Episode 14 - Lemon Coffee (Mazagran)

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A bittersweet episode arrives this week. This is the last one Chad and I filmed in the same state! In the future, our episodes will be a little different. Same (hopefully!) great content, just a slight change to the format to adjust for my having moved across country.

At least, until we can convince Chad to move to Ohio!

Episode 14... LEMON COFFEE. Yep we squeezed lemon juice right into the coffee. It's a pretty straightforward recipe based on mazagran. It often calls for sugar, but we skipped it. Chad tried it later with sugar and said it wasn't an improvement.

Honestly, I have never regretted skipping sugar in a recipe, and when I use it, I usually wish I had used less or skipped it. Sugar really just does not add much to coffee in my opinion. Once you get used to black coffee, there's really not much reason to look back!

The steps for this one are pretty simple:
  • Brew up some coffee (9 tablespoons or so for 2 cups. It needs to be STRONG)
  • Ice it! This is why we brewed it strong
  • Cut open a lemon
  • Squeeze in some lemon juice
You can use a lemon slice for a lovely garnish, just be prepared for it to flop around when you try to take a drink! (See above video for demonstration)

Next week we'll be trying coffee with black milk tea, a Hong Kong favorite. If you haven't already, won't you check out our store? We've got some great items, and we're looking forward to bringing you more!


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