43 Drinks to Detox from Caffeine

Many of us rely a little too heavily on coffee to energize us in the morning. While the root remedy is to get more sleep and manage our energy more effectively, detoxing from caffeine is a great place to start. So kick the coffee to the curb and try some of these delicious and energizing morning drinks, ranging from smoothies and juices to hot drinks. With so many to choose from, you’re sure to find the right choice for you and your mornings.

1. Power Green Detox Smoothie With Ginger and Pear
With chia seeds, bee pollen, spinach, lime juice, and ginger root, this bright and delicious green detox smoothie is a great way to start your day when you’re in search of an energy-rich alternative to coffee. As a bonus, you’re getting the green stuff in early!

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2. Creamy Blueberry Smoothie
Blueberries, rich in antioxidants, are a great natural source of energy. This awesome energy smoothie is made with almond milk or another milk of your choice, blueberries (fresh or frozen), frozen banana (so creamy!), avocado, and chia seeds for extra energy.

3. Creamy Turmeric Smoothie
With lots of fresh ginger and lime juice, this zinger of a smoothie is sure to get you up, moving, and energized. You’ll need frozen banana, pineapple juice, coconut or almond milk, ground turmeric, and shredded coconut and fresh turmeric root as optional garnishes.

4. Tropical Green Smoothie
Green smoothies are the ultimate in healthy, natural energy drinks. This one is so mild and sweet and flavor that it’ll even please picky kids! It’s all that delicious strawberry, banana, and pineapple flavor along with spinach, the most mildy flavored smoothie green.

5. Energy Boosting Blueberri and Banana Smoothies
These two smoothie recipes are perfect for early morning workdays when you need something to help you pep up, and it’s not going to be caffeine. Sour cherries, blueberries, red currants, dates, and bananas are energizing with natural sugars. If you’re dairy free, feel free to use almond milk.

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6. Cocoa and Cherry Smoothie
Cocoa is naturally energizing, and because this recipe has NO refined sugar at all (it’s only sweetened with bananas!) you don’t have to feel guilty about having chocolate for breakfast. The rolled oats will keep you full while the awesome cherry flavor teases your taste buds.

7. Carrot Ginger Energy Juice
This juice is sure to energize you with ginger, orange, and carrot, but it’s also a great immune boosting drink because of the vitamin C from the oranges and the illness-fighting properties of ginger. A bit of turmeric boosts the superfood content and you’re good to go.

8. Berry Blast Smoothie
You don’t have to put fancy ingredients in your smoothies to make them energizing—fruit does that all on its own! This smoothie features frozen raspberries, strawberries, and banana along with yogurt and flax seeds. No sweetener needed, but you could use honey.

9. Mango Coconut Chia Energy Drink
This drink is super hydrating with coconut water and chia seeds. Coconut water provides electrolytes while chia seeds help your body stay hydrated and give you lots of energy. The mango adds a delicious flavor as well as more natural sugars for energy.

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10. Chocolate Maca Protein Smoothie
Maca is known for being an excellent food and supplement for energy and general vitality. It adds a lovely caramel-like flavor to this chocolate smoothie, which is sweetened with banana and made with almond milk and vegan protein powder, dressed up with cacao nibs.

11. Banana, Coconut, and Cacao Smoothie
Packed with hemp seeds for nutrition and cacao for natural energy, this naturally-sweetened (with maple syrup and bananas) smoothie is the perfect thing to start your day with coconut milk and coconut flakes. Tropical chocolate flavors for the win!

12. Winter Berry Carrot Orange Smoothie
This smoothie has a wintery flavor with cinnamon. Yum! The berries and orange provide natural energy as well as vitamins, while the carrot adds in a veggie—most of us could use the extra help getting in enough veggies! And the sweetness of carrots goes with berries very well.

13. Homemade Winter Juices
If you’re looking for juices rather than smoothies, check these recipes out. Packed with fruits, veggies, and greens, these juices are both energizing and delicious. They’re freshly made so you get those nutrients before they begin to break down, and they taste so good!

