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Tea Lattes

Latte is the Italian word for “milk.”  In the context of beverages, it has come to mean a drink, usually made from a coffee base, with milk added.  Tea lattes are, as one might expect, made with tea instead of coffee; otherwise the concept is the same.  “Milk,” also has come to be more broadly defined; soy milk, almond milk, or other lactose-free substitutes are increasingly commonly available for people with specific dietary restrictions.

Coffee lattes were invented in the Bay Area in the 50s.  Italian-style cafés serving continental-strength coffee found that their offerings were too rich and strong for Americans’ tastes.  Milk was added to their coffees and espressos as a way of smoothing out and diluting the delicious flavor for the local taste.

The latte, then, is an American invention, which is not always well understood. Many a tourist has ordered a latte at a coffee shop in Italy, receiving in return only a glass of milk and a sideways glance.

Tea lattes are newer, though, although the concept is the same, but, naturally, are made with tea instead of coffee.  The modern tea latte may have come from Japan, and certainly has forerunners in the sweetened, milky teas of Thailand as well as the Chai teas of India and South Asia.  Tea brewed for use in lattes is about twice as strong as regular tea, so that the flavors in the tea are retained when the steamed milk is added to the drink.

The Chai and Thai teas are both served with sweeteners, spices, and milk, and in this respect are similar to lattes.  Both are very different from the English practice of serving regular (that is: regularly prepared!) tea with milk and sugar, although all of these variations in tea consumption can be quite sweet at times.

Chai tea, which is an Indian tea drink flavored with fennel, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, anise, and other spices and sweetened with sugar and milk, is often served in latte form, which is similar to its traditional preparation.  However, other kinds of teas, such as Assam, Ceylon, or any strong black tea can be used as well.  Specialty tea lattes based on specific kinds of tea are becoming popular; London Fog, for instance, is a tea latte based on the popular Earl Grey tea, and the bergamot flavor mixes well with the steamed milk and provides an exotic floral aroma.

Other hot drinks, such as herbal tisanes, can also be the base for lattes.  Particularly popular are lattes based on the South African “Red Bush” plant called Rooibos.  Although often mentioned with teas and found in tea shops, Rooibos is, in fact, utterly unrelated to the tea plant.  It does, however, make a tasty, semi-sweet latte that is often served for dessert.

The growing popularity of tea lattes offers tea drinkers a new way to consume their favorite beverage, as well as a crossover alternative for adventurous coffee drinkers looking to expand their horizons.

To brew the best quality loose leaf tea, you’ll need teaware like cast iron tea pots, Yixing tea pots, or kyusu tea pots.

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Using Coffee Mugs For Fun And Profits

The most common use for coffee mugs is to house hot beverages, including coffee and hot chocolate. These are usually found in casual settings and are most often made of ceramic. Coffee mugs are available in a large variety of colors and designs, but they all feature the standard handle that is found on every mug.

Found at virtually any retailer, coffee mugs are very affordable and are even customizable. Even going on step further than ‘World’s Greatest Mom’ or ‘World’s Greatest Dad,’ coffee mugs can now feature personalized photos and/or writing. Perhaps it’s a special occasion, photo of a loved one or just a sentiment that stays close to your heart but, whatever the purpose, a personalized coffee mug adds a special touch to each sip.

With continued advancements in technology, many photo studios allow customers to bring in their favorite photo on paper or disc and order coffee mugs featuring color photos. Many studios allow the customer to crop the photo, add borders and/or perform touch-ups when placing the order. A number of online photo studios offer the same convenience as local studios, but both will ask the customer to allow for additional delivery time on personalized orders.

In addition to commemorating special events or people, personalized coffee mugs and other products are a terrific way to earn some extra money. In many cases, especially with personalized coffee mugs, these products are used as knick knacks that are more for visual purposes than actual use. Customized coffee mugs are just as effective for drinking hot beverages as any other, but many people do not want to spoil their beauty.

So, just what are some other uses for coffee mugs? Perhaps a bit unconventional, but many people actually use coffee mugs for indoor growing of flowers and smaller fruits and vegetables. During the harsh winter months, it is impossible to enjoy the beauty of flowers or the convenience of a garden unless you have a greenhouse. That’s why many resourceful individuals grow plants inside their home. Plenty of sunlight and just the right amount of water will turn any coffee mug into a miniature garden.

Coffee mugs are also used quite often in Valentine’s Day and Christmas gift giving. A mug featuring miniature candies can be prepared by anyone and given as thoughtful gifts. Using a themed coffee mug and loose miniature candies, a beautiful gift can be prepared by placing the candy inside the mug, placing a very small piece of saran wrap over the top and a matching bow to complete the look. Then, the mug can be place inside of a small gift bag and presented to the recipient.

