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How To: Make crystal clear ice cubes
Want a perfectly clear ice cube for your beverages? While it doesn't change much besides the look, it can impress your house guests.
How To: Make Kombucha tea
Kombucha is a fermented tea used primarily for medicinal purposes. If you need to make some at home and don't want to go out to the health store, check out this video.
How To: Make spiced chai
A sweet and spicy milk-based tea from India, chai is a tasty alternative to coffee. You Will Need
How To: Freeze water faster
Are you sick of how long it takes for ice to freeze? Need to get cubes faster? This video will show you how to prepare water so that is freezes faster.
How To: Make a frozen fruit smoothie - kids can cook!
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make a frozen fruit smoothie - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this frozen fruit smoothie recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
How To: Make a fruit smoothie - kids can cook!
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make a fruit smoothie - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this fruit smoothie recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
How To: Make Arabic (or Turkish) coffee
Enjoyed throughout the Middle East, Arabic coffee is deliciously rich, and easy to make at home. Watch this video to learn how to make Arabic (or Turkish) coffee.
How To: Make great coffee
Tired of making less than stellar java in your drip maker? Getting great coffee at home is simple with the right ingredients! Watch this video to learn how to make great coffee.
How To: Make iced café latte with BBC Ainsley Gourmet Express
Chef Ainsley Harriott presents an easy to copy recipe for Iced Café Lattes. Simple and delicious coffee recipe from BBC cookery show Ainsley's Gourmet Express.
How To: Grind coffee beans
Learn how to grind coffee beans. You don't have to do everything the easy way. Coffee tastes better with fresh-ground beans, and it doesn't take long to learn how.
How To: Make a frappé
Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make a frappé. Save money and time by making a blended frozen coffee drink from the neighborhood cafe right at home.
How To: Make tonic water
Learn how to make tonic water. Why spend money on store-bought tonic water when you can have fun at home doing it yourself for a fraction of the cost?
How To: Make a Sun Warrior chocolate maca java jolt smoothie
Check out this cool video tutorial from Raw Nature Boy for a cool vegetarian vegan smoothie... make a Sun Warrior chocolate maca java jolt smoothie. For this cool and healthy smoothie, see the recipe below.
How To: Make a Caffe Macchiato
Learn to please a true coffee connoisseur with a hand-crafted caffe macchiato. Watch this recipe video to learn how to make your own Caffe Macchiato at home.
How To: Make an authentic cappuccino
Become your own favorite barista by learning to create an authentic cappuccino at home. This Howcast guide demonstrates and provides a recipe for homemade cappuccinos.
How To: Make an egg cream
This classic New York drink, which contains neither eggs nor cream, will take you back in time to marble counters and soda shops. Learn how to make an egg cream. This Howcast guide gives you a recipe for the famous egg cream.
How To: Make iced coffee with milk
Learn how to make iced coffee. Get your caffeine jolt and chill out at the same time with an iced coffee.
How To: Make a Roy Rogers drink
Learn how to make a Roy Rogers drink. Treat your kids to a taste of the Wild West with this simple Roy Rogers recipe. It’s non-alcoholic – and a real crowd pleaser.
How To: Roast coffee beans
The next step in ultimate coffee brewing. Roasting your own beans creates the freshest cup of coffee. Roasting beans at home, ultimate coffee luxury. Forget Starbucks!
How To: Make a Milkshake
Forget the smoothies, granitas, cool lattes, and other frozen imitators—there’s nothing that satisfies your sweet tooth like a good old-fashioned milkshake. Learn how to make a delicious milkshake at home.
How To: Make your own soda
Concoct soda at home—over time, you'll save a bundle by not using the store-bought stuff. Plus, it's fizzy fun!
How To: Make espresso filmed on a Canon 5D Mark II
This is an espresso tutorial shot on the Canon 5D Mark II.
How To: Make lemonade
There’s nothing like a glass of ice cold lemonade on a hot day. You Will Need
How To: Make a healthy fruit smoothie
Want a fruit smoothie? While we can't recommend asparagus or cheddar-flavored drinks, we encourage you to experiment, using this road map to the ultimate healthy blended beverage. Remember to be creative -- mix a variety of fruity flavors.
