What beverage cuts it in the boardroom. According to this article in The Guardian, coffee is the drink of choice for 'ambitious high achievers', a new survey by Nespresso would have you believe....

It's a headline serious journalists shudder to read, let alone write: "Coffee is way cooler than tea, says coffee company Nespresso". But once we'd finished laughing at the shameful propaganda being poured down our throats – like so many perfectly blended flat whites – we realised there could be a grain of truth further down the press release.

The firm says coffee is the drink of choice for "ambitious high achievers" with the muddy hot stuff "seen as a status symbol and an indication of a person's success".

It got this line from a survey of 2,081 UK adults, which found that almost half (45%) of people believe coffee has a higher status than tea, and 70% of high earners prefer coffee over tea. Poor old Tetley.

There's more, too. More than three-quarters of senior managers (77%) choose coffee over tea when meeting important business colleagues or clients, while strong coffees such as an espresso or macchiato are the coffees of choice among Gordon Gecko types.