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 frapp√©, 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.
