Hello, devotees of Ethan. Or "web surfers," as you may call yourselves. Today we're going to tackle a very interesting topic - "workplace productivity." No, no, fuck that. Let's talk about nothing in particular. Let's just talk about nothing in particular because I haven't posted in a day or two, and I'd hate to let down my 9 recurring daily hits. That's right, 9. Once my uncle finds out about this page I'll be gettin' double digits! Uncle Phil - this one's for you.
You know what I hate? Coffee doesn't freeze into popsicles too well. I grew up on home-made apple juice popsicles, but over the years my tastes matured, and now I prefer a fine Arabican Sumatra blend to the Jammin' Juicers of my youth. See, the coffsicle goes all wrong when you put the sugar in. The problem seems to be that, once you stir the sugar in, it settles to the bottom when you pour it into your home-popsicle kit. 6-8 hours later, the first bit of the popsicle is quite enjoyable, but soon you run out of sugar and your pleasure turns to pain.
But what really gets to me is the way corporate america has ignored my plight - that of the yuppie with disposable income who needs coffee in popsicle format. And they say the straight white male age 18-39 demographic gets all the marketing attention. They are wrong, and they are bastards for that.
You'd think that there wasn't a war going on, the way I'm babbling about nonsense... GET YOUR WAR ON
Posted by Ethan at March 27, 2003 06:48 PMyou should freeze the coffisicle black and then dip it into a custom mix of both non-dairy-cream powder and sugar.. thus allowing folks tweak to taste (like normal coffee)
ooh yea, that'd be good! mmm.
Posted by: john on March 27, 2003 08:00 PMStarbucks sells coffee popsicles. You could buy a pack for research purposes, reverse engineer their crafty frozen ways, then create your own! Just a thought.
Posted by: fiona! on March 28, 2003 04:59 AMI'm impressed with your frozen food attempts. You are doing well, my friend. Frozen food often thwarts our best efforts.
what you may be able to do is freeze them on the side... so, you'll have one edge of the popsicle with sugar, and the rest will be disgusting... or maybe you should try mixing some coffee ice-cream with coffee, and then refreezing that.
if you make the coffee hot enough, and stir for a long time, you might be able to supersaturate it with sugar (google for how to make your own rock candy for details)
Posted by: adam on March 31, 2003 08:08 AMI just found out that my coworker makes her own baby food by steaming vegetables, mashing them, putting them into ice cube trays and freezing them. Baby food cubes! The perfect serving size!
Posted by: alison on April 1, 2003 11:12 AM