Right here’s the factor about iced espresso: It’s troublesome to combine in your milk of selection with out winding up with an uneven coffee-to-milk ratio or the beverage throughout your countertop. Certain, you would chorus from filling your brew as much as the brim to keep away from spillage, however who needs to waste treasured sips of caffeine? Not me.
So I at all times caught to a sizzling cup of joe for the sake of time and ease, till I stumbled right into a nook espresso store (the identify escapes me; I need to do some detective work to search out the place that modified my espresso routine!), and the barista carried out some martini shaker magic earlier than handing me a wonderfully blended, frothy iced beverage.
It makes complete sense when you concentrate on it: These cocktail shakers concurrently combine elements and chill the drink method quicker than merely stirring in some ice. With espresso, it immediately delivers an icy, blended beverage topped with some scrumptious foam, for good measure. It may be troublesome to attain that creamy, frothy consistency with out loading the drink with milk and sugar, which provides this hack additional factors in my ebook.
