Tea or coffee – You can take both tea and coffee with you on vacation.
A cup of tea or coffee warms you up wonderfully in the roof tent.
The question of which hot drink tastes better can be debated ad infinitum.
However, there are clear differences in the effect.
Coffee generally wakes you up faster, but the effect doesn’t last as long.
Tea does exactly the opposite, the effect takes longer to kick in, but then lasts longer.
This is due to the active ingredients.
You can read about the other benefits of caffeine and co. here.
And finally, of course, the question: what is healthier?
Camping Ratgeber:
Old controversial question: coffee or tea for campers
Studies have shown that many people who prefer coffee or tea usually focus on their favorite drink.
The number of coffee and tea drinkers is therefore quite divided and this can lead to fun discussions at the camping table.
Coffee and tea can both be stored in an airtight and dry place to save space.
That’s why you can take both with you on your camping vacation.
Especially when winter camping, both drinks can warm you up wonderfully.
Some people like one, others like the other.
However, some of the ingredients and their effects are actually similar. [sv slug=”camping”]
Teein vs. caffeine: what triggers the effect!
Tea contains teein and coffee contains caffeine.
You can easily remember that from the names.
Chemically speaking, there is no real difference between teein and caffeine.
Accordingly, many people simply call both ingredients caffeine.
However, the alerting effect of both drinks is different.
Coffee has considerably more caffeine and, due to other ingredients, the caffeine is released much faster in the body and also has a faster effect.
It can therefore also have a stronger effect in the short term.
Caffeine in tea is released more slowly.
This is because the caffeine in coffee is not as strongly linked to other ingredients as in tea.
As a result, caffeine in tea takes a little longer to have an effect, but this effect often lasts longer.
This is the difference between the best-known active ingredients in tea and coffee:
- Ingredient: Tea = Teein & Coffee = Caffeine
- Simpler: Both caffeine (chemically the same)
- Coffee: faster, but shorter & stronger effect
- Tea: slower but longer-lasting effect
Effects on the body: Against dementia & co.
Coffee is also being considered in cancer research to see whether it might be possible for coffee to prevent cancer.
There are also suggestions that coffee can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia, as the drink stabilizes the “blood-brain barrier”.
It also helps with gout and joint pain and even makes you happy.
Coffee contains antioxidants.
These lift the mood.
This is what coffee does for your body:
- Possibly prevents cancer
- Dementia & Alzheimer’s risk lower
- Helps with gout & joint pain
- Makes you happy (antioxidant)
Green and black tea are said to have different effects.
Above all, they protect the cells, which strengthens the immune system, but can also prevent cardiovascular diseases.
Teas have been used for centuries to induce certain physical reactions in people.
They can make you tired, keep you awake, aid digestion, quench thirst and relieve pain and cold symptoms.
This is what some teas can do for you:
- Protects cells & strengthens the immune system
- Prevents cardiovascular diseases
- Make you tired, but also keep you awake
- Promote digestion & quench thirst
- Relieve pain & colds
Find out more about the effects of tea here:
Please note: Neither tea nor coffee is a recognized medicine.
They can only have a supportive effect.
If you have serious physical problems, please consult your doctor.
Prepare correctly: How to make tea & coffee!
Coffee is particularly healthy when it is brewed by hand.
If the coffee is brewed too quickly in a fully automatic machine with high pressure and hot temperatures, acids, bitter substances and alkaloids can dissolve.
This is why hand-brewed coffee is usually better tolerated.
Incidentally, black coffee is also healthier.
If you pour milk into your coffee, some of the ingredients can no longer work properly.
However, coffee with milk often has less caffeine.
You should bear these things in mind when making coffee:
- Better to brew coffee by hand
- Otherwise: Ingredients less strong
- Without milk (substances do not work)
- With milk: less caffeine
This also applies to tea.
If you brew it carefully and drink it without milk, it usually tastes better and has more healthy ingredients.
You can find out what you should look out for here:
No more than 2 cups?
The right amount!
“The dose makes the poison”
My grandma used to say that.
Especially if the hot drinks contain caffeine and are not decaffeinated or a fruit tea, the positive effects are less healthy.
Drinking more than two or three cups throughout the day can negate the positive effects.
Coffee and tea are then more unhealthy than healthy.
This is the maximum amount of tea or coffee you should drink per day:
- 2-3 cups, spread over the whole day
- Otherwise: positive effects broken & unhealthy
Conclusion: Which is healthier?
As you can see, coffee and tea have many differences, but also similarities.
Both are about equally healthy.
The hot drinks bring many benefits when consumed in moderation.
So the choice is yours.
In the end, taste is still the deciding factor for many people. 
All about tea: all-round tips for campers
If you belong to the tea group, you can find more tips about tea here.
Tea stove
Can’t do without a delicious cup of tea at the campsite?
However, it is often difficult to make it without a power connection and the stove or kettle at home.
Here are 6 tips for practical camper gadgets so that you don’t have to go without a cup of tea when you’re out and about.
Tea guide
If you would like an overview, you will find many more tips on the subject of tea here.
Once again, of course, nicely summarized for campers and nature lovers, so that you can start your next camping vacation with delicious tea.
