# Is Soda an Appropriate drink with breakfast? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [January 29, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631 "2022-01-29T16:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/141 "2022-02-06T21:32:06Z")
Ah. Completely glossed over context. Slow brain day for me. ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/142 "2022-02-06T22:57:50Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I love Orangina! The only soda type drink I drink anymore. I haven’t tried that one, but one thing I like to do is to pour a splash or two of gin in a glass and then fill it with orange soda. I don’t know if one could drink enough of these to get drunk, but with the gin, it kind of reminds me of the flavor of orange juice. I can’t handle real orange juice – it gives me really miserable stomach pains. At one time I was trying to give up Dr Pepper and switched to orange juice and I went to the doctor at least once a week for a month with unexplained stomach pains that he could not explain. Then one day I stopped at a tamale truck on the side of the road when I had run out of water on my bicycle and all they had were cokes. So I bought a coke and it was instant relief. I haven’t drank orange juice since then. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/143 "2022-02-06T23:41:25Z")
I guess citric acid _really_ doesn’t agree with you. The only previous bad thing I knew about orange juice was that it can aggravate kidney stones. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/144 "2022-02-06T23:50:33Z")
My brother is allergic to citrus. He can get stoned on orange juice. Well, not really stoned. More of a mild buzz. But in principle . . . ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/145 "2022-02-07T00:04:08Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I guess citric acid _really_ doesn’t agree with you. On the other hand, I can drink all the lemonade I want without an issue. Also, until I started taking statins, I ate a grapefruit every day, when possible, and never had an issue. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/146 "2022-02-07T00:30:43Z")
Wow. That’s interesting. Wonder what it is about oranges vs. lemons? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/147 "2022-02-07T01:08:51Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Twelve ounces is a lot of coffee. I personally draw the line at about 8oz. but I’m sure there are people who drink more in one sitting. I wasn’t going to post here, because I’m a traditionalist (eggs and bacon and thirty-weight coffee at a ‘greasy spoon’ diner). _But “drawing the line” at 8 oz of coffee? The fuuuuuuh…?_ If I’m not in restaurants with bottomless cups, I stop by “good” coffee places. I never order less than 20 oz (it’s usually only a quarter more than a 16-er). Caffeine is my friend. It really helps me get stuff done, and my doctor has prescribed it for my ADHD. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/148 "2022-02-07T02:53:48Z")
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**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/149 "2022-02-07T04:09:34Z")
Honestly, it doesn’t matter if it’s appropriate or not. Free country, drink what you want.☕🍹🍶 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/150 "2022-02-07T15:46:57Z")
I don’t drink coffee…ever. I’m not a big fan of hot drinks (tea or hot chocolate). I don’t have a caffeine habit (meaning I require it regularly). I don’t drink a lot of soda (today is recycle day, there’s one, 12oz can in there from the past week) but I do sometimes need a pick-me-up. Nights in a hotel are almost always get in late & leave early, a place to rest the head for a few hours. When one is working on short hours, one doesn’t want to waste the time for a sit-down breakfast at a diner or a Denny’s (are they still around?) On-the-road, on-the-go breakfasts frequently include a soda to go with the convenience store / fast food sam’mich that, more often than not is eaten in the car, while driving between the hotel & destination. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/151 "2022-02-07T16:07:34Z")
My breakfast beverage of choice is baker’s chocolate mixed into hot water with a little (non-sugar) sweetener. If I run out, I’ll have a Zero-Sugar or Diet Coke. Very occasionally a green tea. Never coffee or black tea. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/153 "2022-03-15T13:12:19Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > My brother is allergic to citrus. He can get stoned on orange juice. > > Well, not really stoned. More of a mild buzz. But in principle . . . Sorry for the lateness of my question, but…your brother’s allergy doesn’t sound like much of an affliction. Does he ever drink OJ for the buzz, or is it a disagreeable buzz? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/154 "2022-03-15T14:54:36Z")
Allergies have the potential to go very bad, very quickly. So he avoids OJ. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/155 "2022-03-15T20:38:26Z")
This. An overdose of strawberry ice cream put me in the ER. I had no idea I was allergic to strawberries until then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631.md?page=7)