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Seriously, what is wrong with the world?

What is wrong with people?

Just when we thought our last shred of faith was dead, this bit of information comes in to snatch the last glimmering remains – just in time to reassure us all that 2017 truly is the absolute worst.

According to a new survey, the ‘good’ people of the UK now prefer coffee to tea.


We’ll pause here to let you spit out your cuppa in pure rage.

A survey by syrup makers Monin (who make syrups for coffee, so we’re hoping they’ve fudged the stats in their favour) has found that 61% of British people prefer drinking coffee to drinking tea.



Bloody traitors.

Monin surveyed 1,500 Brits in preparation for International Coffee Day, asking them all about their hot drink preferences.

Coffee was found to be preferred to tea, with the latte the most popular coffee-based drink, followed by the cappuccino, then the Americano, then the Mocha.

Really, people, if you’re having a mocha you might as well have a hot chocolate, so I don’t trust your taste one bit.

Brits' favourite types of coffee: Latte

Cappuccino

Americano

Mocha

Espresso

Flat white

Iced coffee

Frappe

Ground

Double espresso

Asked why they preferred coffee to tea, 46% of those surveyed said they needed the caffeine hit from coffee to wake up in the morning, while 39% said they needed it as a pick-me-up during the day.

To these people, I say get some bloody sleep. Haven’t you heard that being sleep-deprived will pretty much kill you? Get an early night and go back to tea, you heathens.

However, the majority, 65%, said they simply prefer the taste of coffee over tea.

I’d suggest that perhaps these people are making truly rubbish cups of tea, but that’s pure conjecture. Who am I to declare that a bitter, trash drink that makes you a jittery mess is worse than the warm, comforting embrace of a cup of tea?

Anyway, Monin’s research went on to fully explore the depths of the UK’s coffee obsession, finding that the average British person consumes an average of four cups of coffee a day – that’s 1,460 cups every year.

And while many of us have coffee machines at home, the average British person spends £676 a year buying coffee from shops and cafes.

You know what’d be cheaper? Making a nice cup of tea.

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