Tea is cheap, lasts for months or years, and can be made in the office kitchen. Black and oolong tea in the morning and midday, white tea in the afternoon. Make

Tea is cheap, lasts for months or years, and can be made in the office kitchen. Black and oolong tea in the morning and midday, white tea in the afternoon. Make it loose leaf in a sufficiently large infuser. You can buy some of the most delicious stuff you've ever tasted for less than a dollar a cup, and often the leaves can be reused. People in my office express skepticism that I'm willing to spend so much on tea, then go down to Starbucks for their bland-tasting $4 daily latte. Right now I have a tin of carmely Yunnan tea with a powerful pepper flavor that really wakes you up. Also, caffeine. Other things I like: Three Floyds beer, North Shore gin, rye manhattans, dark red wine, Intelligentsia coffee, Dr. Pepper. And lots of water.