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Monday Morning Coffee!

I don’t drink coffee every day… but Monday morning… ugh… even my lazy self is reaching for the coffee grounds!  What I’ve been wanting lately though, is to spruce up my coffee without spending four bucks on a latte from the coffee stand every time.

(Not that I don’t do this occasionally… I swear those White Chocolate Mochas from Cutters Point Coffee not only call my name, but demand it when I drive by!)

So after thinking about it for a while, and with a friend’s bday also coming up, I decided it was the perfect excuse to make us both some homemade coffee syrups!

This idea and these recipes are not my own… I got them from my long-time blog crush, A Beautiful Mess.  You can find the recipe for the Raspberry and Vanilla syrups here.  And the recipes for the Honey and Lavender syrups here.

While to me, the Honey and Vanilla are great staples…  I’m totally in love with the raspberry and lavender flavors.  Raspberry actually tastes like fresh sweet raspberries and I can’t wait to actually use it to make some Italian Sodas this summer.  And while I thought the lavender one might be a little weird, I think it might actually be my favorite!!  The brown sugar really compliments the lavender flavor and I think it would be great in tea too!  (PS… I found my lavender buds in the bulk spice section of my local Fred Meyer… so cheap!!)

To finish off the gift, I found these great little bottles at World Market, and added my Homemade tags that I showed you last week!

My bottles remain tag-less and I keep playing the guessing game between the honey and vanilla, haha!  Guess I should fix that…

OH… and isn’t this gift bag adorable?!

Another World Market find… I LOVE that place!

And if this post seems a little scattered… it’s because it’s Monday… and my coffee may not have actually been transmitted to my brain yet!  ;)

Sam

  • Becca - make me some of the lavender one!!!!05.06.2013 – 12:50pmReplyCancel

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