My Favorite Ways To ✨Spice✨ Up Your Coffee Experience

Your morning routine might look the same, day in and day out: You wake up, pour a cup of black coffee, maybe add some sweetener, and drink it, going about your day. 

You know what they say: Insanity is doing the same thing every day expecting a different outcome. You're bored, and you need excitement in your life. What better way than to incorporate that into your coffee routine first?

Here are Five Ways you can spice up your morning coffee experience!

Add a pinch of cardamom, cinnamon, or nutmeg directly to your ground coffee before brewing. For a real treat, combine cinnamon with a tiny dash of cayenne pepper for a Mexican-inspired kick.

Start experimenting with cold brew in the warmer weather - steep your coffee grounds in cold water overnight, then serve over ice cubes made from leftover coffee (so it won't get watered down).

On the other side of the coin, try a hot beverage in the winter months!!

Dalgona Coffee, Coconut Oil, or even butter added to your coffee and blended can add a creamy and thick texture that goes down smooth and tastes frothy!

This is a rich and creamy way to satisfy those morning blues.

Replace regular sugar with alternatives like maple syrup, honey, or date syrup!

These are healthy and fun ways you can add a touch of sweetness to your cup without having to worry about processed sugars!!

Drop a few drops of pure vanilla extract or scrape in some real vanilla bean. For something unexpected, try a small strip of orange zest - the citrus oils add a bright, complex note that works beautifully with coffee's natural flavors.

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• Whisking by hand - using a whisk, first mix the coffee, sugar and water until everything is melted. Then start whisking!!! It should form a hard peak in about 2 minute and 30-40 seconds OR do the challenge and whisk about 400 times.
• IMPORTANT - use large mixing bowl (having enough space for your whisk to whip air in) and round whisk (fork or spoon will be too hard). Tilt at an angle. Watch video.
• Whisking using a hand mixer or stand mixer - first mix at lowest speed until all the coffee and sugar are dissolved. Then turn the speed to highest setting and mix for 1 min 30 seconds or until hard peaks form. I have a Kitchenaid stand mixer and on it, it takes about 1 min and 30 seconds on highest speed. Handmixer probably is going to be a little longer since it's not as powerful but should work fine. Set aside.
• OPTIONAL - make some Dalgona (Korean sponge candy) by following my recipe HERE. This adds a great crunchy and sweet topping to the foam.
• Fill 2/3rd of a cup with cold milk (about 1/2 cup) and add some ice.
• Spoon the foam and add it to the top of the cup. Top it with Dalgona pieces or try sprinkle the top with some hot cocoa powder or cinnamon. Mix it with a spoon to enjoy it as a latte or just as it is as you get a little bit of milk and foam in one sip. ENJOY!!!