National Coffee Milkshake Day – Coffee Collection Spotlight

NATIONAL COFFEE MILKSHAKE DAY CELEBRATIONS

1. Make up your own mouth-watering drinks

   This is an easy one. Just find the recipe that works for you. Are you looking for recipes with milk and coffee-flavored ice cream or for something completely different, like instant hot coffee blended with chocolate? Do you consider yourself a connoisseur who insists on using cold-brewed coffee, top-shelf vanilla ice cream and homemade chocolate syrup? Take your pick — but make it extra thick!

2. Taste your recipe with friends

   Taste tests are the best. Uncover the nuances of what seems like an ordinary beverage recipe — coffee milkshakes. Get some cooking buddies together along with a few neutral tester-friends and blend up your individual coffee shake masterpieces. Find out whose version wins the title of World's Tastiest Coffee Milkshake.

3. Indulge in a classic "coffee cabinet" at Delekta's

   Delekta's is an old-school soda fountain and pharmacy in Warren, Rhode Island. Delekta's developed its version of a coffee milkshake sometime before World War II. Italian immigrants boosted coffee syrup production until it matched the state's output of dairy production. Delekta's eventually added ice cream to the coffee beverage. The folks at Delekta's believe that the "coffee cabinet" hearkens back to the days when the drink's creator kept his blender and coffee syrup in an actual cabinet.