What is “Iced Coffee?
Iced coffee usually refers to a specific process of brewing coffee, using cold water rather than hot. Iced coffee is synonymous with the term Toddy coffee, which is a brewing system that was developed and patented by Todd Simpson in 1964 as the first patented cold brewing system. The basic method of brewing cold coffee, whether by the actual Toddy system or a personalized setup involves nearly the same process. The process requires grinding coffee beans at a coarse setting and soaking those grounds in cold water for a prolonged period of time (usually 12 hours or more). The grounds must be filtered out of the cold water after they have been steeped for this period of time, therefore, the grounds can either be put in a bag like filter before steeping or, similar to the Toddy system, the mixture can be fed through a filter after soaking. The end result produces a concentrate that is often diluted with water (or milk in some beverages). Pouring hot coffee over ice often waters down the be
Iced coffee is a cold drink that is created by combining coffee with some type of cooling agent such as milk, ice cream or crushed ice. The complexity of iced coffee will vary from a simple beverage made by pouring cold coffee over crushed ice to more elaborate cold drinks that may use of strong coffee that is sweetened with the use of ice cream or cold milk and sugar. Many coffee shops today include several iced coffee drinks along with various types of hot coffees.
