Students Share What Morning Drinks Get Them Through the Day

By Bri Taliaferro, Illustrations Editor

Published: November 5, 2025

MATCHA WITH PUMPKIN DRIZZLE

“I really love matcha tea, and so everytime I go to 7 Brew I try it with a different flavor...I’m just calling it a ‘witches brew.’ It just makes me really happy to give myself a little treat in the morning.”

Courtney Flamm, Art Teacher

CELSIUS TROPICAL VIBE

“I really like it, I like the tropical flavors. It has caffeine in it, and I kind of rely on caffeine.”

Tabitha Hickman, 11

QUICK TRIP VANILLA COFFEE

“It gives me energy, it’s cheap. I’m not spending $8 on Seven Brew...I just drink the vanilla coffee because it tastes good.”

Kaidyn Nunn, 12

DIET MOUNTAIN DEW & TROLLI MOUNTAIN DEW

“Typically it’s just the Diet Mountain Dew, the Trolli Mountain Dew was a gift...and the Diet Mountain Dew just has caffeine in it and gets me to survive the day. It tastes pretty good.”

Payton Counsell, 11

COFFEE WITH A DASH OF CARAMEL

“[Today] I have coffee with caramel vanilla creamer. Usually I drink my coffee black, but when I bring it to school, I don’t like cold black coffee, so I put some creamer in it...it wakes me up, because I’m not a morning person.”

Debb McDonald, FHN Media Specialist

MOUNTAIN DEW KICKSTART

ORANGE CITRUS

“The vending machine was out of Black Cherry, this one’s my second favorite. Kickstarts wake me up. In the morning I get here really early so I’m tired.”

Jade Taylor, 10

FRUIT PUNCH

“It gives me energy in the morning to get through my day. It’s something simple I can just get in the morning and finish within 10 minutes.”

Hailey Turner, 9

BLACK CHERRY

“I like the cherry-ness of it. It’s not like artificial cherry, I drink it mainly because it helps me wake up and I like the taste of it. The caffeine isn’t so much compared to other energy drinks.”

Emory Volk, 10

GHOST STRAWBERRY MANGO

“Honestly it’s one of my favorite tasting energy drinks. It’s one of the few that doesn’t have a weird after taste. It wakes me up by second hour, so then I’m able to function during class.”

Michael Houdeshell, 11

BERRY PROPEL

“It’s the top two of my favorites, combined with the Grape. Grape is also very good. Whenever I go to buy food in the morning, I like to get a drink and Propel is one of the first things I grab...They help me feel hydrated and they make me feel more awake.”

Erin Hogg, 12

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