Want a cool, refreshing jolt but don't want soda? How about coffee

After getting off work from his independent contracting job on a warm afternoon, Robert Ford decided to head for the Hilton Springfield's Starbucks for a vanilla bean Frappuccino.

"It's the closest thing I could get to a milkshake - and it's got caffeine in it, too," Ford said. "I usually get an iced coffee because I don't like soda - the syrup gets to me."