Iced Honey Lemon Darjeeling

It's finally warm and sunny so I hope you're ready for lots and lots of summer recipes!

I decided to kick spring and summer off with this Iced Honey Lemon Darjeeling

I used some amazing First-Flush Darjeeling from Tea Campaign Canada. I'm currently running the Instagram for this tea company and I highly recommend their darjeeling. Check out their website here: http://www.teacampaign.ca

Iced Honey Lemon Darjeeling

4 cups hot water (175F)
4 tsp loose leaf darjeeling (find the darjeeling I used here: http://www.teacampaign.ca)
2-3 Tbs honey
1 lemon

1) Measure out 4 tsp. of darjeeling and 3 Tbs of honey

2) Heat water to 175F and steep the darjeeling in 4 cups of water for 12-15 minutes (this can vary depending on your preference)

 

3) While the tea is still hot, add 2-3 tablespoons of honey and stir to help it dissolve

4) Add 1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice until the taste is to your liking

5) Set tea in fridge for 2-3 hours until chilled

Honey Cocoa Iced Tea

Check out my recipe blog to find my most recent recipe for Honey Cocoa Iced Tea.

It was absolutely wonderful.

Iced Mango Matcha Latte

Go to my recipe page to see my Iced Mango Matcha Latte recipe!
This recipes only requires 3 ingredients and is super yummy.

Iced Strawberry Mocha

My latest recipe, Iced Strawberry Mocha, is up on my recipe blog. It's delicious and so simple to make.

Check it out: http://lexalexrecipe/iced-strawberry-mocha.

Iced Nutella Mocha Recipe

Happy Fourth of July! My day has consisted of: picking flowers, making iced Nutella mochas, sitting by a bonfire while reading, baking a cobbler, eating tacos, taking pictures, bike riding, and spending time with family. What have you done for the 4th?

Here's my Iced Nutella Mocha Recipe 

1 1/2 cups iced coffee
2 cups milk
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 1/2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 spoonful Nutella
1 to 2 handfuls of ice (depending on how icy you want it!)
1 or two scoops of ice cream (Optional)

1) To start off make coffee ice cubes with 1/2 cup of your coffee (this is optional)

2) Combine the milk, vanilla, cocoa powder, sugar, and salt in a sauce pan. Stir on medium heat until mixture is hot and everything is dissolved in. Let cool and then place in the fridge. (if you're in a hurry, place it in the freezer for a bit to make it chill faster)

3) Once everything is chilled, put the coffee, milk mixture, ice cubes, and Nutella in a blender (leave out coffee ice cubes). Pulse until everything is mixed. If you decided to add ice cream, then pulse this in with everything else. Before you enjoy your mocha, add your coffee ice cubes to keep your drink nice and cool.
                             (This should make enough for about 2 or 3 people.)

Chocolate Muffins and Iced Coffee

My iced coffee recipe: http://lexalex-lexa.blogspot.com

chocolate muffin recipe: http://www.thehealthychef.com

Raspberry Mocha Frappuccino

Feeling fancy? This decadent frappuccino isn't just some milk, coffee, and ice thrown in a blender. I carefully created this lovely drink that is more like a posh dessert rather than an afternoon treat from Starbucks. This is a frappe that would make even the celebs jealous.

So how did I make such an elaborate drink with only a kitchen full of ingredients and my imagination to guide me? It all started with a really bad ice cream craving. For almost 3 whole years, when I was younger, I would order the exact same thing from any ice cream parlor we entered. If they had it, I would routinely order coffee and dark chocolate ice cream with fresh raspberries mixed in. I decided that I wanted to take this favorite and turn it into a drink. A fancy drink. After an hour or two of being a total mad scientist in the kitchen, I created this lovely concoction. This drink makes me wish I had a time machine so I could go back and drink it again. And again. And again. 

Are you up to the challenge of making it? Trust me, it's worth it. 

Raspberry Mocha Frappuccino 

Step 1) To start off, you are going to need to make my Simple Iced Coffee. You will need to do this either the day before or a few hours before you plan to enjoy your frappe. 

