I focus a lot on food around here, and it seems like hydration slips under the table. So for today’s five feature, I give you my favorite drinks!
Five Drinks for Thursday
Flavored seltzer. My favorite thing in the summer. And only good when drank straight from the bottle. Drinking glasses are for wimps.
Tea. My favorite thing to drink warm from a mug. I tried to tally how many mugs of hot tea I drink in the winter. It’s close to ten. Summer gets me down to five. Much more reasonable?
Almond milk. My favorite thing to drink when I’m not in the mood for water and have maxed out on even my daily tolerance for tea. Served hot with cocoa or turmeric/spices or cold in a glass. Or drank straight from the container.
Soda. My favorite treat. Soda isn’t something I drink daily or even weekly, but every once in a while one just sounds good and will hit the spot. I usually go for one of those “all natural” can-pretend-there’s-something-good-about-it root beers or ginger ales.
Alcohol. My favorite…Just kidding! There’s a reason this bottle’s still (all but two shots) full, despite sitting in my kitchen for a month and a half. Plus this tastes like weird fake marshmallows. I do enjoy a good beer or glass of wine–and the occasional overindulgence–but those come more rarely that my soda treats. I’d rather stay in and read a book.
What’s your favorite thing to drink?
I’m pretty much a water-and-coffee kind of girl…unless we’re talking the good kind of drinks! Craft beer, white wine and a good margarita are my jams
I’m the same way about soda. I tried one of those Whole Earth sodas, and ended up drinking 3 in one day
Sugar crash! I thought the front was fibbing about it being healthy, but it really was mostly sparkling water + agave syrup. Not the huge list of ingredients I was expecting, and still really tasty!
Also, glad to see you say “soda” rather than “pop.”
I don’t think I’ve ever used “pop,” or the Southern standard that drives me crazy, “Coke.” They aren’t all Coke! That’s a specific brand product, not soda in general!
i don’t drink coffee but love the smell. I have found a substitue in Pero. It is a barely drink that you drink hot, kind of a natural grain sub for coffee. I just found they have a Pero dark that is roasted extra long for a richer flavor. I of course had to buy it right away and it is delicious. I drink it with a little bit of honey and almond milk. It’s definitely a staple for me.
I used to have some teechino on hand–similar coffee-replacement stuff, I think it was barley, dates and other spices, and it smelled amazing! Made great lattes, but then I ran out and haven’t gotten around to ordering more off the Internet, since I don’t think it’s available locally.
I loooove TJ’s tea! it’s so good
We have some of that whipped cream vodka in my kitchen hahaha. it IS kind of gross
Oh good, glad it’s not just me that wasn’t a fan! And sipping on some TJ’s peppermint tea right now
We drink so much sparkling water these days that we actually bought a Soda Stream. Not even kidding in the slightest.
10 mugs of tea is totally acceptable! I have to watch my caffeine intake. I get withdrawal headaches like whoa if I’m not careful. It’s usually 2 mugs a day of coffee or tea.
You know what I love most about all this? You drink right out of the container. Like me. That’s awesome.
I’m ludicrously jealous. Not even kidding. And I’m sure it would save me some money in the long run. Or short run. I don’t want to think about my seltzer water bill…
And everything tastes better right out of the container! Like the sweet sweet taste of not having to clean out a glass…
I am the world’s laziest dish washer. I’m notorious of just rinsing things I’ve used just to continue using them for days (weeks?). I figure it’s a good immune system booster!
Cool post… I am the only one in my family who drinks soy milk so I’m always drinking straight from the container LOL!
I also love coffee and flavored sparkling water… room temp!
I’m so with you on room temp! I am not a fan of ice water/cold seltzer water.
Nice! I love that almond milk ….
I love Almond breeze! I always buy the plain unsweetened. It makes a great smoothie with frozen banana and strawberries.
oooh i LOVE that vodka. good choices!
I used to be a pop addict but realized I wasn’t craving pop, more so just carbonation! I am a carbonation junkie now and love Izze’s
I see Izze’s at the store but haven’t tried it–I think I’ll have to now! Although I’m not sure I need even more carbonated items to be obsessed with, haha
I’m with you on the flavored seltzers, Allie. My fave is lemon-lime over lots of ice and lots of real lime squeezed in. SO refreshing in the summer!!
Im totally a coffee or tea kind of gal. In the summer I LOVE homemade iced tea. So delicious
Is seltzer just sparkling water? I’m trying to wean myself off Diet Coke at the moment so I’m drinking loaaadsss of sparkling water mixed with cordial or fruit juice.
I also drink a ridiculous amount of tea. My favourite at the moment is blueberry green tea, but I also have lemon, peppermint, chai and a ‘relaxing’ blend on rotation.
Almond milk with turmeric sounds so strange but also kind of amazing. I might have to try it. I put a chai tea bag in some oat milk yesterday and was pretty happy with the result, although all I could think is ‘why did I not know about this drink in the depths of winter?!’