Coffee mugs are versatile in their uses and eye-catching in their design. From coffee to plants and even chocolate, these little beauties are lots of fun to own.

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Treat Yourself To Organic Flavored Coffee

Coffee drinkers today want to know that by purchasing organic flavored coffee they are helping to improve working conditions for coffee farmers, protecting the environment, and promoting sustainable practices around the globe.

Organic flavored coffee means that only 100% natural flavorings (fruit & nut extracts) are used to produce flavored organic coffees. Certified organic coffees must be grown, harvested, and processed without chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Farms that grow certified organic coffees are tested for chemicals by an independent certification agency for three consecutive years.

Natural and organic are not interchangeable. Other truthful claims, such as free-range, hormone-free, and natural, can still appear on food labels. However, don’t confuse these terms with “organic.” Only food labeled “organic” has been certified as meeting USDA organic standards.

As with the majority of organic products, organic coffee takes more time to come to term. This means that organic coffee costs more than your general store brands. In some instances, 12 ounces of organic coffee can be sold for $1.00 per ounce.

Organic coffee, like other organic or all natural foods, is sold in an entirely different section of your local supermarket. This type of coffee is sold in caffeinated and decaffeinated as well as flavored with vanilla, chocolate hazelnut or anything else you can think of that regular coffee comes in. Organic flavored coffee (like other all-natural products) must contain a seal indicating it is, in fact, organic. This is an FDA classification and cannot be overlooked.

Organic coffee growers in other countries are free from the dangers associated with working and living in chemically polluted regions. In organic farming cooperatives, streams and underground water supplies are not polluted with chemical fertilizers. Coffee growers do not suffer from chemical poisoning – an all too real side effect of growing coffee the traditional way.

Each year over 40 million gallons of chemical pesticides, untold millions of gallons of herbicides, and billions of pounds of fungicides are used by the international coffee industry. Do you see how you are saving the earth by supporting organically grown coffees?

When organic flavored coffee is a product that is higher in quality, delivers better taste, and can be offered at the same price as a high-quality non-organic product, why purchase a non-organic product?

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Recipes for Gourmet Coffee Drinks

Gourmet coffee is good, gourmet coffee drinks are fabulous. Using your own gourmet flavored coffee or espresso as a base you can make those tasty treats at home and save yourself a lot of money while also impressing your friends. Gourmet coffee drinks can vary from lattes and cappuccinos to exotic ice cream drinks. There are also alcoholic drinks that feature coffee which can be very relaxing after a stressful day at the office.

Gourmet Coffee Recipes

Chocolate Cappuccino: For the chocoholic who loves their coffee this satisfies both desires.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. Vanilla syrup
• 4-6 oz. Chocolate Milk or Chocolate Soy Milk if lactose intolerant
• 4 oz. Espresso or Very Strong Coffee – can use gourmet chocolate flavored coffee if desired
• Chocolate Shavings
• Whipped Cream

Directions

1. First pour the vanilla syrup into a cappuccino mug.
2. Now add your fresh brewed espresso or coffee to the vanilla syrup and blend the two ingredients together.
3. Next, steam your chocolate milk to 160 degrees F. (Use a candy thermometer to test the milk).
4. Add to the coffee mixture.
5. Top with a dollop of whip cream and chocolate shavings.

Variation: For a relaxing after dinner drink, add a 2 oz. One shot of Godiva Chocolate Liqueur or other chocolate liqueur.

Iced Latte with Flavor Variations: The traditional latte served up cold and creamy for those hot sultry days when you need a boost.

Ingredients

• 2-4 oz. Espresso or Strong Coffee
• 4-6 oz. Milk
• Ice Cubes
• Flavorings as desired (see variations)

Directions

1. Pour the espresso and milk into a cocktail shaker.
2. Add ice cubes and shake until well chilled. For variations use one of the following flavors. Note: For frozen latte, use a blender instead of cocktail shaker.

Variations: Add any one of the following flavorings to a blender or cocktail shaker. *Coffee syrups available in coffee section of grocer or at coffee shops.

2 oz Vanilla Syrup

2 oz. Chocolate Syrup

2 oz. Hazelnut Syrup

Iced Mint Mocha: This is a wonderful coffee drink for those hot summer days. For a spirited version you can add a liqueur such as Bailey’s Irish Cream.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 1 oz. of mint chocolate coffee syrup
• 2 scoops of mint choc chip ice cream
• 2-4 oz. espresso shots or strong coffee
• Cold milk
• Whipped cream
• Chocolate shavings/sprinkles

Directions

1. Place ice in blender, add mint chocolate chip ice cream and mint chocolate syrup.
2. Pour in milk based on how thick you want the drink to be.
3. Blend to your desired consistency.
4. Top with whip cream, chocolate shavings or sprinkles.

