My Coffee Recipe: 3C

Coffee a good addiction! Did I say good? I meant GOOD!!! Many people have addictions from smoking to gambling to drugs (do I sound PBS commercial or even worse like your mom? But hey drugs are addictive)...

Well coffee is the only beverage consumed worldwide with thousands of variations in flavor and preparation methods. It is one of the most powerful liquids in the world along with oil. It wakes up millions of people on daily base and powers them up for the day. Oh yes my friends... coffee is not just a black dark liquid. It is a so many thing beyond that.

My quest in coffee was leading me always to invent and discover new flavors and new ideas in coffee. This one I call 3C and it is my favorite. It has 3 simple ingredients and therefore the taste depends a lot on the quality of the ingredients. The recipe that follows will yield about 16 oz (2 cups).

• 4 tbsp Coffee Beans (preferably light roast)
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Cocoa

We put the ingredients in a coffee grinder and we grind them as usual. Before you open the grinder please let it sit for a minute or two just to avoid the dust from the cinnamon and cocoa. Place the beans in the coffee maker and brew the coffee. If your coffee maker allows to soak the grinds in hot water do it for one to two minutes to enhance the flavors.

Now although it is simple it has some tricky parts. Now although it is simple it has some tricky parts. Firstly although it looks simple to upscale the recipe it is not recommended. The cinnamon and the cocoa are fine powders and can clog your filter, especially the paper filters. Just prepare the mixture all at once and the measure about four tbsp for every two cups of water. And you know in general is not good to have the coffee sited on the hot-plate of the coffee maker for more than 3 mins. Pour it immediately in warm mugs. The cocoa has to be pure and not chemically processed and the cinnamon has to be also fresh and not part of your spice archive for more than six months. I prefer Vietnamese which is sweeter and more cinnamic(?). And do be precise it is Kasia nad not cinammon but that 's another show blog. Try it it. It is simple, fast and most important delicious.