Frozen Coffee Drinks

"A cup of coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent."

Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic variations of coffee as also the iced and frozen coffee drinks have a great taste. Try some of these recipes this summer.

Frozen Coffee Mocha
Ingredients

    * 1 tray of frozen coffee ice cubes
    * 1 cup + 2 tablespoons milk
    * 1 and ½ tablespoon cocoa powder
    * 2 tablespoons sugar (fine-grained)
    * 1/2 tablespoon vanilla

Procedure
Freeze some coffee in an ice-cube tray. Heat 2 tablespoons of milk in the microwave. Mix cocoa powder and sugar in the milk. The milk should be hot enough to melt the cocoa powder and add sugar to this mixture of milk and cocoa powder. Add the remaining milk to this sweetened mixture. Blend this mixture and add the coffee ice cubes to the blender, and blend it until it becomes smooth.

Frozen Irish Coffee
Ingredients

    * 3 tablespoons Irish whisky
    * 5 oz of hot black coffee
    * 1 tablespoon vanilla ice-cream
    * 1 teaspoon sugar

Procedure
Mix the whiskey, hot black coffee and sugar with three quarters of ice, in the blender. Top it with a scoop of ice-cream and add grated chocolate to enjoy the highball.

Frozen Coffee Cooler
Ingredients

    * 4 cups of coffee (brewed and then cooled)
    * 6 cups of ice cubes
    * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    * 3/4 cup sugar
    * 1 cup milk
    * 1 cup coffee liqueur
    * Whipped cream and ground cinnamon for garnishing

Procedure
Take all the ingredients, except milk, in a mixer and mix it until a smooth mixture is formed. Add milk and again blend the mixture. Pour the coffee in glasses (makes 8 glasses) and garnish it with whipped cream and cinnamon.

Irish Mocha Smoothie
Ingredients

    * 3 scoops of frozen coffee yogurt
    * 1 tray of frozen coffee cubes
    * 3 tablespoons of chocolate syrup
    * 1/2 cup milk
    * 1/4 cup Irish cream

Procedure
Mix all the above ingredients in a blender until the mixture becomes smooth. Serve the smoothie in a tall glass.

Brandy Mocha Almond
Ingredients

    * 1 tablespoon brandy
    * 1 tablespoon almond liqueur
    * 5 tablespoons hot coffee
    * 5 tablespoon cocoa powder
    * Sugar to taste

Procedure
Mix brandy, almond liqueur, hot coffee and cocoa powder in a blender. Add sugar and again blend the mixture. Serve this drink in a heatproof glass.

Frosty Cappuccino
Ingredients

    * 3 and ½ cup coffee (brewed and strong)
    * 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    * 1/3 cup bourbon
    * 1 cup milk
    * 2 cups ice-cream (preferably coffee-flavored)

Procedure
Freeze the strong coffee in an ice-cube tray. Mix bourbon, milk, cinnamon and frozen coffee in a blender until the mixture is smooth. Serve the mixture with coffee-flavored ice-cream.

Iced Vanilla Coffee
Ingredients

    * 8 cups hot coffee (hazelnut-flavored)
    * 1 tablespoon vanilla
    * 2 cups milk
    * 1/2 cup sugar
    * 5 oz vanilla yogurt

Procedure
Combine coffee, sugar and vanilla and stir to dissolve sugar. Pour milk in the mixture and refrigerate. While serving, top it with 1 tablespoon yogurt. Instead of hazelnut-flavored coffee, you can also use any of your favorite coffee flavors.

Frappuccino
Ingredients

    * 1 cup of vanilla yogurt
    * 3 teaspoons of vanilla
    * 20 oz of ice cubes
    * Cocoa powder and honey as per flavor
    * Milk

Procedure
Mix yogurt, vanilla, ice cubes, cocoa powder and milk in a blender. Serve the mixture with ice-cream or coffee liqueur.

Creamy Island Coffee
Ingredients

    * 4 oz iced coffee
    * 1 banana
    * 1 oz chocolate syrup (raspberry and peppermint can also be used as per liking)
    * 1 cup milk

Procedure
Mix iced coffee, banana, chocolate syrup and milk in a blender. Top the frozen coffee drink with whipped cream and cherries.

Orange Mamba Latte
Ingredient

    * 1/2 oz orange syrup
    * 1 cup iced coffee
    * 2 scoops of vanilla ice-cream
    * 1 oz milk

Procedure
Blend iced coffee, milk and orange syrup in a blender to get a smooth mixture. Add the vanilla ice-cream and blend the mixture once more. You can use yogurt or heavy cream instead of ice-cream. Garnish the mixture with an orange slice.

These were some of the frozen coffee drink recipes. Slight variations in the ingredients can make your drink tasty. Enjoy the frosty delight!