What is the Frappé?
Frappé is nothing more than an iced instant coffee. But is it just that or there're other things about it that make it unique?
Frappé' took its name as tons of culinary terms from the French verb "frapper" that means to hit, strike. It's a common place, I believe, that instant coffee is the worst type of coffee you can find. Apparently that doesn't seem to annoy Greeks all over the world who adore Frappé and swear on its name!!! And it's totally understandable; because Frappé is also a way of living. Take for example the Italians with espresso; they love drinking espresso standing inside the bars. This is their way of living (adorable). On the other hand, you have Greeks that love to spend time sitting in the cafes and chat! What they do? They, simply have Frappé all time long in the cafeterias during the summer months! The stay there, usually facing the sea, checking out the people that pass by, drinking Frappé and philosophize about everything!
My intent is to talk about the philosophy of Frappé, give as much as information as I can about it, and show everybody how cool it is to drink Frappé, the Greek way of drinking coffee!
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I tried Frappe when I went to Greece to visit my sister inlaw. I have hooked ever since.
Posted March 30, 2008
It was very good, creamy, different, if you like coffee, ill have to have more to check out the whole effects, lol. keep up the good work.
Posted March 24, 2008
ohh i loved it it was creamy but gave me the boost in the mon. it was vary cool too :)
Posted March 24, 2008
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isabella
the youtube videos you have added are very nice! and funny! Posted January 12, 2008 |
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FoodHooder
Double thumbs up for Frappe because it was the beverage I most often had! Posted October 02, 2007 |
Nescafé Frappé Greek Commercial
Nescafé Frappé
Una fiesta en el mar, con burbujas de aire para el bar y sirenas divirtiéndose yeah!! jaja
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How to make a Frappe
1 full tsp Instant coffee
1 full tsp sugar or substitute (or to taste)
Milk or cream (preferably evaporated milk) if desired
Water
Ice cubes
METHOD
If using a small hand mixer (like the one on the photo):
Pour about an inch of water in a glass. Add sugar and coffee and mix until foamy. Continue by adding a few ice cubes, milk and the rest of water.
If using a shaker:
Shake the water, coffee and sugar until they are dissolved and foamy. Transfer to the glass; add milk, ice cubes and water.
Drink with a straw.
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Greek Guy with funny accent and terrible English giving instructions on how to make a frappe
1. He mixed the coffee to much. That means that the coffe may look better but it doesn't taste better.
2. He used fresh milk, which is unacceptable in Greece since everybody uses evaporated milk for frappe.
3. He just put one ice cube; usually we put around three.
4. According to my taste he uses to much coffee (two tsp) which of course can be explained by the fact that he beats the coffee to much so he doesn't taste all this amount of coffe!
The non foamy alternative to Frappé!
"Karavishios"
The winter alternative to Frappé
Nes Caffe'
Well, you know Greeks; if they like something they cannot let it go! So Greeks love so much the feeling of shaken coffee so they had to create a similar coffee for the winter! They created what we call Ness! Now, Ness comes in reality from the word Nestlé which is basically the very well brand who first introduced the instant coffee in Greece! For that reason I have to admit that probably they created Ness first and then the frappe...~~~RECIPE~~~
INGREDIENTS
1 full tsp Instant coffee
1 full tsp sugar or substitute (or to taste)
Milk or cream (preferably evaporated milk) if desired
Hot Water
Method
Put some water on a boiler or the micro or whatever you use to make some hot water. Meanwhile, put in a mug the coffee and the sugar and add one Tbs of the hot water and start whisking the mix like crazy until the mixture becomes like cream. Now, for this faze you can also use a mini mixer like the one in the Frappé but you don't want to overdo it and end up having half a mug of foam. Another variation would be to use the milk instead of water in order to make this cream; if you use it now you don't have to add it at the end.
When you are satisfied with your cream pour the hot water and try to stir it a little bit (not too much) so it mixes nicely with the cream but you still have a creamy level on the top.
Add your milk and enjoy the Ness cafe'.
You can always try any variation of the above to choose your favorite.
Another variation you can try (especially if you live in the US) is to substitute the milk with your favorite cream so get an extra flavor in there (I love the vanilla cream).
