Fast and Easy Coffee Drinks
You are in a hurry but cannot start your day without a fresh cup of coffee. Or you are enjoying a nice weekend and you want to dedicate a few minutes of your time in order to make a cup of coffee that will blow your mind. Let us check some recipes which prove that coffee can be something special.
Hot Buttered toffee coffee
First of all, I need to disappoint all those who are on a diet or live a healthy life, because this cup of coffee is not for those who are looking for a weight loss beverage. But, I think it Is worth the calories. Ingredients you will need are:
-120 g of mocha ice cream coffee
-170 g of hot coffee
-30 ml of butterscotch topping
-10 ml of almond liqueur whipped topping
-15 ml of toffee pieces or 15 ml of chopped chocolate-covered English toffee bar
The preparation is simple. Put the ice cream into the coffee mug. Pour the coffee over it, then butterscotch topping and almond liqueur. Finish with whipped cream and sprinkle with toffee chips. Yum!!
Thai Iced coffee
This is a great drink for parties if you want to make something exotic, but fast.There are a lot of variants of this beverage (night version, powder version, mix version), but we will check out the recipe for the most common one. You will need:
-4 tablespoons of sugar
-4 tablespoons of heavy cream
-2 teaspoons of ground cardamom
-1 teaspoon almond flavoring crushed ice.
The process is following. The cardamom is added to the ground coffee and then brewed. After that, the sugar and almond flavoring is added and mixed. Fill the glasses with crushed ice (1/3) and then add the coffee and pour the cream slowly into the spoon so that the cream floats on top of the glass.
Black magic coffee
This one is pretty simple. It is made, as the name tells you, from regular black coffee and the process of preparation is quick, and you are left with one great cup of coffee. The ingredients you will need:
-300 ml of black coffee
-1/4 teaspoon of chocolate extract
-1/4 teaspoon of hazelnut extract
-1/4 teaspoon of rum extract
You choose one of the extracts according to your own taste. When the coffee is prepared, you simply add one of the extracts, stir and enjoy!
Steaming Mocha cocoa
Now, this one is a little complex to prepare, but not too hard. You will only need to dedicate a few minutes more of your time in order to have a hot cup of coffee, ideal for the cold winter days. But in order to enjoy this cup of coffee you will need:
-2 cups of milk
-2 tablespoons of cocoa
-2 tablespoons brown sugar
-1 tablespoon of ground coffee
-1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
The only „complex“ part of the preparation is the part of heating the combined ingredients in the bowl on the stove. You need to whisk all the ingredients until steaming. You will have enough coffee to fill the 2 mugs. This will certainly warm you up!
Turkish coffee
Now, this is Turkish and Balkan famous coffee made from unfiltered black coffee. There is nothing hard in process of preparation, but the centuries of preparation have made the Turkish people masters of this coffee. Traditionally made in dzezva which is put over the heated sand, but who has the stove working on sand nowadays… Millions of these cups are drunk every day, and they are very popular now in the rest of the Europe. You will need:
-1 cup of water
-1 tablespoon of fresh ground black coffee
-sugar (optional)
The water and sugar are heated in dzezva to the boiling temperature. After that, you need to remove the dzezva from the stove, add the coffee and then but it back on the stove. Allow it to come on to a bowling temperature again as the foam creates. Remove it and repeat the process again (this will ensure that the foam doesn’t vanish while you drink the coffee). After you finish the coffee, by the beliefs of those who drink this coffee through the centuries it has fortune-telling abilities. You simply turn the mug upside down and someone with special fortune-telling abilities will look your future in the leftover grounds of coffee.
Creamy iced vanilla caramel coffee
Another exotic coffee. Cooled brewed coffee is combined in the blender with milk, creamer and caramel topping and ice, blended until smooth. The best way to serve it is in the glasses that are just removed from the freezer (in order for the beverage to remain cold of course). Ideal for those hot summer days, while you are chilling beside the pool. Let us see how it is prepared. You need:
-4 cups of brewed coffee
-1 cup of milk
-1/3 cup of French vanilla non-dairy coffee creamer
-1/4 cup of caramel ice cream topping
-3 cups of crushed ice, and you can add some canned whipped cream
All the ingredients are placed in the blender. You will need to blend the mixture until the ice is completely smooth. After that, you simply pour the mixture into the glasses and enjoy the taste.
Red Eye
It is a simple coffee drink in which espresso is combined with another normal drip coffee. It can also be named black eye or dead eye depending on the number of shots which have been added. There is no much science in this recipe. For the red eye, you simply mix the 1 cup of hot coffee with the 30 g of espresso, combine them and pour into the coffee.
Gingerbread coffee
Something really pretty, with a lot of ingredients. For some too sweet, but you can correct that with an amount of sugar added to the mixture. It can be prepared earlier and then kept in the fridge, waiting for the visitors to come. The grocery list is pretty long (in comparison for the previously named coffee drinks)
-1/2 cup of molasses
-1/4 cup of brown sugar
-1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
-1 teaspoon of ground ginger
-3/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
-6 cups of hot brewed coffee
-1 cup of half-and-half cream
-1 teaspoon of ground cloves
-1 and ½ cups of sweetened whipped cream
And now for the preparation instructions. First, you need to know that the preparation time is approximately 30 min (again longer than the previously named coffee drink), so you need to be patient. But do not worry, the time pays off. In a small bowl, mix the molasses, brown sugar, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon until it becomes the homogeneous mixture. Cover it with aluminum foil and keep in a refrigerator for at least 10 minutes. You will need 6 cups. In the cups, you need to add about ¼ cup of coffee. Then add a tablespoon of the spice mixture (that you kept in the refrigerator) into each up until it is well dissolved. Each cup needs to be filled few centimeters of a top with the coffee. Stir everything up and add whipped cream and ground cloves. 30 minutes have passed and you are left with the amazingly tasty and colorful cup of coffee that will impress every one of your friends.
