Freshen Up Friday

I LOVE my first cup of coffee in the morning.  Just thinking about it helps motivate me to get up!  Steaming, hot, bubbly.  It’s de-lish!!  I’ve never been a fan of a glass of coffee with big ol’ ice cubes floating around in it like life preservers in the backyard pool.  Bleeech!

However, on one recent sweltering day, I had had my usual one cup of coffee, but needed a pick-me-up.  So, I filled a glass with crushed ice.  Then I added the amount of flavored (Peppermint Mocha) cream that I would add to a normal cup.  I also added a little less than a tablespoon of chocolate sauce beore adding the coffee.  I stirred it to combine the flavors and was blown away with the way this stuff tasted!  It was every bit as good as any iced drink I’ve tried at Starbucks!  No special ingredients – just leftover coffee and my normal cream.  You don’t have to add the chocolate sauce, but if you want it to be like a little treat or dessert, you really should!  The glass full of crushed ice really made it refreshing.

If you need a little something to refresh you this afternoon and you still have some of this morning’s coffee in the pot, make yourself a Crushed Iced Coffee!  You’ll have enough caffeine to freshen up your Friday and get you through the day!

What kind of iced drink do you enjoy?  Do you make it at home?

Be refreshed,