Update on: "I Like Coffee with my Cream"....

Back in November (11/9/15), I brought you a blog post all about one of my favorite subjects.  No, not martinis (that was a darn good guess though)! My other favorite subject.  Coffee.  Recently, a friend of mine was interested in making her own creamers and I was just going on and on about the yummy new creamers I have tried from the blog post.  She asked me how the cheesecloth thing had worked out.  And...I had to say, "Oh yeah, I kind of forgot about that."

For awhile, I had really looked for cheesecloth to test out this straining method and couldn't find it anywhere.  And then, after she asked me, I was in Target and voila!  There was cheesecloth.  So begins cheesecloth experimentation.

For those of you who have not tried a homemade creamer with spices, your last sip will look like this:

I read all kinds of tips on straining that out and really was not having success with anything.  Enter the cheesecloth.

Put the cheesecloth over a strainer.  I kept mine doubled. 

I tried straining the creamer through the cheesecloth and thought it was working because it looked like this:

I even strained it three times.  But in the end, the creamer still looked like this on the bottom:

So, I'm gonna have to go with one of two options.  Either a) don't shake that bottle of creamer before you pour it or b) don't drink that last sip of coffee.  I don't notice it (aka, I don't get a mouth full of cinnamon) while I am drinking it.

On a side note, there were many creamer recipes I listed that did not involve spices at all, so you can just avoid the issue altogether.  Just in case you are a "good to the last drop" kinda girl.

Enjoy a homemade creamer!  They're delicious, regardless of whether you get that last sip or not!

K