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Inventing the Wheel

02/02/2018 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 11 Comments

Inventing the Wheel

I thought I was so smart. I really did. I made a mug of coffee. It’s one of my guilty pleasures, the other major one being all the plastic wrap I use in pie making workshops. I enjoy a mug of java…and sometimes two…in the morning. I like the ritual of it all…strong coffee with plenty of cream and sugar. When I’m out of cream, I use a bit of whipping cream, or milk of any kind….cow, goat, almond, soy, hemp. If I’m splurging on sugar, a lump or two of rough cut cubes. Yum! But, on this day, I had no cream, or milk of any kind to add. 🙁  

In the back of the fridge hiding, were bottles of caramel sauce–salted caramel, pecan caramel, coffee caramel. I used them when working on a recipe last year and tucked them away. The light went off. Ooooo! Caramel is sugar and cream with some salt in it. How about a big spoonful of that in my mug! I thought of the Star Trek words…to boldly go where no coffee drinker has gone before.

I opened one jar, and put some in. Yes, I must confess that first I tasted a spoonful straight out of the jar, and it was good! Into the mug went another. I stirred it around. It colored my brew to a lovely au lait hue. Then I sipped. YES! This is the best thing ever. Well, maybe not quite that, but darn good. I sipped and sipped some more, sighing contently as I finished the last of the mug. 

I thought, I must tell everyone about this. It will be a new and very easy trend. 🙂 I looked online to see if anyone else had discovered this brilliant idea…and guess what? There are lots of recipes online for JUST this very thing. I had not invented the wheel. I was crestfallen…for a moment, until I decided to make myself a second caramel laced mug of coffee. You only live once, right? 😉 

Morning Ritual

There are many caramel sauces on market shelves, perfect for adding to coffee, drizzling on top of ice cream, or eating straight from the spoon. Here’s one of my favorites. 

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Coffee

11 Thoughts on Inventing the Wheel
    Mary Walker
    2 Feb 2018
     10:48am

    Next you’ll be telling me that they make chips from something besides potatoes!

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      2 Feb 2018
       10:49am

      LOL Mary!

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    Vickie Harvey
    2 Feb 2018
     11:31am

    That sounds so good Kate! Kind of like a Caramel Macchiato.

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      2 Feb 2018
       11:34am

      Yup!

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    Patrizia Z.
    2 Feb 2018
     1:47pm

    Sounds yummy! I can tell that you coffee maker has been around a long time. Is that paper towel I see to keep the coffee from pouring out? if so, are you aware that you can order replacement gaskets for the bialetti moka. That is a two, possibly three cup?

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      2 Feb 2018
       2:42pm

      Good eye, Patrizia! The friend who taught me how to make coffee in the moka, also showed me that I could lay a piece of paper towel on top of the coffee in the basket, crank down the top on it, and tear the extra away. I usually don’t drip as much when I make it, but that picture sure shows that I’m a little messy at times. I have the small 3-cup pot and love it. Kate

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    JackD
    3 Feb 2018
     5:25am

    I have the 6-cup pot and love it too. Every morning ritual. Mine is six years young and still doesn’t leak, but then again I replace the gasket every now and then.

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      3 Feb 2018
       9:42am

      I do have new gaskets….somewhere.

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    Patty Boxold
    4 Feb 2018
     6:59am

    Very happy to see, Miss Expert Pie Maker, that you, too, enjoy your daily moka coffee! Yum!! Thanks for your post!

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      4 Feb 2018
       1:43pm

      Indeed I do. Recently I received a Aeropress that I like, too. Have you ever tried one of those?

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      4 Feb 2018
       1:43pm

      Indeed I do. Recently I received an Aeropress that I like, too. Have you ever tried one of those?

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