What is in your cup?

[CRussel]

Peet's Major Dickason's Blend coffee. Yummmmm.

[cromag]

Right now my mug holds the memory of the day's tea.

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Campari & soda & ice

Fabulous suggestion. That's now in my glass.

[Stitchawl]

My love she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
She doesn’t have to say she’s faithful
Yet she’s true, like ice, like fire
People carry roses
Make promises by the hours
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can’t buy her.

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w1mCevu3sU )

Happy Birthday, Bob!

Good morning, everyone! It's a bright and beautiful Tuesday, Bob turned 74 just the other day, having a lifetime of writing magnificent poetry. In fact, I'd say he was just as influential in the music scene as the Beatles were, changing the views and ideas of people all over the world. So this morning I'll raise my mug of Ahmad's "English Breakfast" tea to you, Bob. I knew you back in the day on the streets of Greenwich Village, and would never have suspected that you would turn out the way you did!

Stitchawl

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by Difflugia

Fabulous suggestion. That's now in my glass.

It's my "go-to" summer beverage - I call it "pink fizz"

[Bilbo1967]

A glass of Chablis.

[badgoodDeb]

Tonic water with a squirt of over the counter flavorer. I've been assigned the quinine in tonic water, for leg cramps. We'll see if it helps. It tastes good, anyway!

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Tonic water with a squirt of over the counter flavorer. I've been assigned the quinine in tonic water, for leg cramps. We'll see if it helps. It tastes good, anyway!

I'll be interested to hear if it helps.

A glass of Schweppes Club Soda.

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Tonic water with a squirt of over the counter flavorer. I've been assigned the quinine in tonic water, for leg cramps. We'll see if it helps. It tastes good, anyway!

You may want to get a second opinion. The FDA decided that risks from quinine outweigh the potential benefit for muscle cramps. That said, I love tonic and drink a lot of it even without the cramps, so I'm not sure what the FDA would have to say to me.

Right now, though, it's some Twinings decaffeinated Earl Grey. Not the best, but it's better than even some caffeinated teas that I consider drinkable.

[badgoodDeb]

Well, it's only 8 ounces a day of tonic water, not a prescription level of quinine. The cramps are daytime, not night time (though there are some of those too). I'm already taking potassium; have been for 20 years. The quinine does affect my Coumadin, so if that gets too hard to manage, I may not stay with the tonic water regime. We'll see.

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Well, it's only 8 ounces a day of tonic water, not a prescription level of quinine. The cramps are daytime, not night time (though there are some of those too). I'm already taking potassium; have been for 20 years. The quinine does affect my Coumadin, so if that gets too hard to manage, I may not stay with the tonic water regime. We'll see.

I only mentioned it because a while ago, I was trying old tonic and bitters recipes that I was digging out of Google Books and I made sure to look up the toxicity of everything I tried. Quinine isn't very toxic normally, but I specifically remembered the thing about off-label prescriptions for cramps and the FDA.

It is amazing to me how many ingredients that are genuinely toxic can still be ordered from the Internet, often from "health food" stores and the like.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Well, it's only 8 ounces a day of tonic water, not a prescription level of quinine. The cramps are daytime, not night time (though there are some of those too). I'm already taking potassium; have been for 20 years. The quinine does affect my Coumadin, so if that gets too hard to manage, I may not stay with the tonic water regime. We'll see.

I've started taking Potassium. I just can't eat enough bananas. And I doubled up my calcium. It's tricky -- I've always had a tendency to foot cramps, primarily, though nasty leg cramps sometimes. But the diuretic for my blood pressure makes it all worse. Sigh.

Club soda right now.

[Stitchawl]

Bombay Sapphire on the rocks



Stitchawl

[CRussel]

First mug of this year's Anniversary Breakfast Blend. Definitely different this year (after two years in a row where it was essentially the same or very, very close). Duskier, but with an almost citrus note in the nose and front of the palette. Not as bright as last year's, a bit more rounded. Nice. Only time will tell, but I'm certainly enjoying this first taste.

[poohbear_nc]

Campari & soda & LOTS of ice