On balance, coffee is more beneficial than tea.

Glad to be back. Rebuttals | Diversity as benefit "benefits" are more than just health related. Great variations in taste and visual appearance mean that you have more to choose from. This means that, you statistically, have a better chance to find a tea that you like and that suits your situational preferences. If you don't like the bitterness of coffee you have only one choice: to pour something additional in it to change the typical bitterness. In terms of tea, you might first try a different flush or a different type of tea, before you proceed to add additional flavor. Coffee variations I expected to hear from all the coffee-variations that include milk or other additional flavors. In fact, you can flavor your tea as well. Black teas are already drunken in the three typical British ways: pure, with milk or with lemon. To show the difference in a (simplified) example calculation:< 20 different coffee roasts * x flavor options = 20 different tea bases * x flavor options = > 20^x variationsIf you add flavor you can increase the curve exponentially, but as these flavors also can be applied to tea they both increase with the same factor, making the one with the higher base figure always the one with the larger amount of variations. Artistic value of coffee-foam-art This is indeed crafty. But first of all are the given examples mere reproductions of previous art (was the second picture Van Gogh?) and second are they only temporary. They don't survive time, apart from their photographic pictures. Handmade teapots from ancient china have not only survived centuries and are still here for us to touch and admire, they also communicate the history of their culture. The foam art cannot compete with that. Again art, history and appeal are visual and emotional benefits not health benefits. There is a reason why people draw old masters on coffee foam (like the second picture or even Einstein's portrait for that matter), because they inspire our intelligence and creativity. Tea and tea-related, art due to it's age, is on the inspiring an long-lasting side of the creativity process. It communicates history emotionally. That is an educational benefit. Also, saying that coffee art holds "way more artistic value" is a bit hypocritical, after stating that my examples are weak because they are chosen to my benefit (which was valid anyway, because I have to chose examples and are unable to provide all possible options). Also do they not prove that art has always been related to coffee, because the given examples are obviously recent foam arts. Hydration and Overdosing. I never predicted that someone dies from too much coffee but possible side effects like insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, increased heart and breathing rate are only moderate overdosing side effects and evolve into headache, anxiety, agitation, ringing in the ears, and irregular heartbeats [8]. That's not killing you but these side effects are irrelevant or at least less relevant for tea and usually not desired.Only exception are the insomnia and the laxative effect. But the first one encourages harmful sleeping habits [9] and the second one correlates with the problem that you develop a tolerance [10] and might become partly dependent on your morning-coffee to be able to relieve yourself. That Coffee is not able to hydrate a body as well as tea, because it starts do dehydrate in larger doses [11] brings hydration "back in the game", because it is relevant in the long run. Cancer I was trying to avid this. But has most of my opponents statements sooner or later start to evolve around the cancer-reducing benefit of coffee, I will have to address it. 1. Reducing cancer risk is not automatically overcoming everything.Whether someone risks the immediate side effects stated before [8] [10] just to get in potential health benefit is someones personal choice. Some might think that it is not worth it, especially considering how many things in our daily life seem to influence our cancer risk like cell phones, the sun or hair dye [12]. Cancer risk is so complex that coffee can not possibly claim to influence it significantly. 2. Tea also reduces cancerGreen Tea's HSP90 protein for example has shown to stabilize proteins overall all and reduces cancer risk [13] 3. Antioxidants Again it's a subjects personal decision, what seems to have more value to them, possible small changes in a complex problem that is ones cancer risk or the antioxidants ability to prevent the aging damage of DNA [14]. If again one want's to evaluate what has more value, you can at least say, that the life-expectancy benefits and risks are in balance. Stress That tea reduces stress is not irrelevant like Pro states ("burdened by cancer and my opponents wishes to advocate the case for stress"). Stress is a serious problem for many people nowadays and although a lot of cancer patients might prefer having a lot of stress instead of cancer, life-quality is not something that you can just ignore. Stress causes many psychological and physical problems and the meditative process of brewing tea is a more cost effective and short contribution to prevention than stress seminars. Economic benefits I am a bit upset that my opponent quoted me wrongly to support his statement. I've never stated that "the only way to make coffee is through an espresso machine". I've stated that you need special equipment like a espresso machine or a coffee machine, but not that these are the only ways to make it.1. Geographical aspectThis is relevant because plants that can be made into tea grow in nearly all climate zones that allow proper vegetation. Coffee grows in less. That means that statistically more people are able to grow tea for themselves, if they want to.2. Risks of growing your own herbs It's not difficult to own a mint pot. It grows on window benches. And if you loose it, your financial loss is about $1 - $3, and only, if you bought the mint pot somewhere. The pot is reusable anyway. If you manage to water it properly it regrows and gives you cheap, fresh and relatively save leafs that also boost your self-esteem, because you consume something that you harvested and cared for succefully. And fungus that travel by wind would be inhaled anyway.Conclusion | Tea has all of coffees beneftis but less of it's disadvantages. Thanks :) // review just cut off my sourcing / I am posting it into the comments and then again into the beginning of the last round//