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Poll: Do you prefer tea or coffee?

It’s International Coffee Day.

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL Coffee Day, something you may or may not have been aware of.

This year, the International Coffee Organization is working to highlight the plight of coffee farmers and the threat they are facing to their livelihoods.

“While the price of a cup of coffee in your local café has never been higher, the amount that coffee farmers are paid for the beans they produce is at an all-time low.

“Farmers are not earning enough to provide for themselves and their families and may have to turn away from producing coffee altogether – putting the coffee you drink at risk,” the ICO said in statement.

For the day that’s in it, we want to know: Do you prefer tea or coffee?


Poll Results:

Tea (5863)
Coffee (5681)
Don't make me choose (1767)
I don't like either (526)

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    Mute Yolanda Squatpump
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:02 AM

    Lyons is yer only man. Kettle is on.

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    Mute Brian Corcoran
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:16 AM

    @Yolanda Squatpump: none of that English stuff, Barry’s is your only man

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    Mute Dick Barrett
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:41 AM

    @Brian Corcoran: Baeery’s is Fine Gael tea. All my FF relatives drink Lyons.

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    Mute Dick Barrett
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:44 AM

    @Dick Barrett: Tea is fine with a bicky in the afternoon, but for the serious heavy lifting i.e. getting started in the mornings, it has to be the grinds of the arabica or robusta.

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    Mute Vote4Pedro
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:08 AM

    @Brian Corcoran: Barry’s loose tea only job

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    Mute Cat K.
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:51 AM

    @Yolanda Squatpump: Barry’s til I die, bai

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    Mute Frank McGlynn
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:59 AM

    @Yolanda Squatpump: Bewley’s gold for me.

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    Mute Elaine Buckley
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    Oct 1st 2019, 12:21 PM

    @Frank McGlynn: Bewley’s is the nearest thing to drain water. Barry’s is the only one ;-)

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    Mute Henry Sellers
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:01 AM

    Sherry

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    Mute shellakybooky
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:20 AM

    @Henry Sellers: just a little sip sure..

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    Mute Martin McFly
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:51 AM

    @Henry Sellers: Sack me…Sack meeeee!!? I made the BBC!

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    Mute Pascal Coleman
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:15 AM

    Tea with a sambo or toast. Coffee with biccies or chocolate for me.

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    Mute Mary Walshe
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:25 AM

    @Pascal Coleman:
    Me too! Can’t have coffee with savouries!

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    Mute James Fox
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:12 AM

    Tea all day every day.

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    Mute Benjamin Shéamuis De Brugha
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:24 AM

    Tea, barrys tea with a small bit of milk

    like my tea strong!

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    Mute Martin Harte
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:37 AM

    @Benjamin Shéamuis De Brugha: good man, anything else is just milk!

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    Mute Diarmuid Hunt
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:51 AM

    @Benjamin Shéamuis De Brugha: If the spoon doesn’t stand up in it it’s not worth drinking.

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    Mute @CallingDoubleStandardsSince76
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:25 AM

    Coffee first thing, then tea for the rest of the day.

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    Mute ⚡ Seánie ⚡
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:12 AM

    One does enjoy ones Earl Grey

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    Mute This Is The Life
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:19 AM

    I hate the way coffee is so glamorised nowadays, bloody ridiculously expensive machines and pods and shiny jars of “gold”. A stove moka pot and a bag of Lavazza is the way !

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    Mute Alan McArdle
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:32 AM

    @This Is The Life: I was in a coffee shop a few years ago and the lady ahead of me ordered some sort of concoction from the menu…..no harm in that…but it got a bit ridiculous when she started to tell the owner what it was and how it was made.

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    Mute Alan Watts
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:11 AM

    @This Is The Life: agreed, every second person seems to be going around with a coffee cup, instant coffee is punishment for someone in a rush to future

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    Mute Eoin O'C
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:28 AM

    @This Is The Life: Lavazza!? You sicken me

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    Mute Brian Dunne
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:57 AM

    Never drink either. Sometimes people look at me like ive two heads when i decline both tea and coffee!

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    Mute Dave Malone
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:22 AM

    Tea is for mugs

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    Mute Frank McGlynn
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    Oct 1st 2019, 12:05 PM

    Almost impossible to get a decent cup/ pot of tea in any catering establishment these days. A small bag of tea dust in lukewarm water is all you will get.

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    Mute Reuben Gray
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:56 AM

    I prefer tea overall but I love a good cup of coffee (I’ve had two this morning).

    Sure this poll is a little pointless because world statistics show that in order of preference, the most consumed liquids in the world are.
    1 water
    2 tea
    3 beer
    4 coffee

    Some reports swap beer and coffee around but the point is, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world and the most consumed liquid after water.

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    Mute Brendan Gordon
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:01 AM

    @Reuben Gray: but this isn’t about consumption, it’s about preference, and it’s not a world survey, it’s a local one. So it’s more that your comment is a little pointless. Don’t worry though, it’s not as pointless as mine correcting you

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    Mute FlopFlipU
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    Oct 1st 2019, 12:32 PM

    @Brendan Gordon: Did you not get your coffee fix yet

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    Mute Mick.
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:12 AM

    Good quality Earl Grey.

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    Mute Gavin Tobin
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:40 AM

    Love both Coffee & Tea but you can’t beat proper tea leaf tea. Tea bag tea is just bitter.

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    Mute Sequoia
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:31 AM

    Coffee coffee coffee buzz buzz buzz

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    Mute Peter Cavey
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:17 AM

    Never had a cup of tea in my life. And coffee is gross.

