Aojiru, lassi, frappe - three recipes for soft drinks from different countries

What you need to know about frappe

1. Frappe is a Greek iced coffee drink made from instant coffee, water and sugar.
2. It is believed that frappe was invented by a representative of the Nescafe company named Dimitris Vakondios in 1957 in Thessaloniki.
3. In Greece, frappe is one of the most popular drinks and is available in almost all Greek cafes.
4. The word frappe comes from the French word frapper, which means to hit like crushed ice when mixed with a drink and shaken in a shaker.
5. Frappe became the hallmark of post-war Greek coffee culture.

Making a classic Greek frappe

But you don’t have to go to Greece or go to a cafe for a cool cocktail; it’s easy to make at home. To make frappe coffee at home you need very little effort and a little imagination.

A special feature of the Greek drink is its thick foam. For whipping, you will need electrical appliances: a mixer, a blender or a frappe maker.

Coffee frappe recipe

Main ingredients:

1. espresso or instant coffee;
2. ice;
3. water;
4. sugar;
5. milk.

When the preparation of the component part is completed, the next stage begins, this is the preparation of frappe coffee.

Step-by-step instructions on how to make frappe coffee

• Pour/pour a freshly brewed and chilled cup of espresso or 2 teaspoons of instant coffee into the blender bowl;
• Add 3-4 teaspoons of sugar and about 50 milliliters of water;
• Beat for about 1-2 minutes until thick foam is obtained;
• Place crushed ice (6-8 cubes) in a tall glass and pour the resulting mixture into it;
• To reduce the strength, add milk;
• We enjoy Greek frappe coffee through a straw.

Classic Greek frappe recipe

Ingredients

1. High-quality instant coffee – 2-3 tsp.
2. Water – 15 ml
3. Ice in cubes - for shaker and for serving
4. Cold water – 200 ml (for serving)

Cooking method

1. Pour coffee into a shaker, add 15 ml of water and shake vigorously with ice for at least 15 seconds.
2. Pour through a strainer into a highball glass with ice and top up with cold water.
3. Insert straw and serve.

How to make frappe at home

There are several ways to prepare Greek frappe at home. Here are a few of them.

Classic recipe

Ingredients:

• a cup of cold espresso;
• a couple of spoons of condensed milk;
• ice.

Cooking process:

1. Condensed milk is added to the espresso and stirred for several minutes.
2. When the condensed milk has completely dissolved, fill the tall glass halfway with ice cubes.
3. The drink is poured in a thin stream onto the ice.
4. All ingredients are carefully mixed with a cocktail spoon.

The drink is obtained without foam.

Frappe ice recipe

Ingredients

1. Iced coffee – 2 cups
2. Almond milk – 2 cups
3. Chocolate syrup - three 1/2 tbsp. l.
4. Sugar - three 1/2 tbsp. l.

Cooking method

1. Brew coffee and let cool to room temperature.
2. Pour coffee into ice trays and freeze.
3. Add frozen coffee cubes, almond milk, chocolate syrup and sugar to a blender.
4. Beat to desired texture.
5. Top the drink with whipped cream, chocolate syrup and grated chocolate.

Homemade frappe coffee recipe

To prepare an exemplary frappe based on natural coffee, we will need:

1. Espresso – 50 ml or strong coffee brewed in a cezve at the rate of 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per 100 ml of water. A drink prepared in a French press or geyser coffee maker is also suitable.
2. Sugar – 1-2 teaspoons.
3. Ice or very chilled water in a 1:1 ratio to coffee. If you like a strong drink, then take 2 parts coffee to 1 part water or ice.

A shaker or blender with a whisk attachment will come in handy, but if you don’t have one, prepare a container with a tight-fitting lid.
How to cook?

• We brew coffee in a cezve or infuse it in a French press; if you have a coffee machine, we prepare espresso.
• Strain the finished coffee. At this stage, you can add sugar or syrup, honey to the drink.
• Cool the coffee. It should be cold, not lukewarm.
• Pour coffee into a shaker, add finely crushed ice or add well-chilled water, which can first be placed in the freezer.
• Shake the mixture of coffee and ice.
• If you don't have a shaker, you can use a blender with a whisk attachment or place the coffee mixture in a container with a tight-fitting lid and shake vigorously for a few minutes.
• The drink is ready when noticeable foam forms on its surface.

