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What’s your favorite beverage to drink with a good book?

December 5, 2019 by Nathan Bransford7 Comments

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When the weather turns cold there are few more enjoyable things in life than cozying up next a fireplace or under a warm blanket, pouring a comforting beverage, and reading a good book.

What’s your beverage of choice for reading?

Personally, I don’t have much of a sweet tooth so my favorite winter beverage is a nice peaty glass of Scotch.

What about you?

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  1. abcsays

    December 5, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    The local indie bookstore cafe has a drink called The Black Rider ( Dry cappuccino with organic caramel, topped with black sea salt flakes) and I have never encountered anything greater in my life so if there’s a question involving a “favorite beverage” that will always win. But, otherwise, Earl Grey tea, my lord.

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  2. Dixiesays

    December 5, 2019 at 4:24 pm

    I vote for tea—green or black. Sometimes with sage or mint added.

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  3. Neil Larkinssays

    December 5, 2019 at 4:45 pm

    I guess I’ll always return to my childhood: hot, made from scratch cocoa. The recipe was on every cocoa can. Milk, powdered cocoa, sugar. You could add other items, but this was the basic. Place in a pan on the stove, heat gently stirring CONSTANTLY until it just about comes to a boil. Pour into a mug, add a few marshmallows and voila! Just the right thing to warm you on a cold, wintry day or evening….whether you have a book or not.

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  4. Lady Jsays

    December 5, 2019 at 4:55 pm

    I don’t eat or drink while I read. I don’t want to get anything on the pages and ruin the book.

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  5. Ekta Gargsays

    December 5, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    If I’m eating something, it’s probably the raisins I have stashed in my desk as I write. If I need to drink something, I prefer black tea. If it’s Tazo’s Joy tea, I experience bliss. 😀

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  6. Sherelle Winterssays

    December 6, 2019 at 7:35 pm

    Hot chocolate or steamed milk with vanilla. Warm, comforting, and so good. I’d say probably the steamed milk would win as favorite, though I drink more hot chocolate since I can’t make the latter at home 😀

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  7. JOHN T. SHEAsays

    December 13, 2019 at 4:57 am

    Anything wet, and lots of it. Water, coffee, juice, cola, energy drinks. I swear by hydration! I also reccommend REAL whiskey, distilled only in Ireland, with an added “e” and more peat!

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