Strong and cold coffee with ice and lemon, considered one of the first ice cafes. Acid, refreshing and very simple.
By Equipo Cocinoa
What you need
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- EssentialJar for cold brewJar with inner filter to infuse cold coffee for hours. Cold brew soft, sweet and with very little acidity.€25–60approx.
- OptionalColador finoUn colador de malla fina para separar los posos, colar el cold brew o filtrar cócteles. Barato e imprescindible.€3–15approx.
No Jar for cold brew? This works too
- Espresso coffee maker€150–3500Water to 9 bars of pressure through fine and pressed coffee. Here are the machine types, from the lever to the double boiler.
- Italian coffee maker (moka)€20–60The life-long stove coffee maker: the steam pushes the water through the coffee. Intense, with body and very cheap.
Method
Have a cold brew concentrate ready (cold brew recipe) or prepare a double espresso (espresso recipe) and cool it.
Fill a high glass with ice and add the lemon juice and the syrup.
Pour 60-120 ml of cold coffee and stretch with cold water if you want it softer.
Tear the lemon skin strip over the glass to release its oils, throw it inside and remove.
Tips and warnings
It is said that the French soldiers were drinking it in the fort of Mazagran in Algeria around 1840, extending with cold water a coffee they had concentrated. That's why it's often called "the first coffee with ice."
- In Portugal it is prepared with lemon and sugar juice or skin; some versions carry a rum chorrite, and then it is already a drink with alcohol.
One last thing
They say it's the first ice coffee ever. This could be your first ko‑fi: refreshing, promised.