Coffee or Beer?

Lately I've been pursuing the idea of having a debate on the two most obsessive beverages. Certainly if we go by the numbers Beer beats out Coffee fair and square. But, my conscience, itself has become a battleground now.


The more you ponder the more you realize the strikingly equal and opposite traits each posses. Dark and Light. Hot and Cold. Two beverages that must take their place among mankind’s greatest accomplishment, a mark of inspiration in the way we teased energy and new perspectives from nature’s gift. And two beverages that are as entwined in the outdoor experience as sweat and stoke and joyful suffering. It might be that the passion and motivation that drive you to, say, climb a mountain, are the same character traits that lead us to gleefully embrace coffee and beer, or it might be that we need the bump of caffeine to get us going up the hill and the salve of alcohol to ease the aches when we get down, or it might be that we’re simply obsessive.


Debaters might have seen this as a war of cafes and pubs, I see this as a clash of thoughts. It would be difficult to acknowledge that a simple mug of beverage could change your perception so much. One simply gives you adrenaline rush to break your own barriers, while the other let you dive in a pool of emotions. A student before an exam would prefer drinking coffee to fight the urge of jumping on that 6 ft mattress while a beer would be the straight away choice to celebrate the freedom after that. An IT worker would be ready to  dive in the pool of brown beans on weekdays, but come the weekends, he'll be seeing only golden colored liquid around him.

Why?
Don't you think there's a clash of thoughts here?

Aren't you bothered that your life is being controlled by "THE BEVERAGES".

There has to be a relation with the Human characteristics. Coffee makes you sing "Tum ko dekha toh ye khayal aaya..", while Beer would make you go "talli hua, talli hua...".


Ever wondered how you approach a girl might have to do what you drink.
Guys who prefer coffee cafes as there first date would be having a comfortable and comprehensive approach towards love. He wants to know her better, open himself to her, share each other thoughts, take a steady approach towards a long lasting relation. While the first date in a pub might end in a "wham bam, thank you mam". Or most certainly in Indian Scenario, IT IS BELIEVED THAT,  its an open invitation from girls to treat her as objects. I certainly don't want to send out a biased opinion in favor of coffee or beer, but it certainly a raising concern how reactive our mind have become towards a few milliliters of liquid.


A coffee person would be searching for all the peace and calmness in the world after each sip, and a beer would give him guts to do all the things in the world.

Coffee would make you write this blog, and Beer .. well, you'll read the second line and will say.. "w.t.f. is this article about... Beer tops .. on the rocks .. CHEERS!!!!!"


Now, as to our query today, it is deliberately broad, but underlying “Coffee or Beer?” are such specifics are superiority, taste, effect on the body & mind, integration with the outdoor experience, and, ultimately, the inability to go without. Indeed, the question at the heart of the matter, I think, is ......

if you had to pick one and only one to drink for the rest of your life, which would it be?