Water.

piss

Full sugar ginger beer. Nobody fucking sells it anymore, it's all suger-free or watery lemony nothing.

I just wanted as much fermented ginger as you can cram in some water, is that a hard ask?

That being said, I've tried making it myself, and never succeeded. I can't find any good online recipes.

your mom

Putting tea and coffee aside, for sober events it has to be a lemon, lime and bitters or its low-sugar sensible cousin, the soda, lime and bitters.

If just beverages in general it has to be black tea. If money weren't an issue I'd drink exclusively watermelon juice or grapefruit juice or a blend, or avacado smoothies.

I have many preferred beverages, both alcoholic and sober but uhhh...

On the day to day, I drink coffee more than I do water, but I absolutely have to give a huge shoutout to horchata. Mana of the fucking gods right there

Currently on a kick of non-alcoholic spirits with good tonic. Seedlip is nice. Lyre's Italian orange is too. Going to see if I can find and try Monday Gin as it's apparently more juniper-y but, not holding my breath as it turns out that the flavor compounds in juniper just don't like most human-safe solvents and most non-alcoholic spirits that I've tried don't have nearly enough bitter. May need to go for "very low alcohol" rather than zero for a satisfying character.

Also, I've been enjoying honeybush tea. I'm making blends myself that are turning out rather well. Raspberry leaf helps add tannins that it is missing for a more tea-like flavor and mouth feel. I'm still tuning the recipe but, found that I get a nice Earl-y Grey with 4g honeybush, 1g raspberry leaf, 0.5g lavender flowers (food grade), 2-4 drops bergamot oil (food grade) for a 200-250mL cup.

As for why I'm "teatotalling" these days (not that you asked but the question seems inevitable), ethanol doesn't seem to agree with my nervous system anymore. So, rather than have hang-xiety and other downsides, I've decided to cut it, maybe take up brewing milds again at some point because I enjoy the flavors And caffeine has been getting its effects unpleasantly amplified lately so, same deal, reducing it significantly.

• good filter coffee
• litres of water
• the fuckin thirst crusher, solo

In terms of soft drinks I think a spicy ginger beer is my favorite, but its rough to find non alcoholic beverages that arent either coffee/tea or sugar drinks for big babies.

Anijsmelk

It's warm milk (oat is best obv), sweetened and w/ anise

v good sleepy time drink too

Cream soda is underrated as hell and I will die on that hill.

Don't drink soda much though, usually go for water, green tea, coffee with some creamer of some sort, or a flavored lemonade

You’ll never guess.

Coffee. Mostly espresso based drinks (lattes, cappuccinos, whatever I feel like making)

But I also enjoy Vietnamese filter coffee with sweetened condensed milk.

One of these days I’ll try making a café Cubano as well

Matcha in various forms is also great.

i mostly drink water, but i have a near-compulsive diet soda problem.

Black coffee. It's so soothing.

Chai Tea, the spicier the better. Heavy on cloves and black pepper especially.

Oh, another fun thing if you grow any herbs, throw a little fresh herbs in a soda. Like fresh basil in orange soda, rosemary in pineapple, mint in lime, etc.

Love a good cuppa tea

Southern sweet tea, aka sugar water with a hint of leaves.

I don't have it often, it's a special treat.

coffee, and i ain't snobby enough to have an inbuilt preference on how its made. but i like it dark as night and powerful.

fun thing to do but it's way too much work on the regular is loading up the espresso machine with some cinnamon and cayenne pepper so it kicks you in the head, tongue, and ass

toilet

Sometimes i reduce some strong roobois, chill it, then pour it into some soda water. Dress it up with some sweet or citrus if that's your tastes.

Vimto is my main source of hydration, but I do enjoy a glass of cold brew with a good amount of milk and a sprinkle of Demerara sugar.

probably something with cannabinoids

I grew up in an Italian household, so I drank tons of espresso and chinotto. Chinotto is basically the only pop I'll drink anymore.

Dr Pepper

A nice cup of Indian style chai: black tea, ginger, cardamom, optional other chai masala spices. It should be hot, strong, spicy, sweet, yet refreshing even in the hot afternoon weather of India

or Indian style coffee: strongly brewed or mixed with chicory (personally I like just brewing with Monsoon Malabar beans), mixed with sugar, and milk boiled to the point it slightly caramelizes

The sad thing for me is that I am vegan so I miss out on the milk experience. Most vegan milks don't come close in hot drinks for me. But I'll share the recipe for the closest I've gotten: 1 part soy milk, 1 part nut or grain milk (any, eg. almond or oat), 1 part coconut milk.

There are also some vegan milks that have this kind of blending out there like Not Milk or Wondermilk

Oh also shout-out to that one kombucha I had and tried replicate at home, oak and sage iirc, tasted like a fancy alcoholic drink without the alcohol

Wooder

Extra strong Earl grey, no cream, no sugar.