Beverages are often an indispensable food in people’s lives. There are many kinds of beverages, generally loved by people all over the world, first of all tea and coffee, has become a necessity of daily life. Our people are more accustomed to and favor tea. Tea has a variety of health care effects, it has the role of excitation of the nerves, to relieve fatigue, digestion and digestion, increase appetite, reduce heat and thirst, regulate body temperature, cardiac diuretic and asthma and allergy, and other aspects. Recent studies have found that regular consumption of tea has the function of cancer prevention. Drinking tea has many benefits and is an ideal beverage. Older people drink tea is a good habit, conducive to health care and strong body. But drinking tea should also pay attention to: light for good, moderate for good, should not be too thick, too much. After the meal before going to bed should not drink tea, especially should avoid drinking strong tea. Do not use tea to take medication, tea should not be soaked for too long, so that with the bubble with the drink. Coffee was originally the main beverage of Westerners, after the introduction of China, but also loved by the people, made of instant coffee, easy to drink, but also popular around the world, favored by everyone. Coffee contains more caffeine than tea, can refresh the brain, enhance vitality, eliminate fatigue, but also to increase appetite and promote digestion and other effects, coastal cities and drinking tea and go hand in hand with the trend. However, the elderly should pay attention to coffee should not drink strong coffee, in order to avoid excessive excitement, affecting sleep and normal rest; strong coffee within the caffeine overdose will also cause premature heartbeat and arrhythmia and other side effects. Elderly people suffering from high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and active peptic ulcer should not drink coffee as it may aggravate their conditions. Elderly people who often drink coffee should pay attention to calcium supplementation, need to supplement 100 mg of calcium per day or at least one cup of cow’s milk (containing easily absorbed and utilized calcium), and eat more calcium-rich beans, fungus, cauliflower, seaweed and shrimp, etc., to make up for the shortcomings of the body’s loss of calcium due to the long drinking of coffee.