For the love of coffee

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Aya Diab | The Crow’s Nest

By Aya Diab

With a dedicated fandom from all over the world, coffee remains one of the very few things that almost everyone loves. If you take your coffee seriously, like I do, here are some of the many ways you can make your coffee every day: 

Iced Coffee with Milk

This is a very simple, budget-friendly recipe that tastes like your local coffee shop, if not better. 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of coffee of your choice, at room temperature.
• Cold almond milk (optional) as needed. 

Preparation: 

1. Brew your coffee.
2. Pour coffee in a glass filled with ice.
3. Add milk.

Turkish Coffee

Made with finely ground coffee beans, it can be almost mistaken for cocoa powder. Originally derived from Arabica bean and prepared in a cezve, a long-handled coffee pot, Turkish coffee became famous for its strong taste and rich history. 

Ingredients: 

• 1 tablespoon finely ground Turkish coffee powder
• 1 cup of boiling water 

Preparation:

1. Put the coffee powder in the cezve.
2. Pour boiling water over the powder.
3. Wait until the mixture boils. 
4. Remove from heat and stir.
5. Return to heat and repeat step four. 
6. Pour into two demitasse cups.

Dalgona Coffee

Thanks to quarantine, and an insane amount of time spent on social media, I stumbled across dalgona coffee, also known as whipped coffee.

Dalgona coffee has emerged as one of the most popular trends during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It went viral after Jung Il-woo, a famous South Korean actor, ordered a two-toned coffee in Macau in a Stars’ Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant episode.

You only need three simple ingredients to make this delicious coffee. It is made by mixing instant coffee, sugar and hot water until it becomes creamy and then pouring it over hot or cold milk. 

The dalgona coffee challenge is only becoming more popular. #Dalgonacoffee on Instagram has more than 529,000 posts and more than 428.1 million views on TikTok. 

Here is how you can prepare it yourself at home in less than five minutes: 

Ingredients: 

• 2 tablespoons instant coffee. 
• 2 tablespoons hot water.
• (Optional) sugar.
•  Ice, as needed.
•  Milk, as needed.

Preparation:

1. Mix instant coffee and hot water in a bowl. 
2. Mix by using a handheld frother or by hand until the mixture becomes creamy.
3. Spoon the mixture over cold milk in a glass filled with ice.

**Recipes can be modified to fit specific tastes.

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Written by: Aya Diab on October 18, 2020.on October 21, 2020.