Favorite Tea?

[HeartShadow]

During my canning experiments last year (I've only been doing it a couple years, so they're all still experiments) I ran across a recipe for coffee jelly. I used regular pectin instead of liquid, and apparently not enough, so it turned out as a sort-of-thick sauce rather than a jelly.



I'm not going through it very fast, but adding a couple tablespoons to a glass of milk makes a very tasty, sweet, creamy thing that seems to supply the required daily caffeine intake wonderfully. Sometimes coffee bothers my stomach, but this stuff never.

Absent

*whimpers a bit* omg. that sounds like liquid crack. YUM.

[Chatelaine]

What is your favorite kind of tea?

Green tea, plain or flavoured with lemon.
Twinings Strawberry and Mango infusion.

If I go out, it's always chai latte. All that frothy milk...

[fallenangel]

During my canning experiments last year (I've only been doing it a couple years, so they're all still experiments) I ran across a recipe for coffee jelly. I used regular pectin instead of liquid, and apparently not enough, so it turned out as a sort-of-thick sauce rather than a jelly.

I'm not going through it very fast, but adding a couple tablespoons to a glass of milk makes a very tasty, sweet, creamy thing that seems to supply the required daily caffeine intake wonderfully. Sometimes coffee bothers my stomach, but this stuff never.

Absent

Oh....my. That sounds.....yummmm. I can think of so many ways to use that, could you share the recipe?

[Marilyn/Absentminded]

Oh....my. That sounds.....yummmm. I can think of so many ways to use that, could you share the recipe?

5 1/2 cups drip coffee, prepared double strength or more
1 3/4 ounce package powdered fruit pectin (or more - I can't remember the measurement for liquid pectin. this was my substitution and made a sauce rather than a jelly)
4 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Put coffee into a medium/large pot. sprinkle with pectin, stir in and bring to a full bowl on medium high.
Stir in sugar, return to boil.
Boil hard 2-4 minutes.
Put in 1/2 pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space and removing bubbles.
Process 10 min.

I've only made it once. It made five and a half jars. I just stuck the half-jar in the fridge without processing and used it first.

Absent

[Marilyn/Absentminded]

I've only made it once. It made five and a half jars. I just stuck the half-jar in the fridge without processing and used it first.

Oops, skipped a line. Add the lemon juice after the pectin and before the sugar.

Absent

[Annie Roonie]

Oops, skipped a line. Add the lemon juice after the pectin and before the sugar.

Absent

I wonder if I could use the chocolate oolong tea to do the same thing. This sounds so dang delicious. Thank you for posting the recipe! I'll be experimenting myself soon.

[fallenangel]

I wonder if I could use the chocolate oolong tea to do the same thing. This sounds so dang delicious. Thank you for posting the recipe! I'll be experimenting myself soon.

Chocolate oolong tea? Never heard of this. Must. Investigate. Further.

That sounds divine as well....lemme know how it turns out

[fallenangel]

5 1/2 cups drip coffee, prepared double strength or more
1 3/4 ounce package powdered fruit pectin (or more - I can't remember the measurement for liquid pectin. this was my substitution and made a sauce rather than a jelly)
4 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Put coffee into a medium/large pot. sprinkle with pectin, stir in and bring to a full bowl on medium high.
Stir in sugar, return to boil.
Boil hard 2-4 minutes.
Put in 1/2 pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space and removing bubbles.
Process 10 min.

I've only made it once. It made five and a half jars. I just stuck the half-jar in the fridge without processing and used it first.

Absent

Thank you so much! I can't wait to try this.....I'm thinking of using a Caramel flavored one for a test batch...if this turns out how I imagine it will, I have found my new favorite thing

[victoreia]

5 1/2 cups drip coffee, prepared double strength or more
1 3/4 ounce package powdered fruit pectin (or more - I can't remember the measurement for liquid pectin. this was my substitution and made a sauce rather than a jelly)
4 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Put coffee into a medium/large pot. sprinkle with pectin, stir in and bring to a full bowl on medium high.
Stir in sugar, return to boil.
Boil hard 2-4 minutes.
Put in 1/2 pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space and removing bubbles.
Process 10 min.

I've only made it once. It made five and a half jars. I just stuck the half-jar in the fridge without processing and used it first.

Absent

*puts on list of recipes to try* That sounds yummy!

[Amethyst]

What is your favorite kind of tea?

I adore tea, and have several favorites (although I usually say my absolute favorite is Earl Grey). With some exception, I drink my tea as dark as I can get it, no milk or sugar, honey if I'm sick sometimes.

And I've never heard of coffee jelly, but I will definitely need to try that asap. It sounds DELICIOUS.

Morning - Earl Grey, Irish Breakfast, Darjeeling
Evening - Chai, Sleepytime, Chamomile
Whenever - Peppermint, Jasmine