Hey, Josh, you want some iced coffee? I just got it. That's not iced coffee.
Yeah, sure it is. Look it says right here made with real coffee.
Let me have a look at that coffee powder 0.4% I
paid four bucks for that.
G'day. My name's Josh and I'm from the coffee science and education center.
Now summer is just around the corner. And as the weather heats up,
a lot of people tend to ditch coffee and go to some flavoured coffee drink that
they buy from the shops or some drink that they've seen on Tik Tok.
Now there's nothing wrong with these drinks. It's cold. It's refreshing.
It's an easy way to drink coffee, but if you want to drink some real tasty,
fresh coffee made at home or in your cafe today,
I'm going to give you a few tips and tricks about how you can make the most
delicious, fresh iced coffee for summer.
There are a few different ways that you can make iced coffee.
There is espresso style. There is filter style and there is cold brew style.
Each of these styles produce their own different flavour,
give a different result and has their own pros and cons.
So let's start with cold brew.
In short cold brew involves infusing coffee grounds into cold water from
anywhere between five to 24 hours.
So this method produces an iced coffee that is really smooth and chocolaty.
It works great with or without milk.
And it's versatile enough to mix with all other sorts of ingredients.
It will keep for up to two weeks in the fridge.
So the downside is it takes one full day to brew cold brew coffee.
That means you've got to be prepared in advance.
Just take note as well that this style of coffee can be a little bit one
dimensional. So if you just want a refreshing beverage,
cold brew is definitely the way to go. Now,
if you want to get into the details of how to make cold brew,
we do have a whole other video, linked down below,
and you can follow the fine details of making this style of iced coffee.
Making iced coffee with espresso gives a completely different result than cold
brew. It's stronger,
punchier & has a lot more sharpness than cold brew, but I tell you,
it tastes so much better when it's made to order. Now,
the simplest way to use espresso is to add ice,
milk and then a shot or two of espresso.
This is typically what is called an iced latte. Now,
one thing you'll notice is that the espresso can taste sharper and it has less
of the natural sweetness compared to when you drink it hot.
Now this is because our body doesn't perceive sweetness as well at low
temperatures as it does in high temperatures.
Now you could make up for it by adding some sugar,
and we'll get to that in a minute, but try this tip,
pull your espressos a little bit shorter, more like a ristretto style.
That'll bring out more of the natural sweetness of the coffee,
and it will display better at this temperature.
The third option is to make an iced filter coffee.
Iced filter coffee is great for serving black as it helps maintain more of the
delicate acidity than either cold brew or chilled espresso.
If you just take your everyday batch of filter coffee and chill it,
it's going to taste pretty sharp, bitter and quite watery.
But the solution is to brew the filter with the same amount of coffee you would
normally use, but halve the amount of water.
That way when the hot coffee melts the ice,
you end up with a similar strength to standard filter coffee.
A good recipe to try here is 21 grams of coffee,
150 grams ice and 150 grams water.
This will work well with single cup devices like the v60,
the Aeropress or batch brewers like the Moccamaster.
This method is ideal for serving up a black filter
specialty coffee, but because it's so delicate,
it won't always work very well with other ingredients like milk or anything like
that. It will wash out when it comes to those sorts of flavours.
So the next best tip is to choose the right coffee.
As I said earlier,
our body does not perceive sweetness as well at low temperatures as it does at
higher temperatures. This means that some types of coffee will taste great hot,
but be overly edgy and bitter when chilled.
Typically a light or medium roast coffee with lots of natural sweetness will
give the best results at a lower temperature. So,
natural or honey process coffees are usually your best bet when you're trying to
do cold brew or iced filter coffees.
Some roasters even have specific blends that are designed to
work best at cold temperatures. But as always with coffee,
there's still no hard and fast rules.
Washed coffees can also produce a very refreshing flavour. So again,
you've got to go and make your own search and find out what works best for you.
Now,
some people need a bit of extra sweetness in their iced coffees. Of course,
normal sugar will not dissolve easily in cold liquids.
So the best option then is to make a simple syrup ahead of time.
Simple syrup works like this. Grab a cup of boiling water,
add a cup of raw sugar and stir them together. Once this has cooled,
pop it in the fridge and add half a shot of this to your iced coffee.
I find the raw sugar has a very nice neutral taste that balances better with the
coffee than ordinary white sugar.
Now an alternative way to sweeten your coffee is to take a tip from our
Vietnamese friends and use some sweetened, condensed milk.
It's creamy and sweet, like melted ice cream. And speaking of ice cream...
Adding ice cream to coffees is nothing new.
Think of your classic Affogato; delicious.
Ice cream makes a very indulgent substitute for ice cubes in sweetening up your
espresso coffee.
One of my favorite ways to use it is making a cold brew 'spider',
some parts of the world call this a 'float'.
What you want to do is take one part cold brew concentrate.
To this you want to add one part sparking water or tonic,
and at least one scoop of your favourite ice cream.
This will fizz up and give you one delicious, drink. Another alternative,
take some coffee and freeze it in a tray. When you add those to your drink,
as you drink it, it will get stronger, not weaker.
This is definitely a great way to supercharge your iced coffees.
For your last quick tip, because you know I'm good for it.
You want to take those glasses & store them in the fridge.
Not only will this keep your drink cold for longer,
but the whole process of when you put your drink together, it looks really cool.
No pun intended.
Now I want to know what sort of drinks you like to make when it comes to cold
ice coffee styles, the best one we read this week,
we're going to pin right at the top of those comments. So please let us know.
What is your favourite type of iced coffee?