{"id":255,"date":"2008-03-01T04:21:27","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T09:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2013-03-01T04:26:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T09:26:32","slug":"courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Courage!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After some tinkering, I believe I have successfully recreated that excellent drink based on the Courage coffee drink from &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ricetoriches.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rice to Riches<\/a>&#8216;. &#8216;Courage&#8217; is a chocolate orange espresso drink with a spicy kick. My version is a bit healthier since it has no sugar and no saturated fat when using a plant-based milk.<\/p>\n<p>To recreate the Courage drink, you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>a shot or two of espresso<\/li>\n<li>2 to 3 (2-inch) orange rind strips<\/li>\n<li>2 dried red chilies (More or less according to taste. I like mine extra spicy, so I use 3. You may roughly tear them up to maximize the kick at the back of your throat.)<\/li>\n<li>about 12 oz. milk (I like almond milk, but you can use skim, whole, soy, or whatever you have on hand)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1) Put the chilies, orange rind strips, and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer over high heat. Remove from heat and steep for 10-15 minutes.<sup>*<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>2) Mix the cocoa powder into the espresso.<\/p>\n<p>3) Strain out the chilies and orange rind into a cup. Add the espresso cocoa mix and stir.<\/p>\n<p>4) Enjoy.<sup>**<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><sup>*<\/sup>When I&#8217;m in a hurry to catch the morning train, I just dump the contents of the saucepan into a travel mug, add the espresso and cocoa, and let it steep like tea that way. A spill proof mug is great when I&#8217;m running for the bus. :p<\/p>\n<p><sup>**<\/sup>If you&#8217;re one of those namby pambies who couldn&#8217;t take coffee without sugar, go ahead and add the sugar, you effeminate punk.<\/p>\n<p><em>[originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/bitterblacktea.livejournal.com\/210859.html\">LiveJournal<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After some tinkering, I believe I have successfully recreated that excellent drink based on the Courage coffee drink from &#8216;Rice to Riches&#8216;. &#8216;Courage&#8217; is a chocolate orange espresso drink with a spicy kick. My version is a bit healthier since it has no sugar and no saturated fat when using a plant-based milk. To recreate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,50],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cooking","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}