Coffee Friday - Pumpkin Spice Coffee Recipe

Hello friends... Welcome to our Coffee Friday! I hope you remembered to add some "Coffee" on at least one of your posts of the week to be able to join us!

I thought I would mention the fact that, to be able to link up you can mention coffee in any of its forms (or cafe) or even the brand of your coffee or the name of a coffee shop to be able to link up... I thought about mentioning this since someone asked if they could join when they had mentioned "Starbucks" on their post... that would be a YES... yes you can! :)


So... what else? Oh yes... today we do not have a featured blogger! So YOU are our special guest... Would you like to share what's your favorite fall dish, dessert or drink? I am looking forward to hearing your responses! And by the way...  I thought I would share a great FALL "Coffee" Recipe with all of you! You can have a "Coffee Shop" like drink (or even better) in your own home!

Definitely in great need of Whipped Cream!

PUMPKIN SPICE COFFEE
 (serves about 4)

Ingredients 

•  3 /4 cup of ground coffee (your favorite)
• 4 Tsp Ground Cinnamon 
• 2 Tsp Ground Ginger
• 1 Tsp Allspice 
• 1 Tsp Nutmeg
• 8 cups of water
• Half-half cream and sugar (to taste) -about 4 tbsp.- 
• Whipped Cream (optional.. but it is very good with it!) 

Instructions 

• Mix the ground cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice and nutmeg 
• Place in the coffee filter 
• Add the ground coffee on top of the spice mixture 
•  Brew the 8 cups of water with the Coffee/spice mixture 
• Pour into glasses/ add cream and sugar to taste 
• Top with cool whip if desired 

© Paloma K.

A very refreshing cucumber based drink - Agua de Pepino!

Happy Saturday everyone! Here I am with something quick and very refreshing for a Hot Day of Summer (like today!)

In Mexico... We have lots of traditions involving food... and one of those things we, all Mexicans love (due to the predominantly HOT weather we experience in Mexico, I am sure) are: AGUAS FRESCAS

"Aguas Frescas" literal translation would be something like "Refreshing Waters" ... they are a soft drink... not bubbly, not sparkling... just mostly fruit based drinks... (some of them are made using rice and others using a vegetable!) and they are delicious! always made with fresh ingredients and sooo colorful!

The most traditional flavors are lime, cucumber, tamarind (my favorite), watermelon, horchata (made with rice... very popular, but I do not like it), mango, cantaloupe among others!

It's very common to see these served at parties (and even restaurants), they are usually displayed in big (very big) crystal clear containers that resemble a "barrel" and of course they are not alcoholic... they are sooo good!

Well... today I bring to you the recipe to make "Agua de Pepino" (the cucumber one) but remember! With most Mexican recipes it's all about your senses more than measurements! If you like something you add more of that! You taste, adjust and enjoy!

So... here's a recipe you can use as a base to start your "Agua de Pepino" but of course, as I said... you'll adjust to YOUR taste!

Agua de Pepino (serves about 8)

Ingredients:
8 cups of water
4-6 green limes (depending how juicy they are, it should be about 1/3 cup of freshly squeezed juice)
1 good sized cucumber (with the peel and everything) cut in big chunks.
1/2 cup to 3/4 cups of sugar (or to taste)

Directions:
Add 3 of the cups of water to your blender, blend with the rest of your ingredients until it's as smooth as possible, transfer to a bigger pitcher/jar and mix with the rest of the water. Chill it and serve it with lots of ice (never use cold water to blend the ingredients or the sugar won't really sweeten and you'll need to use more, it's even recommended to use some warm water to mix the ingredients first and then you can chill it afterwards)

Enjoy!

© Paloma K.