This is a special recipe post, my last concoction, TeaBR, was an abject failure – lesson learned! Without further ado:
Le ShakèrnattE
Ingredients:
- Freshly brewed espresso
- Ice
- Tangerine EmergenC
- Fresh miniature kiwi slices (optional garnish)
Steps 2 Success:
- Layout all the ingredients for one attractive preliminary shot!
- Cook up some espresso
- Take a second to briefly admire your handiwork – dammmmn that looks good!
- Add ice to mini-cocktail shaker (novelty perfect-cube ice recommended) then pour one pouch of EmergenC (any flavor could work besides that disgusting acai flavor!)
- Add that cute lil’ cup of espresso you made in step 2 & patted yourself on the back on in #3
- Shake it! Yeah! (put lid on first!) and keep on going until that puppy is cold! Then pour it into an attractive awaiting pre-iced preferably glass receptacle…
- Not too shabby, amirite!?!
Taste Profile:
Unexpected – neither of the main ingredients able wins the battle for tastebud control, it ends up as an uneasy draw, a relaxed citrusy espresso blend. Not altogether unpleasant!
Backstory:
Two of the most important drinks in my life right now are both delicous splashes of energy and vitality. The simple rich creamy bite of a fresh espresso. The tangy vitamin C-y relief of a well prepared EmergenC. During a moment of relatively clarity today (9/4/2010) I realized that these two miracles of drink-ability had the potential to coexist in a single refreshing drink.
Epilogue:
I have not been made sick from this drink yet, a good 10 minutes after finishing it, I believe that is a pretty major victory. You know what? I think I might actually make this again, I am feeling pretty great right now!
