Why not have Dave make you tea in the morning, then?

I find that tea does as good a job of waking me up as coffee used to.
I can no longer tolerate regular caffeinated coffee - it gives me the
jitters, and if I drink too much of it, anxiety. I can drink decaf
coffee, and I will sometimes as an after-dinner refreshment. But for
the serious job of jump-starting me in the morning, it requires English
Breakfast or Darjeeling tea, and a lot of it. (In fact I'm enjoying a
pot of the latter right now.) For some reason, caffeine tea doesn't
cause me anxiety, so I can drink loads of it.

Maybe that should be your regular morning drink?

Joyce

i used to drink 3-4 big mugs of coffee in the morning before going to
work, and 3 or 4 more cups at work. no wonder i used to have trouble
sleeping. now i drink 1 or 2 cups a year.

now i'm addicted to tea instead. i brew a big pot of russian-type black
tea every morning. the good thing with russian-type tea is that it
doesn't get a bitter taste, however long you steep it in the pot. they
brew it in samovars, where the tea is kept for hours and hot water added
every now and then. i don't have a samovar, and i wouldn't know how to
use one, anyway, but i have it in a normal tea pot and when it gets too
strong to drink as is, just add some hot water to each new cuppa.

"Lesley"
On Feb 7, 3:35 pm, "Kyla  =^..^="

Actually not at all. Coffee is something Dave makes me in the mornings
on the weekends and then it's instant. I try to avoid it  as it makes
me feel queasy if I have more than two cups

Hmmmmm I usually have a double shot flavored latte made by DH for me.
Ahhh, the aroma of coffee is wunnerful.
He's the only one who knows how to make it JUST like I like it.  He made me
a Pecan flavored latte this morning.
Then I had a couple of sips off his coffee.  He just uses milk in his
coffee.
Now he's brewing a pot of fresh Ginger tea, with honey.
Good for an upset tummy and I DO love ginger.
Just had a sip, and it is really good:)

A few years ago I was much more into it. I used to work in a place
where we had a coffee maker and the cleaner was under very strict
instructions to put the coffee on at 8.45 so when we came in the whole
place smelt of proper coffee in those days I used to drink several
cups a day but as I say since I've got older I've found too much
coffee makes me queasy. Funny thing is neither tea nor cola have the
same effect (another eccentricity is at weekends I cannot stand cola
but in the week I sometimes just have to have one to stop me falling
asleep at work!)

The only 'cola' we drink any more is Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
We used to drink Coke.
Pepsi Cola iz nasty IMO.
A matter of taste I suppose.

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Kyla
--and Clowder