tea a day. I'll take a flask of tea to work with me, I'll have it with my breakfast at 5pm and again with my lunch at 8pm. and anywhere else in between.

Blast Cannon wrote:Bloody foreigners.

Baka Gaijin.

Matrix. wrote:I drink Earl Grey.

I outrank all of you.

I actually tried some Earl Grey once, just to see if Picard was right.

Tasted like perfume.

Neko wrote:

Blast Cannon wrote:Bloody foreigners.

Baka Gaijin.

Dummkopf Amerikanischen.

Not...ENTIRELY sure what I just said, but I've got a good guess.

By the way, Coffee FTW.

Shadowman wrote:

Neko wrote:

Blast Cannon wrote:Bloody foreigners.

Baka Gaijin.

Dummkopf Amerikanischen.

Not...ENTIRELY sure what I just said, but I've got a good guess.

By the way, Coffee FTW.

Heretic!

I see softdrinks slowly and steadily losing out.

Tea is making a big come back.

Oldies but goodies.