How to use an instant iced americano to boost your productivity
I’ve always thought that iced coffee has a certain sophistication to it, maybe its the simplicity of it and with its busy on the go quality to it makes the perfect drink to commute with or I imagine it could come in handy for when you have a big presentation to give at work or school. The ice will wake you up and the caffeine will do its magic! the perfect sip that says “today I need to get stuff done…”
The nature of this drink with its simple 3-4 ingredients recipe with the single taste of cold coffee (well maybe you can add a little caramel syrup like me) states that we need to get stuff done.
Ideas of how to enjoy and use this coffee recipe for your benefit:
First you need to make sure that you have the proper setting too enjoy your iced americano on your productivity time. This means make sure you a have a clutter free space to work on. If this is you desk at home clear all the unnecessary stuff and place your planner and favorite pen on the center. Believe me when you only have a few objects in sight on your workspace its sending a signal to your brain that you need to focus on only the task in front of you and talking about focus this takes me to my next point
Only use your phone to put some music on but have it away from your workspace. The less distractions the better and our phones can be such a big time consumer that you don’t want to have that near you when you mean business. A simple notification can mean more than an hour of scrolling (been there done that, I’m speaking from personal experience.)
Once you have your iced americano and your planner in front of you take a sip and start to brain dump I like to use a mechanical pencil for this step bacause using a non permanent way to write down my ideas gives me the liberty to just put everything on paper without the pressure of organizing the to do list just yet
Once you have everything on paper go back and start prioritizing your list. Some people like to knock out the hardest task first so they write that on top of the list other like to build momentum andplace the easiest things to do first and work their way towards the hardest ones later. Wherever is your personal choice organize your list so you can feel motivated to start. With your several sips of your iced americano throughout this process caffeine should start working its magic on you and by the time you have finished organizing your to do list you will start to tackle it feeling energized and motivated.
So last but no least lets get into this incredibly easy recipe and the good news is that you dont need a fancy coffee machine to make you espresso shot. There are two ways of making it with instant coffee!
Espresso shot recipe with Nescafé:
An espresso shot by definition is “a concentrated form of coffee served in small strong shots” and with the Nescafe brand the recipe is: 2 teaspoons (approx. 12 gr) of Nescafe instant Coffee with 30 ml of water. It is that easy, now for you to have your precious Americano you will need to double this amount.
Espresso shot recipe with Nescafe gold:
Place one teaspoon (5.6 grams) of instant nescafe gold into 6 oz of water.
Ingredients:
4 teaspoons of Nescafé Instant coffee or 1 tsp of Nescafe gold: Nescafe is a wonderful place to start experimenting with our coffee recipes since its very easy to get your hands on one and the taste is very good standard place to start discovering/building up your own taste in coffees
60 ml of warm water: we will use warm water because you want to melt the crystals but without burning them and altering the taste of your coffee specially if you decide not to add any milk to it, you will want to enjoy the taste of your coffee in its most unaltered form
Ice to your liking: when it comes to ice there are no rules, the only thing you have to think about its the future of your Americano and how fast you usually finish your drinks. If you don’t mind that it waters down a little bit while your ice is melting then off you go! Oh and by the way this is an opportunity to have fun with the shapes of your ice cubes I just got stars and moon ice cube trays recently and I’m no ashamed to admit that I’m having a little too much fun with them lol I used for everything lately.
Sugar free caramel syrup: add a little bit of syrup to your liking and this will definitely elevate your drink flavor notes
Special note: if you would like to do a spin off to your Americano you should definitely try the Nescafé Cafe de la Olla instant coffee, it has wonderful hints of cinnamon that immediately elevates your experience of your iced Americano, be aware it can get addictive ;)
