Dziś zostanę przy herbacie z miodem, bo nie mam ochoty na kawę.

In this sentence, zostanę przy is an idiomatic way to say I’ll stick with or I’ll go with.

So:

• zostać przy czymś = to stick with something
• Dziś zostanę przy herbacie = Today I’ll stick with tea

Literally, zostać can mean to stay or to remain, and przy often means by / near / at, but together they often mean to keep to a choice.

Examples:

• Zostanę przy wodzie. = I’ll stick with water.
• Zostańmy przy tym planie. = Let’s stick with this plan.

Zostanę is the 1st person singular future form of zostać.

• zostać = to stay, remain, end up, stick with
• zostanę = I will stay / I will stick with

This is a perfective verb, so its present-looking forms actually refer to the future.

Compare:

• zostaję = I am staying / I stay (from the imperfective zostawać / zostawać in some uses, or present-related usage of zostawać)
• zostanę = I will stay / I’ll stick with

Here, the speaker is making a choice about today, so the future form is natural: I’ll stick with tea.

Because the preposition przy requires the locative case.

• nominative: herbata
• locative: herbacie

So:

• przy herbacie = with tea / sticking with tea

This is one of the most important things to learn in Polish: many prepositions force a specific case.

A few examples with przy:

• przy stole = at the table
• przy oknie = by the window
• przy herbacie = with tea / sticking with tea

Because z meaning with takes the instrumental case.

• nominative: miód = honey
• instrumental: miodem

So:

• herbata z miodem = tea with honey

This is the standard pattern:

• kawa z mlekiem = coffee with milk
• kanapka z serem = sandwich with cheese
• herbata z cytryną = tea with lemon

Be careful: z can mean different things in Polish, and the case can change depending on the meaning. Here it means with, so instrumental is used.

The expression is mieć ochotę na + accusative, which means to feel like / to want / to be in the mood for something.

So:

• mam ochotę na kawę = I feel like coffee / I want coffee
• nie mam ochoty na kawę = I don’t feel like coffee

Here:

• nominative: kawa
• accusative: kawę

This is just how the expression works:

• mieć ochotę na herbatę
• mieć ochotę na spacer
• mieć ochotę na coś słodkiego

Even though the sentence is negative (nie mam), the phrase still stays na + accusative.

Nie mam ochoty na means I don’t feel like or I’m not in the mood for.

It is often softer and more natural than nie chcę (I don’t want), depending on context.

Compare:

• Nie chcę kawy. = I don’t want coffee.
• Nie mam ochoty na kawę. = I’m not in the mood for coffee / I don’t feel like coffee.

So in your sentence, the speaker is not rejecting coffee in general. They are saying that today, coffee just doesn’t appeal to them.

Yes, Dziś can go in different places. Polish word order is flexible, and moving words often changes emphasis rather than basic meaning.

Your sentence:

• Dziś zostanę przy herbacie z miodem, bo nie mam ochoty na kawę.

Other possible versions:

• Zostanę dziś przy herbacie z miodem, bo nie mam ochoty na kawę.
• Przy herbacie z miodem dziś zostanę... (less neutral, more marked)

Putting Dziś first is very natural because it sets the time frame right away: Today...

Both can mean because, but bo is more common in everyday speech and casual writing.

• bo = everyday, natural, conversational
• ponieważ = more formal or written

So:

• ..., bo nie mam ochoty na kawę. = very natural spoken Polish
• ..., ponieważ nie mam ochoty na kawę. = also correct, but more formal

A learner should get very comfortable with bo, because native speakers use it all the time.

Normally, herbata z miodem is understood as one drink choice: tea with honey.

So:

• przy herbacie z miodem = with tea with honey / sticking with tea with honey

The phrase z miodem describes herbacie. In other words, the person is not just choosing tea; they are specifically choosing tea with honey.

Structurally:

• herbata = tea
• z miodem = with honey
• together: herbata z miodem = tea with honey

Yes, you could say that, but the nuance is different.

• Dziś zostanę przy herbacie z miodem = Today I’ll stick with tea with honey
• Dziś będę pić herbatę z miodem = Today I’ll be drinking tea with honey

The first one emphasizes a choice, especially in contrast to coffee. The second one simply states what the speaker will drink.

Because the second part says bo nie mam ochoty na kawę, the phrase zostanę przy... fits especially well: it sounds like the speaker is choosing tea instead of coffee.

In Polish, clauses introduced by bo are normally separated with a comma.

So:

• Dziś zostanę przy herbacie z miodem, bo nie mam ochoty na kawę.

This is standard Polish punctuation:

• main clause: Dziś zostanę przy herbacie z miodem
• reason clause: bo nie mam ochoty na kawę

English also often uses a comma before because in some contexts, but Polish comma rules are not exactly the same as English ones. In this sentence, the comma is expected.

It sounds natural.

A native speaker could definitely say:

• Dziś zostanę przy herbacie z miodem.
• Nie mam ochoty na kawę.

Putting them together with bo is completely normal:

• Dziś zostanę przy herbacie z miodem, bo nie mam ochoty na kawę.

It has a slightly conversational, everyday tone, especially because of:

• bo
• nie mam ochoty na...
• zostanę przy...

So this is a good sentence to learn from, not an unnatural one.