MAKE YOUR OWN SHAVED ICE COFFEE AT HOME

Shaved ice coffee is a traditional beverage of Sicily island - Italy in Summer. This is a beverage made by the old nobility to dispel the summer heat. There are many variations of traditional shaved ice coffee depending on the different areas, and the recipe in this post is the simplest and the most popular one around the world.

INGREDIENTS

• Water: 250ml
• Sugar: 70gr
• Instant coffee: 5 sticks
• Fresh cream: 200ml
• Vanilla: 2 teaspoons

DIRECTION

Just follow 5 steps below, you can enjoy your own great shaved ice coffee at home.

Step 1: Pour water, sugar, vanilla in a pot and boil them.

Step 2: When the water is boiled, wait for some minutes, put instant coffee into that pot and stir well. Do not forget to turn off the stove.

Step 3: Wait for coffee to be cool down and put them into a large bowl. Then put it in an ice drawer of your fridge.

Step 4: When coffee is frozen (usually 1 hour), use the whisk to make it softer, then put it in the fridge again. Do it until the coffee can not be frozen anymore. The mixture of coffee and ice is now very soft and smooth.

Step 5: Put shaved ice coffee into a cup or glass, then add cream on top and enjoy your “granita di caffè” 

Note: In Italy, instead of using instant coffee, they usually use Espresso for a stronger granita di caffè.

Hope you will be successful at making your own interesting shaved ice coffee or “granita di caffè”.

Source: Internet