Hi Scorpiowoman
In the past, tea was the drink to have. Ladies would gather round and have tea parties with cucumber sandwiches, scones with lashings of raspberry jam and cream, tarts of many flavours and cakes with ten inch icing.
Then coffee was discovered and slowly peoples palate changed. As different techniques of roasting the coffee bean and various coffee machine added more 'oomph' to the flavour by pressurizing steam through ground beans, people discovered coffee flavours that were tantalising, richer in flavour and lets face it........became more fashionable to buy!
People have come to love the various flavours that are offered over the counter, that's not to say that there aren't many flavours to choose in tea! It still is a matter of preference, depending on one's mood!
Coffee is so rich in flavour and as we see nowa days, people are willing to purchase it in a take away version!
We supposedly use it as a remedy for waking us up, for the hang over from the night before, we even drive with it to work and we use it to just keep us going during the day!
Personally I prefer a bucket of tea in the mornings! But like the rest of society when I'm out with friends, then I will order the largest Flat White, extra, extra strong and sprinkled with cardamon spice!
Katz