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    Mute Joe Kennedy
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:40 AM

    @Peter Cavey: you haven’t lived Pete! Tea warms your soul!!

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    Mute Brendan Gordon
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:57 AM

    @Peter Cavey: Great way to show how open minded you are and how well you represent the views of the average person

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    Mute Etherman
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:07 AM

    Coffee from a cat’s arse – your only man.

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    Mute Football in the Groin
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:10 AM

    @Etherman: What does this even mean

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    Mute This Is The Life
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:14 AM

    @Etherman: Kopi Luwak, my preferred choice of java!

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    Mute Stephen Brady
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:35 AM

    @Football in the Groin: the I think Japanese sell a very expensive coffee that has passed through a cats digestive system. Please don’t ask me how or why.

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    Mute Diarmuid Hunt
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:55 AM

    @Etherman: Civet not cat, although it is part of the Feliformia (Cats, Mongoose, Hyena, Civets and others) suborder it is not part of the Felidae family.

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    Mute Etherman
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:21 AM

    @Diarmuid Hunt: an arse is an arse though.

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    Mute Diarmuid Hunt
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:34 AM

    @Etherman: They do elephant arse coffee too, I like my coffee strong, don’t know how I feel about pungent though.

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    Mute Ann Blessing
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    Oct 1st 2019, 3:47 PM

    Does it annoy anyone else that when in cafe/ shop, if you want an “ordinary ” coffee, they say Americano?… I feel like saying noooo……Italiano! Or anywhere else with an added o!

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    Mute Diarmuid Hunt
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    Oct 1st 2019, 7:29 PM

    @Ann Blessing: It’s called an americano because during the 2nd world war the Americans didn’t like the coffees Italians served (if you ask for a coffee in Italy you get an espresso), so they asked for hot water to add to it. An americano is an espresso with water added, a normal coffee as you think of it is more likely to be drip filter or French press (jar coffee is made by a percolation process similar to the other two I mentioned and then either freeze dried or spray dried). They’re not being funny with you, they’re just making sure they’re giving you the right coffee.

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    Mute Peter Coen
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    Oct 1st 2019, 12:05 PM

    Go wan go wan go wan.

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    Mute Eric Vdc
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:08 AM

    Boring tea drinkers

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    Mute Vote4Pedro
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:10 AM

    @Eric Vdc: get ur head out of ur hole

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    Mute SilexFlint
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:02 AM

    Pepsi Max.

    I’ll get my coat.

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    Mute Kevin Maughan
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:53 AM

    Tea?! Feck!!!

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    Mute Darren Sheridan
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:38 AM

    Coffee till 6 then onto tea for the night

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    Mute Ann Experiment
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:53 AM

    I had to give up caffeine for health reasons, & I missed tea dreadfully, but now I find that a good rooibos with a drop of milk is damned great stuff. So, still tea all the way.
    You can get brilliant filter decaf coffee in some places, & absolutely everywhere in Spain & Portugal, can never understand why it’s not more popular & available here. Instant is muck.

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    Mute Reuben Gray
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:32 AM

    @Ann Experiment: I love rooibos, I gave up caffeine for about 20 years and that’s what I drank. I still drink it in between regular tea/coffee.

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    Mute Brian Ó Dálaigh
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:05 AM

    @Ann Experiment: you should try Barleycup. I love it for late in the evening when I don’t want the caffeine to disrupt my sleep.

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    Mute Bunk Moreland
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    Oct 1st 2019, 5:58 PM

    Spare a thought for your local independent coffee shop and/or coffee roaster…maybe consider shifting your custom from the the blandness of the Starbucks & Costas?

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    Mute WoodlandBard
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:04 AM

    Fair trade cocoa

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    Mute Garreth Byrne
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:18 AM

    Buck’s fizz (glass of champagne with orange juice)) and kippers with baked beans. Ready for a hurricane morning.

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    Mute Big Red
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:25 AM

    @Garreth Byrne: hurricane me hole

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    Mute Brendan Gordon
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:03 AM

    @Garreth Byrne: what does that have to do with world coffee Day?

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    Mute Des Hanrahan
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    Oct 1st 2019, 5:58 PM

    Coffee in the morning . tea in the afternoon/evening.

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    Mute Ken Loughman
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    Oct 1st 2019, 1:36 PM

    Does herbal tea count?

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    Mute Big Red
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:24 AM

    Tea is rank. Boiled grass.

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    Mute Dave Thomas
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    Oct 1st 2019, 3:04 PM

    Beer

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    Mute Sam Glynn
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:12 AM

    Decaf tea all the way, surprisingly the Aldi brand and Roberts only, the rest that are available in stores are pure muck – in the decaf range anyway. Never touched coffee in my life, smells like really good grade chocolate and not a fan of that either.

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    Mute Darren B
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    Oct 1st 2019, 11:32 AM

    Coffee. I’m a dub. Tea is bad.

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    Mute Dave Barrett
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    Oct 1st 2019, 9:05 AM

    Stop monkeying around. P H tips is yer man.

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    Mute Tim Pot
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:09 AM

    cannot belive the msm blockout of horlicks. Typical ffg.

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    Mute Pauline Gallagher
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    Oct 1st 2019, 10:54 PM

    Next week: Do you prefer Blur or Oasis?

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    Mute Gerben Uunk
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    Oct 1st 2019, 12:47 PM

    Fair Trade (organic) Coffee all the way.

    In evening I drink herbal tea or hot chocolate.

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    Mute Mrs Doyle
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    Oct 2nd 2019, 4:33 AM

    Caffeine free herbal tea for me

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    Mute Tony Moore
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    Oct 1st 2019, 1:18 PM

    beer

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