The first batch of home churned ice cream is finished and currently sitting in the freezer hardening. I gave my sister a choice between mocha and green tea for my first batch. She choose mocha and we* were off.
Time for the problems. Aside from possibly over cooking the mixture during the first part nothing major really happened. However, after letting the mixture sit in the fridge overnight I set to churn it this morning. This is where the real problems happened. Even after cutting the recipe in half it still completely filled the ice cream maker, just barely not overflowing. I knew that it would expand, but hoped it wouldn't be that much and could be contained. I came back 30 minutes later to find the ice cream all but falling out of the top of the machine. Thankfully it was ice cream enough at that point that I was able to scoop a sizable portion of it out and throw that into the freezer. There was the collateral damage of making a complete mess, but the ice cream was saved and finished nicely. Transferring the finished ice cream to another container for storage and further hardening also added to the mess and was no easy feat.
Currently chillin' out in the fridge is a green tea ice cream base that I made soon after this, but more on that once it's churned. I've only got a few more ideas in my ice cream hopper at the moment, so if you have a request please share. And if you're close enough I'll share it with you. ;)
*This is a 'royal we' in case anyone was wondering.
EDIT: And I just realized that I never commented on how it tasted. The little bit I've had of it so far has varied in the amount of coffee flavor. It seems like it's necessary to eat small amounts to get the nice combination between the chocolate and coffee. When I remake this one I think I'll either up the amount of instant coffee or decrease the cocoa powder. Over all it has been quite delicious. :)
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