8 hours Ago
For most of my life, I was an absolute night owl, totally comfortable staying up to read or watch TV until 2 or 3 a.m. Things shifted about three years ago.
I graduated college, started working full time and became one of those borderline insufferable people who do morning workouts. I have no real explanation for this shift in behavior except that I started to actually look forward to my mornings -- and that's in large part thanks to my discovery of a homemade latte recipe. I drink a latte every morning, opting for a cozy hot latte during these chilly winter months and a satisfying iced latte during the summer.
Not only can you make a delicious latte tailored to your taste, but you can also save a ton of money skipping the lines at Starbucks or Dunkin'. And no, you don't need an expensive espresso machine to do it. Below, I'll break down how you can make quality hot or iced lattes at home on the cheap.
For more tips, read about my favorite espresso and coffee system, and how to remove coffee stains from all of your mugs. For the longest time, I would hack my way into cheap, homemade lattes because the apartment building I live in has two espresso machines for the community. So every morning after walking my dog, I'd saunter down to one of the machines, make myself a quick double shot of espresso then pop back up to my unit to create my latte.
This process worked great until the machines started breaking more often than they were working. (Nothing felt worse than seeing the "out of order" sign that meant I wouldn't be enjoying my favorite drink after all.) I had to come up with another, more consistent solution.
One that did not involve a fickle espresso...
Macy Meyer.
