Do you know the frightening feeling you get every time you bite on something hard like a little stone which had been hiding in your rice or bread and you hear the cracking noise in your head and you think, damn this was my tooth? How relieved I have been every time it turned out it had been a false alarm! Unfortunately this time it is my tooth for real that cracked and the strange thing is, I heard the breaking noise and didn’t have to wonder what happened, I instantly knew.
Eating has been tricky since a couple of days and I managed to behave well, I didn’t spill on anybody and didn’t loose my food while chewing. In a couple of days will be my dentist appointment and I am half anxious because of the treatment and half looking forward to be finally able to eat like an adult again.
Because this week I am having a hard time chewing I am coming up with my favorite summer beverages of this year. It seams to change every year, last year’s summer I had been drinking iced tea like it would be my job this years first choice is iced coffee. As the iced coffee is not really a recipe, it is more a smart trick, you can also find how to make strawberry limes, so keep scrolling down.

I can remember everyone (ok not everyone but almost) had been drinking strawberry limes in Germany a few years ago. It is not that popular anymore although the taste is still great. You can mix it with champaign or other bubbly wine for a cocktail. So after you made my berry lasagna, ate a lot of strawberries covered with sugar or even better chocolate, skip the home made marmalade and go ahead make you happy with some strawberry limes or vice versa start right away with it.

Take a bite:
Speaking of beverages, I made this gin gin mule some nights ago and loved it! Very tasty and refreshing. I wish I had this nice glasses, love them.

iced coffee/iced macciato

The problem with iced coffee are the ice cubes: you got your nice glass of ice cold coffee, the ice cubes are doing their job cooling your beverage but at the same time your coffee becomes watery and unappetizing.

The solution to this problem? All you have to do is freezing left over coffee (fresh coffee not the yesterday’s black dishwater) and use these coffee cubes for your iced coffee. Add some milk, half and half, sugar or what ever you like. Try it with flavored ground coffee!

You prefer iced macciatto? Put half coffee cubes and half ice cubes into your glass, pour milk over them but leave some space for the espresso shot. Make a fresh espresso and pour it over the milk. If you like you can top it with some caramel or vanilla syrup. And stir after serving not before like I did.

strawberry limes

I prefer not to serve it on ice cubes instead I freeze the shot glasses to keep the strawberry limes cool.

400 g / 14.3 oz. strawberries
160 g / 3/4 cup sugar
100 ml / 7 tablespoons water
160 ml / 2/3 cup lime juice (about 3 limes)
180 ml / 3/4 cup vodka

Heat the water and the sugar over medium heat in a small pot, cook and stir until the sugar is dissolved and let cool. You don’t need a thick syrup like honey, it should be just a little viscous.

Put everything in a blender or high bowl (like a beaker) if you use a hand blender and process until smooth. Fill in a bottle and keep in your refrigerator or you can freeze it without loosing taste or texture.