>> I'M TRYING TO CUT BACK ON COFFEE.

NOT SURE HOW PEOPLE FIRST GET HOOKED.

IT'S NOT THAT TASTY...

REMEMBER THAT FACE YOU MADE THE FIRST TIME YOUR PARENTS LET YOU TRY IT?

YOU HAD TO ADD MILK AND THREE TEASPOONS OF SUGAR TO GET IT DOWN.

MOST PEOPLE START DURING SCHOOL.

YOU DRINK COFFEE ALL NIGHT BEFORE A BIG TEST, THEN YOU CAN HARDLY WRITE THE ANSWERS BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO JITTERY.

WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL, WE NEEDED COFFEE.

WE WERE UP ALL NIGHT SAVING LIVES.

OR SOMEONE WANTED AN EXTRA PUDDING AND NEEDED A DOCTOR'S OKAY.

BY MORNING, WE WERE LIKE HYPERTHYROID CHIHUAHUAS.

NOWADAYS, IT'S NOT WORTH IT JUST TO STAY UP AND STREAM ANOTHER EPISODE OF "STAR TREK PICARD."

OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS DECAF, SAME UNPLEASANT FLAVOR, NONE OF THE JITTERS.

IT'S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE TO FALL ASLEEP WHILE DRINKING IT.

SOME PEOPLE SWITCH TO TEA.

THEY HAVE, LIKE, 5,000 FLAVORS, LIKE RASPBERRY MANGO CARDAMOM MINT TEA.

ALWAYS SOUNDS SO DELICIOUS, BUT THEY ALL TASTE LIKE AN ORANGE CRAYON DIPPED IN WATER.

THE FLAVOR OF THE WATER WAS STRONGER THAN TEA.

THERE'S ALSO CHAI, WHICH LITERALLY MEANS TEA.

IT HAS MILK SO YOU CAN AT LEAST TASTE IT.

OTHER PEOPLE DRINK KOMBUCHA THEY MAKE IN THEIR BASEMENTS.

BESIDES DRINKING WHAT IS BASICALLY SWAMP WATER, THE BIGGEST RISK IS WHEN THE JAR EXPLODES, SHOOTING SLIME EVERYWHERE.

IT'S VERY HEALTHY UNLESS YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO IT.

THERE'S MATCHA, A KIND OF GREEN TEA.

IT HAS A FLAVOR SOME DESCRIBE AS "EARTHY"...

SWAMP WATER.

AND ALSO YERBA MATE, WHICH SOME PEOPLE SAY HAS "AN ACQUIRED TASTE."

YEAH, I DON'T TRUST THOSE PEOPLE.

YOU DRINK IT OUT OF A GOURD WITH A METAL STRAW, SO I GUESS ON THE WAY TO WORK YOU'D NEED A TRAVEL GOURD.

MAYBE I'LL JUST DRINK GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED HOT WATER, WITH A BIT OF LEMON.

IF I GET TOO SLEEPY, I'LL JUST POUR IT ON MY HEAD.

I'M SURE GETTING THE LEMON JUICE IN MY EYES WILL KEEP ME