# Whats your favorite non-alcoholic uncarbonated beverage **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363 "2003-09-03T17:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/21 "2003-09-03T23:16:26Z")
Horlicks. Mmmm… warm, malty goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Crescent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Crescent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescent)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/22 "2003-09-03T23:26:55Z")
Wawa’s Iced Tea, lemon flavored. Mmmm good. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/23 "2003-09-03T23:30:05Z")
Ginger Beer. It’s not beer. It’s not ginger ale. It’s not supposed to be bubbly. But, good Lord, is it spicy. Homemade sorrell is also slammin’. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/24 "2003-09-04T00:08:24Z")
Pink Lemonade is my all-time favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/25 "2003-09-04T00:31:18Z")
Snapple. Fruit punch or lemonade. The lemonade is good and strong. ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/26 "2003-09-04T01:29:58Z")
Water, by a long way. Followed by: Grapefruit juice (unsweetened) Pineapple juice (unsweetened) Fresh lemonade (very lightly sweetened) Hmm, a theme develops. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/27 "2003-09-04T01:58:02Z")
Iced lemon tea ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/28 "2003-09-04T02:01:57Z")
Sweet tea, sweetened with Splenda[sup]TM[/sup]. Used to be teamonade, or ‘Arnold Palmers’, as **JavaMaven** calls 'em. But I’ve given up the lemonade as part of my diet, the core element of which is: drink no calories. **bowert** , I can be a bit more specific on the ‘recipe’ for sweet tea. Here’s how my wife, who’s southern all the way, makes hers: 1. Go to the store, get a box of store-brand 100-count tea bags. (We use Food Lion’s, but pretty much any will do.) 1a) Have a clean 2-qt. pitcher handy. 2. Put maybe 1-1/4 to 1-1/3 cups of water in a teapot or pan. Put in 4 teabags. Heat to a full boil. 3. Allow to cool until it’s merely warm-to-hot. Pull the teabags out. Pour the tea into the pitcher. Stir in 7-8 ounces of sugar, according to taste, until fully dissolved. Refrigerate. (Making sweet tea with Splenda, btw, is exactly the same, only you use pourable Splenda instead of sugar.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/29 "2003-09-04T02:29:21Z")
Oops. Make that: 1. Allow to cool until it’s merely warm-to-hot. Pull the teabags out. Pour the tea into the pitcher. Stir in 7-8 ounces of sugar, according to taste, until fully dissolved. 2. Fill the pitcher up the rest of the way with cool water. Refrigerate. Knew I left something out. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/30 "2003-09-04T02:41:05Z")
Coffee! or a real mocha milkshake. I’m such a Yankee. I like unsweetened ice tea with lemon. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/31 "2003-09-04T03:08:41Z")
[Peppermint herbal tea.](http://shopstashtea.com/030020.html) Mmm. It also helps settle my stomach a bit when I’m not feeling well. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/32 "2003-09-04T03:12:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*…Homemade sorrell is also slammin’. \*\* Dear God yes _(drooling)_, but if you’re not in Jamaica for Christmas you can get a bottled sorrel syrup at a good international grocery to make your own with. My other fave is ginger lemonade. There’s a hippie-healthfood juice company that makes some… I forget the name. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/33 "2003-09-04T03:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bowert \* > \*\*Thanks **Casey** , that’s much more specific than my boyfriend was able to come up with. I shall surprise him! \*\* Good luck. Lemme know how it works out. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/34 "2003-09-04T03:16:04Z")
After water V8 Aaah like blood to a vampiiire. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/35 "2003-09-04T06:24:13Z")
Arizone “Health” Tea Skim Milk Ice Water Lemonade ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/36 "2003-09-04T07:24:04Z")
Some sort of coffee drink -hot or iced. After later afternoon then Fierce Grape Gatorade, water or lemonade. ---
**Author:** ![Spellbound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Spellbound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spellbound)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/37 "2003-09-04T10:50:02Z")
English Toffee Cappuccino- but that eventually makes you feel like you just ate thanksgiving dinner and need your fat pants… or Fresh squeezed lemonade. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/38 "2003-09-04T13:01:46Z")
Water Apple juice or pineapple juice without bits, Orange juice with bits Lime and lemonade Elderflower Presse Lemon stuff ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/39 "2003-09-04T14:06:05Z")
I’ll chime in for sweet tea as well. **punha** often refers to it as “tea flavored sugar water”. (the yankee bastard) Raspberry Lemonade and regular lemonade are always good. And when it doubt there’s always water. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363/40 "2003-09-04T14:14:19Z")
Thanks **RTF**. I messed around with it last night, and got a version that my boyfriend liked, although it could have used more sugar. For myself, I was thinking about trying it with aspartame instead of sugar, but I think I’ll try the Slenda instead. It seems to work better with heat. Boyfriend and son were happy though, and are quite willing to be my guinea pigs while I mess with the concoction! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-uncarbonated-beverage/199363.md?page=3)