[Avodah] What beracha does one recite on coffee and tea?

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 01:45:06PM +0000, Prof. L. Levine via Avodah wrote:
> From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis
> 
> Q. What beracha does one recite on coffee and tea?
...
> Rav Meir Eizenshtat zt"l (1670-1744) ... writes in Panim Me'iros
> (2:190) that borei pri ha'adomah would be more appropriate, given that
> tea and coffee are grown specifically for use as beverages...

I know people in YU circles who make ha'eitz on chocolate for the parallel
reason. R SZ Auerback (Minchas Shelomo vol I 92:1) rules ha'eitz.

A related (I think) case in the SA is that of date butter (OC 202:7).
Date butter is "ha'eitz" for Sepharadim, because date butter was a
primary use of dates in the Mechaber's day. The Rama holds the safeiq
is real enough to justify "shehakol" as the catch-all.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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