A Middle Eastern Chick with a treasure chest of stories to tell and a capricious thought process that is often difficult to keep up with.

May 6, 2011

Bless the Yemenis.

I am sitting on the dining table right now, typing this post and enjoying what I truly believe is one of Yemen's finest accomplishments.

I was studying all day (kind of...) and decided that I'd make up for all those hours when I decided to take a "break" by staying up late and studying some more. So, I turned to my one companion who I knew would help me through this adventure. And that companion is the ancient, the classy, the delectable and the very Yemeni... COFFEE! It's not that coffee suddenly turns me into a very OhMiGoshI'mSoHyperThatI'mBouncingOffTheWalls person... it's just gives me the tiny boost that I need. Although I wish it had more of an effect on me (like, maybe turn me into more of an OhMiGoshI'mSoHyperThatI'mBouncingOffTheWalls person), I am still grateful for the help it does manage to give me during my crazy study periods.

Coffee, qahwa, 2ahwa, cafe, kaffei, kava or koohii or whatever it is you want to call this drink... it's like heaven in a cup. Especially for all the procrastinators (cough*me*cough) out there who just can't help but leave all their studying for the very last minute.

I don't drink coffee very regularly... but when I do, I like to get creative. Here's how I made it today:

Name: BEER MUG ALL-NIGHTER (This might be the coffee talking...)

Equipment: 
-Smoothie blender
-Beer mug (Durr. Again... probably the coffee talking)
-Straw

Ingredients: 
-Milk (I go for skimmed)
-Ice Cubes
-Ground coffee in a flavour of your choice
-Creamer
-Sugar
-Raisins
-Almonds
-Walnuts
-Sugar
-Chocolate powder

Method: 

You have two options:

1) Chuck it all in a blender and go crazy.

OR

1) Pour in the blender: milk, ice cubes, coffee creamer, coffee, pinch of sugar, raisins, walnuts and almonds.
2) Blend.
3) Pour into the beer mug and sprinkle chocolate powder on top.

I think the coffee just kicked in...

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