Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I think the difference is in the culture. Coffee is a beverage for working. Tea is a beverage for socializing. Companies such as Starbucks and Tim ? have tried to change that image, but social coffee went out with the fall of the Greenwhich Village Coffeee houses of the 50's and 60's. Today's coffee drinker is too rushed to sit with a cup of coffee and just savor it, hence the rise in "travel mugs." Sort of similar to the difference between cigarette smokers and cigar smokers. One is for a 'fix' of the drug inside, while the other is to savor the experience.
This is NOT to say that there aren't those who enjoy both.  |