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14. Citrus Pineapple Energy Smoothie
Not only does this smoothie taste wonderful, but it has a gorgeous blue-green color, too, thanks to the supergreens with energy! You’ll need your greens powder, chia seed, orange, banana, pineapple Greek yogurt, and milk—if you need to, you can use coconut or almond yogurt and milk.

15. Superfood Almond Milk With Goji
Homemade almond milk is worlds better than the storebought stuff, and healthier, too. But don’t you wish you could have flavors? You can! This energy-building goji almond milk is made with blanched almonds, water, goji berries, maple syrup or stevia, vanilla, and a dash of salt.

16. Blueberry Yogurt Smoothie Recipe
This is a green smoothie disguised as a purple smoothie, with nutritious spinach, energizing blueberries, hydrating coconut water, sweet bananas, ground flaxseed, and Greek yogurt. It’ll keep you both full and energized throughout your busy morning.

17. Blueberry Pear Smoothie
With Greek yogurt, sweet pears, frozen blueberries, and honey, this super-simple smoothie is one of the easiest and fastest ways to boost your energy in the morning, and you probably already have the ingredients on hand. Get some antioxidants into your day!

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18. Chocolate Banana Protein Smoothie
For long-lasting energy for a workout or to replenish your stores, try this banana chocolate smoothie with protein powder, cottage cheese, banana, cocoa powder, and ice. This would make an excellent filling breakfast even if you’re not working out!

19. Drink Your Greens Smoothie
For many people, drinking greens is easier than eating them. This smoothie packs broccolini in with apple, coconut water, and grated ginger. The ginger and coconut water will keep you energized and hydrated, and you’ll get all the nutritious goodness of the broccolini.

20. Superfood Smoothies
These three smoothie recipes include superfoods like goji berries, Camu powder, raspberries, bell pollen, coconut oil, fresh tuermric, mango, maca, spirulina, and more. You can choose from golden yellow, juicy red, and rich greens for the flavor and ingredients you like best.

21. Sweet Potato Energy Shake
Sweet potato in a smoothie? Oh, yes. Just trust me on this one. With frozen sweet potatoes (previous roasted and chopped), milk of choice, protein powder, cinnamon, and vanilla, this delicious energy smoothie tastes like pie. You can leave out the espresso powder and it’s still energy-rich!

Photo: Simply Sissom

22. Superfood Hot Chocolate
Are you looking of a hot drink to replace your morning coffee? This superfood hot chocolate is a great alternative, and it’s sweetened with maple syrup and made with cinnamon, turmeric, maca powder, cacao, vanilla bean, and a milk of your choice.

23. Green Energy Boosting
With banana, medjool dates, rice milk (or milk of choice), almond butter, hemp seeds, and spirulina powder, this easy energy drink is sure to give you a boost of the good stuff. And it’s also a gorgeous color from the blue-green spirulina powder!

24. Chocolate Orange Protein Matcha
While matcha is a super-healthy alternative to coffee, it does have some caffeine in it, so you’ll have to decide if this is the drink for you. If it is, you’ll love the combination of orange and cocoa powder. If you want to leave out the matcha, it’ll still be delicious and energizing!

25. Daily Morning Greens Juice
Starting your day with a green juice is a great way to makeover your morning when you’re detoxing from coffee. For this one, you’ll need kale, cucumber, celery, lemon, ginger root, basil or mint, and apple, pear, or both. The lemon and ginger help to cut the green flavor.

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26. Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Smoothie
With strawberries, banana, rolled oats, Greek yogurt, honey, and almond milk, this smoothie doubles as an energy boost and filling breakfast that will keep you going until lunch. To keep it smooth, I recommend soaking the oats in the almond milk overnight.

27. Clean Green Morning Juice
This juice is the ultimate morning energy booster with red or green apple, ginger, lemon, cucumber, celery stalks, spinach, kale leaves, and kiwi. The apple and kiwi sweeten up the veggies nicely, while cucumber and celery have a refreshing flavor.

28. Autumn Infused Water
If you’re looking for something really simple to replace your morning coffee, you can try a super-detox using just infused water! This one is tasty with apple, plum, pear, and cinnamon sticks. We keep a large pitcher of infused water in our fridge, switching out the flavors seasonally.

