Aureate & Aromatic

pumpkin spice oat latte topped with coconut whipped cream | ‘the poet’s pie’ 🥧

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The nineteenth drink of my book as a bev series is a hot and iced pumpkin spice latte made with oat milk. It’s topped with coconut whipped cream and cinnamon powder. This bev is based on my hardcover copy of Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.

Serving fall even though it’s almost summer, my first dual temp drink recipe. And it’s vegan! This specific hardcover is the International Collectors Library edition, and I was happy to have stumbled onto it as it's very pretty! This drink came out perfect! I gave it a 5 ⭐ 

maple spirulina matcha with pumpkin cold foam | 'undead umami' 🍵

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The eighteenth drink of my book as a bev series is an iced matcha latte colored with spirulina and sweetened with maple butter, topped with a pumpkin cold foam. This bev is based on my paperback copy of Entwined by A. R. Bellendaine.  

Pulling from another on my indie physical tbr, I was super happy with the color match. The spirulina doesn’t impact the flavor at all if anyone’s curious! 

iced hojicha latte with ube cold foam | 'indigo on ice'

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The seventeenth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is an iced hojicha latte with ube cold foam based on my paperback edition of Forty-two Minutes by Janay Harden.

Felt crafty with the title since the fmc of the book is named Indigo and the drink is also indigo-ish 🙂‍↕️ Also referencing being on thin ice since the story starts off with Indigo in such a crazy scenario, lol. 

Bought this novel during one of my indie hauls last year. Since it’s under 300 pgs, I’m hoping it’ll be just the kind of quick read to help me get out of my current reading slump.

golden dark chocolate oat latte | 'the mocha mary'

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The sixteenth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is a golden dark chocolate oat latte topped with a toasted marshmallow based on my paperback edition of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I played around with a couple of names for this drink using other characters and terms from the book, like rocky or astro_, but couldn’t think of anything that encapsulated the flavors of the drink other than a mocha which is essentially what it is. So, the result is a relatively simple and straightforward drink and name. I used vegan marshmallows which could’ve affected the outcome of the toppers for this drink. They had a delicious crunch and resembled cookies in an attempt to incorporate a space/rock feel. 

hot spiced chai latte with a whipped maple cream | 'chai chaud'

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The fifteenth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series - and official mid-way point - is a hot spiced chai latte with a whipped maple cream topped with freeze dried strawberries based on my hardback edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. 

For those unfamiliar with the setting of this tale, it takes place both in London and Paris during the time of the French Revolution. It has the iconic words of "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." in its opening quote. The full line is much, much longer, so I wont write it all out, haha. Since this drink is a hot chai, I attempted to tie it to the novel's backdrop in a direct way and translated it into French. 

iced salted caramel latte with vanilla honey cold foam | ‘karamel kōhī ’

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The fourteenth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is an iced salted caramel latte with a vanilla honey cold foam based on my hardback edition of Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

Considering the premise of the story, I felt I had to go with a coffee based drink, haha. This was the first non-light novel or manga translated from Japanese that I read, and it was a quick read!

red velvet oat Dalgona whipped coffee | 'vermillion velvet' 🍫

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The thirteenth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is a red velvet oat Dalgona whipped coffee inspired by my paperback copy of Beloved by Toni Morrison. I love red velvet cake and anything red velvet flavored so this was a fun challenge for me to make a homemade sauce that captures that flavor whilst also suiting the book's cover. 

black sesame boba smoothie with raspberry puree | 'the grisha's grail'

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I love the simplicity of this cover. The crow with the subtle towers/skyline in the wings: perfection! I used all of the colors shown – which weren’t a lot, haha. I feel the final drink was a pretty accurate recreation.

banana bread oat latte with blueberry cold foam | ‘blazing bananberry’ 

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The eleventh drink of my thirty day book as a beverage series is an iced latte with banana oat milk and a blueberry cold foam. The colors were pulled from my paperback edition of We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal. The drink wasn’t too sweet and was a perfect balance of both fruits. It tasted like a baked loaf of banana bread with some blueberries in coffee form. 

pumpkin matcha with salted honey cold foam | ‘pumpkin patcha’ 🍵

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The tenth drink of my thirty day book as a beverage series is a pumpkin matcha with a salted honey cold foam. The colors were pulled from my paperback edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.

I love the cover for this novel, it's so vibrant and had colors that were fairly easy to choose cohesive flavors for. First time making pumpkin sauce and it was pretty easy. I kind of guessed the measurements - that’s my usual approach to everything, haha - and it worked out thankfully.

pb&j soy latte with dark cocoa whipped cream | ‘nectarous nkatee’

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The ninth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is a drink that’s neither hot nor cold but somewhere in between~ A pb&j inspired latte with a fresh raspberry sauce and topped with dark chocolate whipped cream. This drink was inspired by my hardcover edition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

Because the book’s setting is partially in Ghana, I was attempting to be intentional with the flavor profile and name. Some popular Ghanaian snacks include plantains or different groundnuts.

ube and black sesame oat latte | ‘the scholar’s starch’ 

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The eighth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is a hot ube oat latte with black sesame milk. The colors were drawn from the cover of Antonia Hodgson’s The Raven Scholar.

butterfly tea boba with berry cold foam and strawberry puree | ‘legendboba’

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The seventh drink of my thirty day book as a bev series, and rounding out the first week is a boba tea inspired concoction that has a butterfly tea base with a hint of lavender and cream, a berry cold foam made with vimto, and a topping of fresh strawberry puree.

The flavor was honestly unlike anything else I’ve had before. The closest comparison would be a strawberry creamsicle, but there was a twist to it I don’t know how to describe that I think that comes from the vimto - which has a sweet and tart mixed berry and spice flavor profile for anyone who’s never had it!

thai tea with coconut milk and mango purée | 'the shopkeeper's shai'

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The sixth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is a Thai tea with coconut milk and a mango purée base. It is sweetened with some condensed milk and brown sugar. It can be made vegan by swapping the former with extra sweetener of choice! ‘Shai’ is the Arabic word for tea~ 

green smoothie with mango purée, coconut, and flax | 'savages' smoothie'

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The fifth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is a spinach, grape, mango, and lemon smoothie topped with a mango purée and ground flax seeds. The beverage also contains some coconut whipped cream at its base and on top. It comes all together really easily in the blender and is vegan! It’s super delicious and has such a vibrant color and sweetness naturally. The first 5 ⭐ rating thus far~    

iced oat milk ube latte with ube cold foam | 'the purple portrait'

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The fourth drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is an iced ube latte with oat milk, ube cold foam, and topped with freeze dried raspberries for a pop of color and flavor. It was super easy to make, and very delicious!