Warm Drinks - do you ever deviate from tea and coffee?

Rosie_Scope
Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,819 Scope online community team
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I recently learned that a friend of mine walks around with Oxo cubes in his pocket. If he's out and about, instead of having a cup of tea he likes to crumble the cube into hot water and drink it. He calls it Beefy Tea. πŸ˜‚

My mind was a little bit blown by this fact. I know Bovril exists, but I didn't think many people were still partaking in it, especially not younger people. And this person is below the age of 25. So I thought I'd ask you lot!

When you reach for a hot drink, is this ever savoury? Do you ever tuck into a bovril or broth? What other hot drinks would you reach for if it's chilly outside, beyond tea or coffee?

The most adventurous drink I go for is hot chocolate or hot squash and that's not exactly ground breaking!

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  • Starman
    Starman Community Member Posts: 2,380 Empowering

    I used to sit on the stairs as a kid and eat oxo cubes out of the box!! I do have Bovril, but not that often, i actually boil water, then put it in a mug with a spoonful of marmite…..it's really good, but be careful not to burn your tongue! 😫 That's the downside, it takes ages to cool down!! πŸ€¨πŸ˜„

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,819 Scope online community team

    Ooh interesting @Starman! Is that Bovril AND Marmite, or just the Marmite on its own? Sounds very salty and savoury. I used to be a bit of a salt fiend too, but I never tried a pure oxo cube before! Tempted to go and munch on a stock cube now to see what it's like πŸ˜‚

    My partner likes gravy to the point that he'd happily drink it, so the Oxo Cube friend leant him an oxo cube to try a few weeks ago. Partner popped into his shirt pocket for later. Fast forward a week and I was wondering why our washing load came out smelling like beef Hula Hoops… Turns out he never got round to drinking that Oxo cube.

    Maybe I'll buy him some Bovril for Christmas. Much less likely to make it into the washing 😁

  • egiste2r
    egiste2r Posts: 287 Connected

    It is very impractical to eat outside, when it is cool there (again, it is not clear what cool means - what temperature, humidity, wind speed, pressure...). Good clothes made of membrane fabric, a snack before going outside completely solve this problem. Fluid loss can be easily compensated for by cold drinks or tea (coffee) from a thermos.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,417 Scope online community team

    Well I've never heard of that @Rosie_Scope πŸ˜† I can't tell if I'm horrified or intrigued.

    The other hot drink I have is honey and lemon. I've been having a quite a few recently with my sore throat!

    Has anyone had hot cordial? It's a nice sweet alternative to tea.

  • Starman
    Starman Community Member Posts: 2,380 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1155277#Comment_1155277

    Just marmite, even for me both combined would be tooo much!!

  • egiste2r
    egiste2r Posts: 287 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1155755#Comment_1155755

    In case of bacterial or viral infection of the throat, warm drinks with honey, ginger, mint and the like are useless. It is necessary to treat the inside with compounds that kill viruses and bacteria.

  • Rag_793
    Rag_793 Community Member Posts: 841 Empowering

    Mainly Decaf Tea & Coffee, with the tea being Red Bush. I add sugar-free caramel syrup to the above. I love Hot Vimto as well

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