Actually, that isn't so. You can safely assume that if it's before lunch, after lunch, before going out...I'm drinking tea. I'm one of those beverage people, who always seems to be sipping something.
But I do adore coffee, especially if it's particularly strong; still, I think of it as a special occasion beverage. It doesn't work very well if you drink it all the time.
I love loading up the French press with as many grounds as I can fit and then foaming milk and spooning it carefully over the opaque brew, a dusting of cinnamon to top off.
And here's how hardcore I am (oh, I wish)--this was my #1 college beverage:
Coffee Toddies:
Ingredients:
1 pound coarse-ground espresso
1 bottle vanilla syrup (Torani or otherwise--you can also use simple syrup and vanilla)
1 plastic pitcher
1 ugly pillow case
1 mini fridge
Enormous quantities of sugar
Step one: place entire pound of coffee, coarse ground, into pillow case, and tie it up like a gargantuan tea bag.
Step two: place aforementioned gargantuan bag of coffee in the pitcher. Fill with water.
Step three: put pitcher in fridge overnight.
Step four: remove pillowcase; squeeze with all your might.
Step five: pour resultant brew over ice. Add vanilla syrup and ridiculous quantities of sugar (to taste).
Step six: bask in your sudden energy and go do something crazy, like sprint to the train station.
Step seven: good times.
6 comments:
OHMIGOSH.
Pics of said drink, or it didn't happen. Go.
Oooh, I get it Jamie...you're going to say, "See? Now wasn't that picture of a drink easy? Now how about a video of your office..."
I'm on to you. :)
I just worry about the preponderance of dust mites in a recipe like this. . .sterile cheesecloth anyone? Otherwise sounds great! :)
Jamie, don't give up, we still want that office tour.
:)
As delicious as this sounds (and incredibly fun), I could not escape my first impression upon reading:
My teeth hurt.
Sad to say we did not think of such genius toddies at my school; we played too many beer drinking games to Letterman and ate too much pizza. Coffee would have been good, however. Much better than the Freshman 15 that resulted from said activities.
Dear :),
The pillow case, though ugly, would, of course, have been laundered. However, it would have been laundered in a dorm laundromat--so who knows how much that would help. :)
Dear GK,
Ha! Just saw this now. Probably not much :)
On a digressionary note, my uncle used to regale us with tales of his college life and the art of spaghetti-making. They would know it was done by throwing it up against the wall. If it stuck, it was chow-time.
Sort of like querying -- if an agent or editor likes/loves a MS, it might be almost ready. Till then, who knows?
:)
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