Confession: I’ve fallen off my self imposed “No Starbucks” band wagon.
Just when I got my palette retrained to tolerate like the slop that is Tim Horton’s, iced coffee season came along.
The evidence is all over my house.
It wouldn’t be too bad if I was addicted to the $1 iced-coffees at McDonalds. But this summer, they only have the medium available at $1. Not enough for me.
The venti iced coffee at Starbucks is $3.45. And I’ve had about 8 of them in the last 10 days.
I decided it was time to take matters into my own hands. I needed to arm myself with the tools to nip my iced-coffee-addiction in the bud.
Step one: Locating my coffee pot in the scary unfinished part of the basement.
Every-so-often, Andrew and I have a discussion that goes something like “Hey, have you seen ____________ since we moved?”. We really only unpacked the things we needed. I remembered that I was contemplating donating my coffee maker, since I primarily use my Keurig to make coffee. I was happy to find my coffee pot sitting sitting out in plain site!
I bought some delicious coffee at Starbucks – which should prove to make some delicious iced coffee. “Cocoa and soft spice”… sounds good to me.
I was also able to successfully locate my official “iced coffee” jug.
…and my official “iced coffee transporting device”.
Added bonus? My new fridge has an ice maker. No need for ice cube trays this summer. Score!
I will stop spending all my hard earned pennies on iced coffee. I promise.
I will make my own.
I think I can. I think I can.
4 comments:
You can do it! I make iced coffee all the time & actually prefer mine over Starbucks.
The Pioneer Woman had a good tutorial on making iced coffee last summer - no coffee pot needed. It made iced coffee that was equal in goodness to Starbucks. Yum!
I'm also an iced coffee whore and it was costing me mega $$ so I've been making them at home as well. Picked up some Starbucks SF syrup, use lots of ice and it's just as good!
I always feel like I am missing out on something when it comes to iced coffee. Other than ice and coffee....what else? Crack?
:)
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