In the summer, drinking coffee during the daytime can be a bit problematic, but that problem is easily solved with this amaretto & Irish creme iced coffee!

I was a very disorganized child. A Type A overachiever, yes, but one who managed to be a Type A overachiever while papers fell out of my Trapper Keeper and flooded my book bag. It’s a miracle that I ever got homework turned in or got papers signed, though the one time I remember ever getting in trouble at school for something more serious than talking when we were supposed to be silent was for forging my mom’s signature on a quiz I’d forgotten to have her sign. I got a 100 but had terrible handwriting (which might be a shock to anyone who’s seen my handwriting in the last 25 years) and my teacher immediately knew that I had signed it myself. I had to stand “on the line” at recess for five minutes. I was mortified.

I was actually pretty disorganized well into adulthood (thank God I have a good memory) but about five years ago something clicked and I became über-organized. I love to organize files at work (don’t show me a file you don’t want organized) and I have a collection of paper clips and binder clips. Office Depot is like Shangri-la to me. Now, my house is kind of messy, but I like order and routine. I think this comes from years of teaching special education, where schedules are paramount and you don’t make changes without warning if you can avoid it. I got used to it too and now I’m hooked.

At home we’re relaxed but we definitely have a loose routine. It’s not like things have to happen around here at the exact same time every night, but they happen in the same order, anyway, and if that order gets disrupted we definitely feel out of sorts. One of our favorite routines is afternoon coffee, which we do every Saturday and Sunday. In the summertime, though, afternoon coffee can be a little problematic since, you know, if gets pretty darn hot around here.

So, iced coffee it is. Iced coffee is best when it’s made from cold brew, which is so simple that you are out of your mind if you don’t try this-just stir it up, let it sit for a while, then strain it. Mix it with whatever milk and flavorings you like (we used almond milk, Irish creme, and amaretto for this one but I’m just as likely to just use regular milk and no flavoring, or some simple syrup) and you have a perfect iced coffee for way cheaper than you can get in any coffee shop. I’m big on that-how much can I make something for versus buying it in a restaurant-so having iced coffee that costs me next to nothing is a pretty big deal to me.

How do you like your iced coffee?

Yield: 2 servings

Amaretto & Irish Creme Iced Coffee

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Ingredients

For the cold brewed coffee (recipe from Smitten Kitchen )
• 1/3 cup ground coffee
• 1 1/2 cups water
For the iced coffees
• 1 recipe cold brew coffee
• 2 tablespoons amaretto (or 1 tablespoon amaretto-flavored coffee syrup)
• 2 tablespoons Irish creme (or 1 tablespoon Irish creme flavored coffee syrup)
• 1 cup regular, almond, or soy milk
• ice

Instructions

1. To make the cold brew, combine the ground coffee and the water in a jar and allow to sit for 12 hours or overnight. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer. Refrigerate until ready to use.
2. Divide the cold brew between two 16-ounce glasses. Add 1/2 cup milk to each glass.
3. Divide the flavorings between the glasses. Stir and fill each glass to the top with ice. Serve immediately.

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Mother’s Day is coming up in a few days, and I thought I’d go a little out of the ordinary (for me, anyway) and post a cocktail recipe that seems appropriate for Mom. Well, not my mom…but it seems like a drink that moms would like. My mom really doesn’t drink alcohol (maybe once every 5.2 years) but she’d probably like this one. It’s named a Pimm Palmer because it’s basically an Arnold Palmer (sweet tea and lemonade) with some Pimm’s No. 1 (I’ll talk a little bit more about Pimm’s in a minute) mixed in. It just tastes like an Arnold Palmer with just a bit of a kick (just a tiny bit!) It’s sweet and cold and very refreshing!

My mom is the person who taught me my love of sweet tea. Like me, she grew up right here in good old Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee and when I was growing up there were always two gallon-sized pitchers of sweet tea in our fridge (so when the first one was empty there was still a cold one ready for us). It’s not like that anymore…sweet tea is a rare treat for us now, but it always makes me think of my childhood.

My mom taught me a lot of things, not least of which that family is the most important part of life (my dad might have played a little part in that too). She is the kindest, most giving mom that I could ever have asked for. I still talk to her on the phone every night, and I hope that if I have a daughter some day that we have that kind of connection. She is hard-working and almost never misses a day of work. She’s the kind of mom that you don’t dread becoming. She’s just the best, and I could never come close to telling her how much I love her and how thankful I am for all she’s done for me.

So I guess I’ll stop being mushy now and talk about Pimm’s No. 1 for a second. I had never heard of it until the first time that I went to Beast and Barrel and saw “Pimm’s Cup” on the menu. I didn’t order one that night, but I did later and found the drink to be, for lack of a better term, delightful (how cheesy can I get?). I later saw a recipe for a drink called a “Porch Swing” on Smitten Kitchen and it got me thinking…if I could take out the gin and just mix up an Arnold Palmer with some Pimm’s (by the way, the formula for Pimm’s, a British liqueur, is pretty closely guarded, and I honestly can’t tell you what it tastes like) it would be pretty darn delicious. Friends, I was not wrong. I don’t care for a strong alcohol flavor in my cocktails (I’m a pansy) and this one was just right.

So why not mix up a Pimm Palmer for mom (by the way, this is just my take on this drink…there are other versions with different variations on the ingredients)?

Yield: 1 drink

Pimm Palmer

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Ingredients

For the Drink
• 1/2 cup unsweetened tea
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/2 ounces Pimm's No. 1
• 1-2 tablespoons simple syrup (to taste)
For Simple Syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a 16-ounce class and stir. Top off glass with ice cubes. Garnish with lemon wedges or slices.
2. To make simple syrup, combine sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until sugar has completely dissolved. Pour into a jar and cool completely.

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