Caffeinated beverage of choice?

i drink (expensive?) coffee on a whim, or when it's readily available (free) and i drink tea on average about once a year (no particular occasion.) i like both, if i lived in england i'd probably drink more coffee or tea, if i lived in india or china i'd probably drink more tea.

the rest of the time i drink cola mostly, anything else i have has a relatively negligable amount of caffiene. brand... anything that's available? but never starbucks.

Ha. Never Starbucks. It's pretty awful, isn't it? Although, I get their coffee once in a great moon-- the secret to making it taste better is to have them drop in a couple of ice cubes-- for some reason it takes the burned flavor out of it.

when I arise in the early morning I usually have a a cuppa Twinings english breakfast tea, later in the day when my taste is wake I have a cuppa Fortnum & Mason Assam Superb tea. Often in the winter months we will use the coffee press and make a cuppa of Jamica Blue Mountain coffee. Good taste is timeless (some people, not to mention names (like EhBETH) drink Earl Gray tea) but I have no idea why.

Mt Dew

Sometimes Red Bull, but I'm trying to stay away from both sugar-packed drinks and diet drinks with artificial sweetners. So I guess the other thing I like with caffeine is iced green tea. In general not a lot of caffeine in my diet.

(Agreeing about Starbucks' burnt taste. If we splurge while out we go to Second Cup -- a Canadian coffee chain.)

I almost spelled it "charbucks," but didn't to avoid a possible debate about it. the fact is, i'm sure i drink things that are worse, but at least are cheaper. i don't complain about a 5-dollar coffee milkshake, but i do when it tastes like crap and people let all the other businesses get destroyed for lack of continuity- when the continuity is something that invariably sucks.

Numi teas--green gunpowder in the morning and herbal teas throughout the day.

I like a lot of teas, but don't drink tea as often as coffee. Among those I like are mixed blends like Pixie's Mate Limon, Pixie's Chocolate Mate Solstice, Honest Tea's Moroccan Mint Green, Stash's Licorice Spice (rarely), Irish Breakfast, and the good Assam tea that Dys serves once in a while.
Sometimes I make a pitcher of tea for iced tea out of any of the teas in my cupboard.

Sorry, don't feel like being more descriptive.

Not that you asked -
Drink about six colas a year, if that. Am one of the odd folks that likes bottled sparkling water like Gerolsteiner's. Liked tap water back in California, and some pomegranite juice blend.