Iced Espresso Marvo
Ever heard of a coffee that is prepared with sparkling water and is ready in 2 minutes? Neither has I. This is not a world known recipe, but shhh, now you will know the secret. You will need just 1 cup of espresso (chilled), sparkling water and crushed ice. Sugar is added according to the taste. Espresso is poured over crushed ice in a tall glass. Add in glass sparkling water with a sugar, stir everything up and enjoy. Pretty simple you have to agree.
Coffee Imperial
Now you maybe don’t know, but coffee imperial is the name of the company that produces coffee and coffee brewers, but we will not talk about them. Coffee imperial in this context is the recipe for another summer iced cold coffee, that will chill your senses in those harsh summer days. Also, you will need to reschedule your obligations for 15-20 minutes (the time for cooling the mixture is not included in the preparation time). You will need:
-4 cinnamon sticks (this immediately sounds yummy to me)
-6 cups of strong black coffee
-1/2 cup of heavy cream
-sugar, crushed ice, whipped cream and cinnamon
You first need to prepare the black coffee and add the cinnamon sticks. Then the mix is cooled for 1 hour. After the cooling process, the cinnamon stick is removed. Then the sugar and heavy cream are added, and again the bowl has to go in the refrigerator. After that pour the mix into tall glasses filled with ice, add a little of whipped cream, sprinkle with cinnamon and you are done.
No sugar added Iced coffee
If you are a sports guy or girl, looking for a healthy diet, and a beverage with a low amount of calories, then this is the coffee for you. And yes, because there is no sugar, this is the coffee for those bitter coffee lovers. Now, before you go to the gym run to the nearest market and by the following ingredients (of course the following list is included for one person, so don’t take it seriously and buy 1 cup of sugar. I don’t know if you are able to buy only one cup of sugar?) :
-2 cups of strong coffee
-1/2 cup of low-fat milk
-1/2 cup of sweetened condensed milk
-4 cups of ice cubes
-whipped cream to give it the final touch
All of the above-mentioned ingredients are combined in a blender until you have the smooth mixture. After that, you simply finish with the whipped cream and enjoy while relaxing after a long run or hard exercises in the gym.
Peppermint Patty Coffee
The nice things about writing this kind of recipe related articles are that you discover some new types of coffee, that you have never heard about before. In my humble opinion, this sounds delicious. Now let us see together what do we need in order to prepare this one.
-250 ml of freshly brewed black coffee
-2 tablespoons of powdered cocoa mix (add your favorite one)
-1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract (and for this, you will need to do some research in order to find the grocery shop which sells them)
-2 teaspoons of sugar
-50 ml of milk
The process of preparation is simple. All the dry ingredients are put in the bottom of the cup and hot coffee is poured over and stirred until everything is dissolved. After that simply add the peppermint extract and milk. Stir a little bit more and it is done.
Brown Sugar-Caramel latte
Ever thought that after lunch with your friends at home, you can serve as dessert a cup of coffee. Well, this is the best possible coffee desert for you. Also, it is ready for 10 minutes and the list of ingredients is short:
-200 ml of brewed coffee
-¼ cup of 2% milk
-2 teaspoons of brown sugar
-1/2 tablespoon of caramel sauce.
First, pour some milk into the glass and add brown sugar, stir up until the sugar is dissolved. The In the other glass coffee is poured and the caramel sauce follows. Set that glass aside and warm the milk mixture in the microwave for approximately 45 seconds. Add the caramel coffee, mix just a little bit and serve.
Instant coffee espresso
Well, this one is made from instant coffee (your favorite, we do not want to promote the companies in this article). It looks like someone explored with the various tastes and then came up with this one. You will need the following:
-1 and ½ teaspoons of instant coffee
-1/2 cup of milk
-1/2 cup of water
2 teaspoons of sugar, some cinnamon and cocoa powder (everything is optional)
The coffee powder and sugar are placed in a mug. After that, you will need to add just a few drops of water and stir everything until it becomes like a paste. In another bowl, you need to boil the milk and water together, and after boiling pour it into the mug where you have previously mixed the coffee powder and sugar. Put a little of chocolate on top or a cinnamon and you are done.
Mexican coffee
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say Irish coffee? Alcohol that is right. This one includes tequila instead of whiskey and a little bit of Kahlua (which is some type of liqueur). And also the vanilla ice cream is included!! To be honest I need to try it.
The vanilla ice cream (1/3 of a cup) is heated in a microwave for 30 seconds. 15 ml of tequila and 15 ml of Kahlua is poured in previously brewed black coffee and everything is combined with the vanilla ice cream.
This one sound addictive, so you make sure that you do not overstate with the amount of tequila (I know it is hard to resist).
