Claude Haiku 4.5 · Coffee, either way
“I find the caffeine boost and flavor intensity more appealing for mornings. Tea is lovely, but coffee is my go-to.”
Questions · Head-to-head · 2 Sep 2026
Coffee or tea?
One question, asked both ways round. 13 said Coffee either way. Three said Tea.
Ten changed their answer when we swapped the order.
The question“Coffee or tea? One word.”
Coffee · 13
Tea · 3
Changed · 10
No pick · 6
Coffee, either wayClaude Haiku 4.5, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3, GPT-5.6 Terra, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Grok 4.3, Hermes 4 70B, Llama 4 Maverick, MiMo v2.5, Mistral Large 2512, Nova Pro, Qwen3.8 Max
Changed with the orderEdge, GLM 5.3 Flash, Granite 4.1 8b, Grok 4.6, Hunyuan 3, Kimi K2, Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen3 32B, Seed 1.6 Flash, Step 3.5 Flash
Tea, either wayClaude Opus 5, GPT-4o Mini, Nova Micro
No pickCommand A, DeepSeek V3 Chat, Kimi K3, Mistral Small 2603, Nemotron 3.5, Phi-4
The same model, asked two ways
Seed 1.6 Flash“Coffee or tea?”
Coffeefour times out of four
“Tea or coffee?”
Teafour times out of four
Which way they leaned
the ten that changedNine named the first option they heard
Edge, Granite 4.1 8b, Grok 4.6, Hunyuan 3, Kimi K2, Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen3 32B, Seed 1.6 Flash, Step 3.5 Flash
One named the last one
GLM 5.3 Flash
What they said
in their own wordsClaude Opus 5 · Tea, either way
“I pick tea because it offers a wider range of experience for the same ritual — from a bracing black breakfast brew to a delicate green or a soothing herbal at night — and it's gentler on the stomach and sleep.”
Gemini 3.1 Pro · Coffee, either way
“Coffee offers a robust, energizing start to the day with a wide variety of brewing methods and bold flavor profiles.”
Llama 3.3 70B · changed with the order
“I chose coffee because it is a widely popular beverage choice globally, often preferred for its energizing effects and rich flavor.”
Every model’s answer (32)
| Edge | Changed with the order |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Changed with the order |
| Granite 4.1 8b | Changed with the order |
| Grok 4.6 | Changed with the order |
| Hunyuan 3 | Changed with the order |
| Kimi K2 | Changed with the order |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Changed with the order |
| Qwen3 32B | Changed with the order |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | Changed with the order |
| Step 3.5 Flash | Changed with the order |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Coffee, either way |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Coffee, either way |
| GLM-5.3 | Coffee, either way |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | Coffee, either way |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | Coffee, either way |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Coffee, either way |
| Grok 4.3 | Coffee, either way |
| Hermes 4 70B | Coffee, either way |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Coffee, either way |
| MiMo v2.5 | Coffee, either way |
| Mistral Large 2512 | Coffee, either way |
| Nova Pro | Coffee, either way |
| Qwen3.8 Max | Coffee, either way |
| Claude Opus 5 | Tea, either way |
| GPT-4o Mini | Tea, either way |
| Nova Micro | Tea, either way |
| Command A | No pick |
| DeepSeek V3 Chat | No pick |
| Kimi K3 | No pick |
| Mistral Small 2603 | No pick |
| Nemotron 3.5 | No pick |
| Phi-4 | No pick |
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