I'm a Genius!

I am incredibly proud of my new invention! I love Starbucks. Filthy habit, I know, but I like it. It's kind of a long walk from home and work is about a block away. No Starbucks for me. Plus, I'm pretty broke at the moment saving up for Fiji, so it's just as well. But I still crave. At work, we have free coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. I know I am not the first to think of it or try it, but I decided to make my own Starbucks style coffee.

I took some instant coffee (which realistically is only good on one specific occasion - deer hunting. It is crap coffee that you would give your right arm for when you wake up at 4 am to go plod out in the snow and sit for several hours. Blissful. But then, and only then.) and combined it with hot chocolate mix. Now, my first cup (made yesterday) was far too coffee-strong. I was shaking with caffeine within minutes. Too much coffee. Second cup was too hot chocolate-strong. Today was just right. It doesn't taste like Starbucks, mostly because there is no caramel swirl or copious amounts of flavor shots. But, it is fantastic.

I am so unbelievably proud of myself which again reminds me how lucky I am to be appeased by small pleasures. Throw some instant coffee and hot chocolate into a cup, add hot water and I'm on cloud nine. Also, as a slight sidenote, I realised my friend Kristin was right when she told me I drink my coffee too fast. "How did you not burn yourself?!" Today, when I set my cup down, it was steaming like crazy... but it was already empty. :) I like coffee.