The coffee sunrise post earlier reminded me of one of my summer favorites (I just suck at taking pretty pictures but I think you’ll get the idea):

  • a strong coffee (this one is 125ml from an aeropress but a double shot of espresso/lungo also works very well)
  • about 3-4 medium sized ice cubes (enough to still have ice after pouring the hot coffee)
  • ~120ml orange juice (adjust to taste and/or the size of your cup)
  • 10-20ml of nice spicy ginger juice (if the bottle says “don’t drink pure”, you got the right stuff)
  • pour the coffee slowly onto the ice cubes
  • Wait a bit so it gets nicely chilled.

I like slowly sipping about half of the top layer (it’s basically an iced coffee at that point) before stirring and enjoying the final mix

Dunno if there is a name for that recipe, I just combined two stolen ingredient ideas (I saw a youtube video about espresso+orange juice once and a local café had an extremely tasty cold-drip based drink that included ginger)

    • andkit@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Well the orange juice is certainly the dominant flavor and the coffee adds some nice bitter notes to it. The ginger then brings a nice spicy kick if you like that sort of thing in your food/drinks (I do, obviously)

      I’d never have thought of mixing coffee and orange on my own. Same with espresso tonic. But it turns out I like both Or maybe my brain just suffers (more) damage when the room temperature exceeds 27°C 🤷

  • Einar@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is either a work of singular art or complete and utter madness.

    There’s only one course of action: will try no matter the cost.

    Also, thank you for using the metric system, fellow global citizen.

    • thrawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This is either a work of singular art or complete and utter madness.

      Some would say all art requires at least a touch of madness.

  • Bloved Madman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m glad I inspired you, and you have inspired me to (attempt at least) make your creation.

    Thank you.

  • RBWells@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Now I would reject this straight away, except that I like cold brew, fresh orange juice, and Topo Chico. It just tastes like fizzy smoky orange and is lovely.

    The ginger I can’t quite imagine but coffee and orange are more compatible than I could have imagined without trying it.

    • GregoryHirsch@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Apparently it is called an iced bumblebee coffee, never tried it myself but it seems like it is very much a thing

  • Brainsnap@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The idea of this sounds bad initially, but I Love espresso tonics so I can definitely see this working.

  • TheEhHole@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have very little experience in drinking coffee outside of basic coffee, so I’m not sure if this is a joke or not.

    • andkit@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I swear it’s not a joke - I do actually drink this. And the two friends I got to try it at least haven’t sued me for poisoning them, so it can’t be that bad