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Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
The 185-Year-Old French Trick Is the Only Way I'm Drinking Coffee This Summer
Iced coffee is a 100% necessity for me as the temperature starts to climb. I'm a big coffee drinker, and I simply cannot abide a hot drink on a hot day. (No, thank you.) I would love a fancy cold brew from my local coffee shop every day, but that gets expensive real quick, so I make my iced coffee at home. We have a lovely little cold brew contraption and nice beans, and the coffee comes out great, but sometimes I can't help but want to zhuzh it up a bit. I've dabbled in making flavored syrups at home to fancy up my iced coffees, and sometimes I'll get a flavored creamer, but for the longest time that's where the innovation stopped. How many ways are there to dress up iced coffee anyway? Well, as I was delighted to find, at least one more. I recently came across the perfect mix-in for iced coffee that delivers a flavorful — and different — summer sipper: lemonade. What Is Mazagran Coffee? Iced coffee with lemonade is called 'Mazagran coffee,' and its creation is credited to French troops defending the Mazagran fort in Algeria in 1840. To stretch their supplies, they began watering their coffee down with sweetened cold water, and the first iced coffee was born. Over time the new drink made its way to other European countries, and sweetened lemon juice replaced the water to create a new citrus-spiked coffee drink. Why Lemonade Is the Perfect Addition to Iced Coffee Lemonade is a surprisingly perfect addition to iced coffee, the two — seemingly conflicting — flavors really blend seamlessly into one another to make a drink that is more than the sum of its parts. It's the brightest iced coffee I've ever tasted, lightly sweet with a citrusy background flavor. It's even more drinkable and refreshing than a regular iced coffee, and I say that as a bona fide iced coffee addict. I know, it sounds like it shouldn't work. Coffee is bitter, lemons are bitter. Coffee and citrus are not two flavors that generally go well together, but I'm here to tell you that they complement each other extremely well. So well in fact, that people have been adding lemonade to coffee for almost 200 years. How to Make Lemonade Iced Coffee There are two ways to make this drink, depending on what you have on hand. You can make it the easy way, by mixing equal parts iced coffee or cold brew and lemonade, or you can get a little fancier and mix up your own coffee-lemon syrup. Chill the glass. Fill a tall glass halfway with ice. Make the syrup. Add equal parts espresso or cold brew concentrate and lemon juice to the glass. The exact amount depends on how strong you want your coffee to be, but 2 to 3 tablespoons each is a good place to start in a 16-ounce glass. Remember, you can always add, but you can't take away, so it's best to start with less and add more after tasting. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of sugar or simple syrup. Mix. Fill the glass with cold water and stir until well-combined. Garnish with a lemon slice, if you're feeling posh. Tips for Making Lemonade Iced Coffee Add a pinch of salt. A little salt can really punch up the flavor. Add it in when you make the coffee-lemonade syrup, or just stir in a pinch at the end. Skip the creamer. This drink is best without the addition of creaminess. Save dairy and other creamy ingredients for your typical coffee drink. This post originally appeared on The Kitchn. See it there: The 185-Year-Old French Trick Is the Only Way I'm Drinking Coffee This Summer Further Reading We Used Our New 'Room Plan' Tool to Give This Living Room 3 Distinct Styles — See How, Then Try It Yourself The Design Changemakers to Know in 2025 Create Your Own 3D Room Plan with Our New Tool
New York Times
16-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Your Morning Coffee, in a Bucket
Once used to hold paint, mop water or haul home a fresh catch of fish, buckets are increasingly being used for something else entirely. Equipped with straws, the vessels, for some, are replacing the standard to-go cups used for iced coffee and lattes. And they are racking up views on TikTok along the way. 'I drove an hour to a shop because I was like, 'This is going to be trendy,'' said Tiffany Guckin, 37, a director of operations at a research firm and a food content creator based in Guilford, Conn. 'I think millennial moms in particular are looking for something to jazz up their days.' The only downside? Cup holders. 'It does fit in your glove compartment, if you open it,' she added. Ms. Guckin is among a growing number of coffee lovers who have decided that a simple 12-ounce drink will not cut it anymore. Some have repurposed Weck jars or old pasta sauce containers. But a handful of cafes are leaning into the absurdity by serving iced coffees and lattes in 34-ounce buckets, often with handles. The trend is drawing a crowd. Dulce Vida, a Mexican-inspired cafe in Tulsa, Okla., debuted 'La Cubeta,' its 34-ounce version of a latte, last month after the trend gained traction on social media. Tiffany Rodriguez, the cafe's founder, quickly embraced it as a way to differentiate from corporate giants like Starbucks and Dunkin'. 