Step 2) Time to make Raspberry Chocolate Cream

1 cup of frozen raspberries

3 Tablespoons sugar

2 Tablespoons raspberry balsamic vinegar (optional, but definitely adds flavor and is highly recommend)

3 cups of milk

1 Tablespoon vanilla

Pinch of salt

3 Tablespoons cocoa powder

1. Put the frozen raspberries in a glass bowl and microwave until thawed

2. Strain the raspberry juice into a sauce pan (just throw away the left over seeds)

3. Add the sugar and vinaigrette to the raspberry juice

4. Stir on medium heat until the sugar dissolves and it becomes like a syrup

5. Stir in the milk, vanilla, salt, cocoa powder

6. Continue to stir on medium heat until mixture becomes just like raspberry hot chocolate

7. Pour most of the hot mixture into a pitcher and stick in the fridge to cool

8. Pour the rest of the mixture into ice cube trays and freeze (about 15 cubes)

 Step 3) Now to make the Raspberry Chocolate Syrup

1 cup of frozen raspberries

2 Tablespoons sugar

2 Tablespoons raspberry balsamic vinegar 

25 gram bar of DARK chocolate (The darker the richer! I used 85% dark)

1. Put the frozen raspberries in a glass bowl and microwave until thawed

2. Strain the raspberry juice from the seeds into a sauce pan

3. Add the sugar and raspberry vinegar to the raspberry juice

4. Stir on medium heat until the sugar dissolved and it becomes like a syrup

5. Add the bar of chocolate and stir until it melts 

6. Leave the chocolate syrup out on the counter to use later 

Step 4) Once the coffee is cooled, the raspberry chocolate cream is cooled, and the ice cubes are frozen, you may begin the Raspberry Chocolate Whipped Cream

1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream

1 teaspoon  sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 big Tablespoon of the raspberry chocolate syrup

1. Put all the ingredients into a mixer and mix on highest setting until the cream becomes just like whipped cream. 

Step 5) Here's the very last step! Excited? Since you can't really make 7 frappuccinos all at once in one blender, I'll tell you how much to put in for just 1 or 2 frappes at a time. 

1. Pour a little less than 1/2 a cup of the Raspberry Chocolate Cream into the blender

2. Pour 1/4 cup of chilled coffee into the blender

3. Put 3 raspberry chocolate cream ice cubes and 3 coffee ice cubes in the blender

4. Put a spoonful of Raspberry Chocolate Syrup into the blender

5. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream (This is optional. It just makes it creamier) 

6. Blend away until mixture is smooth and creamy

7. Pour into glasses and spoon a generous amount of Raspberry Chocolate Whipped Cream on top. 

8. Drizzle the Raspberry Chocolate Syrup onto the top (Warning: if you're as generous as I am, you may run out quickly) 

Your masterpiece is now complete! Sit down and enjoy your frappe. I hope you feel fancy. 

Iced Coffee

In this 103 degree weather, I feel like iced coffee is a necessity. It gives me my boast for the day without making me way too hot! Plus I love an excuse to eat whipped cream ;) Some people tend to add more sugar to their iced coffee then they would their hot coffee. I don't like the extra calories of adding sugar so I drink my iced coffee strait up with only milk and coffee.


Simple Iced Coffee


The day before you want to enjoy your drink....

1) make your usual cup of coffee
2) stick 3/4 of the coffee in the fridge
3) take the left over coffee and make coffee ice cubes

The next day...

1) fill 1/2 of you cup up with coffee
2) add coffee ice cubes
3 fill the rest of the cup up with milk (I use unsweetened almond milk)
3) top with whipped cream
2) Enjoy!

Iced Mocha Punch

To celebrate the Fourth of July, we had a fabulous pool party this morning! As you probably know by now, I'm known for making coffee drinks and desserts whenever company comes over. Today, I made this delicious ice mocha punch. This punch was perfect to chill everyone down after sitting out in the 100 degree weather. I think it was a hit!

After making this iced mocha punch today, I'm already excited to make it again. It's the perfect drink for parties on hot days and coffee lovers are bound to enjoy it!

Iced Mocha Punch

9 cups of milk

5 cups of coffee

1 cup of sugar

6 heaping Tablespoons of cocoa powder

2 or 3 Tablespoons of vanilla

a pinch of salt

1) Heat up the milk, 3/4 cup sugar, the cocoa powder, the salt, and the vanilla in a large pot on the stove

2) Stir on medium heat until everything is dissolved in the milk

3) Pour most of the milk mixture (it should be just like hot chocolate) into a pitcher and stick in the fridge

4) Pour the rest of the milk mixture into an ice cube tray and stick it in the freezer

5) Make 5 cups of hot coffee and stir in 1/4 cup of sugar (the rest of the sugar) until it dissolves in the coffee

6) Pour most of the coffee into a pitcher and stick it in the fridge

7) Pour the rest of the coffee into 1 or 2 ice cube trays and stick them in the freezer

8) Let everything chill/freeze overnight

9) Pour the chilled milk mixture, the chilled coffee, and the ice cubes into the punch bowl and stir well

10) Enjoy! 

Oh, and I like to top mine off with some whipped cream!