Elio's straight-up both, honestly speaking. However, he notices that his coffee intake frequently outclasses his tea consumption.

With his tea, he enjoys different tea blends - especially if it's personally handcrafted either by himself or a professional; he prefers dried berry tea blends over floral ones, especially if the former's mixed for a unique flavor experience. They're natural mood balancers, helping him regulate his mental state periodically while strengthening bodily activity over time. Additionally, a dash of fresh honey does wonders - further elevating the flavor palette to a considerable degree.

In terms of coffee, he's tried every type of coffee and coffee-laced food ever since his TUA days; he even owns an espresso machine, occasionally purchases coffee kits made by either local or professional baristas, and learned how to craft different blends and dishes from a variety of café websites and YouTube videos. Elio even admits that he's developed a caffeine addiction; a morning without some type of warm caffeinated drink just... throws him off in ways even he couldn't properly articulate. After much deliberation, he prefers the latte, affogato, macchiato, espresso, and cappuccino styles due to matching his flavor palette while not only keeping to his dietary restrictions but emphasizing his personality to small degrees.

Outside of these two, Elio enjoys fresh-squeezed juice blends and smoothies due to being packed with plenty of vitamins and other essential nutrients; typically, he's seen consuming one of the two with his later meals and usually crafted by his own hand, fully knowing what his body needs at given intervals.