If you are interested in learning some secrets to spice up your coffee for these cold winter days you will find this quite interesting. When temperatures are continuously dropping it's time to forget all about the light tastes! Everyone craves for new spicy and sweet tastes in winter!
Like deserts with ginger and cinnamon, hot appetizers, cakes with orange and bergamot and so on
So you may be wondering...
What are you suggesting Karolos? What coffee do you serve your friends and family these days? Anything special?
Of course my friend! These special days special coffee is needed.
When I have guests who like hot chocolate I usually make them a hot cup of really rich chocolate with caramel flavour or peppermint or a spice like red pepper or even chili.
What chili?
Yeah, chili! It's fantastic with chocolate especially when it's super cold.
Now what about chocolate with coffee? Any special recipe?
Actually the solution is pretty simple. After I make the chocolate as described, I just add 2 shots of really strong espresso. If you don't have an espresso machine there is another great solution...
Turkish mocha!
Turkish mocha is a blend of dark strong Turkish coffee and chocolate. In order to make it you just brew it like Turkish coffee and then you add condensed milk or cream if your guest wants some milk with his/her mocha.
What about Turkish coffee?
Turkish coffee is great! It is very easy to make and you don't need any special appliances.
For starters I use dark roasted Turkish coffee. It is stronger and spicier than the lighter roasts. In order to spice it up some more you can use cardamom seeds, chicory, cinnamon, pepper or ginger. If you want you can also add some cognac or Greek ouzo after you prepare it. Instead of sugar you can use honey which is much better for your health too!
If you don't want to make a mess with the cardamom you can also get Arabic coffee which is basically a gourmet Turkish coffee with cardamom.
Some Other Recipes
If your guests want something more common like a cappuccino you can make it more interesting by adding some vanilla inside and then put a cinnamon topping.
If you want to make it extra strong and spicy you can use strong dark roasted espresso blends and also add some ginger inside.
Food Pairing
You can pair the coffee with spicy muffins, brownies, gingerbread cakes or anything else you like.
Coffee can be combined very easily with anything related to chocolate or nuts.
So experiment and have fun!
