Coffee Break

admin @ 14 October 2007
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Break from coffee The unthinkable has happened. I am tired of drinking coffee, so tired of it that I am considering taking a long break from drinking it. However, I do not want to do without a hot beverage especially now that cold weather is coming. I do not drink sweet drinks routinely and that eliminates almost every other hot beverage except for tea and water. Tea will be my new hot morning drink.

Do you know that I drink plain hot water in the evening and usually in the morning? This evening I had tea instead, but I did heat my morning water. I think I just like drinking something hot and it doesn’t have to be flavored.

coffee, Donna

Donna is tired of coffee

This is truly shocking and I do not know what to think. Maybe you`ve had too much coffee each day for such a long time? I am drinking coffee again, though I think that I may begin having a cup of tea before going to bed at night, just to warm me up. With these larger coffee cups I`ve got I am not having as many cups though.

Let us know how you do with this. If I were you I`d make sure that the tea has caffeine in it or you may wind up w/horrible headaches from the withdrawals.
— Elaine · Oct 14, 01:40 PM · #
Are you :sick:

I think I will faint.
— chocolatechic · Oct 14, 05:14 PM · #
Oh I feel so aloooone! Its always sad to lose a drinking buddy.

I just bought some black chai spice tea from STASH....I usually drink plain teas like English or Irish Breakfast teas. Hubby and I often have a cup of hot tea in the evenings...especially w/cool weather here. Can`t quite go for the cup of hot water though....
— Sheri · Oct 14, 06:12 PM · #
I must say that I am slightly predjudice towards a nice cuppa hot tea in the mornings and occasionally in the evenings. Hot water with a wedge of lemon is actually nice.

Rasberry Earl Grey by the Gypsy Lady (sold in supermarkets) is really quite good in the morning. Without sugar and cream or a dash of honey....
— ginger · Oct 15, 06:56 PM · #
You heat your drinking water? My water has to be ice cold. Some times it is nice to make a change. I like change.
— appliejuice · Oct 15, 10:55 PM · #
That is unthinkable! That `fresh brewed coffee` sign is one of the things I associate with you!

What kind of tea do you drink? I am partial to rooibos.

My MIL drinks hot water with a slice of lemon in it all the time.
— sumi · Oct 16, 01:25 AM · #
Are you ok?

I can`t believe it, but if you are going to drink hot water squeeze some fresh lemon juice into and cleanse your liver at the same time.
— Michielle · Oct 16, 10:02 PM · #
Well, wonders never cease!

I like cold drinks, no matter how chilly it is. Hot tea makes me cringe, and coffee is only an occasional treat since I like it with sugar, whipped cream, and hazlenut syrup in a to-go cup. That`s probably too much information for you, but there it is.
— Melanie · Oct 16, 10:25 PM · #
its ok Donna. I get tired of coffee sometimes too..here in the northwest we have coffee/espresso shops EVERYWHERE and I do liketo have a mocha now and then.I do the water and lemon thing as often as I can. The rooibos tea is also one of my favorites and it is good for you...happy days water or coffee or tea....
— AnnaS · Oct 17, 12:50 AM · #
:ooo:

I kicked it too- the coffee habit I mean. It was really upsetting my reflux problem. :cry:

I am on a Green-Tea with a slice of Lemon kick lately.

It is supposed to be good for your teeth (green tea). Helps prevent cavities so I`ve read.

It is a bit bitter though- so I have opted for a spoon of honey in it which probably decreases the cavity protection!

I am not loving it and am longing to just order some Almond-Amaretto Cappuccino instead.

Let us know how the Donna sans Coffee goes? It is a bit but I hope you will find a good healthy tea to replace it.
— Donna · Oct 17, 04:48 AM · #
I am speechless. :ooo: Really.

Let us know how it goes. I do not think I could give it up now that I am hooked. It gets me through the dreary Washington days.
— Tressa · Oct 17, 01:09 PM · #
I am kind of surprised, but this going without coffee has not been bad. Of course I am drinking hot tea as if I owned the tea plantation.

Thanks to Ginger, I have some tea variety, but generally, I drink regular or special tea early in the day and later, without much pause, I drink decaffeinated tea. Sometimes lemon is added and sometimes it is forgotten. I also forget to put it in my water when I drink it hot.

Michielle, thanks for the lemon/liver tip. Perhaps that will help me remember to put lemon in my water (and tea).

Sheri I can be your distant drinking buddy on weekends if my husband makes a pot of coffee, and he might. I`ve already mentioned to him that if he makes a pot on Saturday, I`ll have a cup. :)
— Donna Young · Oct 17, 10:01 PM · #
You`re a good friend, Donna, to be willing to help out your hubby and friend by having a with them on the weekends.
— Elaine · Oct 19, 12:50 PM · #
Just checking on you. I`ll settle for weekends. Actually, with DH working night shift, my cappuccino consumption is way down. This is totally involuntary! However, I am drinking hot tea in the mornings and I just bought a box of green tea w/plum, which I`ll have tomorrow sometime.
— Sheri · Oct 24, 05:45 AM · #