#5 drinks

Oh! Thank you lovely @lynne-monstr for the tag, this is so fun!!

Dark Spiced Rum

I’m not good with alcohol that tastes like alcohol, so I spent most of my early drinking years mixing vodka with literally anything that would mask the taste of vodka. And then I discovered dark spiced rum and wow, that revolutionised my drinking! Haha I’m a big fan of a Dark 'N' Stormy cocktail, but honestly I’ll drink dark spiced rum with pretty much any mixer.

Fruit Cider

Pretty much same as above. I became a farmer and very quickly realised that cider was the drink of choice amongst 97% of my farming friends, but I’m just not the biggest fan of straight up flat apple cider. I like it on occasion, but not in the quantity that we were drinking while I did my BTEC or when attending livestock shows… lol But hey. Fruit cider was practically invented for me! Lately I’ve been on a Blood Orange Cider kick. Really cuts through the sweetness of the cider. Om nom nom.

Pimms

This is a situational drink. I absolutely LOVE having people round my house for food and drink, and I’m a whizz at barbecuing, and there’s nothing more fun than taking full advantage of the 4 and a half hot summer days we get in this country, than having all of your nearest and dearest round for a barbecue, and Pimms is the perfect drink for that!

Hot Chocolate

I have NO problem with it being made from powder, I’m not that much of a Swiss hot chocolate snob. However good hot chocolate is made with MILK, not water!! And the milk is heated on the HOB, not in the microwave!! And if you want to throw in some actual chocolate, I won’t say no… guess I am a bit of a Swiss hot chocolate snob haha Marshmallows and whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon? Yes please!

Chai Lattes

I’ve always been sad because I don’t drink coffee and I don’t really want a hot chocolate three times a day, whenever other people are popping to coffee shops, and I resent paying 3 quid for a cup of tea!! And for some reason I always assumed I wouldn’t like chai lattes but then after years and years I thought ‘just order one, if you don’t like it you really haven’t lost very much…’ and I LOVED IT! It’s now my absolute go to coffee shop drink. Yummy yum yum!

Thank you to dear @aenvittorielle and @kirielle for tagging me! 🥰🥂

And here are my top five drinks:

1. Forever #no. 1 - COFFEE!!!

2. My guilty pleasure - Pepsi...

3. I also like drinks with more ‘spirit’... like Vodka 😉

4. And sometimes more sophisticated Martini  🍸

5. But I also enjoy all kinds of herbal tea...

Thank you for the tag @celeritas2997 💖

Coke zero. I drink way too much though.

Coffee. It has to be black, and no syrups or anything.

Water.

Beer.

Old Fashioned. My favourite cocktail.

@first-kanaphan Thanks for tagging me.😚💖

Well first thing it's that I don't drink alcohol, so it's the "normal" drinks that I drink 😁

1. Water : So the first has to be water... simple but complex at the same. Love to be hydrated all day. Its a freaking nightmare that there is people who don't enjoy water! Like wtf? It's Amazing! The good old H2o 💙

2. Mint Tea : some will say the correct is mint infusion, but I like to call it tea! It's like my favorite tea ever! Its good to my digestion problems too, like what an amazing blessing 🥹. There's nothing to compare with the flavor of the fresh mint or the even stronger peppermint! I love it so much, i have 2 or 3 cups a day. ✨ offer me some mint tea and I'm a happy person on sight!

3. Coffee : Black coffee made in a french press is such a beautiful alchemy 🥲 not better coffee than a french press coffee,really.

I just in love when I can have a good brand of coffee with notes of vanilla, toffee and hazelnuts.... Sublime!

No with sugar, but with a little of agave syrup.

4. Vegan milk : For someone with lactose intolerance, you have to learn about vegan milk. There's like the amazing almond milk, great to make milkshakes and ice cream, cashew nut milk is good to cappuccinos, soy milk it's the one I love to drink a pure glass sometimes.

