"Caffeine--who can doubt it is a gift from The Divine to make our struggling glimmer of existence tolerable on this dark and mortal coil? Who, I ask? It is a plain truth." Hmm. I have some doubt about it. Mind you, I don't insist one way or the other. But I can manage fine without it. "My niece, a China scholar and teacher of Mandarin nearby, tells me the Chinese custom is to drink hot water in the morning. Straight up, hot water. Can you believe that?" Yeah, sure I can believe it. The body needs plenty of water. Hot water helps to wake up and energize one's body after rest, taking a bit of the load off one's own internal heat-generating systems. The hot water by itself is fine, but it's even better with a little lemon juice squeezed in.
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