29. Chia Seeds Natural Energy Drink
Chia seeds are a great source of natural energy, and this chia fresca certainly is refreshing in the morning or any time of day. Make it with chia seeds, water, lime juice, and agave syrup or honey. I prefer honey since agave syrup is highly processed.

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30. Energy-boosting Melon Smoothie
Chia seeds are a great source of natural energy, and this chia fresca certainly is refreshing in the morning or any time of day. Make it with chia seeds, water, lime juice, and agave syrup or honey. I prefer honey since agave syrup is highly processed.

31. Go Green Juice
With extra greens like romaine, kale, spinach, cucumber, and celery, this very-green juice is packed with nutrients and energy to get you through the morning or refresh you after a workout. Lemon and apple add a bit of sweetness and tartness to balance the green flavors.

32. Energy Blast Fruit Smoothies
These smoothies have only a little spinach with a larger proportion of fruit and yogurt, so they’re a great introduction to green smoothies. You can use any flavored yogurt you like, dairy-based or dairy-free. And feel free to switch out the fruits too, if you want!

33. Orange Chia Smoothie
I love orange smoothies because I really feel like they’re getting my immune system going as well as energizing me with oranges and mango. This one also has oats to keep you full, banana for creamy sweetness, almond milk, ground flax seeds, and chia seeds for energy.

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34. Blueberry Kale Smoothie
Fruity green smoothies can be tricky to keep them from turning an unappetizing brown. One way to avoid that is by using blueberries, because the dark purple fruits disguise the green color, while red fruits like strawberries just mix with it.

35. Maca Smoothie With Banana and Peanut Butter
This smoothie is a great way to enjoy maca because the caramel-like flavor goes so well with banana and peanut butter. Maca is sure to boost your energy levels while peanut butter and banana will keep you full with healthy protein and carbohydrates.

36. Blueberry Avocado and Spinach Power Smoothie
In this smoothie, energizing blueberries and spinach mix with coconut milk and avocado for health fats to keep you full for hours. Chia seeds and honey provide additional energy, and you can add a scoop of protein powder for an extra protein boost.

37. Energy Boosting Smoothie With Cocoa Beans
Crushed cocoa beans add an elegant flavor to this smoothie that you won’t be able o resist. The flavor is banana and dates with cinnamon, so the smoothie base is deliciously sweet and can be made with either coconut milk or almond milk, depending on your preference.

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38. Raspberry Lemon Smoothie
Made with lemon yogurt, the bright and sweet flavors of this smoothie are the perfect way to wake up and put yourself in a good mood. How could you not be in a good mood when you start your day with a healthy smoothie that tastes like raspberry lemonade?

39. Kiwi Mint Smoothie
The vitamin C content in the kiwi and strawberries help this smoothie boost and protect your body and give you energy. The ingredients are simple with fruits, honey, mint leaves, and flax seeds. The kiwis are juicy enough that you shouldn’t need liquid, but a bit of water will loosen it up if necessary.

40. Strawberry Spinach Smoothie
With its dark green color, you know this is a healthy and energizing smoothie! Spinach is rich and iron, and the added vitamin C from the strawberries and lemon juice aid in the absorption of iron. Chia seeds also add protein and energy while helping you stay hydrated.

41. Refueling Green Smoothie
I love cucumbers in smoothies—there’s something about them that’s so deliciously refreshing and energizing. This green smoothie is the perfect fuel for your body with banana, orange juice, lemon juice, spinach, and ginger for a bright and tangy zing of flavor.

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42. Apple Banana Strawberry Smoothie
Don’t underestimate the power of pure fruits to provide you with morning energy. Made with apples, banana, strawberries, and water, this is a smoothie that can also be shared with kids, who will certainly enjoy its sweet and milk flavor and pretty pink color.

43. Pomegranate Detox Tea
Caffeine-free teas are a wonderful alternative to coffee, and can aid in your detox. This hot tea with horsetail, mint, pomegranate, and lemon is a sweet and energizing with lovely and bright flavors. You can serve it hot or chill it for awhile and drink it iced!