The night before last I was telling Emil about my mother's violent withdrawal symptoms from what any new age herbal therapist would classify as a chronic tea addiction.

Emil states with absolute conviction, "well tea contains more caffeine than coffee".
With a little more conviction I challenged his statement, and proceeded to bet him millions of (insert currency) and the world if he were right...

...that I would strip naked right there and then.

I have never been a coffee drinker, not until about 6 months ago. It wasn't due to a lack of trying.
I can remember all three times I tried coffee, each of which I set my sites on enjoying it, because it smelt so good and because it always did seem a little more grown up than tea.

-Tea is to tennis as coffee is to poetry.

My last attempt was whilst I was working at a coffee shop, I had a late night the night before and needed some sort of external encouragement early that morning.
I rated my tiredness on my own mental 1 - 10 scale and thought it apt that the drink be made to suit.

1 thick black triple espresso.

I downed it and felt like vomiting for the remainder of the day.
I didn't though.

Years later, for reasons wrapped up in the history and mystery of the bean and all it's magic, I gave coffee a last try and the taste finaly delivered the promise of the premise.

Emil left my house even after a conclusive google search on the issue and then e-mailed me the following morning:

Emil Parbhoolal to me

I WIN F@#KER!!!!

I GUESS YOU WILL BE STREAKING AROUND YOUR HOUSE NOW!

Since I win!

"Does tea contain more caffeine than coffee?
While coffee and tea are both sources of caffeine, the ammounts of caffiene in any single serving of these beverages varies significantly. An average serving of coffee contains the most caffiene, yet the same serving size of tea provides 1/2 to 1/3 as much. (Ref: caffiene by The Institute of Food Technologists' Expert Panel on Food Saftey and Nutrition.) Oned of the more confusing aspects of caffiene content is that coffee contains less caffiene than tea when measured in its dry form. The caffien content of a prepared cup of coffee is significantly higher than a prepeared cup of tea.

Bevan to Emil

Emil, silly Emil.
It was obvious to us both and to the witnesses present, that the bet was regarding the drink and NOT the dry contents used to make the drink.

To say you were talking about the dry ingredients at this stage of the game is a little telling.

Emil Parbhoolal to me

Did you not read the clip I sent you?

Bevan to Emil

Firstly I think its funny that you misread your own quote you sent, second, you know that when you made the bet in your mind you were picturing the drink and nothing else.

Theoreticaly you are partialy right, BUT
I am more right

-becuase we dont refer to the dry product as tea or coffee..... tea leaves, tea bags, coffee beans, coffee powder.
Coffee and tea are drinks

So there!