Alternative drinks to coffee?

[summerdays]

Hot apple juice with just a pinch of cinnamon ... very relaxing (just microwave) very easy too!

I must admit I like hot orange juice..... , not sure about hot apple juice and spices..... It might be the poor relation to a drink I do like

 

[Katherine]

Only just found this thread. I've cut down on my coffee for similar reasons and have stuck at 3 cups a day.

I don't know who I am or even function safely without a cup of coffee when I'm trying to wake up, but I used to have another after breakfast. The hardest cup to give up was that second cup before I left the house in the morning. The only way I can cope with that is to leave about a quarter to a third in the mug and reheat it after breakfast, thus I'm only having one, not two cups in the morning. I then allow myself one more mid morning and another late afternoon.

I have cold drinks with meals and I find weak black tea quite refreshing in an emergency (ie, there's no coffee).

 

[i hate hills]

Peppermint tea is my non alcoholic drink. It won't give you indigestion. Leave the teabag in as you drink and it gets lovely and strong by the time you finish.

Going to give this a try.

 

[Scoosh]

Vanilla Roibos - but I've only seen it available in Sweden ...

 

[classic33]

Name me one person who's ever died of drinking too much coffee. Just one.
If you drink proper espresso coffee - long, short or tall - you cannot drink too much.

http://www.caffeineinformer.com/a-real-life-death-by-caffeine

 

[i hate hills]

My fave squash is waitrose high juice pink grapefruit or Apple mango

I've tried peppermint tea in the past for a dodgy tummy, but I just find it repeats on me!

At least your breath will be of a peppermint smell when it "repeats " on you.

 

[classic33]

Vanilla Roibos - but I've only seen it available in Sweden ...

http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/tetley-redbush-and-vanilla-40s?gclid=CNXSzdTB98cCFUeZGwodFnQPnw

 

[openroad]

I Like Earl Grey tea Apple juice and water with fresh squeezed lemon juice.

 

[slowmotion]

Tomato juice with all the Bloody Mary spicy stuff.....followed by cold water.

 

[summerdays]

Mr Summerdays has already brought me my first cup and it was nice, I'm not replacing that one with something else (the coffee or Mr Summerdays)

 

[vernon]

Personally I consume plenty of caffeine, am incredibly clumsy and appear to have bones of steel!

Stay clear of strong magnets and MRI scanners then.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

http://www.caffeineinformer.com/a-real-life-death-by-caffeine

Not a single case of death by coffee in that story. I'm sipping my third cup of the day.

 

[pplpilot]

Couple of Benny Hedgehogs and a Red Bull is all I need to get going in a morning....

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Vanilla Roibos - but I've only seen it available in Sweden ...

It's available here; I don't like it much though. I have Earl Grey rooibos. Real Foods sell it online here http://www.realfoods.co.uk/shop?search=vanilla rooibos and if you have an independent health foody type shop they probably do too.

 

[Scoosh]

Real Foods sell it online here http://www.realfoods.co.uk/shop?search=vanilla rooibos and if you have an independent health foody type shop they probably do too.

Thanks- that's a lot cheaper than going/sending daughter to Sweden to get it !