Beautiful Nescafe Commercial
Frappé with Ice Cream
Because everybody loves ice cream
One of the most popular variations of the Frappé coffee is Frappé with ice cream. The preparation is very simple; you just follow your favorite Frappé recipe and you add one scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream. You can use next to your straw a long spoon to scoop up some ice cream.I managed to find a nice photo of Frappé with ice cream on Flickr
Frappé with Baileys
Enjoy this refrehing Frappé with Baileys
Follow the regular Frappé recipe but replace the milk with Baileys and enjoy! How do you shake? With water or with milk?
There's a big debate in the the Greek houses and cafeterias:
Do you shake your coffee with water (as in the recipe) or with milk? The fans of milk believe it's better because the foam is creamier. On the other hand the fans of water say that mixing with milk is a disaster because the milk stays in the foam and the Frappe needs additional milk!
The poll is on, the bets are on, lets rock our Frappe!!!
How to Order a Frappé
You have to be prepared for your next visit to Greece...
If you've ever been to Greece you've probably noticed the numerous cafeterias in every corner on every street (not to mention the islads). So, let's say that you want to sit down in one of these and enjoy your Frappé; how do you order it?"Sketos"-It means "plain" and what you should expect is a frappe with no sugar and no milk.
"Sketos me gala"-It means "plain with milk" and you should expect Frappé with no sugar at all but with one dose of milk.
"Metrios me gala"-It means "medium with milk" and what you should expect is a Frappé with one tsp sugar and a dose of milk.
"Metrios horis gala"-It means "medium without milk" and you should expect a Frappé with one tsp of sugar without any milk.
"Glykos me gala"-It means "sweet with milk" and what you should expect is a Frappé with 2+ tsp of sugar and a dose of milk.
"Glykos horis gala"-It means "sweet without milk" and you understand that this will be a Frappé with 2+ tsp of sugar with no milk at all.
-Also, have in mind that in some places they might bring you your Frappé with the milk on the side so you can add as much as you like.
-Another thing that you can do when you order your Frappé is to ask for a specific amount of sugar. For example, "mia kutalia zahari" means one tsp of sugar, "dyo kutalies zahari" means two tsp of sugar and "tris kutalies zahari" means three tsp of sugar. Now, if you want less than one tsp sugar you can say: "mia kofti kutalia zahari" that means the amount of sugar that you can carry in the point of a tsp, or "missi kutalia zahari", which means half tsp of sugar.
-The same rules apply when you order a "ness".
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Greek old Nescafe frape advertisement (1984)
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A greek old advertisement for instant coffee Nescafe in 1984. Ελληνική διαφήμιση για τον καφέ Nescafe το 1984. Απόσπασμα από τη βιντεοκασέτα Hellads Video που συνοδεύεται με το λεύκωμα Hellads.
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And a new commercial
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Photos of frappe on Flickr!
I tried to fimd a variety of photos in order to show you the variations, the lifestyle and bad examples of frappe!
Enjoy your Frappe!!!
I love these scenes....
Even when you finish drinking you can't take your hands off the straw...
Bad Frappe! Half the glass is foam. Nice photo though...
Other Links and Articles About Frappé
- Nescafe - Official Web Site
- Check out the official Greek Nescafe site for some cool fresh commercials as well as for some free downloads for your pc!
- FrappezZzation
- A great new blog dedicated to the Frappé culture. I wish the best to Natalia who took this initiative to start such a blog!
- Frappe Nation
- In Frappe Nation, Vivian Constantinopoulos and Daniel Young document the frappe phenomenon, celebrate Greek cafe culture, and bring together devotees of the sensationally frothy iced coffee.
- Frappe - Iced Greek Coffee - Greek Food
- The Frappe is a way of life in Greece. It is a wonderful way to drink coffee. - Frappe - Iced Greek Coffee - Greek Food is a personally written site at BellaOnline
- Greek frappé coffee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- Frappistmas and the star; Fotis blog
- One of the biggest holidays of the frappe cult is the frapistmas, the day when frappe was born. According to the gospel a star showed the way to the holy frappe to three magi. These magi went to the holy kitchen and gave their gifts, coffee, sugar and some straws. Since then every spring we celebrate the frappistmas, the born of the frappe!
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