Instant Coffee Espresso

Name: Instant Coffee Espresso
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 teaspoons nescafe instant coffee (or depending on taste as to how strong you like your coffee); 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 cup water, plus a few drops for premixing; 2 teaspoons sugar (or to taste); cinnamon (optional); drinking cocoa powder

Submitted by Girl from India

"This is how I make coffee for guests :) We are tea drinkers and do not have too much of coffee. If I do have coffee it is South Indian filter coffee. Where a decoction is made and then mixed with hot water and sweetened milk."

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photo by Yolanda G.

Ready In:: 10mins
Ingredients:: 6
Serves:: 1

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons nescafe instant coffee (or depending on taste as to how strong you like your coffee)
¹⁄₂ cup milk
¹⁄₂ cup water, plus a few drops for premixing
2 teaspoons sugar (or to taste)
cinnamon (optional)
drinking cocoa powder

directions

Put the coffee powder and sugar in a coffee mug.
Add a few drops of water (just enough to incorporate the coffee powder in to form a thick paste) Stir vigorously with a spoon and soon you will see that the coffe and sugar form a whitish shiny paste.
Boil the milk and water together.
(if you do not like milky coffee you can boil plain water (1 cup) and add a few drops of milk just to your taste straight into the mug) Pour this from a little height into the mug so that the coffee froths up.
Sprinkle a little drinking chocolate on top for effect.
You can sprinkle some cinnamon powder on top too if you like the flavour of cinnamon.

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Reviews

wow..so easy..and so good too... it is a cold snowy day and it is perfect to warm this old ladies bones..thank for sharing

gruntlady
Nice way to improve the flavor of instant coffee. Very quick and easy. I thought it tasted just as good if not better than the flavored instant coffee you buy. Thanks Fay Almeida. Bullwinkle.

bullwinkle
Wonderful drink, I usually make my own espresso with a machine. Very simple and cocoa and cinnamon add lots of flavor. Use anything as sweetener and it still works, I used brown sugar. I’d recommend using slightly more instant coffee for stronger taste as stated above if you want it more like espresso.

niemczuragabrielle
Omg so good ??

mightymandi
I liked the taste of the coffee as I was drinking it but I didn't like the aftertaste. I also couldn't get the milk to foam, even when I used the milk hand frother. I will keep doing what I have in the past, mixing the instant coffee with a little boiling water (so the coffee is more concentrated) and adding hot frothed milk to it afterwards. I will try adding the sugar and the coffee together first to make the paste. I am going to try out the other coffee recipes on this site.

Kh K.