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every time I visit friends in Williamsburg, we make the stop at Brooklyn Ball Factory for their tiramisu latte. if you live in NYC, you should visit; if you don’t care about coffee, they also have really yummy bento.
anyway, this latte haunts me. so this morning I realized I didn’t have any milk for my coffee (I just moved!), but I did have a tub of cottage cheese and Greek yogurt, which I know can be combined to mimic mascarpone.
I blended them together in a 3:1 ratio of cottage cheese and Greek yogurt with about 1 tablespoon of maple syrup, a dash of vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt until it formed a nice whipped texture. I gave it a taste and I’m happy to report it has that complex mascarpone flavor thanks to the tartness of the Greek yogurt!
I brewed some espresso and poured on the faux mascarpone topping, then messily added some cacao powder. If you find yourself without milk and in need of a fancy latte, try this and report back 🍰
Aug 1, 2024
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My husband is and has been a barista for about a decade so I have been absolutely spoiled with his coffee-making and procuring skills. Since we moved we’re had very different schedules and he leaves for work before 6AM mon-friday. I work many weekends or go to church so there are only a rare few days out of a month that I get to wake up to one of his delicious pour overs. I am too lazy to put this amount of effort and devotion into a single cup of coffee for myself so I usually have instant coffee. My husband showed me how to make this easy little latte on days I want to treat myself.
Lazy Man’s Latte
Ingredients
- 2 ts. instant coffee, tasters choice is by far my favorite
- ~1TB jam of your choice. I used Bonne Maman peach preserves for this. You can also use a syrup but I like the little bit of texture jam adds.
- Milk to fill your cup (idk bro depends on how much milk you want, make a cortado for all i care)
Instructions
1. add roughly 1-2TB hot water to your instant coffee and pour into your serving glass over ice.
2. mix or froth milk and jam in a separate cup. if you want a hot latte skip the ice and gently microwave your milk before blending in your flavoring.
3. enjoy a drink that’s worse than what you’d get at a local coffee shop but better than a dunkin or starbucks for a fraction of the cost.
May 29, 2025
the drink i make almost every morning that keeps me sane at work! i think everyone should try it once in their life, so here is the miso caramel recipe i use (-:
no it doesn’t taste like you’re drinking miso soup. i use awase miso (it’s like a mix of red and white miso — i went through a lot to figure out which one i like the most). this one is a little saltier than just white miso like the recipe uses, but i find the slight saltiness helps tone down the sweetness of the caramel)
also, after absolutely no barista training and 5 years of practice, i can finally do somewhat decent latte art
Jan 22, 2025
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😮💨 dairy fat so delicious
Feb 8, 2024
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my predictions and manifestations, based entirely on vibes.
out:
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— learning French
— situationships
— low fat versions of foods
— slur discourse
in:
— siesta
— herbed yogurt
— working hardest in the morning and leaving the evening for leisure
— writing postcards to your long-distance friends, exclusively in cursive (if you weren’t taught to write in cursive, the time to learn will be now)
— big boobs (cultural Catholicism will prevail again baby)
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this is the summer of treating mosquito bites as mere affirmations of your desirability 🩸
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