☕
i live away from home, have been for almost 4 years now; i’m studying in a city far away from home, and like all college students, i need coffee to function 🙏 here are some things i do to keep the beverage interesting :)
• whipped coffee; beat instant coffee, sugar and a tiny bit of water till you see peaks forming, and pour in your choice of milk! can be had iced or hot. i love the little foam layer and bubbles that form on top.
• café medici(ish); add milk, cocoa powder and orange essence (pls don’t use orange juice because that’ll split the milk) to your instant coffee and you’ll have a rich, complex flavour which will warm you from the inside.
• cardamom café latte; prepare instant coffee in the normal way, add milk and sugar, and then add a pinch of cardamom powder! as an indian girlie, i love chai, so having coffee which reminds me of the flavour of chai is great ;)
• coffee cookie ice cream; get a tub of vanilla ice cream, and make a concentrated decoction with instant coffee. crush any cookies/biscuits off your choice. pour the decoction into the tub of ice cream and sprinkle in the crumbs as you mix. pop it back in the freezer for a while and then you’re done! enjoy.
• cran-coffee; if you’re not a fan of milk, make a weaker decoction of instant coffee, pour it into cold water, add some cranberry juice and sugar, with a twist of lime. top it off with some ice and you’ll have a refreshing earthy mocktail!
what are your favourite ways to have coffee?
Oct 2, 2024
Related Recs
😃
I love to make a whole thing out of having caffeine by adding something different every now and then or elevating the drink with a steamed milk or infusion. Examples include adding mango nectar to my matcha lattes, adding chai to my iced lattes, mixing hibiscus tea into my green tea or adding fresh lemon, etc. Spending a little more time to jazz it up seems to be such a minute thing that has made the morning less painful
Mar 16, 2024
☕
I feel like instant coffee gets a bad rep but it’s actually really good if you get over yourself and stop taking coffee so seriously all the time
i get the appeal of the espresso turned latte but have you tried a full cup of hot milk on a tablespoon of instant coffee?? or even half milk half water ratio will do
it‘s GOOD
don’t be a baby about not being a baby
justice for the occasional cup of instant coffee.
Jan 31, 2025
☕
In the winter, a miel (honey, cinnamon, hot milk), in the summer, iced espresso. If a café has a seasonal drink or a house syrup, I usually order that— my local café has a spruce latte that I really enjoy.
I no longer drink caffeine during the week, which makes a weekend coffee feel especially decadent.
Jun 4, 2024
Top Recs from @shireen
it feels so empowering to walk around wearing ethnic clothes in a ‘modern’ city where the standard fashion is deeply influenced by the west. i will always love u, sarees <3
also, this is my mum’s saree, and many sarees are heirlooms passed down in the family. it’s quite literally, wearing your culture, carrying the stories of your ancestors with you!
maybe this is why i like thrifted clothes lol
Oct 12, 2024
if i were from your country/religion/culture, what name do you think would suit me? i’d love to know what the name means too! if you comment, i’ll give u a name from my culture too!
attaching a picture of me as a reference that helps hopefully 😋
Oct 12, 2024
i love love love documenting my life in little digital snippets. i am a scrapbooker at heart and i use my instagram as my digital diary <3
this is my most recent photo edit, where i matched the colours of the photo to eyeshadow shades 😋
Oct 9, 2024