How To: Make an instant iced cappuccino
No coffeehouse or cappuccino maker in sight? Whip up a tasty instant version with a little ingenuity and some common ingredients. You will need:
How To: Make iced hot chocolate
Enjoy hot chocolate during the stifling summer months by putting it on ice. To make iced hot chocolate, you will need:
How To: Make fresh ginger tea with Kevin Rose of Digg
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com and Revision3.com brings us a great recipe for homemade ginger tea. He uses fresh ginger root to make this tonic. Ginger is great for easing stomach aches or seasickness. Add chunks of ginger for a rich flavored tea.
How To: Make decadent holiday hot chocolate from scratch
How to make hot chocolate from scratch. Stir things up with this decadent hot chocolate recipe. You will need:
How To: Make mulled cider for Thanksgiving
Nothing takes the chill out of a brisk night like mulled cider, this winter favorite. You will need apple cider, cinnamon sticks, brown sugar, cloves, and allspice. Optional: rum, whiskey or brandy. Enjoy this holiday recipe for mulled cider.
How To: French press a faux latte
Do you want to have the latte experience without having to buy an espresso machine? Follow along with this coffee how-to video as Alton uses the French press to create the perfect faux latte. You'll love this latte technique, and you won't be shelling out money to go to Starbucks or to buy an espresso machine.
How To: Cool water for coffee
Scalding hot water will burn your coffee, like it burns you. Arno Holschuh shows one method for getting it down to the optimal temperature. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn a great way to cool water for coffee.
How To: Blend a healthy peanut butter split smoothie
Beat the snack attacks with this healthy banana and peanut butter favorite. You'll love how simple and quick this fruit smoothie is to prepare. This cooking how-to video is part of Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger show hosted by Ellie Krieger. Cooking healthy food can be quick, easy, but most of all, delicious. Nutritionist and author Ellie Krieger has created fast and simple healthy recipes for the real world. She'll show you how simple it can be to stay on the healthy track no matter how...
How To: Make a breakfast shake
Nutritious and delicious, this how-to video shows great way to kick start your morning. You will need 1 banana, 1/2 cup frozen berries, 1 cup calcium-fortified vanilla soymilk (or other milk alternative), 2 tbsp maple syrup (optional), and 2 tbsp calcium-fortified orange juice concentrate. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make a healthy breakfast shake.
How To: Make mint tea with home dried mint
Making a hot tea on a cool day is one of the best things you can do in life. Learn how you can make a delicious mint tea in this cooking how-to video. Watch as Elina Wells goes through the process of taking homed ried leaves from her garden to make mint tea.
How To: Prepare a Jamaican sorrel drink
In this cooking how-to video, Tracy prepares some sorrel. Sorrel is a traditional Jamaican Christmas drink. Follow along with this video cooking lesson to learn how this drink is prepared
How To: Freeze Witch's Brew fruit punch with creepy ice cubes
Treat your guests to some wand-erful Witch's brew this Halloween. They'll be screaming for more! Follow along in this cooking how-to video to learn how to make Witch's Brew punch decorated with creepy spider ice cubes.
How To: Brew gyokuro tea with ice cubes
Tea is usually brewed with hot boiling water. In this how to video our host shows you a new method of making gyokuro tea with ice cubes. This brewing method is more commonly known as shinobi-cha and it is very easy way to enjoy your tea longer. Watch and start making tea with ice cubes using the shinobi-cha method.
How To: Make iced matcha green tea
Everyone loves a nice hot freshly brewed cup of matcha green tea. The hot summer months don't have to mean giving up your matcha tea. Make an iced matcha green tea instead. Watch this how to video to learn more about the simple methods involved in making iced matcha green tea.
How To: Make a matcha green tea cappuccino
This tea recipe is great for those of you who enjoy green tea and cappuccino. Watch this HowTo video as our Japanese host demonstrates how to make a matcha cappuccino using a matcha tea mixture. This beverage recipe is a great combination of green tea and coffee.
How To: Blend a Thai iced tea smoothie
The Thai iced tea smoothie is a the colder cousin of the Thai iced tea. Watch this HowTo video to learn how to make a Thai tea smoothie in about a minute at home. It tastes delicious on a hot summer day. All you need for this recipe is Curry Simple Thai Tea Syrup Concentrate (or your own mixture of teas), ice and half and half.