Coffee though very popular is a relative new beverage compared to tea, dating back to the 10th century. Tea however, has some evidence of tea relics that have been recently discovered which are 3000 years older than the first pyramids.
Moreover, when was coffee first used as a beverage?
15th century
One may also ask, what was coffee originally used for? A drink for the devil: 8 facts about the history of coffee. Coffee is the second-most traded commodity in the world, behind only petroleum, and has become a mainstay of the modern diet. Believed to have originated in Ethiopia, coffee was used in the Middle East in the 16th century to aid concentration.
Then, who first discovered tea?
Emperor Shen Nong
What did we drink before tea and coffee?
Before coffee and tea, most Europeans would drink some sort of heated broth or a posset (hot milk curdled with wine or ale) for a hot beverage.
