Donuts

Coffee (and chocolate) turn out to be good for you.

More research is needed on the health benefits of donuts.

Yes, and I'm carrying out some research on them right now. ;) Coffee and chocolate sounds like a more healthy plan and if you say it's equally efficatious I would not doubt you. However, I would guess it needs to be the right kind of chocolate. In parts of Yurp, the quality of the stuff varies hugely. There's a lot of stuff that is labeled as chocolate but is in fact mostly vegatable fat (Cadbury I'm talking to you). The good stuff is 70% or more cocoa and it's typically much darker (and much more expensive).

Abusers of the chain here tend to get it served "regular" which means like a quarter-cup of cream and half-dozen sugars so who cares what it tastes like naturally I guess.

Just a $5 generic house-brand bag of Peruvian dark roast through a Mr. Coffee is better for more civilized use...the UK surely has us beat on tea but there is little excuse for drinking bad coffee in the Americas..

Last time I donned a stab-proof vest and visited the UK, there was a coffee joint about every 10 yards and some of them served far more varieties of coffee than tea. There's only a couple of teas to choose from but over a dozen coffees. It's an outrage.

We've had a few centuries in which to rationalise our tea blending so that purveyors only need to supply a small range:

Builder's tea Afternoon tea Gnats' p*ss As-it-comes

In contrast that foreign Johnny-come-lately, coffee, is still relatively immature and in a state of flux (probably caused by stirring it too vigorously).

That's pronounced cawfee regula

My wife is from the Boston area, but I have converted her to Peets and CDM.

I have two young engineers in my Glen Canyon Design Center and both are tea drinkers. The place came equipped with a new Keurig so I gave that away.

One of the kids is a California native and one is from Peru. Makes no sense.