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Post by Phoenixx on May 30, 2008 7:40:13 GMT -5
I like Starbucks but sometimes it makes me a little mad. Example, I paid £1.55 for a green tea. That's almost 3dollars for ONE teabag and some water?! Also, Frappuccino's are very expensive. So in boycotting them, I found a Recipe that works pretty darn well:
Recipe
* 3/4 cup double-strength coffee, cold * 3 tablespoons granulated sugar * 1 cup low-fat milk * 2 cups ice
1. Make double-strength coffee by brewing with twice the coffee required by your coffee maker: That should be 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per each cup of coffee. Chill before using.
2. To make drink, combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until ice is crushed and drink is smooth. Pour into two 16-ounce glasses, and serve with a straw.
CARAMEL
For this version, add 3 tablespoons of caramel topping to the original recipe and prepare as described. Top each glass with whipped cream and drizzle additional caramel over the whipped cream.
MOCHA
For this version, add 3 tablespoons Hershey's chocolate syrup to the original recipe and prepare as described. Top each glass with whipped cream, if desired.
If you don't have an ice crusher blender, then just chill everything to real cold before smoothing. Or do it the night before, put it in the fridge and drink on the way to work in the morning.
Enjoy ;D
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Post by jules on May 30, 2008 11:41:02 GMT -5
mmm! (i'm a starbucks junkie, too. mainly because when i was traveling there was no other place to get a proper BIG cup of coffee in the morning. those thimbles of weak coffee do NOT do it for me.) somehow i got sucked into starbucks stateside, too. i swear, they must add crack into their brew to make it addictive.
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Post by gdgross on Jun 2, 2008 16:31:05 GMT -5
I made an entire nalgene bottle's worth of espresso this weekend so I can try out this frap thing.
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Post by kittenhart on Jun 2, 2008 17:25:38 GMT -5
Sounds yummy....Starbucks is so expensive in Canada that years ago I just decided to buy a commercial espresso machine for home....it "paid for" itself in less than 2 years of coffees and that was around 6 years ago. Now, I think my coffees are better than Starbucks...certainly cheaper.
Also good is a double espresso with skim milk and scoop of vanilla ice cream....hmmm
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Post by gdgross on Jun 3, 2008 10:10:38 GMT -5
So this gets a thumbs up.
I didn't throw in the ice, but milk (lowfat) , chilled espresso and sugar in the prescribed amounts tastes pretty good to me.
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Post by Phoenixx on Jun 3, 2008 11:03:29 GMT -5
Glad you liked it gdgross - I make it without sugar, but I throw a banana in. Banana coffee, you say? Yes. Weird. LOL.
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Post by freckles on Jun 3, 2008 11:17:46 GMT -5
I went to Starbucks on my Date $10.00 for two coffies and two cake 's I like Mcdonalds better $3.00 for that Plastic McDonalds Cup Free Coffie from then on
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Post by Phoenixx on Jun 3, 2008 13:32:11 GMT -5
You got two coffees and two cakes for just over £5? Here can't even get two coffees for £5. Seriously, why do you Americans complain so much about cost? You have it SO much cheaper than England!!
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Post by freckles on Jun 3, 2008 13:44:41 GMT -5
You should move to Texas
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Post by JC on Jun 4, 2008 8:51:13 GMT -5
You got two coffees and two cakes for just over £5? Here can't even get two coffees for £5. Seriously, why do you Americans complain so much about cost? You have it SO much cheaper than England!! not sure entirely on Freckles beliefs and why he is worried about the price of things... but for myself, and most people that i know who are worried, it comes down to inflation.. if our economy keeps going the way it is, we are in for hyper-inflation. prices keep rising, and nobody is making any more money... lets face it america has ALWAYS wanted something for nothing...
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Post by Mel (cherry) on Jun 4, 2008 8:53:25 GMT -5
Im not sure that it started out that way JC..............but it does seem we went quickly to that eh? So sad. I've been talking a lot about what direction society/america etc are headed.............. *sigh*
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