Summer calls for cold brew. At least that’s how it has been for me lately. One cold brew when I wake up. Another after lunch. Maybe one more in the middle of the afternoon. But not too late, because then I’m in bed at night with my eyes wide open, quietly regretting my caffeine decisions….
I have always enjoyed tonic water, even though its bitter taste is not for everyone. There is something about that sharp, fizzy taste, especially when the bottle is cold and the glass is full of ice. Still, I never thought of combining tonic with coffee. A friend changed that one afternoon when we went to…
Summer arrives, and cold brew becomes the name of the game. At least for me. Hot coffee still has its place, but when the day is already too warm, cold brew just makes more sense. I think most people begin the same way. You grind some extra-coarse coffee, throw it into a glass jar, add…
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…