Looking for some refreshing beverages to keep you cool this summer? There is no way better to beat the heat and charge up mid work by sipping on delicious cold coffee. So why not explore with trying with different ingredients to shake up a range of delightful coffees at home? There are many ways you can create a coffee at home starting from black coffee lovers to those milk based cold frappes. To get started here are some recipes that you will love.
For black coffee drinkers:
Cold brew:
Cold Brewing is a method of brewing coffee where ground coffee beans are steeped in room temperature water for more than 20 hours. Cold Brew is the coffee concentrate that you get after the brewing is complete. this brewing method takes the most amount of time - About 20 hrs give or take. But it is also one of the easiest methods of brewing coffee at home, very simple to do and requires no equipment. All one needs to do is steep coarsely ground coffee in water overnight with a ratio of 1:12 where 1kg of coffee ground to coarse to 12L of water. You can keep this for 7-8 days in refrigerator. You can also add some citric flavors and sweeteners to it if you want you coffee to be sweet.
Iced Americano:
This is also one of the easiest and simplest coffee you can try at home. Just take a glass and fill it with ice and some water. Top it with double shot of espresso to finish. You can also add a dash of cold milk and sweetener to it.
For milk based:
Iced Latte:
The Iced Latte is the perfect espresso drink to cool down with on a hot summers day, it is a delicious combination of ice cold milk and rich, strong espresso.
You will need:
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Ingredients |
Qty |
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Espresso |
45ml |
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Milk |
150ml |
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Ice |
70gms |
Method:
Begin with filling your glass with ice.
Pour cold milk over it.
Layer it with your double shot of espresso.
Stir it well and enjoy your beverage. If you are a person who likes to drink your coffee sweet you can add sugar syrup to it. You can also add flavors like vanilla, caramel or hazelnut for a nice twist to your iced latte.
Classic cold coffee (Blended):
A blended coffee is something which gives your coffee a thick texture like that of a milk shake. Blended coffees are another best way to cool down your hot summer day. Lets get started on how it is prepared.
Ingredients
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Ingredients |
Qty |
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Espresso |
60ml |
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Milk |
100ml |
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Ice |
100gms |
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Sugar syrup |
10ml |
Method:
Take a blender and put milk, coffee, sugar and ice.
Blend it well for about 30 seconds.
Pour into a glass and enjoy.
You can add vanilla frappe mix to give it a frappe like consistency as you will find in a café.
In addition, you can always add flavors like vanilla, hazelnut, chocolate and caramel. You can also put some whipped cream on top along with toppings like caramel drizzle, butterscotch nuts, Choco chips etc.
