What hot drinks can I drink that I will enjoy?

[runningon]

I need to drink hot drinks, I feel the cold very easily (I've had bolls tests at the Docs - nothing wrong with me, although I have started to take a good quality multi-Vit.

I would love to drink tea - but unfortunately I have a bladder issue and can't take caffeine, so I've switched to De-caf tea - which tastes horrible, so now after a lifetime of no sugar in my tea I've started taking sugar in it.
I'm just about to hit the menopause and everything/everyone tells me not to eat/drink sugar.

Please can someone off me some alternatives?
I used to love hot lemon, but I stopped drinking that because I worried about the effect on my teeth. But of course now I'm drinking sugar!

I don't really like green/fruit teas.

I like milky drinks, but I am trying to cut down dairy because of the diary industry is not something I want to support.

Has anyone got any healthy but palatable ideas?

[sleepismysuperpower1]

hot malt soya milk maybe? recipe here. it is sweetened with honey, rather than sugar

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

The Sainsbo's decaf Earl grey is lovely.

You could make chai with decaf tea, vegan 'milk' and spices - it would mask the taste of the tea a bit and cinnamon etc mean you need no/little sugar.

[june2007]

Cuppa soup. Hot blackcurrent, Hot honey and lemon. Lemon and ginger tea, peppermint tea.

[Wheresmycider]

Try redbush tea, naturally caffine free. Better than decaff regular tea.

[NannyR]

Redbush tea - you can get it flavoured with vanilla or earl grey. I don't like fruit teas much as I think they smell delicious but taste really flat and disappointing, but I enjoy the more herbal types of tea like peppermint, camomile, spicy chai, liquorice.

[ClientQ]

These are caffeine free
https://birdandblendtea.com/uk_en/tea/type/rooibos-tea.html

[ClientQ]

This isn't the cheapest but is lovely
https://www.teapigs.co.uk/products/lemon-and-ginger

And if you like cinnamon type stuff you can drink this with or without milk, I'm addicted!
https://www.teapigs.co.uk/products/spiced-winter-red-tea

Or this? I'm not a liquorice fan but I believe it's really nice
https://www.teapigs.co.uk/products/liquorice-and-mint

[Roselilly36]

Pukka Organic 3 mint tea, is really lovely, so refreshing.

[purplecorkheart]

I would try different decaf teas if you can. I drink Barry decaf (Ireland) took me a while to fine the right one for me. You could consider ribena or squash hot. There are some decaf coffees out there that are good. Cup a soup is another option but I would be check the sodium level in them. Would you consider making homemade veg/chicken broth and freeze it into mug size portions? Handy way to use up veg trimming chicken bones etc. Add a dash of soya sauce, sesame oil etc for flavour on reheating .

[Borridge]

How about just hot water? I do this when I am caffeined out after having seen it a lot in China.

[Borridge]

Or ovomaltine/milo with water instead of milk.

[FirstOfMyNameMotherOfCats]

I recommend skinny syrups instead of artificial sweetener or sugar - there are lots of nice spicy or vanilla or nutty flavours, which make my black coffee more palatable but I think they'd work well with the chai type teas. Also Turkish shops sell nice cinnamon or lemon or hibiscus tea (this is a bit like cranberry)

[Borridge]

Or mint, ginger and (optional) lemon.

[ItsSpittingEverybodyIn]

Another one that came to say Redbush tea, it's delicious and really good for you.

[yikesanotherbooboo]

Do you avoid Bovril? It's very warming.
Hot chocolate and Horlivka can be made with non dairy milks. I like mint and camomile teas . DS likes licorice and peppermint , it has a sweetness without sugar rather oddly.

[amusedtodeath1]

I was the same went from normal to decaf and now I mainly drink rooibos vanilla tea, I get mine from Tesco (tiktok) or another brand online, dragonfly I think it's called.

[Eckhart]

superfood-market.com/products/te431-tick-tock-green-rooibos-organic-1-x-40-bags?variant=34304781222023&currency=GBP&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google+shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_-HijvDj6QIVS7DtCh1PHgXPEAQYASABEgLpfPD_BwE

This is nice. It's not like normal green tea, it doesn't go bitter. I just have it plain (no milk/sugar), and it's lovely.

[Eckhart]

Gosh that's a big link.

[CoconutBreath]

Redbush tea is nice or hot water with lemon and ginger

[beela]

This is my favourite tea shop. The rainbow rooibos is amazing.

goldenmonkeyteacompany.co.uk/

[Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese]

Butterbeer?
I've got 3 recipes somewhere, hot, cold and alcoholic.

[chouxfleur]

I like Barleycup. It's like non-sweet ovaltine. You mix it with hot water then add a dash of cow milk/ vegan milk. You can get it from Holland and Barrett or other health food shops.

[RoomR0613]

Hot Ribena?

I also enjoy valerian tea but it can make you feel a bit woozy

What is it about the dairy industry is putting you off? UK milk is pretty high welfare?

[GrouchyKiwi]

My favourites (apart from black teas) are fennel, and nettle. I also really love a Kiwi tea from Ti-Ora. It's peppermint, marigold and lemon and is the world's most refreshing drink.