How to Make a Gormet Coffee Pumpkin Pie Latte: A Flavored Coffee Drink for Autumn as Good as a Coffee Franchise. Homemade Mocha Coconut Iced Coffees. Let me tell you something.
When I was a freshman in college, I once ventured to Starbucks. This wasn’t a frequent happening because 1. I didn’t like coffee whatsoever except when loaded with tons of crap and heavy cream… sort of like now, and 2. there wasn’t a Starbucks on campus. Clearly I went to college in the stone age. One night my friends and I somehow hitched a ride (not literally, but you know) to Starbucks and that’s when I saw it on the menu: mocha coconut frappuccino. I.almost.died. Two of my FAVORITE ingredients combined?! I ordered one. I sipped. I almost fainted. I slurped it to the bottom. I almost wet myself from excitement. I literally almost wet myself from drinking 48 ounces of diuretics and sugar. I became poor. [I should also mention that this was the same year I bought a $98 sparkly black belt with my dad's credit card.
Starbucks became my new favorite place. Until one day I walked in and… it was off the menu. What the what?! Or… just make my own. makes 1 serving Please try. How to make Caffe Mocha. Previously known as: How to make Chocolate Frappuccino Mocha Latte For those of you who are poor like me, or simply love doing things DIY even early in the morning, this is for you.
The name is complicated, I swear the ingredients are not. This took me 15 minutes the first time, and It'll take you less once you have the syrup on the ready. This is made from normal coffee, and not expresso. (If you want it to taste more expresso-like, just add a teaspoon more of coffee when you brew it.) I like mine hot, but you can cool it by sticking it in the fridge or adding ice. You will notice that most of the drink is actually just milk, and only 1/4 to 1/5 of the actual mix is coffee. For one cup you will need: Syrup (this makes a small cup of syrup, so you can use it maybe 10-15 times again, same recipe) 1/4 cup of cocoa powder (NOT GROUND CHOCOLATE) 1/2 cup sugar (I used a little less, maybe 3/8) 1 dash salt 1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (make your own!) How to Make Flavoured Syrups for Coffee Drinks (Food and Whine) I bought myself an espresso maker. I’m not sure what took me so long. My affection for coffee is legendary! So I’ve spent the past couple of weeks enjoying many wonderful cups of latte and cappuccino (and discovering that my favourite espresso coffee – Illy – is 3 times more expensive than most other brands.
Figures). I thought today though, I may try to step my barista skills up a bit and move on to flavoured coffee drinks. It took me less than an hour to create a chocolate syrup, a caramel syrup and a vanilla syrup. Here are the recipes for the basic syrups I made today, plus a few more that I’ll make later in the year. Flavoured Syrups for Coffee Drinks Chocolate Syrup 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp. granulated white sugar 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup water Pinch salt 1 tsp. vanilla extract In a medium saucepan, stir together the sugar and cocoa powder until all the lumps are gone. Caramel Syrup Add the brown and white sugars and the water into a saucepan and stir until combined. How to Make Your Own Vanilla Latte Syrup Like Starbucks. Keeping Cool with Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee and Tea.