5. Pepsi or Red Bull : so for the sake of it's caffeine it's one or another. I can't have iced coffee, like serious, I throw the fuck up. I think it's my digestion problems,IBS, that don't let me have it, so I go with some iced Pepsi (Yes, Pepsi! I hate Coke, it tastes bad). Or I will have some of the great weird flavor of iced Red Bull.

@goodwithcheese provided an open tag for this (thank you!!!) so... here we go.

Brewed coffee, add whole milk until it's the color of caramel. (Can sub other milks, but half and half or whole milk is my preference).

Strawberry Lemonade - especially if it's got fruit chunks in it. (Shout out to Red Robin because they do it best out of most restaurants I've been to imo.)

Sun Tea - Add a pack of raspberry or peach tea to the mix and steep. 10/10 best flavor. Bonus if you make it in the sun (sorry university food safety team, you can pry this and raw cookie dough out of my cold dead hands.)

Constant Comment Hot Tea - I love the little citrusy zing to it. My go-to comfort drink when it's too late for coffee. (Adding whiskey was something I did in grad school, less so now.)

Raspberry Limeade - The fizziness of the one from Sonic surprised me, but in a good way. Also a chunky fruit drink.

Sherbet Punch - I'm adding a 6th because I haven't had this in ages and I'm craving it with the summer heat. Rainbow Sherbet, 7-Up/Sprite/similar clear soda, Hawaiian Punch (or similar)

i was tagged by the lovely @legohwas 🫶🏻 this sent me for a loop, i’m so bad at ranking 😂

1. water: honestly, it’s what i drink most. my beloved. although i should drink more lol. bonus points if it’s sparkling water (some of y’all will hate me but i stand my ground)

2. coffee: are we surprised? no. i drink so much coffee during the day, it should be worrying. but at this point i’m convinced half of my bloodstream is coffee, sometimes i don’t even feel the effects. i need it to get through my 8:30am - 7pm classes though

3. beer! my go to drink when i’m out for the night. my favorite is guinnes, ugh love her to death.

4. peach/apricot juice: i used to LIVE on these two as a kid. it’s like the never ending battle of which one’s better in my country (pear juice is also a contestant, but i hate it, so it doesn’t count in my books). i don’t have it as much anymore, but if i’m feeling like juice, you best believe i’m getting one of them (occasionally i’ll get orange juice, i used to have it in england for breakfast and it kinda stuck. peach/apricot juice sucks ass there)

5. diet coke: I MISS HER. when i lived in england i consumed vile amounts of this bc we don’t have it anymore in my home country :((( it’s always been my go to option when eating out. now i stick to regular coca cola or pepsi, but it’s just not the same. i don’t usually drink a lot of carbonated drinks, but if i’m out and i don’t want to get alcoholic drinks she’s my choice (might move back to england just to have diet coke again)

Thanks for the tag @whenshereads​

1. Dr. Pepper - This is what I live on. I drink so much that I recently switched to the zero sugar. It tastes exactly the same to me thank god. At my old hospital I would go through periods where I would try to quit Dr. Pepper. One of everyone’s favorite memories was our old unit secretary Dave, who was about 72 at the time, brought in a Dr. Pepper for me the day after I had tried to quit once because he couldn’t deal with me uncaffeinated . He said it was unnatural. 

2. Coffee - My Starbucks order is a grande iced caramel macchiato with oat milk. I do get the seasonal drinks when they come out, but this can always be counted on. It doesn’t matter how cold it is outside, I only drink iced coffee.

3. Tea - I love tea! All kinds. Haven’t had one I didn’t like. Also, I’m from the south so I love sweet tea too.

4. Water - HAHA! What’s water? I really need to drink more of it. I’m terrible. When I say I live on Dr. Pepper I mean it. My poor kidneys will revolt one day.

5. Alcohol - I don’t really drink a whole lot. I didn’t drink at all in my twenties. It was only in my early thirties that I started trying alcohol. I usually get a gin and tonic though with a lime.