Peppermint Tea

Give me a good Earl Grey, any day. Although for years now I've been hooked on my constant fix of strong Joe and energy drinks. What, a heart attack in my 30's? Uhhh, jeez I hope not. All in moderation.

Of course I could always just go for a b33r h33r.

A pure peppermint tincture might be a nice alternative if you're cutting the caffeine, but it's weaksauce to those of us who can't bear the thought

Can you call something extracted in water a tincture? I'm not sure.

As far as quitting caffeine, I tend to drink Peppermint tea in lieu of coffee; yes.

Hmmm. Earl Grey tea. Now you're talking a proper cup of tea, there. It must be brewed at just the right temperature to get it perfectly. I'm sure there are tea snobs that know exactly how to prepare the perfect brew.

A nice side effect of pure peppermint is that it freshens your breath. That's good when I want to relax and lose my ability to knock a possum off a garbage truck just by breathing.

Honey lemon tea is good, too. Peppermint needs just a little bit of sugar in it, IMO. Or you could put honey in peppermint but I don't know what that would taste like.

I can't drink coffee, it makes me feel sick and jittery.

Earl Grey is good but there's no need to be persnickety about how it's made. Just make it like normal, it won't mind!

Helena, I think everyone starts out with bad side effects from coffee. Me, I prefer a good beer

Speaking of tea snobbishness, there's plenty of beer snobs where I live. We just kind of smile and nod when they talk about their favorite microbrew. It's a hipster thing.

I go with a basic black tea of one sort or another, myself. English breakfast, or similar. Taken...well..."black," no sugar, no milk. I keep a few boxes of tea at the office so I an have a cup after getting in, which is usually right around when I want some, particularly in cold weather I probably just walked through.

Oddly, when I cut soda more or less completely out of my diet, I did not have any expected caffeine withdrawal.