Nov 30 2023
A splash of flavored creamer can turn an ordinary cup of coffee into something that feels much more like a coffeehouse treat. The good news is that you don’t have to buy a different bottle every time you’re craving vanilla, caramel, mocha, or a seasonal flavor. Homemade coffee creamer is surprisingly easy to make. Most …
Nov 26 2023
That bag of roasted coffee in your kitchen has already completed an extraordinary journey. Before coffee reaches a grinder, brewer, or espresso machine, it begins as the seed of a fruit growing on a tropical plant. The fruit must ripen, be harvested, processed, dried, milled, sorted, transported, roasted, and packaged before you ever scoop the …
Nov 05 2023
Vietnamese coffee is easy to recognize when it arrives at the table: dark, concentrated coffee slowly dripping through a metal phin filter, often followed by a generous spoonful of sweetened condensed milk and a glass packed with ice. But the distinctive character of Vietnamese coffee begins long before the condensed milk. It begins with the …
Oct 14 2023
Coffee roasting is the transformation that turns a dense, green coffee seed into the fragrant brown bean we recognize and brew. Before roasting, green coffee smells more grassy or vegetal than like your morning cup. Heat changes everything. As the beans roast, they lose moisture, expand, become increasingly porous, change from green to yellow to …
Oct 01 2023
Pumpkin spice season does not have to wait for sweater weather. This iced pumpkin spice latte combines bold espresso, real pumpkin purée, cold creamy milk, maple syrup, vanilla, and warm fall spices over plenty of ice. Finish it with a generous swirl of whipped cream and a dusting of pumpkin pie spice, and you have …
Sep 24 2023
There are pumpkin spice lattes, and then there are the pumpkin lattes made for the days when you want something unapologetically cozy. This hot pumpkin latte with salted caramel and marshmallows combines strong coffee or espresso with creamy milk, real pumpkin purée, brown sugar, vanilla, and warm pumpkin pie spices. A swirl of salted caramel …
Sep 21 2023
Few coffee drinks signal the arrival of fall quite like a hot pumpkin spice latte. Creamy milk, bold espresso, real pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves come together in a warm drink that tastes like autumn in a mug. Add a generous swirl of whipped cream and a dusting of pumpkin spice, and you …
Aug 14 2023
Few drinks are as closely associated with a hot Southern afternoon as a tall glass of sweet tea packed with ice. It is refreshingly simple: strong black tea, sugar, cold water, and plenty of ice. No complicated ingredients, no bottled tea concentrate, and no special equipment required. The secret to really good Southern sweet tea …
Aug 05 2023
A pot of tea is even better when there is a plate of little sandwiches beside it. Tea sandwiches—sometimes called finger sandwiches—are deliberately smaller and lighter than ordinary lunch sandwiches. They are meant to be easy to pick up, easy to eat in a few bites, and varied enough that you can sample several different …
