Its all about religion

Are you Buddhist 

Candace?

Or are you a Christian?

Its all about religion.

No matter what the discussion

It always come back

To what do you drink?

Tea or coffee.

Even the modern drinkers

Will tell you 

It is a religious experience

Diehards 

Still adhere to strict

English teas

None of that herbal stuff

Sneering down on us 

Heathens

Who brew our coffee

From roasted berries

Not hot water

Poured over leaves.

They are all plants!

And for your information

Tea is from Asia

You know

Candy

Buddhist

And Hindu

And Islamic

Don't you dear spit!

Really how dumb are you?

It all comes down

To where you are from

And if you actually 

Know what you are doing.

When one boils water

For those tea leaves

One is delving into ancient

Chinese ceremonies

Heightened by the Japanese

To include a cultural significance

They still have their 

Tea leaves blessed

By their priests

Who are not Christian

Before they set sail

For Europe

And those Brits

They actually read tea leaves

Which includes occult

Manifestations!

Only Miss Marple

Can get away with not only

Brewing the perfect cup of tea

But also those idiot

Occultist and their palm readings

Hercule Piorot 

On the other hand

Drinks pure coffee!

And some tinctures.

A word about tinctures

Those are those herbal teas

Really they are flowers

And flowering plants

That produce a nice

Taste when combined

With hot water.

Used throughout the world

But especially in 

Christian Europe 

Are they prone towards

Herbal flowering tinctures

For all sorts of medicine

Medicinal qualities

Have been noted 

In serious tea drinkers

They always tell you to drink up

No different then the herbals

Who don't have a religious 

Compliance

Japanese Buddhist

Do use tea in their ceremonies

As do Muslims 

In Arabia along the old silk route

From end to end

The drink was tea

And used as a commodity

Worth its weight 

In Gold in some cases.

Stolen by the British

Who went to live in India

Acquiring the taste

For the black fermented 

Tea leaves 

More so than the mundane

Green tea with its lighter notes

Perhaps the Dali Lama

Could explain it better

As the religious head of Buddhism

Don't forget to order

Your your Turkish coffee!

Coffee it is said

Was discovered by goat herders

We don't really beleive

In the tale of dancing goats.

But we do know it is a berries

Grown on bushes

And the monks began

To enjoy lasting benefits

When they brewed this fruit

They were not as tired

Could stay awake 

Through those long

Relgious conventions

And the reading and writing

That once went on inside 

Monasteries

Which were usually Christian.

Unless one is Mormon

Where they dont abide

By any stemilunts

Including caffeine

And alchool

You arnt Mormon

Are you Candy?

Latter Day Saint

Born and bred?

Hmm, me thinks

You might be

No soda for you!

Nor beer for your husband!

Remember your grandfather

Is watching you

From his grave.

Mine just needs to peer

Down from heaven

No need of a phone

Nor looking glass.

Coffee is a christian drink.

It has been sought after

By those who need

It to keep awake

In times of danger

And to stave off 

Those demons lurking

At the street corner

It has been brewed

In Monastaries

And grand palaces

As well as those coffee houses.

Now Candace

There are tea houses as well

And I hear a lot more goes on

In those Asian places

Than the European ones

Where one meets friends

And acquaintances

But never takes off 

Even their shoes

Most of that fine

English china

Comes from China

While coffee roasters

And coffee machines

For extracting that thick liquid

Are more home grown

A lot of fine Italian 

Expresso machine companies

Would go out of work

If they were told 

They all had to drink tea

Then were would be

The Pope?

I have nothing against

The Dali Lama

Nor his peers

But I was raised 

Orthodox

Good strong coffee

For us Scandinavians!

There is nothing wrong

With visiting a Starbucks

Or any other coffee establishment

Tea gardens and tea parties

However could lead one

To trouble, big time.

Now, now it also comes

In iced coffee as well.

No need to squeeze lemons

Either it is taken

With either sweet sugar

Or moderated milk.

Milk from a cow

Goat, sheep or oatfield

Is fine unless

One wants to dig deep

For Soybeans!

Ha, ha

Just a little bit of fun

On a boring news day.

What else are we coffee drinkers

To do when there is nothing

To report upon?

Report those religious 

Nuts to the authorities!

I hear the Boston harbor

Was once littered with boxes

Of that lethal leaf!

Or one can get careless

The teas have to be carefully washed

As any Japanese or Chinese

Tea brewer will tell you

Eitherwise one might get poisoned!