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To ask if you like Iced Coffee?

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girlfriend44 · 23/12/2023 15:08

Having always had a hot coffee, I recently tried the Coffee with the cold water instead of hot.
I couldnt decide whether I liked it or not? Probably not tbh.

Wondered about others? Do you like it? Is it better in the summer when its hot?

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iamtheiliad · 24/12/2023 04:40

I love iced coffee (and tea) but wouldn’t be making it with cold water. How did you make yours?

I used to work in a hospital where a lot of the patients loved a cold coffee where they would ask for it to be made with the coffee dissolved in a small amount of hot water and then topped up with milk. I’ve never tried it made that way but I assume it’s like a cold latte.

Pozz · 24/12/2023 04:41

Coconutter24 · 23/12/2023 15:46

I love hot and iced coffee. How did you make the iced coffee? I make a double espresso, put ice in a cup pour milk over ice then add the double espresso over the top…. Perfect 👌

I bet this would be nice with a baileys over it in the winter 😋

TootsyPants · 24/12/2023 04:48

I live in Cyprus and it's a frappe here. I have mine with all milk in the summer, lovely 😊

Pozz · 24/12/2023 05:07

TootsyPants · 24/12/2023 04:48

I live in Cyprus and it's a frappe here. I have mine with all milk in the summer, lovely 😊

Ooh I thought a frappe was different. With syrup or cream or something?

PeloMom · 24/12/2023 05:09

No and don’t get it. When I lived in the US I felt everyone was walking around with iced coffee regardless if it was scorching hot or absolutely freezing ! Never understood why would anyone drink cold coffee…

SpecialCharacters · 24/12/2023 05:14

Yup. I probably have hot coffee most often but I do drink iced coffee fairly often, all year round.

TootsyPants · 24/12/2023 05:21

@Pozz it's a spoon of coffee in a glass, little bit of water, wizz it up a bit with a frother tool (can't remember the name) then top up with milk, or half milk half cold water or all water. Ice and sugar optional.
Lovely.

Forgottenmypasswordagain · 24/12/2023 05:31

Think of cold chocolate milk versus hot chocolate...both good in a differant way. Same with iced coffee versus hot, though the cold ones are way sweeter than I would've had a hot coffee.

Rickenbackergoodgrief · 24/12/2023 05:37

I love iced coffee.
A shot of strong espresso over ice and cold milk.
Sometimes I swap the ice for a scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream. Delicious.

LikeRobbieSays · 24/12/2023 06:22

I like both hot and cold coffee but much prefer cold

AllyBugs · 24/12/2023 06:29

I love iced coffee in the summer, but it has to be just coffee, ice and milk. Annoys me that I have to quiz places as so many offer iced coffee and it turns out it's something horribly sweet out of a carton and served over ice

eurochick · 24/12/2023 06:39

Yes, if it is done right. I first had it in Italy in the height of summer - a lovely espresso with some sugar poured into a glass of ice. No milk.

I don't usually sweeten my coffee but it need ps it for iced coffee imo.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 24/12/2023 07:07

I love an iced coffee.

Sometimes a standard iced latte which is fresh espresso poured over milk and ice cubes.

I prefer mine poured over ice cubes then shaken in a cocktail shaker, it changes the flavour of the coffee and makes it smoother. Then I bung a load of oat milk on top.

We get some Cypriot guys that like us to blend a double espresso with just a couple of ice cubes so it’s nice and foamy and then a splash of milk over the top. This one is good to get your caffeine kick but not if you want to sit and enjoy a long drink!

Also can’t beat a good frappe, which is just coffee, milk and ice blended together into a thick coffee milkshake.

Totally out of the box but mix espresso with tonic water and ice and you have refreshing sparkling coffee. That one is marmite though.

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 24/12/2023 17:01

No, but then until I read this thread I thought you couldn't have iced black coffee (I don't like white coffee). Maybe next summer I'll give it a try.

Pozz · 24/12/2023 17:33

TootsyPants · 24/12/2023 05:21

@Pozz it's a spoon of coffee in a glass, little bit of water, wizz it up a bit with a frother tool (can't remember the name) then top up with milk, or half milk half cold water or all water. Ice and sugar optional.
Lovely.

@TootsyPants thank you!

hobbitonthehill · 24/12/2023 17:34

Real ice coffee drinkers do it all year round 😋

mondaytosunday · 25/12/2023 00:19

Yes but don't you make it hot then cool it? I don't make it with cold water. And I only have it in summer.

ChicagoBears · 25/12/2023 00:19

I love a skinny vanilla iced latte! So good!

Saschka · 25/12/2023 00:31

Forgottenmypasswordagain · 24/12/2023 04:36

I love Tim Hortons ice cap made with chocolate milk, but alas... I can
no longer tolerate caffeine.

I miss Ice Caps! Tim Horton’s coffee in general is bitter and disgusting (Second Cup was my favourite Canadian chain), but ice caps are great.

soundsys · 25/12/2023 01:20

Only if it's very very hot outside, like 35C+ and I can't face hot coffee!

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