Tea or Coffee

 

What's your favorite drink at the coffee shop? There was a time I loved to go out for hot tea. Can't say if my taste changed or what. Perhaps, it all started with my mother-in-law. She always had so many flavors and varieties at her house and she loved tea time.

This has not changed. More teatimes, in fact, which leads to snacks! I brought her a few boxes of teas that I thought she might enjoy. Come to find out she has a drawer stashed with teas, yet she prefers Lipton with a  little honey now. 

Just now I looked in my own tea drawer (Honestly, it didn't really call it that until I figured out..I stash my tea away too). I had given our library secretary a box of Celestal's Apple Spice, but she was hoping for their Candy Cane Lane. Evidently, there is a shortage. And I just realized I've drank most of mine up already. I do like to keep a few mint teas during the flu and sinus season. I have a similar one like Candy Cane Lane from Trader Joe's. Not gonna lie I do love Celestial teas!

Of course, as an early riser, I have to have a fresh cup of coffee in the morning. Occasionally, I make my own flat whites which are so good on a winter's day. Most of the coffee is pour-overs. I tend to have a few K-cups handy at work. I have noticed the more caffeine I have in the morning the less I want to eat and I can focus on my library projects. 

For the flat white I have an old-fashion metal frother. Sure, I have used all sorts, but they generally fizzle soon So I have to do it by hand. Recently, I have found out it's perfect for Golden Milk at night. I love having this drink to help me sleep.

Perhaps I am not an avid black coffee drinker. Although, I have been drinking coffee since I was three. It was the only way my mom could get me to drink milk. Back then I probably had way too  much sugar in it (No wonder I have such bad teeth!) I guess I stopped putting sugar in my coffee in middle school. Back when I wanted to test myself about having less sugar in my life. They rarely ever had hot tea. It was always iced tea in the summer with a hint of mint.