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Coffee or tea? Every day, people around the world drink billions of cups of both. Find out where each drink comes from, which countries drink the most, how much caffeine is in your cup and how people enjoy them — from Italian espresso and Indian chai to Japanese green tea and Vietnamese iced coffee with sweet milk.
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Every day, people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee and tea. Both drinks have a long history. Which one do you like more?
Tea comes from China. People there drank tea thousands of years ago. Coffee comes from Africa, from Ethiopia. Later, people started to drink it in Yemen, and then all over the world.
People in Finland drink the most coffee in the world, about four cups a day! People in Turkey drink the most tea. In the UK, people drink about 100 million cups of tea every day.
Both drinks have caffeine. Caffeine helps you wake up. A cup of coffee has about two times more caffeine than a cup of black tea. Green tea has even less.
In Italy, people drink small, strong espresso. In India, people love chai, a tea with milk and spices. In Japan, green tea is very popular, and in Vietnam people drink coffee with sweet milk and ice.
Coffee or tea? There is no wrong answer. Just enjoy your cup!
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