How to Make Cold Coffee: Simple, Quick, and Best-Tasting Iced Coffee Recipe

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Quick Outdoor Coffee Method

When you're traveling or enjoying outdoor activities and suddenly want a cup of coffee to refresh yourself and boost your energy, what should you do? Today, FrontStreet Coffee will demonstrate the fastest and simplest coffee brewing method for you 😀😀.

First, prepare a bottle of mineral water (you usually bring mineral water anyway), drink 2/3 of it, leaving only 1/3.

Then take one instant coffee stick and add it directly to the mineral water.

Gently shake the bottle to mix evenly for 30 seconds! (Excellent solubility!)

Although it may not look appealing, it doesn't affect the delicious taste at all! In harsh outdoor conditions, enjoying such a cup of coffee is absolutely blissful 😊😀!

The Magic of Summer Iced Coffee

Summer divine water - I have to say that iced coffee definitely deserves a place among them. After all, coffee that can both refresh and cool down is irresistible to many people.

The rise of iced coffee began in the United States over 100 years ago. Because coffee was traditionally considered a hot beverage, it was unpopular during summer. Merchants began promoting iced coffee extensively to boost summer sales, and gradually iced coffee entered people's lives.

Remember in "Roman Holiday" when the journalist played by Gregory Peck ordered a "Cold coffee"? This serves as a good record of iced coffee entering people's lives.

Nowadays, more and more people love iced coffee. It can be said that every summer is the season for enjoying iced coffee.

More and more people will make themselves a refreshing cup of iced coffee in hot weather, but did you know that iced coffee is really not just coffee with ice cubes added?

Brewing Methods

If you're brewing from fresh grounds, cold drip extraction, which uses low temperatures and slow extraction, is an excellent method for making delicious coffee.

You can also use the Japanese iced coffee brewing method, placing ice cubes in the coffee filter carafe beforehand, then making pour-over coffee, allowing the extracted coffee liquid to flow through the ice cubes and merge into one.

There's also American-style iced coffee, where you brew a shot of espresso in advance and pour the espresso directly into a glass with ice water. This method produces an even more refreshing and delicious iced coffee.

Roast Level

Generally speaking, when temperatures are low, people's sensitivity to sweetness and bitterness decreases, while sensitivity to acidity increases. Considering these taste changes, it's better to choose coffee beans with a higher roast level when making iced coffee, as this can minimize acidity and enhance bitterness.

Coffee Bean Selection

As mentioned earlier, low temperatures reduce people's sensitivity to acidity, so you need to choose coffee with a higher roast level. In terms of coffee bean selection, you can also choose beans with higher bitterness, such as Robusta coffee beans or beans from certain regions.

Iced coffee and hot coffee can be said to produce two completely different flavors. Because iced coffee is served at low temperatures, its flavor generally lasts longer. If refrigerated, it can maintain its flavor for several hours.

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