Instant coffee frappe

Frappe coffee can also be made at home from instant coffee, as was done for the first time.

What will you need?

1. Instant coffee – 1.5 teaspoons.
2. Cold water – 150 ml.
3. Sugar – 2 teaspoons.
4. Crushed ice - 2 tablespoons.

How to cook?

Option 1

• Pour instant coffee into a container, pour in water, add sugar and crushed ice.
• Close the container with a lid and shake vigorously until the coffee is completely dissolved.
• The ingredients can be shaken using a shaker or blender with a whipping attachment.
• If you don’t have kitchen equipment at hand, you can get frappe coffee by vigorously stirring it for a long time.

Option 2
There is another option for making frappe based on instant coffee

• Prepare instant coffee as usual - hot water, instant powder, sugar.
• Cool the drink.
• Add crushed ice or chilled water, 1/3 teaspoon of dry instant coffee and beat thoroughly using any of the above methods.

Instant coffee gives a high and dense foam, which frappe connoisseurs really like.

Caramel frappe recipe

Ingredients

1. Ice – 4 cups
2. Chilled black coffee – ½ cup
3. Milk – ¼ cup
4. Vanilla – 1 tsp.
5. Caramel sauce or syrup - 2 tbsp. l.

Cooking method

1. Beat all ingredients in a blender until smooth.
2. Top the drink with whipped cream and caramel sauce.

Preparing frappe

To prepare frappe coffee, finely ground beans are used or instant coffee is used. The most important point here is to obtain thick foam, which is formed using a mixer, shaker or blender. Depending on your drinking preferences, it is not forbidden to add milk or a little sugar. The drink is drunk through a straw to experience the flavor bouquet.

Cold, it is very good in the hot season, when you simply don’t even want to drink something warm. The ice in its composition cools, and the coffee invigorates. And in winter, when you want warmth, you can add honey, milk or nuts.

Basic recipe

To diversify your coffee cocktail, you can add all kinds of fruits to it. It could be cranberry, pomegranate, pineapple, apple, peach, watermelon. There is also an egg frappe. Let's look at a basic frappe coffee recipe, which is extremely simple and only takes 7-8 minutes to prepare.

You will need:

• 2 tsp. finely ground coffee;
• granulated sugar to taste;
• 4-5 ice cubes;
• 100 ml of milk (with a fat content of at least 2.5%);
• ¼ glass of water (50-60 ml).

How to cook:

1. Brew a regular shot of espresso and pour it into a shaker.
2. Then add sugar, the amount depends on how sweet your coffee is. Shake it up. As a result, we get a dense foam with a pleasant smell.
3. Place ice cubes in a tall glass or Irish glass.
4. The last stage of preparing a cocktail is to pour the resulting foamy substance into a glass with ice, add milk, mix everything and drink it with pleasure through a straw.

You can also use cream instead of milk.

With cherries or “Cherry Orchard”

For a variety of flavors, you can prepare frappe with cherries at home. The amount of ingredients is indicated per serving.

You will need:

• 100-120 ml espresso;
• 4-5 ice cubes;
• 5 g pitted cherries;
• 2 cherries on a branch.

How to cook:

1. First, brew strong espresso.
2. The pitted cherries are placed in the freezer for a short period of time, just to cool but not freeze.
3. Pitted cherries are whipped with a blender and placed in tall glasses on stems with pre-crushed ice.
4. Then espresso is carefully poured down the wall.

To finish, the frappe coffee is garnished with two frozen cherries and served with a straw. The drink will be especially tasty if you drink it immediately after preparation.

With honey or “Winter Charm”

This drink will be appropriate in the cold season, when you want to wrap yourself in a soft blanket and sit by the fireplace with a book in your hands. The amount of ingredients is indicated per serving.

You will need:

• 100 ml espresso;
• 75 ml milk;
• 20 g chocolate (dark);
• 1 tsp. honey (preferably flower);
• 4-5 ice cubes.

