Hot or Cold Drinks

I only drink hot drinks in the winter (and the occasional penny-in-the slot hot chocolate or hot vanilla in the fall and spring), I'm not a crazy fan of them, I've always liked cold, cool beverages better. I even drink them in the winter (not when I'm really cold, though). I love my cold water, lemonade, iced tea and fizzy drinks :).

Hi Suebee, For me, it's more than psychological because sometimes I break out into a sweat if I drink hot drinks in the summer time. I think a lot of hot drinks are sources of caffeine and caffeine speeds up my metabolism. I can drink warm peppermint tea in the summer and it doesn't make me too warm. Cold peppermint tea seems to be "balancing" for me in the summer. I can also consume cayenne, curry powder and jalapenos and experience an internal warming effect whether it's summer or winter. Maybe I'm hypersensitive.

I feel that it is a question of habit dying hard. For example, in our country most of our people start the day with a hot cup of tea, coffee or milk. In South India, coffee is very popular and filter coffee from south India has an aroma that is simply unbeatable. People are generally used to waking up early and they drink their coffee or tea before the sun goes up .Our country is a tropical one and it is hot in most parts. Drinking hot tea or coffee suits many; sometimes during summer I prefer a hot cup of tea when I get a head ache due to the intense heat. Of course a cool glass of lemonade enhanced with ice cubes, salt and sugar would be most refreshing during the day. It is more of a ‘feel good factor’ than having a real cooling effect on the body. On the other hand, a glass of buttermilk would really cool the system. This is healthy; similarly lime water with jaggery in it is rich in vitamin C and iron content and it is beneficial to health.

I still drink hot drinks such as coffee and tea in summer, because I like drinking them. Sometimes they do make me feel hotter, but it doesn't matter. However, I do drink more hot drinks in winter, as they make me feel warm then. In summer, I drink more cool drinks with ices added than hot drinks,

The same to you my friend, I also drink hot cofee in a warm weather. It does not make any difference to me whether the day is hot or cold. I drink hot coffee in all weatherg

Most of us here are still drink hot coffee even if we are in the tropics. During our afternoon break, some drink coffee. For me, I prefer drinking cold drinks.

i am not one for coffee nor tea, even in the winter but i do love hot chocolate in the winter but definitely not in the summer but as my favourite drink is lemonade, i drink it year round.

I still drink coffee and tea when it is hot outside. I don't think that a hot drink makes me feel hotter when it is already hot outside. I have never really thought about that and I don't feel like giving up hot drinks in the summer months because I like them a lot. When it is hot outside I like drink my coffee outside in the garden or in a cafe where it is possible to sit outside. I enjoy the sun and the hot drink at the same time. When it is cold outside I feel that a hot drink warms me up, but I don't know if it is only a psychological thing. On a cold day I love to hide under a blanket with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate.

Did you know that drinking hot drinks when the temp is high will cause your body to kick in to cool itself off? And drinking cold drinks does the opposite?

To me it does not matter. I drink hot and cold all year round. I always have my hot coffee in the morning and in the afternoon. No, drinking hot drinks does not make you hotter, that is a myth. In fact it should make you feel cooler. The reason is with the hot drink, your internal temperature might get hotter but your outside temperature will cool off. Much like when you're sick and have a fever. If your burning up you are usually cold. Thats because your internal temperature in up. So enjoy whatever drink you want, hot or cold in any time of year.

It is so hot here! The only time I drink coffee is in the morning in the summer. It makes me feel hot, it really does. I drink cold drinks in the summer, I have been drinking a LOT today, way more than usual! My husband and grandma though will drink coffee any time of the year, hot or cold. They are true coffee drinkers.

I am feeling the cold drinks right now. It is so hot here in the South that I really cannot believe it. It is something serious. We are keeping many cold drinks on deck.

I tried to heat a cold, of course, is hot green tea with mint leaves, mimi it seems to us that keeps us warm, it really cools us from the inside, later do not want to drink so much already

I will drink hot drinks more at night on hot days. But if I drink hot drinks on hot days the sweat will pour off me. I do perfer cold drinks or chewing on ice which I finds help cool off my body temperature itself. I use to work at a coffee shop and many claimed on hot days drink hot drinks and it will actually cool you off.