By Alice | Published:
May 12, 2008
My exploration of summer drinks wouldn’t be complete without mentioning one of my old favourites – mugicha! It is barley tea. The first warning about mugicha is that not everyone will like it, it has a little bit of a bitter taste. I would say that if you like the more unusual green teas then try this.
Recipe:
Mugicha teabag
Water
That’s it!
It couldn’t be easier to make. All you do is take a mugicha tea bag, place it in a large jug of cold water in the fridge, leave it a few hours, and drink. I use this brand.
There are apparently health benefits from drinking it but I just like it because it is refreshing on a hot day. More refreshing than just water if you know what I mean? I quite often take
a flask of it into work to have first thing in the morning. Really what
it reminds me of is hanging out at my sister’s old place in Brixton.
By Alice | Published:
May 8, 2008
Today I looked into the Greek frappé, the truly great thing about this, apart from being totally delicious, is that it doesn’t require anything that most people wouldn’t have already in their kitchen.
Recipe:
1 teaspoon instant freeze dried coffee
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup of water
ice
milk to taste
You need a cocktail shaker or jar. Plus a large glass.
Add the teaspoon of instant coffee, the teaspoon of sugar, and 3 tablespoons of the water to a cocktail shaker (or if you haven’t got one use a jar with a lid). Shake it hard for about 20 seconds until the contents are completely foamy. Pour this into a large glass, add the rest of the water, the ice, and add milk to taste.
This drink has to get a 10/10 as it is delicious, quick, easy, cheap, and doesn’t require anything special to make it. Fantastic! I can already tell this is going to be a summer staple. So refreshing.
Now I want another one already.
By Alice | Published:
May 7, 2008
I just realised that I forgot to do my monthly resolution for May! Well folks, I have hit upon a good one; this month will be about investigating summery drinks.
First up… the Mojito! As I already have a real glut of mint in the garden a Mojito seems a good way to kick things off. I mixed lime, sugar syrup, mint leaves, ice, white rum, sparkling water and just tasted it until it seemed correct. There are probably some more exact recipes around but as I know my Mojitos I was ok with winging it. By the way sugar syrup is super easy; gently heat and stir two parts sugar to one part filtered water until it is clear (don’t make toffee!). It takes about 5 minutes on a low low heat. Wait for it to cool down before using. It will keep covered in the refrigerator for several days.
Mmmm. This resolution is going to be fun.
