Hot drinks/coffee

     I found that coffee with caffeine irritates me and I love it too.  However, I can drink decaffeinated coffee, but I only drink one cup in the morning.  I can tolerate tea with caffeine though....hmmm.  Another thing that irritates me is the flavored creamer I put in the coffee.  Don't know why that is.

I can't drink drip coffee (regular brewed coffee) at all. Have you tried espresso drinks? I can drink a latte when I'm not flaring if I'm careful about the number of espresso shots they put in. Also if I get a medium and they are putting 2 shots I ask for 1/2 caff. You could even order a medium with just one shot. I think it being mixed with milk is a good buffer. You could also try a hot cocoa if you can do chocolate. Mostly I drink herbal tea too.

I remember being told to give up coffee when I was first diagnosed - but I flatly refused to. When I'm flaring I have only one small cup in the mornings; when my gut is calm I'll have 2 - 2 1/2. I take it with whole milk.

As far as hot drinks in general, my first GI used to tell me that his grandmother recommended a mug of hot water to stimulate a bowel movement. I guess hot drinks have that effect on anyone, not just UCers.

Sometimes I have used that info to my advantage, having a hot drink before bedtime so that I'll empty out and feel more comfortable in doing the enema du jour.....

It's the caffeine. Have you tried decaff?

If one has stool in the lower colon and drinks coffee, it will stimulate a movement....just as will eating or being excited or drinking water, etc. Mornings are my time of having a bm, and I would eat/drink to stimulate it.

If I'm going out for breakfast, I drink a few cups of white tea to stimulate or 2 large glasses of water (but I tend to get cold when I do that).

I drink coffee with no problems, but if I were flaring, I'd possibly limit the amount I drink since it definitely stimulates whatever is "in" the lower colon, although it's good to get it all over with before I have to go out.

Not all coffee is equal to me....the thought of Starbucks coffee would stimulate a bm all on its own...lol...kidding, but it's nauseating to me.

I have about 3 cups in the morning and if I'm out for supper I'll have 3 more. If I'm home and saved some coffee from the morning, I'll have only one cup after supper.

I never use milk substitutes.

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I'm one of the odd balls not effected by coffee. I've had a cup almost every day of my adult life. It does nothing to me, but make me stay up late if I drink it in the evening. I also drink tea like it's going out of style. I drink Rockstars and Coke too. I like my coffee black though. I bet if I used lots of creamer that would do me in.

Yes, I'll bet it is the caffeine. I use a nondairy, but nonflavored creamer - just the original powdered coffee mate because I don't do dairy. Maybe if it was just a splash of dairy in the coffee it wouldn't give me trouble.

Isn't it interesting how there are just some things that we refuse to give up. It is really a quality of life issue.
Thanks for all of your answers!
L

Decaf coffee is the only type I can tolerate; apart from the caffeine-as-stimulant issue hot foods/drinks bother my G/I tract in general. (So does anything icy cold!) I usually let anything heated majorly cool down to a warmish temperature before swallowing it. Warmed apple juice once revived me when I got debilitated during a severe flare. / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

I gave up coffee just to know that I'm doing everything possible to get better... I do like green tea like you though.. I find it gives me just a little bit of a pick-me-up to make it through the day..

Im sitting here srinking a decaf coffee .... havent had one for months .... and im hoping tomorrow i wont have a bad tummy!!!!!
I know that hot chocolate and malted drinks give me severe cramps so maybe steer clear of them ......
try mint tea thats quite nice