Suggested Tea or Other Beverages

[Gaumer]

Grey Goose
Ketel One
Chopin

Macallan
Glenlivit
Dalmore

Guinness
Guinness
Guinness

Once you drink that, you don't need any other liquids...   EVER!

lol

Just a new liver!

But, yeah, Guinness is awesome. I don't always drink beer...

[Alisha Mynx]

I drink a lot of Kool-Aid, which eliminates the caffeine of soda (although not sugars, but it's still less than soda and I'm hypoglycemic so I need a bit of sugar anyway).  I prefer the lemonade or lemon-lime kind with a little actual lemon juice (either pre-bottled or fresh squeezed) thrown in to give it a little sour kick. 

It isn't as healthy as straight water, sure, but it tastes good and isn't aggrivating my ulcers as much as the acid and caffeine of soda would.

[Navarre]

It isn't as healthy as straight water, sure, but it tastes good and isn't aggrivating my ulcers as much as the acid and caffeine of soda would.

A gentle death is the way to go?   

Kool-Aid?? 

[chrysalis]

I started weight watchers two weeks ago and to this date have not had any soda at all. I've been an avid dew/ coke person for years. Nowhere near 10 cans a day, more like two, but water is much better for you.

I originally told myself I would keep my morning cup of coffee, but I've found myself not even drinking the coffee and doing only water.

I've had a few bottles of propel flavored water, and a flavored diet tea from Arby's last Friday night. My body has adjusted and I'm fine with drinking the water.

So what have you decided to do about giving up soda and drinking tea? Have you tried any teas?

[Meowzer]

I am making the change in about a week now. I am moving so I am going to do it all at once..Hmm I have been trying some teas though atm I have been sick and been trying to keep my self in the house so I do not be that jerk who has everyone catch his sickness.

[Navarre]

I have been sick and been trying to keep my self in the house so I do not be that jerk who has everyone catch his sickness.

Yeah, I was at a meeting tonight and the person on either side of me was sick. One of them sounded like he might die of respiratory failure at any minute. ... If you're that sick, stay home!

Chrysalis, I think it's great that you've adjusted to water and are doing well with it. Keep at it, girl! 

Also, water helps you when you're sick, Meowzer. Water is just good for you. Period.

[Alisha Mynx]

It isn't as healthy as straight water, sure, but it tastes good and isn't aggrivating my ulcers as much as the acid and caffeine of soda would.

A gentle death is the way to go?   

Kool-Aid?? 

Yes, yes it is. 

And yes, Kool-Aid.  It's not like "Drink the Kool-Aid and ascend to the comet back to our home planet", but colored sugary water.  I'll be catching my own ride back to my home planet with minimal death, than you very much.

I do drink plenty of water too, but when I want something sweet I go for Kool-Aid instead of soda most of the time (although I do still have a ginger ale or sprite here and there). 

[Navarre]

I think virtually everyone knows what they should be doing for optimal health. The degree to which any given person does that is a matter of personal choice.

So I won't pick at you for something on which you have already considered and made choices. Tell the Kool-Aid Man I said hi when he bursts through your wall one night.

[greyman24]

So I have kids that don't like to sleep nights and an intestinal condition that resists the acidity of coffee but is not inflamed by the caffeine. This has meant much research into caffeine delivery mechinisms outside of coffee.

Tea can have high caffeine content, but most of the commercially available ones are still only a portion of coffee. Black tea (like Earl Grey, Darjeeling, English Breakfast, Assam, etc.) tends to have a good deal, but I've found that unroasted Mate (pronounced "mah-tay"--a kind of Argentinian green tea) has even more. There is some controversy over why, but Mate's caffeine content also tends to be absorbed more slowly by the digestive system, allowing for longer, less pronounced wakefullness.

As far as other alternatives, as others have said, water is always best (particularly when drinking caffeinated beverages), but there are other alternatives if you occasionally need something with flavor. The two primary things about soda that make it unhealthy are a high sodium content (which actually tends to DEhydrate) and excessive sweetening (usually through high fructose corn syrup).

Those times you really want something with flavor, you can just mix some 100% fruit juice with some low sodium carbonated water. Also, simple syrup is REALLY easy to make. Throw a one-to-one sugar to water combination in a pot to boil. If you want flavoring, toss in whatever kind of berry you want, vanilla, or whatever makes sense. Then keep it on-hand to mix with whatever.

If you're on the go and want to just pick something up, just be sure to check the nutritional content. Pay particular attention to the serving sizes. Only recently did the companies change it so that a 12 ounce can was listed as one serving. Before that, they tried to convince everyone that one unclosable can was 2 servings.

[Meowzer]

I have been digging on this last day or two..It's pretty tasty..And it is also locally made, I literally know exactly where the production building is and have parked in their parking lot for concerts before.

[greyman24]

Ah! Used to get the Stash catalog before the Internet was a thing.

Good tea.

[Slappy]

Absinthe is green.

[The Mighty King Cobra]

Absinthe is green.

So is Aldebaran Whiskey.

[Gaumer]

Absinthe is green.

So is Aldebaran Whiskey.

[Navarre]

McDonald's has that "McCafe Shamrock Shake" mint shake of theirs right now. Somehow, I think it might be more deadly than absinthe.