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Better than Baileys Home Made Irish Cream

One of the best ways to enjoy coffee is with Irish Cream. Instead of buying Irish Cream you can make your own “Better than Baileys Irish Cream”. After making this you will never buy Irish Cream from the store again. This Irish Cream goes fantastic with your coffee, as an after dinner drink, or even poured over ice cream for a decadent dessert.

Yields: 4 Cups

Ingredients:
1 cup heavy cream
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1 3/4 cup Irish Whiskey
1 tsp instant expresso
2 tsp chocolate syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract

Directions:

  1. Mix all the ingredients into a blender.
  2. Blend on low speed for 30 seconds. Don’t over blend or the cream will clump. Blend on low for a maximum of 30 seconds. If you over blend don’t worry your Irish Cream is not ruined. You can strain the lumps through a nut bag, cheesecloth or sieve.
  3. Pour you Irish Cream into an airtight storage container or bottle. You can use a mason jar or bottles with a seal. I purchased my bottles from Amazon. The type I purchased were Giara Swing Top Bottles 33 ¾ Ounce/1 Liter (4 Pack) ROUND Clear Glass Grolsch Flip Top Bottle With Stopper, for Beverages, Smoothies, Kefir, Beer, Soda, Juicing, Kombucha, Water, Milk, Oil and Vinegar. You can click on this link to see the bottles. AmazonSmile: Giara Swing Top Bottles 33 ¾ Ounce/1 Liter (4 Pack) ROUND Clear Glass Grolsch Flip Top Bottle With Stopper, for Beverages, Smoothies, Kefir, Beer, Soda, Juicing, Kombucha, Water, Milk, Oil and Vinegar: Kitchen & Dining

After making this you will want to store it in the refrigerator. It can store up to two months, but mine usually gets drank much sooner than that!

Better Than Baileys Home Made Irish Cream

Better than Starbucks! DIY Pumpkin Spice Latte

It’s Pumpkin Spice Season! That means it’s time for everyone’s favorite Starbucks treat…Pumpkin Spice Latte. A lot of us like to buy this daily at Starbucks but that can be expensive and the Starbuck’s drink is packed with sugar. You will love this recipe for Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe. It’s a lot cheaper than Starbuck’s and we have cut back on the sugar by using maple syrup as a natural sweetener instead.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup coffee
1 cup almond milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp pumpkin puree
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Directions:

  1. In a small pot or saucepan mix the almond milk, vanilla extract, maple syrup, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin pie spice.
  2. Heat on low until the pan begins to simmer.
  3. Remove from heat and add the coffee.
  4. To create a froth either blend with an immersion blender or put into your regular blender. If you put this into a regular blender make sure you vent the top of the blender so that the steam doesn’t build up and “explode” on you.
  5. Pour into a coffee mug and top with optional nutmeg.
  6. Enjoy.
Better than Starbucks! DYI – Pumpkin Spice Latte

Click here for recipe for vanilla extract.

Click here for recipe for almond milk.

Click here for recipe for pumpkin puree.

Bitty & Beau’s Coffee – When a cup of coffee is more than a cup of coffee.

This trip was more than a couple of cups of coffee. It was a re-affirmation that the world is still good and that we are all one world family who should support each other.

I recently was with my daughter and we were looking for a cup of coffee in the peninsula of Charleston and came across Bitty & Beau’s Coffee. I had heard about Bitty & Beau’s and their unique story and decided that I should give it a try.

Bitty & Beau’s originally opened in Wilmington, NC in 2016 and they opened up their Charleston shop in 2018. The owners of Bitty & Beau’s are Amy Wright and her husband. The Wright’s have four children, two of which have Down syndrome. The Wright’s were determined to create a better place for their children and others living in the world with disabilities. Knowing that over 80% of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are unemployed nationwide, the Wright’s decided they wanted to create a business that shows value, inclusion and acceptance of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and from that idea was born Bitty & Beau’s Coffee.

Four years later and Bitty & Beau’s now has four coffee shops in Wilmington NC, Charleston SC, Savannah GA and Annapolis MD. They currently employ 80 people with disabilities and have been featured on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, CNN, Harry, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz, HLN, People Magazine and Southern Living Magazine. In 2017 founder Amy Wrights was named a CNN Hero of the Year.

My trip to Bitty & Beau’s didn’t disappoint at all. The shop rivals any Starbucks and the staff was friendly and full of a contagious spirit of joy. There was a line to order and many patrons were taking selfies next to Bitty & Beau’s signs and checking out the various shirts, mugs, and other items for sale that go to support the cause of Bitty & Beau’s. Our order was prepared quickly and handed to us with a smile. This trip was more than a couple of cups of coffee. It was a re-affirmation that the world is still good and that we are all one world family who should support each other. Thank you Bitty & Beau’s for reminding me about this, and making my day brighter. I have found my new favorite coffee shop in Charleston.

Bitty & Beau’s is located at 159 Church Street, Charleston SC 28403.

You can get more information about Bitty & Beau’s from their website: https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com/