Just the most fundamental reason makes a coffee craver want to sip a cup of their favourite beverage. As the mercury drops, the coffee community finds just the perfect impetus to go and brew themselves a cup of magic. The treasured caffeine drink is very fluid in adapting to palates, weather, moods, and occasions. But coffee and the culture around it has always been a tad hiemal; on a wintry day, a hot cup can always bring a radiant smile to your face.
The warmth emanating from the cup doesn’t only provide relief from the cold but fills your soul with delight when you drink a demitasse of all that caffeine goodness. It has been proven that dopamine levels escalate in the brain when a caffeine kick hits you, which means your coffee can make you happy. Laziness and winters are often synonymous with each other. Increased metabolism is seen as the answer to lethargy, and your mug of coffee does precisely that; it increases your metabolism. So, if you are warm, energetic, and happy during this winter season, don’t forget to thank your coffee.
The coffee coterie doesn’t even need reasons to cheer themselves up with a brew, but it won’t hurt to know that their favourite drink is an elixir during this time of the year. So invite your coffeeholic companions and serve them these delectable coffee recipes shared by Bharat Sethi, Founder, Rage Coffee.
Frothy Jaggery-Ginger Coffee: Many miss their creamy and sweet coffee as fitness enthusiasts have increased rapidly. Jaggery coffee brings the original taste minus the guilt of having white sugar. Frothy milk with coffee, sweetness from jaggery, and a kick from ginger—you can’t go wrong with this go-to evening elixir. Here’s how to get your cup ready:
Ingredients:
- 1 and a half tablespoons of jaggery powder/gooseberry sized jaggery block
- 1/4th cup coffee concentrate/liquid coffee/decoction
- 2 and a half cups of water (100ml)
- 2 teaspoons dry ginger powder
- 100 ml milk
Method:
- Pour the water into a saucepan and let it boil.
- Add the jaggery block or powder once the water has boiled, simmer the heat.
- Stir the water and let the jaggery dissolve.
- Add the ginger powder or pound a quarter of ginger with a mortar and pestle and add it to the brew now.
- Add liquid coffee/concoction and stir until the room smells of coffee.
- Pour the coffee brew into a cup and add frothed milk little by little to make it creamy.
Voila! You’re ready to rock!
Hazelnut Latte: Hazelnut’s buttery-sweet flavour can be infused into any drink to make it a marvellous beverage. Brew it with coffee and have the best of what the world has to offer. Get your hazelnut coffee ready and feel like royalty because buttery sweet caffeine is the concoction of the grandiose.
Ingredients:
- 2 shots (60 ml) of Espresso
- 20 ml hazelnut syrup
- Steamed milk
Method:
- Brew about 60ml of espresso and use it as a base for your final product.
- Add the hazelnut syrup to the espresso and stir slowly for a good 5 minutes.
- Take a pitcher and steam the milk.
- Gently pour the steamed milk into the brew, little by little, to make it creamy.
Nutella Coffee: Warmth and love are all we need for the winter. Get it served in a mug with the Nutella coffee. It is the season of gifts, and this indeed is a gift from the coffee gods for us coffee fanatics. Here is how you can make the coffee gods happy with your cup of this fantabulous drink.
Ingredients:
- Whipped cream and chocolate sauce for topping
- 3 tablespoons of instant coffee powder/granules
- 1 tablespoon of your preferred sweetener
- one-fourth cup Nutella
- 1 cup milk or cream
- Half cup of water
Method:
- Prepare a brew with coffee powder and water, stir it well.
- Take a saucepan, pour the mixture, add milk/cream, Nutella, and sugar, and keep the stove on low heat.
- Stir until the concoction is potent and frothy.
- Pour it onto a mug and top it with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
You’re ready to be spoiled! Enjoy!
Butterscotch Caramel Coffee: Admirers of butterscotch are a community. Caramel lovers, too, are a big bunch. With the butterscotch caramel coffee, both of these beautiful comestibles come together as companions to make for a legendary drink.
Ingredients:
- A large cup of coffee without or with milk
- Heavy whipped cream
- Butterscotch syrup
- Cinnamon powder
- Caramel sauce
Method:
- Brew a regular cup of coffee. Make sure the mug you choose is large enough to accommodate whipped cream to the brim.
- Mildly frothed milk is suggested for a better taste, but black coffee would also work well.
- The coffee should not take more than three-fourths of the cup.
- Now add butterscotch syrup to the cup and stir it for 2 minutes.
- Next, add dollops of whipped cream to the brim and drizzle it with caramel sauce.
Your delight is ready!
