Let's start being honest: I'm a FOODIE!

To share food, drinks, chats and a good laugh with my family and/or friends is pretty much my idea of a happy life. Too simple? Yeah, may be but... it's all I need! Well, and a bit of sun if possible.

However, the exception proves the rule, right?

My 'solo' moment is my coffee moment! I like black coffee! Strong and deep in flavour. No milk or sugar added. I drink 2 of them a day. The first one in the morning. I wake up early to make sure I can enjoy it. The second one, after lunch.

My coffee means time for me! No talks. My brain is allowed to rest, and my soul can fly free. A pure moment of joy: me, myself and I. As a result, I drink my coffee very slowly and often cold, but I don't mind at all.

And a Frappe stole my heart

Last summer was my first time in Greece: Athens! With a friend. We stayed 5 days. We admired and wondered along the Ancient Ruins, but we didn't go to the islands. Locals were surprised: nobody stays longer than 2-3 days in Athens! Well, I’m not competitive at all when traveling. I don’t have to see all what’s written in the tourist guide. I’m a slow-paced traveller happy to enjoy all little things and, If you ask me, taking the time to try new food and traditional drinks is the best part of traveling: it tells you a lot about the country you are visiting. It doesn't matter how weird or unusual the food is, I like to try it! In fact, I wouldn’t be able to offer you the Frappe recipe if I wouldn’t have exchanged a few words with the Greeks.

All you need is a glass jar like this one:

Ingredients and method

The Ingredients aren’t difficult to find at all:

2 teaspoons instant coffee
2 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
150 -200 ml cold water
Ice cubes
1 scoop whipped cream (optional)

Personally, I love to add an extra ½ teaspoon of cinnamon to the list. Basically, because I like how it tastes and for all the healthy benefits that a single pinch of cinnamon offers you. Think that a teaspoon of cinnamon contains as many antioxidants as 50 grams of blueberries, for example. But I know that cinnamon is not everyone’s cup of tea so… is optional!

Once we have the ingredients, to prepare a Frappe is child’s play. No cooking skills are needed. Really easy!!

Let’s put the coffee, sugar and cinnamon (if you decide to give it a try) in the glass jar. After adding 35-40 ml of cold water, we twist close the jar and we start shaking our coffee. To count the shakes helps you to have a better idea how long you should shake. In general, with every shake you feel less liquid until you will no longer feel the water (around 40 shakes)

Fill a long glass with the desired number of iced cubes. I like it with 4 big ice cubes or 6 small ones. This is quite personal so feel free! Pour the coffee emulsion in the glass and add the rest of cold water. Slowly stir the Frappe with a straw and enjoy it!!!

Feeling like a treat?

Try to top your Frappe with a scoop of whipped cream and dust it with ground cinnamon (yes, again!) or cocoa powder. Delicious!!

What do you think, is cinnamon your spice? And iced coffee... yes or no?