Is your morning cup of iced coffee tasting a little stale? Maybe it’s time to shake things up literally. Iced coffee is a delicious and refreshing treat but pouring hot coffee over ice inevitably results in a watered-down cup of coffee. And no one wants that. But the solution to your watered-down coffee woes might just be in your bar cart. A cocktail shaker is often used to mix cocktails and bring them to an icy temperature without watering them down. The same benefit applies to your coffee.
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⭐️EASY & THE BEST ICE COFFEE recipe – based on espresso using a cocktail shaker! 🎉
For the perfect iced coffee all you need to do is pour a cup of coffee (at room temperature) into a cocktail shaker along with ice. It’s best not to pour steaming hot coffee into your cocktail shaker as hot coffee can cause burns. Once your coffee is poured put the top of the shaker on tightly and shake until the outside of the container is cold. Then pour it into your glass. This trick ensures that your coffee doesn’t get watered down as it cools and you don’t have to wait for your coffee to cool completely. If you use this method with a shot of espresso you’ve successfully created a shakerato an Italian-style shaken espresso. However you do need to be careful adjusting your brew when using this method as your iced coffee will be much stronger than if you simply poured your coffee over ice. So make sure you use the strength you want.
If you’re hoping to make a great cup of iced coffee you may want to borrow more from your bar cart than just a cocktail shaker. It can be helpful to think of your coffee as a type of cocktail. Like cocktails coffee is a complex beverage that requires balancing multiple flavors such as bitterness sweetness and acidity. And like cocktails you can add certain ingredients that help bring out the best aspects of your brew. Certain ingredients that are normally reserved for cocktails such as bitters can help bring out the best qualities of your coffee.
And you don’t have to skip the bitters. Adding syrups to your coffee can also enhance the flavor. Homemade lavender syrup for example—which is often added to cocktails—can be a unique floral addition to your drink. And even club soda which adds a fizz to many cocktails can make an interesting pairing with your cup of iced coffee (shaken not stirred). Adding carbonated water can even help sweeten an especially strong brew. You’ll want to stick to a 1-to-1 ratio for this drink so that neither element overpowers the other. Plus you get the refreshing bubbles of sparkling water with the rich flavor of coffee.
