Image is all in life. The two tasteless household items of coffee and tea are truly unique in perception not only regarding taste but also of communal significance. They are both champions in respect of our choices in beverage but are truly determined in personality and acceptability. How so?
Let's start with coffee. It's got that reputation as the working man's daily go-to tonic for a boost in vim and vigor needed to start the day. The odor is strong and satisfying and welcomes whatever taking a whiff to meet life head-on in no uncertain terms. The first sip clears the mental fog and the remaining ones set the tone for the rest of the day.
Coffee Tea
Coffee is for the blue collar folks that need the corporal stimulus to get the proverbial gears in motion. Many just could not imagine beginning the day without a sure foundation of a rich and satisfying source of caffeine. The office folks share that need throughout the day to meet the menagerial and menagerial challenges that confront them while these days of corporate tension.
Tea, however, is a whole distinct species. Its reputation leaves it in a category as the option of the more refined members of society. It's more sweet and gentle in its delivery. It would have no part with those lacking in delicacy or refinement.
It has an elitist quality about it that avoids the brutish side of humanity. It invites those at a communal gathering to speak in a more sophisticated way to others that share their sentiments. Tea is seemingly meant for those that are a tad bit more polished in behavior and mannerisms.
When coffee and tea proponents look each other in the eye what do they see? Many a coffee aficionado would roll their eyes and wonder if the other lived in the real world and could handle the slightest bit of pressure. There are sure to be many cup o' joe fans that would truly dismiss the tea sippers as pansies born with silver spoons in their mouths.
What about the other side? There are sure to be enthusiasts of tea that are sympathetic to the plight of the tasteless man of coffee who wouldn't know what to do with a good, cultured life even if it fell on his or her lap with ribbons attached. Why, those poor ruffians wouldn't have to work so hard if they would think and act more like those of our sort. Tsk tsk, indeed!
Was the scenario presented a bit exaggerated? possibly so, but there is truly a communal division between the two sides that will never be resolved. There will all the time be words unspoken between members of these cut off worlds that ask "So where did you go wrong?"
The Opposing Worlds of Coffee and Tea
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