{"id":6557,"date":"2012-09-29T13:07:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T19:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=6557"},"modified":"2013-04-06T20:16:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T02:16:34","slug":"fake-coffee-latte-for-the-squirrel-on-caffeine-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/fake-coffee-latte-for-the-squirrel-on-caffeine-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Coffee Latte for the Squirrel on Caffeine Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I’ve had caffeine, it scares people.<\/strong> \u00a0Well, when they can focus<\/em> on me. \u00a0Not only that, but it gives me heart palpitations, which also scares them because I \u00a0stop mid-whirlwind to concentrate on my erratic blood flow. \u00a0Fortunately, I can’t stand the flavor of coffee, and don’t like much soda or tea. \u00a0But I LOVE the smell of coffee and I like a hot drink during the cooler months as much as the next person. \u00a0Hot chocolate on a regular basis is just too heavy. \u00a0So, I was intrigued when my mom introduced me to Teeccino Caffeine-Free Herbal Coffee, Mediterranean Hazelnut<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

Despite the name, there isn’t any coffee in this brew.<\/strong> \u00a0To me, coffee is horribly bitter, even when mixed with milk, sugar, etc. \u00a0If someone invites me to meet for coffee, I’m sure they misinterpret my cringing. \u00a0Even though I finally figured out that I can order something else,<\/em> I have an instinctive gut recoiling. \u00a0This product’s label says that Teeccino tastes like coffee. \u00a0If so, my taste buds can’t verify that, since they never function past warning me of imminent danger of coffee acid poisoning.<\/p>\n

But maybe it does taste somewhat like coffee, because when I drink it plain, it does have a slight sharpness that I like to tone down. \u00a0I may have princess taste buds. \ud83d\ude42<\/em> \u00a0 I like its flavor, though, so I experimented with creative mixing, and came up with a Teeccino latte! \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. I make the brew<\/strong> according to package directions of 1 rounded Tablespoon for 2 cups of water<\/em> in my little mini-drip machine.<\/li>\n
  2. I fill my favorite mug half way<\/strong> with the brewed Teeccino<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. I add 2 level teaspoons of granulated sugar<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  4. I add milk<\/strong> to equal the amount of Teeccino already in the cup<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. And about 1 Tablespoon of Hershey’s chocolate syrup<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. I heat it all up again<\/em> in the microwave for about 1 minute<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Then I find a sit-down task and pretend to be an adult drinking coffee working at the office. \u00a0It’s great fun!<\/p>\n

    \"Teeccino<\/a>
    Teeccino hazelnut herbal non-caffeine brew in my favorite mug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When I’ve had caffeine, it scares people. \u00a0Well, when they can focus on me. \u00a0Not only that, but it gives me heart palpitations, which also scares them because I \u00a0stop mid-whirlwind to concentrate on my erratic blood flow. \u00a0Fortunately, I can’t stand the flavor of coffee, and don’t like much soda or tea. \u00a0But I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}