A blog of my life. Random things I am into with life, business and school. I am a 26 year old Navy wife, mom of two daughters, handmade business owner, child care provider, and Undergrad Freshman. I have so many things I get into throughout the year and I would love to share the highs and the lows with you all.
It is by far one of my most favorite K-Cup coffees, it doesn't get burned or watery at all.
I hope you enjoy posts like this let me know!
Thanks for taking the time out of your day and include me in it!
-Alexandra
ENJOY YOUR CUP OF COFFEE!
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My Top 3 Keurig Coffees
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My Top 3 Keurig Coffees!
Sumatra by Starbucks is one of my favorite early morning coffees because it packs a powerful punch, just what you want when you need a pick me up in the morning! Even though it is a Dark Roast, I feel it is really smooth and it doesn't have that sharp bitter taste of most dark roast coffees.
Breakfast in Bed is a very tasty mid-day coffee that doesn't leave you jittery. Just enough to help you finish out the rest of your day comfortably. Personally I love drinking it because it is light on my stomach and it still has the flavor of a rich cup of coffee without the after effects of a darker roasted coffee.
Columbia is my most favorite because it to me is an anytime coffee that just tastes great. I drink coffee at all hours and I love this medium to dark roast when I am sitting at home updating my blog or watching Desperate Housewives on Netflix.
I have left links so that you can check these coffees out for yourself! I find that in my area it is cheaper to buy k-cups online, because at my local stores a pack of 12 k-cups costs over $11.00. On the links I provided you, it is 24 k-cups for $14.50. I have also found that buying them in the 48 packs saves you even more and you don't have to freak out when you run out!
Talk to you soon!
-Alexandra
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First Impressions of Green Beans Coffee
10:49 AM
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First Impression Of Green Beans Coffee
My very honest first impression of their Mocha with 4 expresso shots was that it was amazing!!
I didn't expect such a balanced flavor with the mocha, usually mochas just taste like you put a splash of coffee into a hot chocolate and it doesn't really go together. I also find that with the flavored coffees they tend to be over sweetened. I love sweet coffee but dang sometimes it is just too much. So Green Beans Coffee really did a good job of cutting the sweetness so you can taste both the chocolate and the coffee.
The interesting thing about Green Beans Coffee is their support of the Armed Forces.
Me being a Navy Wife and all I can truly appreciate the fact that they have shops in many different bases and ship to APO/FPO address. The have a dedication to the military that spans 17 years. They also have locations out in the Middle East, Africa, and Northern America directly serving our Troops.
Their motto is "Honor First, Coffee Second"
On their website you can donate a cup of coffee or as they call it "a cup of joe", and you are able to donate more than one at a time to service members out in the field. You can also donate bags of coffee and the minimum donation is at $2, so it is something most people can afford to help in.
I am really impressed by Green Beans Coffee and the Mission, and I am pretty proud they just opened up one near me. I drink a lot of coffee, so knowing that it is in support of my friends and family makes it taste that much better.
Thank you,
-Alexandra
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How To: Make Coffee Using A "Spanish Style" Kettle
7:04 AM
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How To: Make Coffee Using A "Spanish Style" Kettle
Today I am going to show you how I make my coffee using a "Spanish Style" Kettle or it's proper name THE MOKA POT. Here are your instructions:
1. Fill the bottom of kettle with water until it is right at where the bolt is, that is perfect so it won't flood the coffee grounds above it.
2. Place the "basket" or the middle piece on top of the bottom.
3. Tightly pack your favorite coffee grounds into the "basket" or middle piece like you would brown sugar.
4. Twist and tightly secure the "collecting chamber" or the top piece so that your coffee doesn't boil out through the middle.
5. Place on the edge of a stove top burner at medium high heat,(if you place a kettle in the center of a burner you may melt the handle or heat it up a lot and burn your self and ruin your stove top) until you hear the simmering, once you hear it quickly remove from heat so you don't burn the coffee. This is important as coffee brewed burns quickly.
6. Then serve however you like your coffee.
Just for you I created a video showing you step by step how I make coffee using this method.
I hope you enjoy and subscribe to my youtube channel for more videos like this.
Now it is time for just a little bit of history and information on the Spanish Style kettle or what is originally called the Moka Pot.
Inventor: Luigi De Ponti first patented this design for Alfonso Bialetti in 1933.
The company Bialetti continues to make that exact same model to this day and named it Moka Expresso.
This style of coffee pot is most commonly used in Europe and Latin America, which is why I nick named it the "Spanish Style Kettle". Everyone in my family, we are Puerto Rican, uses this method to make their coffee.
In stores they currently carry 5 different sizes for the Moka Pot, these different sizes correspond to how many shots of expresso they create.
1. Creates 1 shot of expresso.
2. Creates 3 shots of expresso.
3. Creates 6 shots of expresso.
4. Creates 9 shots of expresso.
5. Creates 12 shots of expresso.
This is by far my favorite way to make coffee. I hope you enjoy it as well. If you take a look at my tabs you will see I have a page called Best Brewing Systems, there you will see a convenient link to the exact same kettle I have from the brand Bialetti, which is the one I use.
Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Website I used for my facts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot
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Mocha from Starbucks Colombia from Keurig
11:04 AM
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April 5th to the 11th
In
Coffee!
Cafe Mocha
Cafe Mocha
Colombia
Home Made Iced Coffee
Made with Dunkin Donuts' Original Blend Ground Coffee
Colombia
Oh no my last Colombia!!
Saved myself with some Mocha from Starbucks!
Would have gotten Salted Caramel Mocha but
they were out of the special Sea Salt!
So sad!
Also Please Note that All Fashion/Beauty/Product related posts
Thank you so much and this blog will carry on being strictly about coffee!
Not only that, but I will start writing full reviews and making videos especially for this blog.
I have a little store in a tab called Best Coffee Brewing Products
You can check that out when you want to buy a quality product.
All items listed I own and purchased with my own money and I have found to be the best in their
respective brewing styles. I hope you have a look!
Look out for all of my new content!
Thanks so much for stopping by,
See yah soon!
-Alexandra
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Going Thrifting OOTD!
5:45 PM
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Going Thrifting OOTD! April 5th
If you want to see what I got from my thrifting adventure let me know in the comments below!
Top: Aeropostale
Jeans: American Eagle
Cross Body Bag: Was gifted to me by my sister.
Necklace: GameStop/ Inside the Tomb Raider Special Edition Strategy Guide
Shoes: Didn't show them! But I went with black boots I got in Italy!
Watch the video and Subscribe to my Channel!
Thank you!
-Alexandra
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5:34 PM
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Sorry for not posting, I have been sick and not drinking very much coffee. I am back and here are a few of my coffee pics of the week I hope you like them!
March 24th - April 4th!
Thanks for stopping by!
Today I will leave you with some Interesting Facts about Coffee!
Hope you enjoy!
You drink it every morning, but how much do you actually know about coffee?
I am currently taking advice and suggestions from friends and family for this blog.
So in future blogs you will be able to find Coffee Reviews, Facts, and Oddities. You can also see right now that I have changed the background and color scheme of my blog too, please comment and tell me what you think of it. I went with coffee colors. Thank you to Destinie for all of your ideas and I hope you like the changes, thank you to Chelsea Tubbs for suggesting I go HD and changing up my background. Chelsea has a FASHION BLOG! Which is amazing, if you ever need inspiration or just want to see amazingly put together outfits please go and visit her on her blog and follow her as well!
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