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Coffee
Posted by:
jonl138
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Date: July 17, 2009 03:53AM Does anyone have a good suggestion for a coffee substitute? I'm having a heck of a tome getting off the stuff.
Thanks, Jon Re: Coffee
Posted by:
CJJ
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Date: July 17, 2009 04:06AM Hi Jon,
Is it more about the "waking up in the morning," part or the taste? I was able to quit coffee when I started dragging my sorry butt outta bed an hour earlier and hitting the gym/jogging/exercise DVDs before work. If it's the taste...hard to say. I used to have coffee as a dessert, now I usually have a little taste of raw chocolate puddings or truffles.  Re: Coffee
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: July 17, 2009 04:15AM Coffee is not so horrible, it's from the earth and is calorie free.
If you're 100% raw with coffee/tea, then that's not so bad at all, and may even have benefits to it. I'd actually be slightly more concerned about the warmth of it than the coffee itself. Re: Coffee
Posted by:
rawdanceruk
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Date: July 17, 2009 09:49AM yerba mate
herbal tea warm smoothie -- could add hemp etc can get some nice truffle/chocolate type teas that might fill the spot Re: Coffee
Posted by:
lisa m
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Date: July 17, 2009 10:03AM japanese kukicha tea is a good one. Also yogi teas, I like a combination of chocco and classic. of course these are still not raw, but I reckon better than coffee. and try to avoid walking past a starbucks... that smell... arggh Re: Coffee
Posted by:
catnaxis
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Date: July 17, 2009 12:05PM I was a coffee addict drink up to 12 cups of it a day and I did this for 15 years.Today is a week without it. When I want that feeling of a cup of coffee in the morning I will have one cup of this it does contain extracts of roasted barley and roasted rye. The last few days I have been going for a cup of herbal tea instead .[www.organichealthforlife.com] Re: Coffee
Posted by:
plainlydressed
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Date: July 17, 2009 05:32PM My #1 favorite sub for coffee is the Dandy-Blend. You can find it at most health food stores and grocery stores that carry a natural food section. I absolutely love the stuff! Haven't been drinking it since going raw, but definitely drank plenty of it when going off coffee.
[www.dandyblend.com] ***************************** "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." —Thomas Jefferson Re: Coffee
Posted by:
jwebs16
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Date: July 17, 2009 08:44PM I'm on day 3 of this new lifestyle and coffee has been the only hard part about it. I'm about 85% raw and I have been drinking one cup of black coffee with no sugar in the morning. I'm hoping to bring it down to a half a cup in a few days and just come off slowly. The headaches are horrible without the coffee so I'm hoping it's not so bad doing it slow. Re: Coffee
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: July 17, 2009 09:32PM Is everybody, including the OP, talking about coming down off caffeinated coffee? Or is decaf as big a problem? There really is no substitute, imo, except to replace it with a beverage or activity that is equally scintillating, but more beneficial.
Taking a cue from SuperInfinity, I still drink coffee occasionally--black, organic, fair-trade decaf. Re: Coffee
Posted by:
TroySantos
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Date: July 18, 2009 01:55AM I know some people who drink roasted soy beans instead.
I searched Google with these words "roasted soy as a substitute for coffee" and came up with some 25,000 hits. Here are a few links. [www.amazon.com] [www.soycoffee.com] This one says how to make it. [www.freepatentsonline.com] I don't believe that soy is really a healthful food. That's because of some things I've read. But, I suppose if it's a temporary way to get off coffee, then my feeling is it's probably better. 
This way is not compatible with Zen practice. This way IS Zen practice. - Dr. Doug Graham Nothing whatsoever should be attached to. - Buddha Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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