Tea is excellent. I love coffee but don't always want or need the caffeine.
And there are a zillion choices. Best of all you can grow your own herbs for the cost of the seed.
That's right.
I still have coffee most every morning, when it ain't dandelion coffee or the like - I keep a finger in that more natural obtainable stuff so that I am honed to it if everything goes away - Kinda like Poke Salad down South... If you're willing, the land will always feed you... You just need to know how. And if you know how, Poke Salad will fill your belly, and there is always a plenty... But if you don't know how, I hear tell Poke will kill you.
And I DID run out of coffee for a little while this time around... Only for a couple weeks, but there's always dandelion... If your palate is tuned to it, you can make do, and it's good. If I don't mind dandelion, I will always have coffee. For free. Tea is that too...
Up in the sticks I am prone to chaga, but also rose hip, juniper, and pine needle tea, and I have at it when I can, above what I may pack in... Again, to keep the palate tuned... Especially chaga, which is plentiful and free, unless you are in town - If you can find it at all, it's 60 to 80 bucks an oz... Crazy money. But that is because of its extraordinary medicinal qualities. But I can get at a backpack full fairly easy in a day, late winter when the snow is still on (gets you higher up to reach more). So I get more for free than most folks can justify, and drink chaga like a king.
Teas are marvelous. Sweet tea forever of course... I couldn't run out of that if I wanted to. There is ALWAYS a gallon jug in the fridge... And I boil it up at least twice a week. And then there's all the variety in store bought... Already that is endless... but you ain't even getting started. Off the beaten trail is where you find the treasures. You trip over those, usually on a porch somewhere, when the lady of the house finds you amenable to tea (which I guess is rare in men)... She will happily haul out her favorite to see how you like it. I never turn that down. Probably my favorite to learn from is hillbilly hippie chicks. They are always doing something weird with herb teas, and some of the most fantastic tea I have ever had was found on a humble homestead porch.