Coffee drinkers are destroying the planet.

[friedaweed]

That period was a temporary aberration but luckily people came to their senses and remembered that tea is much nicer.

Tea is the overall top dog but coffee has its place as a functional beverage in the morning. It gets things moving in a way that tea could never compete with.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

We should ban coffee to protect the forests. You could have a lovely cup of tea instead - its a much nicer drink.

Britain, protecting the forests since at least 1615.

I'm actually at bit of tea snob, as well (for an American living in a cultural and economic backwater). But, I like my coffee in the morning too.

 

[tonysingh]

I'm actually at bit of tea snob, as well (for an American living in a cultural and economic backwater). But, I like my coffee in the morning too.

Define tea snob?

I am militant about only loose leaf tea and only freshly drawn water, never reboiled. I've been known to set timers so I don't under or over brew my lapsang souchong or Earl Grey.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Define tea snob?

I am militant about only loose leaf tea and only freshly drawn water, never reboiled. I've been known to set timers so I don't under or over brew my lapsang souchong or Earl Grey.

Loose-leaf tea, bought from a local tea shop that packs your order in vacuum packs, fresh water, in a real teapot. Usually, lapsang souchong. No teabags here.

 

[tonysingh]

Loose-leaf tea, bought from a local tea shop that packs your order in vacuum packs, fresh water, in a real teapot. Usually, lapsang souchong. No teabags here.

Oh I very much approve.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I was drinking lapsang today as it happens. I can't drink it in work as it makes people think the building is on fire.

 

[Elpenor]

Never got on with loose leaf tea. I think I drink hot drinks more out of routine than any particular taste preference

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I was drinking lapsang today as it happens. I can't drink it in work as it makes people think the building is on fire.

I may not eat bacon any more, but I can drink it!

 

[not henry]

That's a lot of coffee.

But there is a lot of coffee in Brazil

 

[RedRedRose]

But there is a lot of coffee in Brazil

I have often thought: how much of that is from land that was once rainforest?

 

[not henry]

I have often thought: how much of that is from land that was once rainforest?

And I have often thought how much of that comes from the great American songbook. I should have been more clear, I was quoting a standard from long ago.

 

[Raheem]

But there is a lot of coffee in Brazil

Sure. But comparing the emission of a beefburger to a jar and a half of coffee doesn't seem particularly helpful. If those figures are correct, it seems like the emissions from a single cup would be about 1.5% of the emissions of the beefburger, which doesn't look too bad.

Although maybe that's the point the poster was making in the first place, I'm not sure.