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Piping hot Tea has its workshippers too

“Coffee drinking has doubtlessly become a fad, especially for youngsters,” says hotelier Rupesh Chopra. What surprises him is the fact that although “instant” coffee can be made at home, people do not even consider this an alternative to stopping by at a crowded café a whole kilometre away!

For Jharna Jethani, a student: “Coffee wins hands down!” Athletes such as 19-year-old Elizabeth Mathew feel that coffee is the perfect energiser. Ashutosh Bannerjee, a call centre employee, says: “Coffee is a must-have since we are expected to stay awake all night and attend to our clients.”

For many students, mugs of coffee are a ‘necessity,’ especially on the night before an exam.

Although most of these people do not mind drinking tea, coffee is considered more upmarket.

Nevertheless, tea does have its loyalists. Pramod Giri, an anaesthetist, says: “I personally favour a cup of tea, mostly because it does not cause acidity as coffee does.”

“Too much caffeine can result in dehydration, irritability and ugly stained teeth,” informs nutritionist Tanuja Rao. “A cup of green tea does me a world of good every day,” she adds.

Just because a teeming majority of teenagers considers coffee to be the “in-drink,” does it imply that they reckon tea is meant only for older people?

“It would be incorrect to say that the tea drinking population consists of only oldies,” says tea stall owner Sharief Khan, whose customers include “school and college-going boys”.

Praneeth Manohar, a civil engineer, says, “Coffee and tea are brands on their own, and now that I am addicted to coffee, I don’t even consider tea as a prospective substitute.

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