# Cold drinks that are good hot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571 "2017-02-23T17:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/21 "2017-02-23T22:10:52Z")
Is sake always warmed? ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/22 "2017-02-24T01:55:45Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Is sake always warmed? No, sake (particularly the higher quality stuff) is often served chilled. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/23 "2017-02-24T02:09:38Z")
[Heated ale used to be a thing](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/hot-beer-anyone/385031/) and apparently is becoming a bit of a thing again. Oh, and how about good old hot milk at bedtime? And water with a slice of lemon is good cold or boiling. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/24 "2017-02-24T02:12:30Z")
I guess it’s all relative. I remember one time when I camping I was so thirsty that when I finally got my only beer of the day which had been sitting out in the sun and it was hot I drank it and it was delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/25 "2017-02-24T02:49:19Z")
eggnog ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/26 "2017-02-24T03:28:29Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > My parents told me that, at least here in the South, in the 1940s-50s, Dr. Pepper warmed up in a pan on the stove was a thing. I’ve never tried it. This. heat it up like coffee and drink it as such. Very good. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/27 "2017-02-24T05:04:22Z")
Hot Dr Pepper with lemon is my go-to hot drink when I have a cold, and sometimes just as a change of pace from afternoon tea. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/28 "2017-02-24T06:52:32Z")
[Milo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_(drink)) - Australia’s contribution to highly sugared brown powder mixable with either with hot or cold milk. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/29 "2017-02-24T07:50:00Z")
I was very fond of **[Rose’s Lime Juice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose's_lime_juice)** as a child [no other brand has quite the taste, and I don’t think it is as sharp as it used to be]. As a cordial, using hot water on a winter’s night was interesting. \*It did not take long to prepare the brew and thrust the tin heater well into the red heart of the fire; and soon every field-mouse was sipping and coughing and choking (for a little mulled ale goes a long way) and wiping his eyes and laughing and forgetting he had ever been cold in all his life. \* The Wind in the Willows ---
**Author:** ![PlumBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PlumBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlumBob)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/30 "2017-02-24T16:10:11Z")
I like warm tomato juice. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/31 "2017-02-25T19:07:51Z")
Gazpacho soup? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/32 "2017-02-25T19:33:14Z")
> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > It is if you buy it from a coffee shop. Dutch Bros. and Starbucks both just heat up chocolate milk, and it’s gross unless you hide the flavor with a Torani syrup. (Almond coconut is nice as is orange. ) No, they don’t. They heat up milk and add that to chocolate sauce, which comes in a powder and is pre-mixed with hot water. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/33 "2017-02-25T19:39:06Z")
> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > My parents used to bring Tang on camping trips to drink hot in the morning. I don’t know if it can be called “good” but it’s as least as good hot as it is cold. 😉 This was basically what I was about to say. I’ve made other instant drink mixes such as Crystal Light with hot water when the weather was cold. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/34 "2017-02-26T00:26:06Z")
> [@snoe](#): > > Indeed! Though I think hot lemonade works better with honey as a sweetener than with sugar - wonder if that would work cold. Has anyone tried? This is my go-to (hot) whenever I have a cold. Knocks it right out of me! Even better than hot tea with lemon and honey. I’ve tried it cold, and the honey just doesn’t dissolve properly. Pity! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/35 "2017-02-26T00:30:52Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > I guess it’s all relative. I remember one time when I camping I was so thirsty that when I finally got my only beer of the day which had been sitting out in the sun and it was hot I drank it and it was delicious. Warm beer is a thing in a number of places (England, f’rinstance). The method of brewing (top or bottom fermentation) actually determines how you should drink beer (warm or cold). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/36 "2017-02-26T00:34:37Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > My parents told me that, at least here in the South, in the 1940s-50s, Dr. Pepper warmed up in a pan on the stove was a thing. I’ve never tried it. It was still a thing in the 1960s. Supposed to squeeze in a slice of lemon too, as I recall. I never thought it was as good as it was cold though. And speaking of Dr. Pepper, I feel it has changed and for the worse. I really used to like it, but since returning to the US, I swear it tastes completely different. I first noticed it my last couple of visits here this century before moving back. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/37 "2017-02-26T00:39:25Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I’ve tried it cold, and the honey just doesn’t dissolve properly. Pity! ☹ Actually, I suppose you could dissolve the honey while the tea is hot and then let it cool. That would work. I’d put it in a Mason jar and give it a good shake, once it’s chilled. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/38 "2017-02-27T14:21:55Z")
I always carry a few of those sugar free iced tea packs designed to be added to a bottle of cold water. I add them to hot water at work–easier than a tea bag and sweetner, and a totally different drink. Good, too, and they come in a variety of flavors. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/39 "2017-02-27T15:20:38Z")
Cranberry juice. Just had a glass for the first time. I love the stuff cold, but it’s a chilly morning and I thought I’d try it heated up. Very nice!! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571/40 "2017-02-27T15:34:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Warm beer is a thing in a number of places (England, f’rinstance). The method of brewing (top or bottom fermentation) actually determines how you should drink beer (warm or cold). “warm beer” is meant to be served at just below room temperature, not actually hot. In China, a traditional cold remedy is coca-cola boiled with ginger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-drinks-that-are-good-hot/780571.md?page=1)