Coffee Drinks
Cold coffee
Cold coffee is not one drink. Cold brew is made with cold water over many hours, iced coffee is hot coffee cooled over ice, and the rest are built on a shot of espresso. These guides explain the difference, how an Italian shakerato and a dirty coffee are made, and what is in a can of coffee.
Cold Brew vs Iced Coffee: Not the Same DrinkOne is brewed cold for half a day, the other is brewed hot and poured over ice. The difference is not temperature at the end, it is which compounds ever left the coffee.
How to Make an Iced Latte That Is Not WateryEspresso, cold milk and ice. Simple on paper, and most home versions go wrong in the same two places: melting ice and sugar that will not dissolve.
Caffè Shakerato: Italy's Iced Coffee, Made in a Cocktail ShakerEspresso, ice and sugar shaken hard and strained into a cold glass. No milk, no syrup, and no ice in the finished drink.
Canned Coffee Drinks, Explained by TypeCanned coffee started in Japan in 1969 and now covers milky coffee, black coffee, cold brew, nitro and energy drinks. The type on the can tells you most of what you need to know.
Dirty Coffee: The Layered Espresso and Cold Milk DrinkHot espresso poured over cold milk and left unstirred, so the drink changes as you get down the glass. Invented in Tokyo in 2010.
Espresso Tonic: What It Is and How to Make ItA shot of espresso poured over iced tonic water, first made in Oslo in 2007. Why the espresso goes in last, and how to make one at home.
Freddo Cappuccino: Greece's Iced Espresso With Cold Milk FoamA double espresso shaken with ice, poured over more ice and topped with thick cold milk foam. How Greek cafes make it, and how it differs from a freddo espresso and a frappé.
Frappé vs Frappuccino: Same Word, Different DrinksThe Greek frappé is instant coffee shaken with water and ice. The Frappuccino is a blended Starbucks drink. How each one began, and what is in the cup.