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Starbucks low carb “frappachino”

Iced coffee is one of the greatest things in life. My issue is Starbucks' insipid coffee, though I have been known to partake in an emergency...
 
Iced coffee is one of the greatest things in life. My issue is Starbucks' insipid coffee, though I have been known to partake in an emergency...
Extra shot? I find Costa bitter sometimes as they seem to burn it, but if they get it right it’s a good coffee. I do like a Nero’s
 
I would call it mellow rather than bland but each to our own I suppose, it wasn’t really a good strong black coffee I was looking for today (my usual drink of choice) I wanted a nice creamy chilled drink.
 
Guess it depends on personal taste.
I steer clear of the big companies if I want a real coffee, and seek out the independent places. They are generally staffed by people who know their beans and blends, and will ask what my tastes are.

Sometimes, in fact usually, I use instant coffees at home. I don’t have the patience to grind beans and percolate the grounds. I am also a bit lazy in that respect.

Today has been particularly hot, and I haven’t felt like eating much. Iced coffee has sustained me. I do sometimes go out to buy one, but today just chucked a couple of teaspoons Alta Rica in a jug , dissolved in hot, not quite boiling water, added handful of ice cubes, and some whisked coconut milk. I repeated that twice, adding coconut cream to one. No syrups. No sweeteners. Like my coffee flavour to be most prominent.

Thinking of trying this tomorrow,


but not sure about the sweetness of the erythritol . Though it seems to need that for the thickening.? Will definitely leave out the vanilla. That is just for ice cream. Not coffee or beer. Coffee should taste of coffee. Beer should taste of beer. But that is just may personal taste.
 
I don't think the erythritol will do anything for the whipping/thickening. Just adds sweetness. The hard work is done by the blender.
Do report back though as I love iced coffee
 
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