Tea or coffee or Soda or something else?

Private Citizen said:
Coffee in the morning; black tea in the afternoon. Any tea turns my stomach in the morning. I think I can't handle the tannins on an empty stomach.
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I have the same effect from certain brands and only if the tea is really strong. Think Ahmed tea does it to me while Twinings does not. On the same note - the tea in the UK is always much stronger than the tea in Israel (I don't know whether it's the amount of tea in each teabag or the water quality. Kind of understood why the brits add milk though); the tea in France is always more tasty than anywhere else (that's the water quality for sure); the tea in the USA was absolutely disgusting (the tea bags that were everywhere with some weird flavour - not orange, but something like? I was told the USA is a cofee country and the coffee is good. May be, didn't try. That was in 2008, perhaps things improved since)

Coffee - don't like the flavour and can't stand the after taste and the smell from the mouth afterwards.
Icy drinks - I manage to give myself a brain freeze almost every time, so it's easier to not even try.
Sparkling drinks - don't get what is nice about it. I don't like the feeling of the bubbles in my mouth, so all the sparkling drinks are off (is that what you call `soda'?). Various cokes etc are not only sparkling which I dislike, but they are way too sweet and it's just not tasty. Orangina (in France) is the only sparkling drink I can endure.

Which leaves me with warm water when hiking/skating and lots of black tea during the day. My favourites are black tea with fruity flavours (lichee was the best; there is a french tea with a rose flavour that I love, the apricot is nice, red fruits, raspberries - anything not exotic and not too adventurous) and, of course, earl grey or lady grey. I have no idea what is the effect of the caffeine - I drink tea before going to sleep and don't need anything special to start functioning in the morning (I do drink tea just to drink something, it's just more tasty than a warm water)
My co-workers joke when I run out of steam that I need to be refilled with the tea, several jobs ago when asking me to do something I didn't like doing they would bring a cup of tea as a bribe:)
 
Lately I have gotten in the habit of drinking hot herbal tea at night (after about 8 pm). My favorite has always been chamomile. Number two is Sweet Dreams.
 
I used to drink 2-3 Diet Cokes a day, but I quit 15 years ago. I drink 2 cups of coffee with steamed milk in the morning. I only drink carbonation if I have a vodka soda (or champagne), which is very rare these days. I drink half my weight in ounces of plain still filtered water daily. Sometimes I get part of that in herbal iced tea, especially in summer, but caffeinated iced tea doesn’t count. The best part of losing weight is that I used to have to drink over 110 oz a day, but now, it’s 75. I like Harney and Sons 2 qt iced tea bags. I drink hot tea in the afternoon in winter and evening, herbal if it’s after dinner. I drink all kinds, but Earl grey, turmeric ginger or cinnamon (in the winter) are my faves.

I used to drink alcohol daily, but I cut way back. I’ll go over a month with none, then maybe a glass or two of wine if I have dinner with friends. Or on vacation. My husband quit drinking entirely so we don’t drink at home.
 
I've never liked coffee. I like tea but don't particularly like Earl Gray. I'm currently drinking Barry's Gold Irish Breakfast. I like English Breakfast, Prince of Wales, Darjeeling, Chai, peppermint, and green teas.

When it's hot, I'll brew flavored green teas and put them in my 32 ounce bottle with lots of ice. I have stage 4 kidney disease and have to drink at least 64 ounces of water every day. I don't like my tea to be too strong. Sometimes I'll add a little oat milk to my hot tea and maybe a little honey if I have a sore throat, but I don't like sweet tea either hot or cold.
 
Light Roast Coffee
Hot or Iced Tea
Herbal Tea - cinnamon, mint, etc.
No sweetener carbonated water - flavor is ok

I keep milk to one cup per day, sometimes in Latte form.

Coke Zero, Diet Coke, and Diet Dr. Pepper are guilty pleasures.

Fun fact, Coke Zero is based on the original formula while Diet Coke is based on that failed 1980s New Coke.
 
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Just came across this. Hate the smell and taste of coffee, makes me nauseous. Can tolerate tea, usually when I travel, rarely at home. Water and ginger beer, but not so much the last, just for a treat.
 
I drink about 25 oz or so of water a day, depends on how hot it is and if Im working in the garden.

I hate coffee, the smell makes me nauseous.

I drink 2 -3 diet cokes a day, but mostly ice tea. Coke zero is too sweet - don't know what it's artificial sweetener is, but sets my teeth hurting. Sometimes diet coke is too much too

Water and tea needs ice. so if there is no ice it is hot tea. I don't like milk, rarely juice.
 
I think the unopened bottle of vodka in my fridge has been through at least two moves. I'm guessing I also have wine vinegar in their somewhere, and it didn't start out that way.
 
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