The Home Café: Creative Recipes for Espresso, Matcha, Tea and Coffee Drinks

I don’t think I have ever been so excited to try so many recipes out from a cookbook. And this isn’t even really a cookbook! It’s a coffee and tea recipe book. The Home Cafe had me at “Wake Up, Lavender,” a coffee concoction that consists of lavender milk with a mocha layered on top. Gorgeous and mouthwatering! My husband loves cookies and cream, so I will make him the “Cookies ‘n’ Cream Coffee,” which is iced coffee topped with cookies and cream-cream topping. Delicious! “The Strawbasil Float” is another recipe I will be trying immediately. It is a tea-based drink incorporating a scoop of homemade strawberry basil sorbet that floats on top.

The recipes in this book are so creative yet seem so easy. The recipes don’t require a large number of ingredients or tools, which I think most people would appreciate. It makes the recipes doable for the average joe. The vivid photographs of each drink are eye-catching and will help the reader understand what a drink is supposed to look like since many of the drinks are layered. This book would be a welcome addition to any coffee or tea lover.