How to cook:

1. Fill 2/3 of the prepared glasses with ice.
2. Next, make espresso, cool, mix with milk, grated chocolate (reserve a little for decoration) and honey.
3. Then everything is mixed in a shaker until foam forms or whipped in a blender.
4. The resulting mixture is slowly poured along the walls into a glass with ice, so as not to damage the foam.

The top is decorated with chocolate and drunk through a straw.

Drinking frappe in Greek style

Greek coffee frappe has gained great popularity in Cyprus. Cypriots consider it one of their national drinks and are proud of it. In general, we can say that drinking frappe for the islanders is a way of having a good time. You can make a classic Greek drink at home.

You will need:

• 2 tsp. instant coffee;
• granulated sugar - to taste;
• 50 ml water;
• 100 ml milk;
• 3-5 ice cubes.

Coffee, sugar and cold milk, water are mixed and whipped with a mixer or shaker until thick foam. Then everything is poured into a tall transparent glass with ice, a straw is inserted and the fun begins!

Mocha Frappuccino Recipe

Ingredients

1. Ice cubes – 10 pcs.
2. Milk – 240 ml
3. Vanilla extract – 1 tsp.
4. Powdered sugar - 3 tbsp. l.
5. Chocolate sauce – 3 tbsp. l.
6. Strong coffee – 60 ml

Cooking method

1. Mix ice, milk, sugar, vanilla, chilled coffee and chocolate sauce until well combined.
2. Top with whipped cream and chocolate syrup or sauce.

How to make coffee frappe with milk

The original frappe recipe did not include cream or milk, but over time they began to add them to give the drink more softness and tenderness.

To prepare frappe with cream and milk, you will need:

1. Freshly brewed coffee – 50 ml
2. Crushed ice or very chilled water – 35-40 ml
3. Sugar - to taste
4. Cream or milk – 35-40 ml.

How to cook?

• Brew, strain and cool the coffee.
• Shake coffee with ice or very chilled water.
• Pour frappe into a cup.
• Carefully pour in milk or cream along the edge of a knife.

The milk component can be poured in just before whipping. Then the resulting foam will have a delicate milky taste.

Ice cream frappe recipe

Ingredients

1. Coffee ice cream – 3 tbsp. l.
2. Milk – 1 glass
3. Instant espresso – 1 tsp.
4. Cocoa powder – 1 tsp.
5. Cinnamon – ¼ tsp.
6. Pinch of nutmeg
7. Mint extract – ½ tsp.
8. Ice – ½ cup
9. Whipped cream, for serving
10. Chocolate chips, for serving

Cooking method

1. Add all ingredients to mixer/blender.
2. Shake or whisk at maximum speed.
3. Serve in mugs with whipped cream and chocolate chips.

Coffee Frappe Recipes

Traditional Frappe

Ingredients:

• Double espresso - no more than 20 ml.
• Milk - no more than 150 ml.
• Ice.

First you need to brew coffee and mix it with milk using a blender. First you need to crush the ice and put it on the bottom of the glass into which the drink will be poured. Then all you need to do is take a straw and enjoy the excellent taste of the finished drink.

Greek recipe

What you will need:

• 4 bags of instant coffee.
• Sugar is added to taste.
• Milk or water - 300 ml.
• It is recommended to add 5-6 ice cubes.

The calculation of ingredients is made for 2 servings of the drink.

Mix already brewed coffee with sugar, milk or water. Then the resulting mixture is poured into a blender and mixed well. Then the drink is poured into glasses, into which crushed ice is first poured.

The drink of this preparation method is distinguished by its low calorie content: per 100 grams it is only 50 kilocalories. This is due to the fact that most of the drink consists of ice.

Ice Frappe

Coffee ingredients:

• Pre-prepared cold espresso - depends on the number of servings.
• Crushed ice - at least 200 ml.
• Whipped cream - at your discretion.
• To bring out the flavor, you can use milk ice cream mixture and chocolate syrup.

First, mix cold espresso, milk mixture for ice cream, syrup and ice cubes in a blender. After this, pour the resulting drink into glasses. Cream and chocolate chips are suitable for topping.

Caramel Frappe

Required components:

• Double espresso - depends on the number of glasses.
• Ice - at your discretion.
• Milk - about 150 ml.
• Caramel syrup - depending on the concentration that needs to be obtained in the end.

