Finally we’ve had some sun!
The summer is my favourite time of year and since we get precious little
of it in England I think it’s so important to make the most of it. I normally spend a silly amount of money on
Starbucks iced coffee when it’s hot so over the weekend I decided to experiment
with concocting my own – with pleasing results!
I’ve never been very keen on instant coffee so to start off I
made a big pot (about 6-7 cups) of strong coffee in a cafetiere. After it had brewed and been plunged (still
something I enjoy doing despite the fact I’m no longer under the age of 10) I poured
it into a blender and added 60g soft brown sugar and a good glug of vanilla
extract. To cool the coffee down I
chucked in about 8 large ice-cubes (part of the reason the coffee needs to be strong)
and set the blender to melt in the sugar and crush the ice. Once everything had disappeared I added skimmed
milk until I got the colour I was looking for – it depends how you like it
really but I added about 200ml. After this
I chucked a few more ice cubes in and blended again. Once all the ice was melted and I had a nice
cold drink I poured it all into a jug, chucked some ice cubes in a glass and
headed out to the balcony.
All in all it was a very successful experiment (and what’s
even better is there was even some left over for this morning)!
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