India is a tea loving country. Every nook and corner, no matter- town or city there will be a tea vendor selling piping hot cups of tea. There was a time when cafes or coffee culture was not so ‘in’ in India. If you needed to drink something cold to beat the summer heat you would either have cold drink or fresh juice in the market. Later came into picture a cafe called as Cafe Coffee Day or CCD as we called it. It became the place where all youngsters would go- it was cheap, had beautiful red and white sitting arrangement and most important they served cold coffees.
[More coffee recipes- Eggless coffee cake with fresh cream , Coffee whiskey cake with white chocolate glaze, eggless orange coffee marble cake ]CCD would never ask you to leave the place when you were done paying the bill. They came with the punch line- ‘come, share conversations’ and I loved it for that. No matter what, you could be there for hours just talking to friends, reading the book, listening to music or have some me-time. In fact I met my husband there for the first time, we sat there discussing about our lives, families and marital things. Oh, gosh 5 years and I can still smile and blush thinking of those conversations. ;-)
Till then, serve this cold coffee with ice-cream in tall glass with some coffee sprinkled on top for more flavour. Do your favorite thing- watch a movie, read a book, paint, relax in the balcony but take out some time and enjoy this chilled glass of coffee-I bet you won’t regret.
Ingredients:5 tablespoon instant coffee1 cup water2 cups milk2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder1 1/2 tablespoon sugar1 scoop vanilla ice-cream5 ice cubes1 teaspoon coffee powderMethod:Heat 1 cup of water. Mix in instant coffee. Mix till coffee is dissolved.In the blender, mix milk, coco powder, ice cream and ice cubes. Blend till you see bubbles.Pour this in two tall glasses. Sprinkle coffee powder on top and serve.
