I’m a coffee drinker. Tried and true. And no matter how much I
may have the habit to rail against the inefficiencies and uncaring tendencies of large corporations, I still gladly hand
over my two bucks a day to Starbucks. I’ve got friends, several of whom live in , who swear by tea. It has as much
caffeine as coffee, they say. Bollocks! I reply. It most certainly does not. But more than that, I don’t drink tea
because it just doesn’t have the rich flavor of coffee. Hey, that’s my preference.
But according to this
piece at the Globe, tea is making big strides even among coffee drinkers. people love it all sorts of ways: black,
green, white, and red…yes, there is red tea. It called rooibos and it comes from a South African plant. The teas also
have fancy names like Ceylon,
people who spend ridiculous amounts on a cup to justify it to themselves. I know, I do the same thing with coffee. It’s
just burnt plant matter and water. What suckers we are. Anyway, even at Starbucks these days you can get tea, which is
fine. That just means there’s more coffee for me.