photograph by Elizabeth Watt

This is my homemade version of the frozen coffee drinks that have become hugely popular at the gourmet coffee franchises in the last few years. As lip-smackingly good as the commercial concoctions, mine is also much lower in calories because it doesn’t use cream or half-and-half and it isn’t loaded with sugar.

This recipe gets its depth of flavor from coffee ice cubes. So from now on, anytime you have leftover coffee, don’t throw it out; make cubes. They are great in good old-fashioned iced coffee, too.