Anybody join me for evening coffee?

[ShoreRoadLady]

You'd like it up here, there's a Starbucks on every corner that serves that exact drink. It's also my favorite.

Where'd you think I got the idea? Sadly, it's too expensive to buy a Peppermint Mocha every day of the week!

 

[Subvet642]

As I started to drink coffee while in the Navy, I like mine a little bit "crunchy". That is why I like instant. In a 12 oz. mug I use 3 tsp. coffee, 3 tsp. sugar, fill 2/3 with hot water, the rest is half & half. All that and it's still smoother than "Boat" coffee. :coffee:

 

[Subvet642]

You'd like it up here, there's a Starbucks on every corner that serves that exact drink. It's also my favorite.

Do you know that if you ask them to put 8 shots of espresso in a cup, they'll practically make you sign a waiver? lol They'll at least try to talk you down to 4 or 6. [bad]

 

[randooch]

8 shots?! yikes, might be time to buy an espresso machine for home. it'd be paid for in 2 month's savings from not going to starbucks, and you could use organic coffee, thereby lessening your intake of carcinogenic sprays.

 

[Diamondback]

ShoreRoadLady, thought you'd appreciate this ostensibly-"close" knockoff recipe--I'm only a "rarely" coffee-drinker, preferring my caffeine from hot-chocolate and warmed sodas, but I keep an eye out around recipe-sites.

Ingredients
* 3 tablespoons powdered baking cocoa (author used Ghirardelli-sweet ground chocolate and cocoa powder)
* 3 tablespoons warm water
* 1 1/2 tablespoons peppermint syrup (do not use extract- you can buy a very large bottle of syrup at Starbucks for $7) or creme de menthe
* 4 ounces espresso (see note below on how to make if you are unfamiliar)
* 12 ounces steamed milk (I use Fat Free)
* whipped cream
* red sugar crystals

Directions
1. Combine 3 Tbsp Baking Cocoa with 3 Tbsp warm water to make into a rich syrup. Pour into a 16 ounce mug.
2. Add espresso
3. Add Peppermint syrup.
4. Steam milk and add to remainder of cup.
5. Garnish with whipped cream and sugar crystals.
6. Note: To make espresso (for 2 servings of this recipe) for those who do not know how, follow the directions below. Don't let the thought scare you it is almost as easy as making regular american coffee- it just takes a little practice:
7. Buy a $30 machine (Mr. Coffee ECM250 is good).
8. Put water into carafe up to band and put into machine.
9. Put coffee (any kind of finely ground) into filter head and pack down well.
10. Turn on and brew until carafe fills to 4 cup line that way there is still enough water in machine to steam milk.
11. Switch to steam mode and steam milk (if you do not have a frothing pitcher a 12 oz ceramic mug will work filled half way with milk but takes 2 fill ups to make one serving of this recipe).
12. Follow recipe and enjoy!

SOURCE: http://www.recipezaar.com/Starbucks-Peppermint-Mocha-202183

Come to think of it, that does sound pretty good, except I'd need it with at least six shots... and if you check out TopSecretRecipes.com, they've got a recipe for the perfect companion, the Starbucks Peppermint Brownie.
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipedetail.asp?sessionid=&login=yes&id=205&page=
Don't recall if it was free the week it rolled out, but it's 79 cents now*--trust me, this site and the cookbooks that launched it are really good for impressing people; it's like a multi-course meal, eating each course at a different restaurant, without all the driving, tipping and cost!)
*SRL, if you're interested, PM me and I'll see if I've got it around my PDF'ed TSR collection.

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[Subvet642]

8 shots?! yikes, might be time to buy an espresso machine for home. it'd be paid for in 2 month's savings from not going to starbucks, and you could use organic coffee, thereby lessening your intake of carcinogenic sprays.

I haven't been to Starbucks in ages, the hospital put a coffee cart in my lobby, and I'm wicked lazy. The 8 shot caffeine bombs are for rough mornings. :eusa_doh:

 

[ShoreRoadLady]

Diamondback, thanks for the recipe and links. Sounds yummy!

Do you know that if you ask them to put 8 shots of espresso in a cup, they'll practically make you sign a waiver? lol They'll at least try to talk you down to 4 or 6. [bad]

Eight? I'm surprised they didn't ask to hold your driver's license!

 

[nola89]

cafe au lait with chicory.

Done.

 

[jac]

I like to get an assortment of 5 lb bags from a mail order purveyor, than grind them to powder in my trusty Braun.

Years back I worked down the street from this 24 hour coffee merchant who you could order up Triple-BlackTiger/Chocolate-Raspberry Espresso Shakes served up with a complimentary handful of chocolate covered roasted beans.

Sheer decadence- we kept that up to work into the wee hours until the thought of java-induced strokes backed us off.

Another case of too much of a good thing, but boy were they delicious!

Like most good things, the 24 hour option ceased. They may not even be around anymore. Starbucks just don't do it for me. Makes me think of McDonald's.

 

[univibe88]

cafe au lait with chicory.

Done.

Yeah you rite.

 

[Macheath]

I'm a Macchiato man

 

[rkwilker]

Have a friend in Costa Rica that sent me some coffee recently. Very good coffee. Also my sister in law is in Rwanda and sent me some of their coffee for Christmas(Rwandan Blue Mountain). Good coffee and very strong but ground very fine. I do enjoy a good cup of coffee........black, no additives.

 

[French]

evening coffee

I almost exclusively drink decaf, so my after dinner coffee, when I have one, is usually a decaf espresso, made with whatever single origin bean I've most recently roasted. Right now, I'm drinking a colombian, roasted to a Full City roast (for the true coffee geeks among us), however, my favorite for after dinner is the Sweet Maria's Komodo Blend, which hasn't been available for some time.

French

 

[Caity Lynn]

I'm a tea gal, but when I need something to steady my nerves it's a cup of good 'ol folgers straight black. If I'm drinking coffee, just to drink it, it's so sicky sweet with sugar and milk I can barely stand it. lol, so I pretty much drink my tea with milk and sugar and my coffee black.

 

[raiderrescuer]

By the afternoon I try to stay away from coffee so I can sleep at night but if it's a chilly cold evening I might have a cup of hot Russian Tea.

When I was stationed in Homer Alaska we got our coffee from Ty Gates of Captain's Coffee Roasting Company, he would get his beans fresh from his brother-in-law in Guatemala (in the old fashioned burlap sacks to boot.) then roasted them right there in front of you.

Best Sailor's Coffee I ever had.

 

[DeaconKC]

I've been pleasantly surprised by Kroger's House brand. Makes a very smooth cup of coffee. Priced better than right, too.

 

[JEEP]

Mmmmmmm..... Coffee. I love coffee!

I usually drink organic Peter Larsen which I grind myself and brew in a vintage enamel coffeepot or in a modern french press. It is amazing how the two diffrent methods gets something entirely diffrent out of the same kind of beans.

Here's a pic of my vintage setup:

And here's playing a little with effects:

I usually take my coffee with milk.


Regards.

Jakob

 

[DeaconKC]

Just back from a couple of days away with my wife. Nice to come home where I can make some decent fresh ground coffee.........

 

[Dave the Hick]

Well, I could talk coffee all day, but since we're talking about evening coffee, make mine Irish. Or Tennessee, which is the same but with a healthy helpin' of Jack Daniels.

 

[Odalisque]

Don't mind if I do.
Decaf since it's almost 10 o'clock.
Sugar in the raw and some tiramisu coffee-mate.

:coffee: