Back in my days as a slave–I mean barista–to Corporate Coffee my colleagues and I developed a pretty refined eye-rolling reflex whenever someone (teeny-bopping middle-schoolers, particularly) ordered a frappucino. I mean we really loved to hate this making drink, and it may have unfairly extended to frowning on those who ordered it (which may have included frequent muttering of the not-that-clever nickname “crapucino”). I suppose you’re entitled to a bit of coffee snobbery when it’s your job to know all about the farming, roasting, brewing, tasting and describing of the bean beverage, but at the same time, everyone’s entitled to their own tastes, and I can’t say I don’t enjoy an icy coffee beverage myself from time to time. Anyway, far removed from that milieu, I have no opinion either way on the famed frozen concoction nor those who order it, except that good Lord, are they unhealthy! (Check out the nutrition info on the coffee giant’s website.)
Therefore, I’m delighted to find this homemade alternative on Knitastic’s blog. Looks delish, and as we’ve already had temps in the eighties here in the Sunshine State, this drink might be just the antidote to what promises to be another sweltering spring and summer.
