Thanks so much to Anastasia and Cloris for letting me share
my coffee with them today!
In my series Tallie Graver Mysteries, coffee drinking is a big
deal between Tallie and her best friend Gina who owns the coffee shop across
the street. Tallie is constantly over at Gina’s shop for a shot of something
severely caffeinated, and if it’s sugary, then that is a double bonus. Often
it’s her brain drink when she’s trying to figure out whodunit and how not to
let them get away with it. Being a truly amateur sleuth, one who seems to
stumble more often than not across these bodies, Tallie is often in all kinds
of trouble and can usually be found with a coffee in hand. The other hand is
usually holding a donut or croissant, but that’s not what this blog is about.
This is all about the coffee and a simple but effective recipe to kick that
morning joe up a notch.
I am a tea drinker, but I find myself surrounded by coffee
drinkers. I find it fascinating at my day job to watch those who are fiending
for coffee first thing in the morning and so was happy to make that a part of
Tallie’s character to give her a level in which a reader could relate.
I love all kinds of tea from green to white to black. Fill
the mug with enough creamer in a black tea to make it blonde and I’m your girl.
And yet, I love the smell of fresh brewing coffee. While I adore the aroma of
many different flavors, it’s the taste that I don’t know if I could handle. And
yet, even I might try this recipe! What’s not to love about whipped cream,
marshmallow fluff and a dipper of chocolate heaven?
Whoopie Pie Coffee
Ingredients:
1 cup standard coffee
1 spoonful marshmallow fluff
1 splash vanilla
A sprinkle of confectioners’ sugar
1 (or more) chocolate biscotti
Pour coffee into the mug of your choosing. Pick a good one
that can make you smile as you sip on this treat. Stir in marshmallow fluff and
vanilla. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar to top it off. Then dunk that
biscotti for all your worth!
Enjoy!
No more
cheating . . .
Best friends Tallie Graver and Gina Laudermilch both seem to
spend a lot of time around urns. For Tallie, they’re part and parcel of the
family business, Graver’s Funeral Home. Even though she’s traded ashes for
dusting with her own cleaning business, she still works part-time for her folks
and lives above the funeral parlor. For Gina, they’re the vessels that contain
her heavenly brew at her coffee shop, Bean There, Done That. And both women are
learning that owning a business can make finding time for romance challenging.
But when Gina’s new beau turns out to have a wife, who
barges into the coffee shop to take him home, she can’t contain her bitterness
and loudly threatens to poison his cup or boil him in vat of coffee. So when
Mr. Wrong turns up dead at the bottom of a staircase inside Gina’s locked home,
she finds herself at the top of the police’s suspect list. Tallie needs to
sweep in to save her friend. But she’ll need to watch her step, or she may go
from being a funeral home employee to becoming their next client . . .
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Both the photo and the recipe make me long for Autumn. Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Angela!
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