comparing tea and coffee
Coffee or tea? That's a question asked on many occasions. At first glance, these drinks seem quite different, and both coffee and tea enthusiasts will agree that the two beverages are in no way comparable. However, if you take a closer look you can see quite a lot of similarities between the two drinks.
In our society, coffee and tea are extremely popular drinks. Tea is the second-most consumed drinks in the world, surpassed only by water. Coffee too is one of the most well liked beverages, and popular all over the world. Though, it cannot completely live up to tea in terms of sales. Although unroasted coffee is one of the worlds most traded agricultural goods, the yearly sales of tea almost double the sales of coffee.
Comparing their history, both coffee and tea have been around for quite a long time. According to legends, tea was first discovered in southwestern China 3000 BC during the Chinese Tang dynasty. It became popular among Chinese and Japanese priests and scholars who drank it during meditation, but was not introduced to Europe until the 16th century. Soon after tea was made known in Europe, it became fashionable in Britain and is still considered one of Britain's cultural beverages. Coffee on the other hand was
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A standard cup of brewed filter coffee has 80 to 115 milligrams of caffeine, whereas the same portion of black tea contains about half as much. Since the caffeine content of tea strongly depends on the type of tea and brewing method, it's amount caffeine varies stronger than coffee's, where the contended mostly depends on brewing method. As a result of the caffeine, either drink has a stimulating, alertness enhancing effect on humans, and is thus essential for lots of people to properly wake up in the morning and start their day. Therefore, both coffee and tea are an important part of many people's
If tea arrived in Europe around the same time as when coffee did, why did it not find the immediate success that coffee had?
There are some similarities one of the similarities are they both could kill you if you drink too much and they both hold a large amount of caffeine. Another similarity is they both give you energy to do your
The fictional story “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,” by American author ZZ Packer, is about an African American college student that encounters many behavioral issues throughout her freshman year at Yale University. The main character of the story, Dina, is an insecure, immature, and selfish young adult who has gone through tough moments in her life. Dina is the narrator of the story; it is told through her eyes. After Dina mother’s death, her attitude gets worse and she tries to be isolated from everyone as much as she can. During Yale orientation, Dina introduced herself violently to the class, the dean of the college gets worried about her behavior, and she is assigned to attend counseling sessions with a psychologist. Dina then meets one of her poetry classmates accidently; after Heidi knocks at Dina’s door, they share time together, and become good friends. The main character sometimes may appear aggressive and uncaring do to the fact that she is dealing with self-identity problems. In the end, she suddenly appears upset and starts making many mistakes that end up costing her friendship. After losing the only friend she has, she wishes to go back and fix the mistakes she made.
Tea became a mainstream drink in Asia around 100 BCE. It then became a mainstream drink in Europe around 1610 CE.
By 1700 England becomes the largest consumer of coffee. Coffee becomes known as the drink of commerce because the merchant class welcomed the drink without any hesitation.
The earliest consumption of coffee is believed to have been by the Sufi Muslims around mocha in Yemen. The coffee beans were harvested and brewed just like the way they are prepared today. From this area, it spread across the Middle East, Europe and finally to North Africa by the 16th century. (Pendergrast,
The origins of tea are rooted in China (Food Timeline). According to legend, the beneficial properties of tea were first discovered by the Emperor Shen Nung in the year 2737 B.C. He drank only boiled water for hygienic purposes, and one day while he drank a breeze rustled the branches of a tree and a few leaves fell into his cup. Creating the first cup of tea. It is challenging to know whether or not the emperor was real or just a part of the spiritual and cultural development of ancient China. China was not unified as an empire until the third century, so it is unlikely emperors existed back then. One thing that is known is that tea was popular in China thousands of years ago. The first written reference of tea is in the third century B.C. A famous surgeon recommended the beverage to patients to increase concentration and alertness. Tea was first written as “tu” in ancient texts. This caused a good deal of confusion because the same Chinese character was used for both tea and Chinese sow thistles. Between 206 B.C. and A.D. 220 a Han Dynasty emperor ruled that when referring to tea, the characters should be pronounced as “cha”. From here on, tracing tea’s history became easier because tea acquired its own individual character (Food Timeline).
Carp stated that around the early 1580’s, Europeans adopted tea for the first time.Coffee and chocolate were also introduced to Europe around this time. These beverages did not make an impact right away because the taste was very bitter. The beverages started to “boom” once sugar was added. The plant, camelia sinensis, produces all pure tea. All the tea that Americans and Europeans consumed came from Chinese soil until the nineteenth. Ever since, India, has the most well-known varieties of tea.
Brewed coffee is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. The trade in coffee beans alone amounts to well over $6,000,000,000 a year and the total volume of beans traded exceeds 4,250,000 tons a year. Its believed that the beverage was introduced into Arabia in the fifteenth century A.D., probably by Ethiopians. By the middle or late sixteenth century, the Arabs had introduced the beverage to the Europeans, who at first resisted it because of its strong flavor and effect as a mild stimulant. The French, Italians and other Europeans incorporated coffee into their diets by the seventeenth century. The English, however, preferred tea, which they were then importing from India. Since, America was colonized primarily by the English Americans
Coffee consumption is expected to increase through 2015 at an average annual rate of 2.7%, while tea consumption is expected to increase through 2015 at an average annual rate of 3.1%. Positive expectations for continued growth in coffee sales, despite its “mature” product position in the market, are due to the innovations in premium coffee products (pods, single-serving instants, etc.)
Waking up to a hot cup of coffee, relishing the cool tingling sensation of a cola with your lunch, or relaxing in the afternoon over a cup of tea, all have similar ingredient caffeine. Caffeine has been consumed ever since the 2700 BC, with its conjunction in tea, for the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung. In 575 AD, the first use of coffee beans where in Africa where it was used as currency and food. Even more today, caffeine consumption has become an integral part of millions of people's daily lives. According to David Weaver, "Caffeine and theophylline are among the most widely consumed neuroactive substances. These drugs are consumed most frequently in beverages, but also are present in certain over-the-counter diet aids, 'alertness
Coffee filters are a great product that can be used in a lot of ways. These filters can do much more than simply make coffee. If you have fresh tea, then you can use your coffee maker to brew teat that will be hot and tasty. You can even make your own DIY coffee filter tea bags.
The caffeine and sugar content of both provides in takers with a boost of energy. Coffee is consumed by many in order to give them a boost to stay alert throughout the day. This beverage is often used to help individuals, stay up
A. Coffee is a standout amongst the most broadly devoured drinks everywhere throughout the world.
Knowing Chinese tea culture thoroughly is a wise way for people to explore the Chinese society and culture. As a traditional drink, it has been planted and consumed for over five thousands years. The climate of China is perfect for growing tea, which leads to large quantities and good quality of tea. According to the line diagram, “Dynamics of manufacture of tea in China, thousand tons” there were about 1,200 thousands tons of tea manufactured in 2008, which made China the biggest tea manufacture country in the world. As we can see, tea has a special position in Chinese society. Due to its popularity, Chinese tea gradually raises international interest, and leads China to be a more influential country in the