Fall Cappuccino: This coffee drink with a touch of cinnamon and cloves invokes those autumn nights when there is just a hint of chill in the air.

Ingredients

• 4-6 Whole cloves
• 1 Cinnamon Sticks
• 4-6 Whole Green Cardoman
• 3 tsp. Brown Sugar
• Whipped cream
• Chocolate Shavings and Ground Cinnamon
• 2-4 oz. Espresso
• 4-6 oz. Steamed Milk

Directions

1. Add 2 cups water to small saucepan.
2. Add all spices to the water and heat to boiling.
3. Allow to boil for 3-4 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, steam 4-6 oz. of milk to 160 degrees F.
5. Pour the espresso into a cappuccino mug, add the spice mixture and stir well. Top with the steamed milk. Decorate with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and sprinkled cinnamon.

Variations: For more of a coffee drink, you can replace the espresso and steamed milk with 6-8 oz. of strong coffee.

For an adult beverage, add 2 oz. of your favorite brandy

Gourmet coffee drinks can be made without just about any flavorings you can imagine. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Using coffee syrups available online and at your local coffee shop combined with flavorings and spices in your kitchen you can serve up an array of gourmet drinks that would rival even the fanciest of coffee shops.

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Liqueur Recipes: Fun Information

As cooks become much more experienced they understand new strategies and terms. I’ve been cooking for decades and have a pretty beneficial understanding of both.

If you don’t want to utilize alcohol in your favorite recipes, you’ll be pleased to know that you can find other elements you’ll be able to use instead. Maybe a recipe for braised beef calls for ruddy wine. What can you use as a substitute for precisely the same rich flavor? Maybe you might be creating a dessert and also the recipe tells you to add Kahlua. Can you substitute one thing else for the same delicious chocolate flavor?

The exception to this rule is when the alcohol makes up greater than twenty percent of the ingredients, in which case you should make a thing else since the recipe will not style the same.

If a recipe calls for wine, you can choose what to replace it with depending on the recipe. White wine can be changed with white grape juice. Add a tiny bit of white wine vinegar to obtain the proper flavor. If the recipe specifies sweet white wine, use white grape fruit juice with some powdered sugar dissolved in it.

For purple wine, you’ll be able to use purple grape juice or purple wine vinegar. If the recipe requirements more than a couple of tablespoons of crimson wine, use the grape liquid mainly because vinegar will impart a bitter flavor.

Try glowing cranberry juice or ginger ale too, according to the recipe. Remember that it is possible to continually use non-alcoholic wine in recipes calling for wine as an ingredient.

So what is the difference? Whenever you marinate meals you soak it in a very liquid combination to taste and tenderize it. You can purchase this marinade — a combination of soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, cooking oil and ginger — but I usually do not feel it’s as very good as homemade. In a word, home made tastes fresher.

According to the Epicurious website, the word marinade indicates “to soak foodstuff for example meat, fish or greens inside of a seasoned liquid mixture.” Marinade adds flavor to meat, fish, poultry, and vegetables. The web site warns against marinating food in an aluminum container. To prevent a chemical reaction between the acid and the aluminum, you should continually marinate food in a glass, ceramic, or stainless steel dish.

If you’ll want to use a espresso liqueur for instance Kahlua or Tia Maria in a very dessert recipe, coffee syrup, espresso or non-alcoholic espresso extract function well. Use almond extract for Amaretto, syrup from a can of cherries for cherry liqueur or cherry brandy, and orange juice concentrate for Cointreau.

In her book, “A Matter of Taste,” Sylvia Windle Humphrey refers to marinades as “beauty baths that touch up cheap cuts of meat and leftovers.” What a description! According to Hunphrey, marinades perform as well with high-priced cuts of meat as cheaper ones.

For replacing vodka in a recipe if you tend not to want to utilize alcohol, you can substitute apple cider having a handful of drops of lime liquid or white grape juice. Apple cider or apple liquid with a number of drops of almond extract is really a beneficial substitution for rum, as is white grape juice.

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Anyone now how to make a Mudslide drink without any liqour in them???

A coffee drink without liqour?

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Cafe Mocha Flavor NESTLE® CARNATION® COFFEE-MATE® Liquid Coffee Creamer
1 teaspoon TASTER’S CHOICE® 100% Pure Instant Coffee
4 large scoops vanilla frozen yogurt or ice cream
2 cups ice cubes

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DIRECTIONS:
PLACE Coffee-mate and Taster’s Choice in blender; cover. Blend until coffee is dissolved. Add frozen yogurt and ice; blend until smooth.

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