Coffee and tea are the most consumed drinks to start the day. Coffee and tea can be prepared as hot or cold drinks. Each of them originates from a form of plant. Coffee comes from the coffee bean. It is then roasted and finally sent to consumers around the world to purchase at their leisure. The tea leaves are picked and dried and packaged in individual bags or sent as dried fruit and leaves for use in a tea infuser. Many people choose to drink coffee or tea as a personal preference. Now the question becomes: who actually benefits from their consumption? While the average coffee lover drinks 23 liters of coffee every year, a tea enthusiast typically drinks 10.3 liters per year. Considering this amount consumed each year, what effect does it have on the human body? Coffee is the first thing people associate with instant energy on a groggy morning. “In the United States, coffee is the king of drinks” (Reinke) There has been research that has defined coffee as an addiction for people who consume large quantities of it. Coffee has been named the leading source of antioxidants. This is partly due to the amount consumed each day. Some of the antioxidants contained in coffee are quinine and chlorogenic acid. It also contains trigonelline, an antibacterial compound. This is where the coffee acquires its delicious aroma. Now let's step back for a minute and just think about how much caffeine people consume. There are approximately 85 milligrams of caffeine in an 8-ounce cup of coffee. This is approximately double the amount contained in tea. Studies have shown that caffeine stimulates the brain and nervous system. This is where you get that feeling of energy. After about the third cup, knees start bouncing, pens snap, and people start running around the office. Caffeine can be addictive if you drink too much of it. Coffee can become that addictive habit and people can't break it. Even though tea is said to be healthier, it is the second most consumed morning beverage. Why? On an average day, only one in five American adults drinks tea. The average tea drinker consumes more than twenty times more flavonoid antioxidants per day than non-tea drinkers. So those who don't drink tea lose their daily dose of flavonoids. The caffeine in tea is not as much of a problem as it is in coffee.