{"id":5230,"date":"2023-06-19T16:31:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T21:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2023-07-04T06:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:34:22","slug":"perk-up-your-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/perk-up-your-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Perk Up Your Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here\u2019s a way to perk up your day!\nAs summer afternoons begin to heat up, I can start to feel draggy. Sometimes a\nquick break energizes me. Sometimes I need a little more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On those 100+ humid afternoons,\nthe air conditioner in my office can\u2019t keep up. As the heat accumulates, so\ndoes my lethargy. This is especially true when I\u2019m knocking out those tasks\nthat aren\u2019t fun but must be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot coffee doesn\u2019t appeal and I\nhate tepid coffee. On the other hand, I enjoy an occasional iced coffee with coconut\nmilk, cinnamon, and nutmeg. But with intense heat, even that seems too heavy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently explored another\ncoffee option \u2013 coffee soda. I didn\u2019t create one myself. I bought it at a coffee\nshop nearby. Their version was cold brew and  plus an orange infused syrup garnished with\norange peel. The syrup wasn\u2019t too sweet and the coffee and orange flavors were\nwell-balanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My friend mentioned chocolate\nwould be delicious as an addition. This made me wonder whether there are common\nflavor options for coffee sodas. In a weird twist, I don\u2019t really think of\nStarbucks sparkling coffee drinks as coffee sodas. The premise is the same, but\nthe use of the word sparkling makes my brain lean toward water rather than\nsoda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s probably just me because Cold-Pressed Ginger Fizz definitely sounds like a soda – ginger ale infused with a shot of cold-pressed espresso poured over vanilla syrup and finished with grapefruit bitters. Slingshot Coffee Company\u2019s c<\/a>anned coffee soda flavors are also reminiscent of familiar soda flavors \u2013 Black Cherry Cola, Vintage Root Beer, and Citrus Vanilla Cream Soda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know if this speaks to\nthe general popularity of coffee sodas, but Coca-Cola discontinued their line\nof Coke with Coffee in the US at the end of last year. The reviews I saw described\na favorable pairing of coffee and cola plus a large amount of sweetness. It\u2019s\nhard to imagine something being too sweet for the US market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friend noted that her coffee\nsoda was not as pleasant once she began eating her cinnamon roll. Maybe it\u2019s\nthe combination of sweet with not-really-sweet-but-kind-of that doesn\u2019t work\nwell in an American market saturated with sugar-filled products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to their potential as a pick\nme up, coffee sodas have the caffeine\/sugar combination working in their favor.\nThe caffeine content is about 2\/3 that of a cup of coffee. For me, that\u2019s\ngreat. I don\u2019t want a large amount of caffeine after lunch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This also seems like a drink that would be easy to play with depending on the mood of the day. Plain or flavored sparkling water is easy to keep in the pantry and it takes minimal effort to make a spiced, citrus, or herb-infused simple syrup. Leftover coffee that\u2019s been refrigerated would eliminate the need for brewing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the idea of a lighter drink to perk up a hot afternoon. Coffee sodas seem like a great option! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disclosure of Material Connection: I have not received any compensation for writing this post. I have no material connection to the brands, products, or services that I have mentioned. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s a way to perk up your day! As summer afternoons begin to heat up, I can start to feel draggy. Sometimes a quick break energizes me. Sometimes I need a little more. On those 100+ humid afternoons, the air conditioner in my office can\u2019t keep up. As the heat accumulates, so does my lethargy. … Continue reading “Perk Up Your Day”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1383,3436,3438,3439,3437,3440],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5230"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5251,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions\/5251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}