Recipes
Maple coffee, three ways
Stop reaching for the sugar bowl. Golden in hot coffee, Amber over ice, Very Dark stirred into a cortado. Three short builds.
Recipe by The Longview Kitchen · @longviewfarm
Instructions
Serves 1 cup, three waysActive Time · 2 min
Full Time · 2 min
- 1Hot coffee with Golden: Pull or brew an 8-ounce cup. While it's still steaming, stir in ½ teaspoon of Golden. Add a splash of warm milk if you take it that way. Golden's vanilla note slides into the coffee without announcing itself — you'll think the beans got better.
- 2Iced coffee with Amber: Build over ice with cold brew or chilled drip. Stir ¾ teaspoon of Amber into the coffee BEFORE the ice goes in, otherwise the syrup pools at the bottom and you'll taste nothing for the first ten sips. Top with cold milk or oat.
- 3Cortado with Very Dark: Pull a double espresso into a small glass. Drop in ½ teaspoon Very Dark and swirl. Steam 2 oz of whole milk until just silky — don't aerate it into a cappuccino. Pour the milk in. Resist the urge to add more syrup; the cortado finds its own balance in about three sips.
- 4Optional: rub a strip of orange peel around the rim before drinking. Once you try this you'll do it twice a week for the rest of your life.
From the Kitchen
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