I still drink out of my big, beautiful wine glass. Every afternoon. Sometimes even in the mornings. I love how it feels, I love how it clinks on the table as I set it down, that sound is like a Zen meditation chime to me.
However, now it contains only water, or seltzer, or another sweet non-alcoholic drink.
Besides water, I mostly drink:
An iced tea brew consisting of herbal teas: 2 peach, 2 raspberry, 2 green/nectarine. I brew it, put it in the fridge and drink cold as is, or add seltzer or soda.
Flavored seltzers. Lime, orange, lemon usually. On their own or mixed with the iced tea or soda.
Sodas. Normally, sodas are not something that agree with me,
they make my innards wacky. So, I cut them with the above iced tea, or
seltzer.
Some favorites have been:
Whole Foods Italian Soda in Lime or
Grapefruit. They are freaking gooood mixed with seltzer or tea.
Belvoir Elderflower Lemonade. This is light, not too tart and actually looks a lot like Sauvignon Blanc.
I know I'm clearly replacing my wine habit with a sugar habit, so in an effort to not jump from one problem to another, I rarely drink the soda straight, I mix it with herbal iced tea or seltzer. It still is a remarkably satisfying replacement to the wine.
Love the drink ideas. I am doing the same with seltzer and raspberry green tea or tart cherry grenadine syrup. I just use a dash because the syrup is too sweet for me but it gives the seltzer a pretty blush color and with a twist of lime looks and tastes delicious.
ReplyDeleteLately the sugar drinks I drink or add to the seltzer are taking over. I have to be better about more water and herbal iced tea!
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