Everyone has their own unique way of ordering iced coffee. "With cream and sugar," "with oat milk," "half-caff," "decaf," "cawfee filled halfway up the cup, top it with 2 puh-cent milk" (in that precise New York City accent). As someone who worked as a barista to support myself in college, I've heard it all and I'm sure more expert baristas than myself have been met with crazier requests.
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And there's another shocking coffee add-in that's gone viral on social media. It may be bonkers to ask for when you get coffee at a coffee shop, but at home it makes your iced coffees and cold beverages taste cafe-quality. The trick to the best at-home iced coffees is shockingly easy: add extra ice.
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♬ original sound - Anna VI came across this tip in TikTok content creator Anna V's now-viral video. It's only been a few weeks since I've employed it, but I'm a convert and am here to share the good news with you.
"The reason that your iced coffee doesn't taste right at home or your latte isn't coming out the way it does in the coffee shop is because you're not using enough ice," she says. "You light ice warriors? You're never gonna be able to make coffee at home and save money, sorry!" As a retired light-ice warrior myself, I can attest a heavy hand of ice really does the trick.
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So, How Much Ice is Enough Ice?
Based on Anna V's video, you should fill your cup all the way to the top with ice cubes before you add your coffee. That's a strong start, but it was one comment from user @essie that complemented Anna's main tip and helped me build a stronger iced coffee routine: "Also pour the espresso last. It makes such a difference." She was so right.
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I found that when I added the coffee or espresso last, I actually noticed my iced coffee was smoother and far less bitter. Plus, because I added the milk first, I had prepared a very cold base for the hot coffee to land on. That move steered me away from two potential bad coffee issues: coffee melting the ice, which leads to bad, watery, diluted coffee. Yuck!
If you don't use espresso, you can apply the same logic to pulling your Nepresso or Keurig pod or adding your coffee concentrate.
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Before you ask, yes, adding more ice to coffee can dilute the flavor of the coffee as the ice melts. To ensure that doesn't happen, you can intensify the flavor of your super iced coffee by brewing a stronger batch of coffee or pulling an extra shot of espresso.
This new method changed my coffee life, and I hope it will have the same impact on yours!
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