# What is your first-thing-in-the-morning drink?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 13, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601 "2010-09-13T13:42:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/1 "2010-09-13T13:42:20Z")
If you answer coffee or tea, how do you take it?
I always have a cup of tea with sweet 'n low first thing in the morning.
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### Author:  [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/2 "2010-09-13T13:44:33Z")
Coffee, 2 splendas, dash of half and half.
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/3 "2010-09-13T13:44:44Z")
Water. Or either orange juice or chocolate milk with my medicine. (They have a tendency to upset stomachs, so milk is my drink of choice for this, especially if I’m not eating anything).
Rarely., I’ll drink tea, especially on travel. In which case I take it straight or with some sugar. Never with milk. I don’t drink coffee at all.
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### Author:  [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/4 "2010-09-13T13:54:34Z")
coffee, black
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### Author:  [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/5 "2010-09-13T13:56:33Z")
Water. I always try to have that first thing.
Once I get to work, a cup of tea, either hot or iced, depending on the time of year. I gave up coffee a while ago and only have it when I am _really_ craving it, as I have no ability to moderate my coffee intake unless I reserve it as a “special occasion/craving” beverage.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/6 "2010-09-13T13:57:24Z")
Tea, English breakfast, black and unsweetened.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/7 "2010-09-13T14:01:59Z")
Water. I may later have coffee or juice, but I make a point to wake up, pee, and drink a full glass of water before I do anything else.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/8 "2010-09-13T14:03:17Z")
Martini: shaken, not stirred.
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### Author:  [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/9 "2010-09-13T14:06:06Z")
Black coffee.
Apparently starting with scotch is some kind of “problem.”
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/10 "2010-09-13T14:07:26Z")
Instant Folgers, 1 splenda packet, splash of milk or a squirt of whipped cream if I’m feeling naughty.
Sometimes when it’s hot out I’ll have some Crystal light peach iced tea.
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### Author:  [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/11 "2010-09-13T14:12:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Martini: shaken, not stirred.
That’s a lot of noise first thing in the morning. Especially when you have a hangover.
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### Author:  [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/12 "2010-09-13T14:12:38Z")
Diet Coke. I have a can in the car on the way to work. I don’t drink coffee or tea so it’s my caffeine fix.
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### Author:  [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/13 "2010-09-13T14:13:06Z")
Pond scum. Well, that’s what I call the green veggie juice from the juicer.
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/14 "2010-09-13T14:21:58Z")
Screwdiver. No pulp.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/15 "2010-09-13T14:30:21Z")
Orange juice. At least 12 ounces.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/16 "2010-09-13T14:31:11Z")
> [@voguevixen](#):
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> > [@Leaffan](#):
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> > Martini: shaken, not stirred.
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> That’s a lot of noise first thing in the morning. Especially when you have a hangover.
Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer.
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### Author:  [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/17 "2010-09-13T14:36:10Z")
Water. Other than evening cocktails, water is pretty much all I drink.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/18 "2010-09-13T14:38:39Z")
It has been a protein drink recently. Before that it was usually water.
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### Author:  [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/19 "2010-09-13T14:49:39Z")
Milk, 2%. It does a body good.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-thing-in-the-morning-drink/553601/20 "2010-09-13T14:54:30Z")
Water. Sometimes tap and sometimes ice-water.
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