Which will help more to keep you awake, tea or coffee?

By Lina June 10, 2019

In Monday morning, your exhausted body sits in the office, while your mind still stays at last night’s party. Or you study overnight, and can’t focus on what teachers are saying. While most people think of coffee as the beverage to get rid of sleeping with, tea is a good choice as well. Not accounting for taste, which one is better to keep us awake?

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Which will help more to keep you awake, tea or coffee?

For many, the caffeine kick is the primary reason we choose either of them. Assuming you drink coffee or tea in similar amount, coffee should win hands down. Although there’s a fairly broad range in caffeine content for both coffee and tea, coffee almost always contains more caffeine than tea. A cup of tea has about half the dose (40 milligrams) of the stimulant caffeine that you would find in a standard cup of brewed filter coffee (80 to 115 milligrams).

A study posted on BBC found that both beverages left subjects feeling similarly alert later in the morning. However, the scientists made a conclusion that the caffeine is not the whole story. Your expectations, the overall experience of the tastes, and smells, of your favorite drink will awaken your senses, and influence the research result.

And the sustained consumption can be another influence factor. Some of us may get an upset stomach or other detrimental effects from large consumption of coffee. So we have to control the intake. However, a pot of black tea can be drank slowly for a whole day, and give you a longer period of alertness, which may be better than a single cup of coffee in the morning.

In conclusion, both of them will keep you alert and ready for a hard work. Which is more important, choose the one you like to start a wonderful day.

Other Tricks to Keep You Awake

Take Frequent Breaks

A short break will recovery your energy after a prolonged, sustained attention during work. It won’t delay your working schedule, inversely, improve your working efficiency. It’s important to take a nap after lunch.

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Step Out to Get Some Fresh Air and Light

Properly exposing to natural light and getting some fresh air will adjust our bodies’ circadian rhythm. Natural conditions can have a significant influence on our ability to stay awake.

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