Coffee Replacements

Lipton’s Vanilla Caramel Truffle is a pretty coffee-like, delicious tea.

About twice a week (am) I drink home ground whole bean coffee. I avoid the big can brands like death. Folgers and such are undrinkable. I prefer a bright floral Central/South American, bold fruity Kenyan or earthy spicey Sumatran. My favorite coffee roasters are< http://www.paradiseroasters.com/ & http://www.ptscoffee.com/ . Starbucks/Charbucks is way over rated and over roasted! Always have coffee with creamer and sweetener. Now tea I drink every day all through the day. With tea I never use creamer and only sometimes sweetener. I just find that tea and coffee meet very different taste needs for me. I remember Postum coffee substitute, hated it. Don’t like chicory in my coffee either.

Have you tried Orzo? Not the pasta. It’s a roasted barley tea from Italy. The kids there drink it instead of espresso. It almost tastes like coffee and has 0 caffeine. You can get orzo from Lupicia Fresh Tea. The Caramel & Honey one is my favorite so far and I noticed they had a new Cioccolata one too. Chocolate and hazel nut, can’t wait to try that one. It looks like coffee but you can brew it like tea.

Yeah, really both the things do not mix well. I take tea with milk for my morning kick and a coffee in the evening, both without any sugar. Anything more, and I go for a lemon tea.