With summer around, now it is time to make some cold icy coffees. Here in Portugal, this week has been really hot. The kind of heat where you open the window and nothing happens. No fresh air. It feels like we are living inside a sauna, and the last thing I feel like doing is…
Now we are finally in summer. I know some people love it. I’m not one of those people, at least not most days. The weather gets too hot, you spend half the day sweating, and everywhere you go there are too many people. The beach, the supermarket, the little café where you wanted some quiet…
This year, my new thing has been protein iced coffee. I didn’t plan it like some serious routine. It just happened. For one, I go to the gym, and I like the idea of getting some extra protein afterward to help my muscles recover. I still wish I had more time to train. Some weeks…
We’re only a few days from summer, which means iced coffee starts sounding less like a nice option and more like the only reasonable way to drink coffee. Lately, I’ve been playing around with protein iced coffee because I like going to the gym. I still wish I had more time for it. Some weeks…
Spring is ending, summer is around the corner, and that usually means one thing for coffee: time to pull out all those icy drinks that have been waiting quietly in the background all year. I’m not even a huge summer fan, to be honest. Too many people outside, beaches packed. Some days get so hot…
One of the coffee syrups I like making at home is brown sugar syrup. I use it in coffee, but also in cocktails. Now that summer is getting close, drinks like mojitos, caipirinhas, iced lattes, and whatever else ends up in the glass start sounding a lot better. Brown sugar syrup has more flavor than…
Now that it’s late May and summer is basically standing at the door, I’ve started craving cold coffee again. Some days, when I’m feeling lazy, that means iced coffee with Arabica beans because I like the smoother taste. Other days, it’s cold brew. And then there’s my yearly warm-weather routine where I slowly become the…
Most compact coffee grinders sound good on paper until you actually use them at home. Then the little annoyances show up. Grounds cling to everything, the cup tastes a little uneven, the motor screams across the kitchen, or the whole grinder feels like one bad morning away from cracking apart. That’s why I wanted this…
A flat espresso shot can be frustrating fast. You lock in the portafilter, press the button, watch the coffee come out, and instead of that golden layer on top, you get something thin and dull that looks more like strong drip coffee in a tiny cup. When I first bought my Barista Express, I thought…
With spring rolling in and summer not far behind, there is no better time to start bringing iced coffee back to the table. I love iced coffee. This is also the time my Nespresso machine finally gets to work again after sitting around most of the year doing almost nothing, probably collecting more dust than…