Cold coffee, from the classic cold in the freezer to the alcoholic version for cocktails, is increasingly popular
.
For TikTok, the trend of the iced drink containing caffeine exploded in April 2020, "when we were bored at home and preparing it like bartenders became a common game", underline the London newspapers, tracing the trend of love for ice- coffee of the last 3 years.
The New York Times, in recent days, listed iced coffee among the 8 anti-heat and re-hydrating glasses to drink every day in the hottest month of the year, according to Tamara Hew-Butler who does research on body fluids at Wayne State University : "You have to drink your eight glasses: hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. In the summer heat, of course, parfaits like ice lollies and sorbets are practical containers for the consumption of liquids. Coffee drinks can also be moisturizing,
Although caffeine is often considered a diuretic or dehydrating substance, it has roughly the same moisturizing or dehydrating effects as water.
This is true for those who appreciate coffee and include it among their daily drinks, while for those who never consume it it could instead trigger a greater loss of body water ".
How to make an excellent cold coffee, which remains fragrant and is also thirst-quenching and refreshing?
Choosing the right blend and procedure as explained by Jonathan Gagné at the last World of Coffee 2022, the world championship held in Milan at the end of June.
Researcher in astrophysics at the Planetarium Rio Tinto Alcan in Montreal and lecturer at the Université de Montréal, he devotes himself with passion to studies on the physics of coffee preparation and documents his discoveries on his very popular blog Coffee Ad Astra.
Author of The Physics of Filter Coffee, he dispenses recipes and secrets for making coffee in the best way on Instagram (@jgagneastrocoffee, with over 25 million followers).
Special blends are also in production in Italy and the addresses can be found in the new
Chameleon Guide
, the first guide to coffees and roasters in Italy.
Written by Andrej Godina, coffee expert and PhD in science, technology and economics in the coffee industry, and Mauro Illiano, food reviewer.
The authors include in the guide and award with the 'Specialty Roasting Award' the Settimo Torinese office of 1895
Coffee Designers by Lavazza
for cutting-edge technological solutions such as the best roasters available on the market, which roast from a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 120 kg of coffee per cycle (the Factory is open to the public, by appointment, for guided tours) and for blends '15 Degrees South ', Bolivian origin, strong floral scents enriched with notes of passion fruit, vanilla, mandarin, pineapple and caramel;
and 'Avanguardia II' for the mocha section with orange blossom, chocolate, banana and rum flavor.
Finally, the Araari selection, flavored with bergamot, currant and grapefruit.
All fresh nuances suitable for the summer season.
Nespresso
, which has chosen the Brazilian top Alessandra Ambrosio as a face, launches Un sorso d'estate, the 2022 summer collection with a range of coffees, for Vertuo and Original, inspired by the flavors of the tropics and the Brazilian mood, to be enjoyed with ice , coconut flavored or with caramelized notes or toasted cereals, aromatic woods and pepper mixed with Arabica coffee (the pods of the
Barista Creations for Ice range,
limited edition).
A collection that wants to be a ritual in itself right from the preparation with the shaker.
Also the micro-roasting
Ditta Artigianale di Firenze
(line of coffee shops dedicated to coffees of particular taste), offers refined blends including the botanical variety pink bourbon with natural fermentation.
Spicy and with tropical notes of strawberry, rosemary and papaya, it has a persistent and fresh aftertaste (this is the Finca El Diviso type, presented at the last World of Coffee in Milan).
Bartenders also include coffee in summer cocktails, ditto the pastry chefs who invent cold coffee-based desserts.
In Milan, in via Kramer 35 in Porta Venezia, the pastry and ice cream shop
Viva Dolci e Gelati
(all-female staff, born from the collaboration with Cadmi, House of Reception of Battered Women and anti-violence center in Milan) throughout the summer you can taste the shortcrust biscuits with coconut mousse, coconut flakes and 'namelaka' mousse cream with coffee (with Nespresso blends from the new Coconut Flavor Ove Ice range), a recipe created for summer 2022 by starred chef Viviana Varese.
Grinding can be seen live (even with original systems such as extraction and preparation with siphons and liquid nitrogen) in
Starbucks' most elegant location, the Reserve Roastery
in the Palazzo delle Poste in Piazza Cordusio (the company has also just opened a new store at Scalo Milano Outlet & More in via Milano 5 in Locate di Triulzi).
Among the cold brews extracted from cold and the version of 'sparkling' coffee with the addition of mineral water garnished with lemon and mint, the shakers, the blends with milk cream, in addition to the non-alcoholic version of the Manhattan cocktail and the Moscow Mule with coffee decaffeinated, the choice is vast.
Also in Milan, inside the Liberty Tower, opens the first Italian house of EL&N London, second in Europe, the healthy all-pink café that women like so much.
The headquarters in Mayfair, London, also have offices in Paris, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait City, Riyadh, Jeddah and is the most instagrammed bistro in the world.
Cold coffee has changed its skin all over the peninsula and the old type (sweetened and refrigerated) is definitely out.
For the current summer you can also indulge yourself at home by creating many variations.
They range from the one with whole or crushed ice (refreshing), to the one with the addition of almond milk to Lecce and which also includes the 'blown' version that transforms it into soft foam (with a quick steaming with the spout of the Cappuccino).
From that with cream, with milk and ice to coffee affogato (with vanilla ice cream, ideal after lunch, after dinner and after summer naps).
Or cold coffee with caramel sauce (to be placed as the first ingredient on the bottom of the empty glass), frothed milk and ice.
From Lombardy to Sicily the coffee is now frozen and the coffee granitas, also together with pistachio, figs and jasmine, are now consumed throughout the south of the peninsula, with or without brioches.
Sugar?
It is not always included, the bitter pleases many and the new recipes include other ingredients that are already sweet.
The cool coffee to be enjoyed at sunset, perhaps on the beach, is the cocktail version.
Espresso Martini is the most famous
: it is prepared with coffee, vodka and vanilla or sugar syrup poured into the shaker and then filtered into the cocktail-martini glass, with the addition of ice and a strawberry (or some coffee beans or grains. of chocolate) instead of the olive.
