Bus Fare Recipes
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Strings Ice Blended Mocha
Makes 2 12-oz. servings
I developed this recipe after consuming four ice blended mochas at
Coffee
Bean and Tea Leaf in one week during the recent California heat wave. Since
I rarely drink alone, the bill was over $34.00. (That would be over $137.00
a month had the trend continued...Over $7000 a year for the truly addicted.) This recipe is
a lot less expensive, with
the added benefit of having far fewer calories.
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1 cup
milk, very cold, (1 8-oz. carton, procured from Catering)
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2-second
shot Chocolate Syrup (I like
Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Syrup*) Turn the bottle upside down
and squeeze for a 2-second count: "one Mississippi, two Mississippi..."
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1/3 cup
General Foods International Coffee mix (For best results, half of it
should be the Cafe Francais flavor, and the rest can be whatever flavor
you like. My favorite blend: fill a 1/3 cup measure halfway with Cafe Francais, then add Suisse Mocha and Vanilla Nut in equal parts to fill
the rest of the 1/3 cup measure. Travel with 'em or put 'em on your
rider--it's a lot easier to get than a cappuccino maker!)
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1 cup ice,
procured from Catering
Pour milk into
blender container; add chocolate syrup and the dry International Coffee mix.
Blend on high to combine. With the blender running, drop in ice through the
hole in the top of the blender container, blending just 'til ice is
incorporated. Pour into chilled glasses and serve with a straw. Makes 2
12-oz iced mochas. Calorie count per serving: made with skim milk, approx.
276 calories; made with 1% milk approximately 295 calories; made with 2%
milk, approximately 310 calories. (Starbucks ice blended mocha calorie
count: 420 to 520 calories for a Grande)
*Fox's U-Bet chocolate syrup is used by many soda fountains and is
available online, or at Gelson's supermarkets in Los Angeles. We covered
it a while back in
Cool Stuff.
Tip: If you don't travel with a set of measuring cups in the bus galley,
make a Starving Musician Measuring Cup: Procure the 8 oz carton of milk from
Catering, and set it on a level surface. Using a
Sharpie, draw a horizontal
line where the milk stops at the top. That's your one cup measure. Now
divide the 1 cup into horizontal thirds: the middle line is 2/3 cup measure
(which you don't need for this recipe), and the bottom measurement is a 1/3
cup measure (which you do need). Pour the milk into the blender, open both sides
of the top of the carton all the way, and you have a disposable square
measuring cup. A disposable blender, I can't help you with...
Creative Options: Vary the mocha flavor by changing one of the
General Foods International Coffee. I sometimes substitute the Vanilla Nut in my
blend for Hazelnut.
Recipes ©2006 Randi Reed
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