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I've actually been asked the question: Why do I prefer to drink coffee and tea instead of beer or wine (or other alcoholic beverages)? I know people who will not drink anything but beer or just plain water. I also know people who will only drink wine and water. Every person has their own preferences and mine happens to be coffee and tea and I'll explain why.
I Over Indulge
Of course I drink more than just coffee and tea. I drink water, fruit juices, Tanduay rum and on occasion, Red Horse beer. I drink coffee in the morning and iced tea during the hot parts of the day. I drink Tanduay rum during outdoor get-togethers and I'll drink Red Horse beer when there's nothing else to drink (except water) during a get-together. I don't even like Red Horse beer and I haven't found a local wine that I like enough to drink even once.
The problem I have is that when I drink alcoholic beverages, I tend to over-indulge, almost reaching the point of getting hammered. I don't like being hammered, so I tend to avoid alcoholic beverages EXCEPT on special occasions.
Only the Best Beer
Honestly, I would drink beer if I could weed out the best beer from all the rest. My son likes Heineken and I can't stand it.
My friend Allyn is showing me some of the best beers at his new Big Beer Blog. Unfortunately, the majority of the beer he reviews isn't available outside of North America (and I'm in the Philippines). If I find a good, stout or hearty beer locally, I'll be sure to tell him about it.
My relatives, the ones living in my compound, are fine with being stuck with Red Horse. Perhaps because it's cheap beer but I'll never be sure. They do sell other brands here, such as Colt 45, but they don't seem to like it at all.
Coffee and Tea
Unless you add an alcoholic beverage of some kind, coffee and tea contains nothing that would cause me to get drunk. I have to admit, I'd drink Kahlua (a coffee liquor) if I could find it here. There's nothing quite like a good "mudslide".
No, I'll stick to coffee and tea as my primary beverages. It's the safe thing for me to do.
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Thanks for the mention RT!
I love my coffee and my tea too.
When I was stationed in Turkey in the late 1990s, I often enjoyed Turkish tea (they called it "Chai") that was available in the markets.
Another thing that was really cool was that when you went into a local shop, say maybe, a shop that sold Turkish carpets, they would insist you sit down and have tea with them before you even looked at their stuff. I loved that about the Turkish people, very friendly.
They'd bring a small double shot glass kinda thing with hot tea in it and a sugar cube. That stuff was very potent on the caffeine too from what I remember.
AL
You definitely don't get the kind of headaches in the morning from a few cups of coffee the day before. The worst combination for hangovers is alcohol and a caffeinated drink like Red Bull or Coffee.
My last blog: Where and How Coffee Grows