Hot drinks for fall/winter

[arehopsveggies]

I drink… a lot of coffee.
At work I have been trying to stop at three cups, but I want a hot drink to replace it with. I HATE tea. I have cut most sugar out of my diet. Sometimes I drink a cup of bone broth but that’s not exactly what I’m looking for. I think i want a unicorn drink that doesn’t exist.

Any amazing ideas?

[momin2013]

How about Hot Apple?

ETA: sorry, that likely has a fair amount of sugar…

[Bad Dingo]

Do you hate all tea? I agree with PP about hot apple cider, but I feel like that has a lot of sugar. Maybe decaf coffee (shudder)? Chai?

I like mushroom coffee. I've heard good things about Mud/WTR but haven't tried it. "It tastes like a mug of hot cacao met a chai latte and they had a baby."

[laurack]

Sometimes I have a hot chocolate packet in the afternoon if I want a hot drink that isn’t coffee. You could probably find some low cal / low sugar ones if you are trying to limit the calories.

Otherwise I do find herbal tea can be good like a fruity tea. I like the tazo passion tea. It’s not really tea in that it has no tea leaves or caffeine it’s just basically a fruity hot drink that doesn’t have sugar.

[cjcouple]

Its tea but Teecchino dandelion tea is very close to coffee.

Also some of the flavored herbal teas are super flavorful (orange and spice) and don't have that plain tea flavor. ait may just be a matter of just keep drinking it u til you grow to like it. haha.

I started with chai.

[deadwing]

I love mulled cider in winter. Williams-Sonoma has the best mulling spice blend (look for it on sale after Xmas - right now it will be stupid expensive).

[litebright]

Hot lemon water? I have heard this is a thing, no actual experience with it. But it meets your criteria.

[Deleted]

Some decaf green mint teas are lovely in the afternoon. Warm, slightly refreshing, slightly sweet without having sugar.

[arehopsveggies]

I do probably need to try more herbal teas. I get to go “to town” to shop next week so I just added a few to my target cart

Last year I literally bought a “tea” that was mostly tiny pieces of bourbon barrel wood. It smelled nice but the taste was… weird.

I wish I liked teeccino. My mom loves it and mixes her coffee about 50/50 with it. But it makes me really sick -so much so that we have to keep separate coffee pots at her cabin for me. She has her pot of coffee/teeccino going all day

My husband says why am I even looking for something else when I know I love coffee!

[simpsongal]

Postum? I also like rooibos tea with milk. Tastes like black tea but without caffeine (tea taste may not be a seller for you).

[arehopsveggies]

Oct 5, 2024 18:42:52 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

Postum? I also like rooibos tea with milk. Tastes like black tea but without caffeine (tea taste may not be a seller for you).

Oh I had forgotten I wanted to try postum! Just added to my Amazon cart

[slbride2003]

I drink a lot of hot water with lemon in the afternoon. Boring but warm, no sugar, no caffeine.

[mommyatty]

Dang it, I thought this was going to be about booze. I drink a whole lot of coffee. And tea. And chai. I even occasionally drink decaf even if it’s really pretty gross. I know people who will literally just drink hot water because they like the cozy feeling of drinking something warm more than they care about the taste of anything.

I’m just gonna take my recipe for a tipsy reindeer and show myself out now.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Williams Sonoma sells mulling spice sachets. They can be added to cider to spice it, but when I want the feel of a fall drink, sometimes I just steep the sachet in hot water, and it's a warm flavorful drink with no sugar.
www.williams-sonoma.com/products/mulling-spice-sachets/?sku=9694352&cm_ven=PLA&cm_ite=9694352_14932288941_aud-2015650457649%3Apla-1808910736016&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Local&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwx4O4BhAnEiwA42SbVBY9OL29Fx1mjJkkDO6j4k_3iS8P2jt3rSfnpQeOCG6-UQMdtUMZThoCVesQAvD_BwE

[jobae1234]

I love hot water with lemon!

[arehopsveggies]

Oct 5, 2024 19:32:46 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

Dang it, I thought this was going to be about booze. I drink a whole lot of coffee. And tea. And chai. I even occasionally drink decaf even if it’s really pretty gross. I know people who will literally just drink hot water because they like the cozy feeling of drinking something warm more than they care about the taste of anything.

I’m just gonna take my recipe for a tipsy reindeer and show myself out now.

I 10000% love a warm boozy drink by the fire at home!

Just my particular train of thought when starting this thread was remembering last year when my heat was broken at work and thinking ahead with concern that I’ll be in the same boat in a few weeks. Teaching in a 45 ish degree classroom is rough on the voice!

[Bad Dingo]

I forgot, I love adding these lemon packets to hot water in the winter. a.co/d/cSo9IHc

[arehopsveggies]

Oct 5, 2024 19:58:58 GMT -5 Bad Dingo said:

I forgot, I love adding these lemon packets to hot water in the winter. a.co/d/cSo9IHc

Ohhh I’ve used these cold but never tried them hot!

[mrsukyankee]

I'm a mainly coffee drinker but I do love vanilla chai in the autumn/winter. Pukka makes a decent one.

[brooke77]

Have you tried cascara tea? It’s tea made from coffee pulp and has less caffeine than roasted coffee. I had never heard of it, but tried it at a coffee farm in Colombia this summer. I’m a die-hard coffee drinker, but really liked it. It might be worth a try.

[macmars45]

I am not a tea drinker. Do not like it. That being said, Vanilla Chai tea with a bit of milk is a good alternative to a sweeter hot cocoa option.

[RitzyHeifer]

My husband recently cut out caffeine and he likes Cafix - it’s a roasted barley and chicory instant drink. So has some of the same ingredients as Teeccino but not all of them. It’s a coffee-esque flavor - not exact thought. And I will say he adds creamer to it like he would a coffee so I’m sure that helps.