If you’re one of those people who work in an office where the ambient temperature resembles that of an Inuit’s igloo then you’ll have no problem with getting your daily fix in its regular form. For those that find themselves in the sweltering summer heat, a hot cup of coffee isn’t always particularly appealing. An iced coffee is the obvious solution and to ensure that you get it right, here is a little info from Espresso Lab’s Jeremy Papier.
This recipe is for Espresso Lab’s White Ice. Using natural sweetener instead of sugar ensures that the flavour of your coffee is not overpowered and you can play around with the ice and milk measurements to suit your taste. This recipe is shaken not stirred, er, blended. Just throw it all in a shaker, do a little shimmy, shimmy and you’re done.
A double shot of espresso
Natural sweetener
One and a half handfuls of ice
160ml milk
If you don’t have an espresso machine or moka pot, an overnight cold infusion using a French press is the way to go. Jeremy suggests using 30 grams of coffee to half a litre of cold filtered water. Plunge the coffee immediately once you’ve added the water and leave it in the fridge overnight. Although this method demands a bit of a wait, it produces a cup that is less acidic and much sweeter than its heated counterpart. If possible, use an African single-origin, they’re said to be the best choice for a cold infusion.
Need one!
I love Iced coffee, now I can make one at home … even take it to the beach in a flask, wondibar!!
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Read the post and enjoyed it. Thought I might add that Iced Coffee was invented in Thailand by the way in the early 1930′s and was known as “Killer Coffee” or “Killer Bean”.
Killer Bean Iced Coffee was first created in Thailand almost 70 years ago and was drunk by motor scooter riders in Thailand & Vietnam. Today it is still really popular in Thailand, Vietnam, and throughout Indonesia. They use condensed milk instead of regular cows milk as there are not many cows in South East Asia. The taste is a very smooth Chocolate & Coffee flavour with a unique nutty after-taste. It was voted #1 three years in a row in Indonesia by NStars (Indo’s largest Cyber community with over 40,000 members). It’s pretty amazing stuff.
I heard that its just started selling in the Philippines and they will finally put up a website in 2013 for Australia. http://www.killerbean.com.au (its not up yet) but no news on other countries as the company that makes Killer Bean Iced Coffee is old fashioned and isn’t interrested in selling on the web apparently.
Cheers.