Do I even have to say something to this? I mean come on, this colour is so beautiful! It’s a really basic iced coffee with vanilla and some marble syrup and spirulina for this beautiful colour.
But what is Spirulina?
Spirulina is usually referred to as a blue-green algae, but it is actually a cyanobacterium. Cyanobacteria get their name because of the bluish pigment phycocyanin, which they use to capture light for photosynthesis. Therefore, Spirulina also contains chlorophyll.
Superfood
While this blue-green algae may look like slimy pondweed, it is actually one of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. Spirulina is 60% protein (more than twice as much as red meat). It contains 18 amino acids, including all essential amino acids and 10 of 12 non-essential amino acidsit. Furthermore it’s a sustainable food source. In addition to using 10 times less water to produce than other vegetables, spirulina can be harvested year-round and withstands extreme temperatures.
Blue Iced Coffee
Ingredients
- 1 small cup fresh coffee
- 250 ml plant based milk
- ¼ tsp blue spirulina
- 1 pinch vanilla
- 6 ice cubes
- 1 tsp marble syrup
Instructions
- Prepare coffee first (or espresso shot) and mix it together with the plant based milk, vanilla and blue spirulina. The amount of spirulina depends on what colour you want to have. I used around ¼ tsp so very little to get that light blue.
- Fill ice cubes into a sufficiently large glass and give 1 tsp marble syrup to it. Pour the blue spirulina milk over it and stir everything well. In the end, I added a dash of plant milk.