Sichot HaRan Chapter 277
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אָמַר: שֶׁמֵּעוֹלָם לֹא שָׁתָה אֲפִלּוּ מַיִם קֹדֶם הַתְּפִלָּה, וְהִקְפִּיד מְאֹד עַל אֵלּוּ הַשּׁוֹתִין קַאוֶוע [קפה] וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה קֹדֶם הַתְּפִלָּה.
Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973
The Rebbe said that he never as much as drank water before his morning prayers. He was greatly opposed to those who drank coffee and other beverages before praying.³⁶² II, 215b; ibid., III, 141b; Orach Chaim 89:3-4; Be'er Hetiv 89:11.
footnotes: ³⁶² Cf. Zohar