Iced Coffee Anyone?
9 years ago
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anyone use an iced tea maker?
Comments (17)I had one years ago and was never crazy about all of the cleaning and the plastic pitcher etc. A while ago, I read a Cooks Illustrated (or America'a Test Kitchen) article on the best iced tea. It sounded crazy, but it works!!! Delicious tea everytime.... in the microwave!! Now I'm an oldfashioned tea lover from the south who loves her tea and consider myself pretty picky so I was shocked that it works! Basically you put the tea bags (or loose tea if you prefer) with water in the microwave. If I'm making 10 cups of tea, I might use 6 cups of water and about 4 family size bags, but I'm very flexible on all this. You heat the water (and tea) on high until bubbles begin to form along the edges of the top of the water and it sort of "moves" a little. NOT to boiling. Let steep for exactly 3 minutes and remove bags or strain. Adjust strength by adding more water. After a few times, you get to know your microwave and water temp and can just set the microwave and not be watching it. I do have to set a timer though to remind myself to go back and remove the bags. Grace...See MoreI Had A Cup Once, Now...Iced Coffee
Comments (35)Sol warned "you should be swinging from your ceiling fans in no time". Thanks for the heads-up BUT no one warned me that I would speed and risk getting stopped by the sheriff! I usually drink my addiction as soon as I get up but this AM I was late and drank it before getting in the car to go to the gym. Thankfully it was the same sheriff from the turtle incident; he gave me a verbal warning. I guess he thought speeding wasn't as harmful as turtle relocation. Michael, I was hoping you would chime in as you are the coffee guru. I'm two months in and still experimenting using various suggestions you all have offered. I... like medium roast purchased a grinder prefer medium ground add a pinch of salt to the batch add sweetener and flavoring to the batch so I don't have to bother with that every morning just add the creamer don't like Fresh Market coffees accidentally bought a pound of decaf and notice the difference but didn't know what the problem was until my batch was used up and I went back to the bag to use the remainder of the pound and saw that it was decaffeinated bought 2 pounds online from CoffeeAM; haven't tried it yet but the company seems to offer many options I am definitely hooked which is scary 'cause what if this was something harmfully addictive?...See MoreAnyone have a portable ice maker?
Comments (2)I have the Emerson IM90T. I got it for myself for Christmas. It was $120 or so at Target. I love the thing! Personally, I absolutely HATE the crescent ice cubes that are made in refrigerator ice makers. They are fine for using in a cooler, but they do not work well in a drinking glass. The Emerson makes a bullet-shaped cube...it's hard to describe. It's like a cylinder but one end is rounded. My favorite feature is that I can use water from my Berkey purifier and the ice is tasteless. It is not clear like bar ice, but it is tasteless. There are a couple of quirks that you have to be willing to deal with, however. For one thing, you have to keep it filled with water because if it runs dry the motor can burn out. Another quirk is that it does take a while to make ice. Each individual cycle is pretty quick compared to having to freeze water in trays, but it does take quite a while to accumulate a big batch of ice. As you already know, it does not keep the ice cold so you have to remove the ice periodically and put it in the freezer. I wait until there are 2 or 3 cycles of ice in the basket and then I "decant" it to a ziploc bag and put it in the freezer. Once the ziploc bag is full I move it down to my basement freezer and keep a stockpile there. When I need ice, I get a bag out of the chest freezer and put it in the bin of the icemaker in my kitchen freezer (the same icemaker that stopped working after 2 months and makes the dreaded crescent cubes). My solution for these little quirks is that I pick a day every few weeks when I'm going to be around the house all day and I run the thing all day and make a big batch of ice. I set my oven timer for 30 minutes and when it goes off I decant the ice and refill the water and set the timer to go off in another 30 minutes. It's a little bit of a process, but it's worth it to me to have a better shape of ice that's been made from purified water. That being said, when I do my kitchen remodel I am still planning to get a fridge with an icemaker but I will use that ice for using in a cooler or for chilling wine. . . not for consumption. I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any questions....See MoreCoffee Chocolate Cake - in the icing or cake?
Comments (16)We've been using a Ghirardelli chocolate cake recipe for birthdays since the 50s. For frosting we always use some strong coffee as well as some milk. It's perfect. Dad's theory was that the purpose of cake was to deliver the frosting, and that mocha frosting was the best of all. :) He has a 4 yr old great-granddaughter, born many years after he passed away, who shares his opinion about the function of cake.....See More- 9 years ago
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