# Coffee vs. Tea **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 30, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329 "2006-03-30T06:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/1 "2006-03-30T06:00:02Z")
[quote=“[ediets.com](http://ediets.com)”"] Most Americans can’t greet the day without a caffeinated kick in the pants, usually in the form of a cup of coffee. Or three. In recent years, however, coffee has been saddled with a bad reputation, linked to high blood pressure, ulcers and even infertility. Plus, some people figure that any beverage that causes such a powerful addiction to caffeine couldn’t be that great for you. You may have heard that tide is turning. Most recently, coffee has been shedding its dangerous reputation as researchers uncover evidence that the daily cup of Joe also has health benefits. Individuals who drink java are at lower risk for diabetes – a looming public health problem. Coffee is also chock-full of disease-busting antioxidants. In fact, it’s the number one source of such chemicals in the American diet. But then there’s tea. Tea has never had a bad rap to overcome. Except for staining your teeth, the brew hasn’t been linked to any problematic side effects. Indeed, news reports have extolled the beverage’s benefits for years. So much so, that java lovers have wondered is they wouldn’t be better off switching teams. But is tea really that much better? Psychology Today recently pitted the brews head-to-head. We report, you decide. Consider how tea affects: 1. Your Heart: Tea relaxes your blood vessels and lowers blood pressure, which is good for your heart. 2. Your Brain: Green tea may prevent Alzheimer’s disease. 3. Your Plumbing: Green tea may prevent kidney stones. 4. Your Bones: Green tea may help keep bones strong, while studies have linked coffee to osteoporosis in the past. 5. Weight Control: Caffeine from either source suppresses appetite, but green tea may spur fat metabolism. 6. Your Mouth: Green tea’s main antioxidant may prevent cavities. Consider how coffee affects: 1. Your Risk of Diabetes: Drinking more than four daily cups of coffee lowers the risk of diabetes. Tea has no similar effect. 2. Your Brain: Coffee protects seniors against Parkinson’s disease. 3. Your Risk of Cancer: Coffee is linked to lower rates of liver and colon cancer, while the FDA says more research is needed to support tea’s anticancer claims. 4. Your Plumbing: Coffee seems to prevent gallstones. 5. Your Heart: A recent study found that people who don’t metabolize caffeine as quickly as others may be at an increased risk for a heart attack if they drink coffee. Decaffeinated coffee may be associated with high cholesterol levels. The final score: Tea = 7, Coffee = 4. The bottom line is that everyone should drink either coffee or tea, says Joe Vinson, a chemistry professor at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. Both beverages are brimming with disease-fighting antioxidants. Don’t be a teetotaler thinking you’re doing it for your health, because health findings clearly favor consumption of coffee and/or tea. If you’re not choosy, drink tea. “It’s unquestionably better for your heart and has hardly any negative side effect,” Vinson said. [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/2 "2006-03-30T06:01:19Z")
Coffee \> Tea is for the bitches ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/3 "2006-03-30T06:21:16Z")
tea sucks ass ---
**Author:** ![peterock17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/4 "2006-03-30T06:23:50Z")
turners ice tea in box is the shit. ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/5 "2006-03-30T06:25:03Z")
spiced chai + vanilla soy milk + whipped cream \> \* ---
**Author:** ![munster\_ek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/munster_ek/32/5977_2.png) [@munster\_ek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/munster_ek)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/6 "2006-03-30T06:30:08Z")
Tea sucks. So what that study is saying is that to benefit 100%…drink both and sleep never. ---
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/7 "2006-03-30T06:30:47Z")
> [@ShalerPunk](#): > > spiced chai + vanilla soy milk + whipped cream \> \* yuppie fag coffee has twice the caffeine of tea so that’s that. 2 cups of coffee, black. everyday 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/8 "2006-03-30T07:22:51Z")
mt. dew FTW ---
**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/9 "2006-03-30T07:24:06Z")
coffee \> Tea ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/10 "2006-03-30T08:16:55Z")
tea\>coffee ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/11 "2006-03-30T09:23:09Z")
> [@bgblockelcamino](#): > > mt. dew FTW mmmmm ---
**Author:** ![newchic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newchic/32/5989_2.png) [@newchic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newchic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/12 "2006-03-30T09:44:23Z")
1 pot of coffee per day… sometimes more on the weekend if I am bustin’ ass cleaning the house. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/13 "2006-03-30T09:50:37Z")
I’ll drink coffee sometimes but its not a necessity. You fucking druggies and your caffeine. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![bobby311](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bobby311/32/5971_2.png) [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/14 "2006-03-30T09:52:02Z")
i drink at least 1 cup of Lipton’s Green Tea daily Favorite flavors: Lemon Ginseng & Orange, Passionfruit, & Jasmine ---
**Author:** ![mp3ray](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mp3ray/32/5994_2.png) [@mp3ray](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mp3ray)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/15 "2006-03-30T10:45:51Z")
decaf suger free lattes \> \* ---
**Author:** ![newchic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newchic/32/5989_2.png) [@newchic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newchic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/16 "2006-03-30T11:36:13Z")
> [@mp3ray](#): > > decaf suger free lattes \> \* What’s the point? Isn’t that the same as water…??? ---
**Author:** ![newchic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newchic/32/5989_2.png) [@newchic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newchic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/17 "2006-03-30T11:37:13Z")
> [@Darkstar](#): > > You fucking druggies and your caffeine. 🤣 I have four kids to deal with… 1 7 year old 1 5 year old 1 5 month old 1 33 year old… :blue: ---
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/18 "2006-03-30T14:30:27Z")
I am with ya NewChic…I can drink a full pot on a good day. Usually 6-8 cups average for me…fat free french vanilla creamer by Nestle = YUM! Caffeine is good, mkay? LOL ---
**Author:** ![newchic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newchic/32/5989_2.png) [@newchic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newchic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/19 "2006-03-30T14:31:50Z")
> [@jinxxycat](#): > > I am with ya NewChic…I can drink a full pot on a good day. Usually 6-8 cups average for me…fat free french vanilla creamer by Nestle = YUM! Caffeine is good, mkay? LOL The french vanilla is my fav too… but I can’t have it on Weight Watchers… Sugar free or fat free… SUCKS… ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329/20 "2006-03-30T15:30:43Z")
> [@newchic](#): > > I have four kids to deal with… > 1 7 year old > 1 5 year old > 1 5 month old > 1 33 year old… > > :blue: if I had 4 kids under 7, Id be smoking something, not drinking something. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coffee-vs-tea/181329.md?page=2)