How to Make a Coffee Egg Cream by Cleo Coyle #NYC #dairyfree #coffee #drink #recipe (2024)

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Behold Cleo's "coffeehouse"
version of the New York egg cream.

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The traditional New York egg cream is a tasty, refreshingly fizzy mix of chocolate syrup, milk, and carbonated water.You read that right. There is neither egg nor cream in a New York egg cream.

Many stories exist about its origin, but food historians generally believe the drink is a simplified (and more affordable) version of a soda fountain beverage from the late 1800s that did use eggs and cream along with chocolate syrup and carbonated water.

At one point, the cream was replaced with milk and the egg eliminated. By the 1920s, this simplified version was served throughout the city. Vanilla egg creams arrived in the 1950s along with (yes) coffee flavored ones.

These days, there aren’t many places to sample an authentic New York egg cream. The easiest place to find one is Junior’s in Times Square (click hereto virtually visit). They even serve it in glasses with the recipe printed on them, but...

They only serve thechocolateversion.

Today I’m sharing my "coffeehouse" take on this famous beverage along with a dairy-free version.

May you drink it with joy!

~ Cleo

Cleo Coyle's

Coffeehouse Egg Cream

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Cleo Coyle, author ofThe
Coffeehouse Mysteries
andHaunted Bookshop
Mysteries

My husband (and partner in crime-writing) is fond of coffeeegg creams and so am I.There are many ways to make them withvarious ratios of syrup to milk to seltzer.This is a version we enjoy. It’s a coffee soda extraordinaire, and if you like the flavorof coffee, we think you’ll flip for this...

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Ingredients:

Coffee Syrup (recipe in directions below)

Milk (whole, 2%, or nut milk, such
as almond or hazelnut - see note below**)

Seltzer (do not use club soda - see note below***)

Notes:

**For a dairy-free version, use almond milk, hazelnut milk, or another nut milk.

***Seltzer has no sodium. It is simply carbonated water. Club soda, however, can have other ingredients added such as potassium bicarbonate, which is why it should not be substituted for seltzer in this recipe.

Directions: Into a tall, frosted glass, pour 1-inch of chilled coffee syrup. (For a less intense drink, simply reduce the amount of syrup.)

To Make Your Own Coffee Syrup: Start by brewing very strong coffee. Place 1 cup of ground coffee (medium to fine grind) in the filter of your drip coffee maker. Place 2 cups of water in the reservoir and brew. This will yield about 1 cup of concentrated coffee. Place this coffee in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir in 1-1/4 cups of white, granulated sugar. Continue stirring and heating until the sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to simmer. Do not allow mixture to boil! Continue stirring for about 15 minutes. The mixture will thicken somewhat as you continue to simmer it.While still warm, it will seem a bit watery but should coat the back of a spoon. Allow to cool and then chill the mixture in the refrigerator. When completely cool it will be much thicker, about the consistency of maple syrup (as shown above).

To purchase pre-made syrup, click hereor try another brand.

Add cold milk (cow’s milk or nut milk) until the liquid line reaches 2-inches.

Using a fork whisk together the coffee syrup and milk. Once the syrup is fully blended into the milk, continue whisking and slowly add cold seltzer until the fizzy, white head reaches the top.

Okay, I admit it. Sometimesthis drink,
like life,goes over the top.And when that happens,
do not fret. Now is the time to...

Drink with joy!

~ Cleo Coyle

New York Times bestselling author of

The Coffeehouse Mysteries

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Billionaire Blend at One Good Woman coffee and tea shop.
Photo courtesy of Nancy and Lester Phillips

Thanks to everyone whocame out over the weekend
for ourbook signing,talk,and coffee tasting of
the specially created Billionaire's Blend (pictured above).
We had a huge crowdand signed books for 90minutes!
I'm playing catch up this weekbut hope to post photos
and morenext week.

Shout-out of thanks to two amazing
women who arranged it all:
Deb Beamer of Mechanicsburg Book Shop
and Holly O'Connor of One Good Woman!
And special thanks to Nancy and Les Phillips for
their wonderful support. Cheers!