Kicking Energy Drinks? Best Herbal Tea for the Afternoon

Morning wants fruit. Evening wants dessert. The middle of the day has an appetite of its own, and once you know what it is asking for, three things separate a good afternoon cup from one you finish...

Herbal Tea vs Energy Drinks: Where Each One Wins

One is engineered so that every can tastes identical, which takes twenty-odd ingredients to pull off. The other is dried plants and hot water. Almost every difference between them follows from that...

What's in an Energy Drink? Not Much That's Natural

A standard can list somewhere between fifteen and twenty-five entries. Most of them are not there for you. Turn the can around. The ingredient panel runs longer than you remember, and most of wha...

Can Herbal Tea Replace an Energy Drink? Yes and No

No, not on caffeine, and nothing in a caffeine-free infusion closes that gap. But caffeine was one line item on a longer list, and there is one blend that is not quite zero.

Herbal Tea Instead of Energy Drinks: The Honest Swap

Your energy drink was doing four things at once. It was cold, it happened at the same hour, it took four minutes, and it got you out of your chair. Water answers the first one. Here is the honest c...

How to Quit the Afternoon Coffee (and Make It Stick)

You don't cave on the afternoon coffee because you lack discipline. You cave because you cut the break along with the cup. The trick is to keep the ritual and change only what's in it, so there's n...