Sarah and I always have coffee in the morning, but the weather right now is not very amenable to warm beverages. We've been drinking iced mochas every morning these days, and I can't seem to make enough. The recipes below are easily doubled or halved.
Iced Mocha
3 1/2 cups fresh brewed strong coffee, preferably medium-dark roast
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar
pinch salt
1/2 cup half and half
1/4 t. vanilla (optional)
Combine half of the coffee along with cocoa, sugar and salt in a small saucepan. Heat and boil for 30 seconds, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and add to remainaining coffee along with half and half. Cool (in an ice bath if desired) and add optional vanilla.
Chill and serve over ice. Shake well before serving.
Makes one quart.
Iced Chocolate
Subsitute water for the coffee, increase cocoa to 1/3 cup, and decrease sugar to 1/4 cup.
Neither of these are nearly as sweet or rich as what you'd buy at a coffee shop, and both are far cheaper than the $1.50 per bottle found at stores. Feel free to change the quantities of sugar or half and half to taste.
Monday, July 7, 2008
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Iced coffee is a favorite treat of mine in the summer. But I still have a regualr cup of coffee every morning.
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