First, espresso, milk and caramel syrup are mixed using a blender. After this, you need to pour everything into glasses and decorate with cream. You can use chocolate chips or sprinkles as decoration.

Mint Frappe with strawberries

Coffee ingredients:

• Espresso - depends on the number of servings.
• Crushed ice - about 200 ml.
• Milk - 300 ml.
• Sugar - at your discretion.
• Strawberries - depending on the desired concentration.

First, mix all the ingredients that make up the classic Frappe recipe. Then strawberries, sugar and milk are crushed using a blender. The resulting coffee is first poured into a glass with crushed ice, then the milk-strawberry mixture. Top is decorated with a mint leaf.

Vanilla Frappe

To a classic Greek coffee recipe, add a couple of drops of vanilla syrup, which changes the aroma of the finished drink.

Winter recipe

Ingredients:

• Double espresso - 200 ml.
• Milk - 150 ml.
• Dark chocolate - approximately 50 g.
• Flower honey - to taste, but 2 teaspoons are recommended.
• At least 10 ice cubes.

First, already brewed cold espresso is mixed with milk, dark chocolate and flower honey. Beat the ingredients with a blender until foamy. The resulting drink is poured into a glass with pre-crushed ice.

The coffee should be poured in a thin stream so that the foam does not disappear. Frappe is sprinkled with grated chocolate on top.

Frappe with ice cream

Ingredients:

• Double espresso - 200 ml.
• Milk - 100 ml.
• Ice cream - it is recommended to take 100 g.
• At least 8 ice cubes.
• Dark chocolate, which should be grated in advance.

First, mix ice cream and milk in a blender, then pour the cured mixture into a glass, the bottom of which must first be filled with crushed ice. The coffee is poured in at the very last and is not stirred, as this results in beautiful patterns on the bottom layer. You can decorate the top with grated chocolate.

How to make a mint frappe

Add a mint leaf to the classic recipe and let the drink sit for 4 minutes.

Another method calls for making a frappe with ice cream, then adding mint, after cutting the leaf into several strips to add a minty flavor.

The third option involves preliminary preparation. This is what lovers of mint flavor do. Mint is brewed with boiling water, allowed to cool, and frozen in the refrigerator. After this, it is added to the classic frappe recipe, or to the version with ice cream. This drink has a rich mint taste. It's easy to make at home.

Strawberry frappe

Strawberries, combined with ice, give a special taste to the coffee drink. All you need to do is whisk strawberries and milk and pour the contents into a glass with ice. It is added around the edges so as not to knock down the foam. You can add ice cream along with milk.

Another recipe suggests using strawberry puree instead of whole berries. Place the finished puree in a separate layer on top of the ice. The coffee is carefully poured on top. The drink has a pleasant strawberry flavor.

Aojiru

• Cabbage leaves (if it’s hard to find kale, you can use white cabbage) - 200 g
• Barley sprouts – 150 gr
• Celery stalk – 50 g
• Cold water or milk – 200 ml

Chop the cabbage, barley sprouts and celery, mix, grind in a blender and strain. Pour into a glass. Dilute with cold water or milk. You can add sugar.

We are moving to Europe. Frappe, or rather coffee frappe, is another popular soft drink. The classic recipe: coffee, ice and milk - nothing extra, but in general the flight of imagination is unlimited. Fruit syrups and fresh berries are added to frappe, and there are also alcoholic options. Ideally, you need a blender - with its help you can prepare frappe in a couple of minutes.

Frappe traditions

The Greeks developed a whole system that serves to drink coffee with maximum pleasure. The rules are unspoken, they are passed down from generation to generation.

• You should drink coffee very slowly.
• During the process, it is allowed to add cold water to warm it up.
• Drinkware: tall glass glasses.
• Be sure to use a straw.
• The straw is selected according to size, depending on the type of frappe: if it contains fruit, its size should be large.
• The coffee is drunk entirely, without leaving a single drop.
• Make coffee for breakfast or afternoon snack. This will give you vigor and charge you with energy for the whole working day. It is not recommended to drink frappe if you have colds, chronic diseases of the throat or nasopharynx. In the cold season, the drink will contribute to freezing, so it should not be consumed before going outside.

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