Happy Thursday, friends! I haven't talked much about my love for coffee, but I am a Starbucks lover - I would go once a day in the mornings on my way to work and loved my Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew, but after 75 days of being / working from home, my coffee skills have vastly improved. We've done regular coffee, espresso's, iced coffee's and then finally I concocted my new favorite coffee drink. Before I share the recipe I wanted to share a few of my favorite flavors, coffee utensils and my favorite mugs.
First things first, the coffee machine! Prior to our Vertuo Plus, we had the original Nespresso machine which only did small espresso's. Since we still had a Keurig at that time, we were fine with just having a small espresso machine. I wanted to save a little counter space so we upgraded to the Vertuo Plus that does both espresso's and larger coffee's. I'm really glad that we kept the milk frother which does both cold and hot milk.
My ideal organization is this pod organizer that we've ordered and are just seeing if it works in the space, but for now we've been using a clear square vase and it's worked for a couple years now. I like to go through our mugs every few months because somehow these are always accumulating. Between ones we have for sentimental reasons and other's I like to keep because they're "pretty" - they can overwhelm the cabinet! Below are a few of my favorites.
Now on to the pods themselves! We order directly from Nespresso when we want to have some of their special releases - they also just announced an iced coffee bundle that I cant wait to get. Once Amazon started selling pods it was a game changer - they offer such a great selection of variety packs! Also if you're a coffee in the afternoon lover, the half caff's are the way to go!
And here's my new go to recipe for the Honey Cinnamon Coffee!
Start with adding honey into the mug before coffee is poured
After the coffee is made, add in two to three shakes of the cinnamon
Splash of creamer
Then do a taste test - if it's sweet enough for you - you're all done. If you like it sweet like me, then add in a little bit more honey!
This also tastes really good as an iced coffee! Have you created any coffee combinations that you're really loving right now?
