Lifesaver: Trader Joe's Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate

If I had to sum up the past two weeks of my life, I'd say one thing: stress. Moving, cleaning, starting a new job, cleaning, dealing with old apartment problems, cleaning, organizing the new home, having my bike stolen, it goes ON and ON and ON.

The one thing that has kept me running is coffee. Recently, I've been experimenting with my own cold brew but tend to pass out at night way before remembering to mix my brew. With a very tight budget these past two weeks and very little time to stop and get coffee every morning, I resorted to a quick, cheap and easy solution at home. 

Trader Joe's Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate! When I was checking, the girl told me to mix it 1:1 for a strong coffee as opposed to the 1:2 recommendation. This was pretty strong, and probably still delicious for many. My mom is a coffee enthusiast so I am very used to a rich, dark cup of joe when she brews it up.

I stuck to the recommendation: one part coffee concentrate to two parts water or milk. Anything creamy is right up my alley, so it turned into one part coffee, one part water, and one part milk with a dash of pumpkin spice syrup. YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM, did I say yum?