That Perfect Beverage...

...still does not exist, as I observed last February. Also as observed, I continue to drink decaf carbonated beverages, coffees, and teas. Most of my brewing devices have been retired in favor of my Keurig:

MY KEURIG

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Nearly all my coffees, hot chocolates, and very few teas are Keurig cups. The previous post has pictures of boxes of tea bags. I still have lots of little green bottles of Stevia sweetener. If I want a cup of coffee, I select an appropriate cup, add some sort of creamer (lately almost always chocolate caramel), add some sort of sweetener (lately English toffee stevia), and drop in a Keurig coffee cup. All the cups recommend the eight-ounce setting.

Tea is a bit different. For one thing, I most often brew from teabags and use the ten-ounce setting. No creamer. If I'm brewing Earl Grey, I add Valencia Orange Stevia. If Irish Breakfast tea, either Lemon or Peppermint Stevia.

I live in the south. Southerners almost never make single servings, although the ubiquity of the Keurig is changing that. In recognition of my current domicile, and despite being labeled a damnyankee for the past forty years, I have begun brewing batches of coffee or tea... using the Keurig. It simply starts with selecting a thirty-two-ounce measuring cup instead of some mug. Everything else is tripled, so I end up with twenty-four ounces of coffee or thirty ounces of sweet tea.

Enjoy, y'all!