I've been faffing around for a long time trying to make the "perfect" (to my taste) mocha (whether iced or otherwise). But not actually being scientific about it, like, not measuring anything, not recording any results. That ends today!

What am I aiming for? I want to see if I can come close to the taste of Dare Iced Coffee Mocha, which has been my favourite reliable iced mocha for quite a while. (That isn't to say it's the only taste I like. There's really not much that can beat pouring fresh pourover-filter coffee over a glass full of chocolate ice cream.)

And it so happens I have half a bottle of Dare available for taste-comparison. I predict that today's effort will not come anywhere near it. However, actually having some Dare to compare it with will at least give me a direction to go in.

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Ingredients:

• a punnet of fresh strawberries
• 1 tsp sweetener
• handful of frozen strawberries
• vanilla yoghurt
• milk

Instructions:

1. Take one punnet of strawberries and chop them up.
2. Put one half into a milkshake-suitable container (e.g. a beer stein)
3. Put the second half in a microwave-safe jug (e.g. Pyrex) with 1 tsp of your favourite sweetener (e.g. Natvia) and microwave on high for 60 - 90 seconds, until the strawberries are reduced to a heaving, bubbling mass. This intensifies the flavour.
4. Put the cooked strawberries on top of the raw strawberries.
5. Add a handful of frozen strawberries.
6. Add three tablespoonfulls of your favourite vanilla yoghurt (e.g. Jalna Creamy Vanilla)
7. Top up with milk.
8. Take your stick-blender (Bamix) and pulverize the mixture.

Drink and enjoy.