Daytime: Mojito.
Evening: Mojito.
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I like your style
- Out? Water, sometimes coffee (when it's decent)
- Home? Tea, coffee, and water.
I quit drinking soda entirely. Alcohol too, but that was many, many years ago... back when I was an alcoholic.
Well done for getting through that, it's a really powerful drug
Thx
water
Water, unless it's a restaurant with some delicious drink from whatever culture the food is from (Thai iced tea, mango lassi, boba tea - that kinda thing) in which case, that.
After not liking wine (other than iced wine), I had some extra after making some French onion soup and figured I might as well drink it and turns out I like it now. And I've lost my taste for sweet wines. I mean, it still tastes good but I just end up with a headache after one or two glasses from trying a tawny port. It'll probably take some experimentation to find the sweet spot (heh or not so sweet spot I guess).
It's kinda annoying with all the variety, I have a feeling I won't ever get to the point of just being able to buy one kind, so each trip to the store might be a bit of a selection dillema.
Water, cappuccino, NA beer (I no longer drink).
If I go to a dinner style place for brunch, I like to get a milkshake. At this one place, I get them to add a shot of espresso.
Coffee, water, soda. The later at night, the more likely I am to have coffee. One of the many wonders of ADHD: getting mellow or sleepy from stimulants.
If I'm having food, I drink water. But if I'm hanging out with people I'll have coffee or beer.
bier.
Big fan of negronis and other bitter herbal liqueours
Daytime: Barrys Gold tea. Pub: Smithwicks or Newcastle.
If I haven't had my daily coffee yet, then a cafe latte. If it's a decent coffee place (barista with fashionably tight jeans, arm tattoos, possibly wearing a Ramones shirt) I'll go for a piccolo. If it's a really good coffee place (barista with waxed moustache and/or ironic neck tattoos) then I'll get a macchiato.
For an evening occasion, I'll generally have a non-alcoholic cider, while debating with people around me whether that's just the same as sparkling apple juice.
Went to a comedy club last night and had a black Russian. Haven't had one in a long time and I drink alcohol about once every 2 months.
Water, black coffee, or whiskey rocks. Sometimes all three.
Shot and a beer. Preferably tullamore dew and a Narragansett
If I'm eating, usually just water
My choice of wine is a sparkling white, if it's available and doesn't clash with the food
Usually water, but sometimes root beer. A lot of local microbreweries make their own and most of them are wonderful.
It depends mostly on my mood, but:
- pingado (a small glass of coffee with a drop of milk) - I just need my caffeine fix
- machiato - the above, but I'm treating myself
- orange juice - I'm lunching, and I'd rather not have alcohol
- chilled yerba mate tea - I'm lunching, I'd rather not have alcohol, and did I mention my caffeine fix?
- beer - I'm lunching, I don't mind some alcohol; OR I'm drinking with my friends
- wine - I'm drinking with very specific friends who also enjoy chugging cheap wine
- campari - I don't care about whatever you guys are drinking, I want my bitters; or, I'm in the bar alone writing
In my uni times I also drunk a lot of tubão (cheap spirit + soda, mixed in the soda bottle).
usually water, but a varied flight of microbrews never hurts.
Water for hydration
One of the following depending on my mood:
- Old Fashioned
- Whiskey Sour
- Margarita
- Negroni
- Red wine (Cab or Pinot)
- Beer (stout or an IPA)
Coca-Cola!
Usually some kinda (juice|soda)
In the summer, beer. Ideally an import (unless there's a good microbrewery outlet nearby) because most commercial Chinese beers are terrible. For special events, baijiu. For winter, heated rice liquor.