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| Julia |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 1:11:10 PM
I am addicted to Starbucks Frappuccino's but they just went up in price again, so can no longer justify buying them. So, does anyone have a good recipe so that I don't have to go through withdrawals? 
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| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Nov 22 2005 : 10:14:22 PM
Julia: Simple syrup is called Classic syrup and they do sell it at Starbucks. Frapp's are made with double strength brewed Italian Roast coffee, not espresso. The mix is premade (no, they don't sell it)but she said the first copycat recipe looked pretty good.That is all the info she can give us without killing us ....
Ps you can just buy the little pre bottled Starbucks Frapp's at the store and blend them with ice she says... |
| Julia |
Posted - Nov 15 2005 : 6:30:48 PM
It was a good trip, had a great time. Always good to visit family. Dh and daughter are finally over the jet lag. It's fun to see my daughter in love, since she was the one who swore off marriage till she was 30. Only 9 years short. Are we digressing?
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| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Nov 15 2005 : 10:13:41 AM
Hubby is good, Julia, thanks for asking. Cranky but a good cranky. How was your trip to Elma, by the way? Hope you had a fun time, and glad your family made it home safely. |
| ivmeer |
Posted - Nov 15 2005 : 07:01:42 AM
Simple syrup is equal parts sugar and water cooked over low heat so the sugar dissolves, and then cooled. The good thing about it is that it dissolves in cold drinks.
Alternately, superfine sugar dissolves a lot better than regular sugar. |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 10:53:04 PM
What is simple syrup?
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| Julia |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 9:43:28 PM
Good idea about the simple syrup Amanda, Thanks!
Thanks Lynn for the recipes. I will give them a shot (no pun intended).
Thanks too, Diane for the slouthing. Hey, How is your hubby doing?
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| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 7:14:41 PM
Julia, my daughter works at Starbucks so I will try and get an FYI for her on this last recipe posted, to see how accurate it is. My hubby bought an Krupps espresso machine to make his own for the very same reason. It was a hundred dollar investment, but when you factor in frappaccinos at what, 4 dollars a pop, it doesn't take long to save that money and then some! |
| greyghost |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 7:00:03 PM
Enter the awesome world of copykat recipies dot com. There are two copycats of this one!
http://www.copykat.com/asp/copykatrecipe.asp?recipe=38
Ingredients:
1/2 C. Strong Coffee - espresso if you can
2 C. Milk
1/4 - 1/3 C. Sugar
1 1/2 C. Ice
Preparation:
Combine all in a blender and blend well.
OR:
Ingredients:
1/2 C. milk
1/2 C. condensed milk
2 C. Ice (approximately)
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. cocoa mix (Carnation instant cocoa mix)
1 Tbsp. Vanilla syrup (coffee syrup)
2 shots espresso = 1/4 cup strong coffee
Preparation:
Fill glass (intended to drink from) with ice. Combine milk and condensed milk in separate container. Pour 'milks' into glass over ice, up to 3/4 full. Now add remainder of into glass of milk and ice. Pour into blender and mix on high until completely blended. This should be enough for one serving.
Shame they don't have the caramel mochiatto recipe. I LOVE those... thankfully Starbucks is a half hour away from me and I go there so rarely, it's just part of the treat of being in town. |
| ivmeer |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 1:54:34 PM
My first instinct would be to start with cold coffee, cream, sugar and crushed ice and go from there. You might want to use simple syrup instead of granulated sugar. |
