I'm an avid coffee drinker. I have like five different methods of brewing coffee at home.
Lately, I've been wanting to reduce caffeine intake due growing sensitivity towards coffee (maybe due to age). But I love the taste of coffee. I love it so much that I don't even drink it with milk. It's always long black, or various forms of filter coffee (pour over, percolator, syphon, cold brew, etc).
I have been noticing in the recent colder months that if I go out and want to buy a hot beverage on the go which has the same texture as a long black, I find there isn't much choice.
I can enjoy hot chocolate, but its too milky and filling so it won't be my first choice especially if I'm drinking it with food (sweet pastries for example).
At home, i have various options such as decaf coffee, chai, 'proper' tea (such as indonesian tea, pu-er tea or T2), ginger drinks, etc but outside, many cafes don't even have 'proper' tea. Like it's annoying that when you buy coffee you get it made by trained barista's but when you buy tea, you pay the same price for a tea bag!
It's kinda funny that maybe many years ago during a trip to China i was complaining about how there are too many places serving good tea but not enough places serving good coffee that sometimes all you had back then were Starbucks. Now, i'm complaining about the opposite in Australia (specifically Melbourne).
If you have other suggestion of hot drinks (that don't have sugar) to buy on the go to keep warm in the colder months, I'd also love to hear it!
Decaf coffee?