'We like to bring new ideas that you can't find at other coffee shops,' she said. 'So when I saw the bucket trend, it definitely, you know, fit into our overall goal and aesthetic for the shop.' La Cubeta has four shots of espresso and will set a customer back $12. The price jumps by $2 if you want special flavors such as dulce de leche. Drinks of this size now make up more than 30 percent of orders at Dulce Vida, Ms. Rodriguez said. Other indie shops are following suit. Wicked Southern Coffee, a roadside window near Gardner State Park in Salem, Conn., is pulling long lines of visitors eager to try its version. 'The demand has been crazy,' said the shop's owner, Kaylee Shilosky. 'We're actually in our growing pains right now. We're just getting busier as each day goes on.' She recalled a woman from New Hampshire calling to ask whether they'd still have buckets available that weekend, when she was planning to drive down. Ms. Shilosky, who currently employs a team of three, said she expected to 'hire very, very shortly' to keep pace with demand. For smaller businesses, it's a low-lift way to tap into something viral. In Imperial, Mo., Brittany and Chris Stier run a coffee cart, Noctua Coffee, that offers oversize lattes, but they did not have to introduce new flavors or add any trimmings in order to summon crowds to their stand at their local farmers market. The larger size also encourages splitting a drink with a friend, Ms. Stier said. 'We really believe in community and connection and so if this is something that connects two people to share a coffee over, like, we want to keep that on our menu,' she added. Andrea Hernández, a cultural commentator and the writer of Snaxshot, a newsletter on food trends, said that the trend played well on social media but that it also reflected a broader shift in attitudes toward caffeine. 'We're kind of experiencing that sort of backlash from what we were trying to do, like, less caffeine, more mindfulness, more meditation, less palpitations,' Ms. Hernández said. She noted that in the 2010s, adaptogenic coffee and ashwagandha blends aimed to slow people down. In her opinion, consumers have become skeptical of wellness hype and are leaning hard in the opposite direction. Still, for some, it's more about the novelty than the buzz. Aileen Gonzalez, 24, an accountant based in Placentia, Calif., recently drove through an hour of traffic with her sister and nephew to reach a woman's house in West Covina after spotting her bucket coffee business on Instagram. 'It's just to do something new, something that we haven't seen,' she said, adding that the aesthetic of a big coffee bucket, more than the flavor, was what drew her in. She drank the whole thing on the way home.
The Sun
13-07-2025
- Business
- The Sun
The 55p supermarket iced coffee that's better than a Starbucks carton
NOTHING tastes better on the early commute or school run than a refreshing iced coffee on a rushed summer morning. No wonder iced coffee sales have shot up 22% in the UK over the last five years, according to trend-watcher Innova 360. 8 The cheapest way to make them is, of course, to do it yourself at home. But if you love the luxury treat of a barista brew, there's an easy way to replicate it for less. Just pick up a canned iced latte for as little as 55p from your local coffee shop or supermarket. That's an absolute bargain compared to high street options: Starbucks is currently selling its venti iced latte for over £5 in London stores. Below I put iced coffee to-go to the test, pitting big brand names like Starbucks and Nescafé against budget rivals from the supermarkets. Emmi Caffè Latte Cappuccino Iced Coffee 230ml £1.85 from Sainsbury's This might just be the perfect cool drink for people who don't like the bitterness of coffee but want a refreshing morning caffeine hit. Emmi Caffè has a milky taste, chocolate overtones, a creamy texture, and slips down very smoothly. It's sweetly delicious - low-fat cocoa powder is one of the ingredients and, at 145kcal, it might not be a dieter's choice. The only other downside is that this coffee comes in a plastic cup rather than a can, where the cup's rim was a bit sharp when drinking straight from it. Worth it, though, for one of the tastiest brews we tried. 4/5 Ueshima Iced Latte 250ml £2 from Ocado This is a premium drink from the Japanese inventors of canned coffee. The story goes that Mr Ueshima bought a coffee at a train station in the 1960s, but had to leave it behind to catch his train - so spent a year working on canned coffee and started selling it in 1969. This one tastes like it's been improved over decades, with a rich and refreshing taste. Being only 75kcal in the can, one of the lowest-calorie canned coffee drinks, it doesn't taste as sweet as some others - anyone who likes a traditional coffee over ice will enjoy this one. At £2, though, it's not far off the cost of a coffee shop treat and wasn't distinctive enough for the price to seem worthwhile. 3/5 Jimmy's Iced Coffee Original 275ml £2.10 from Tesco 8 This is a super refreshing choice, and comes in a classy and recyclable silver-coloured bottle which we found perfect for refilling with water later on. The coffee is the perfect consistency: not too thick or runny, and full of flavour without being overly sweet. It's just over 100kcal per bottle, despite containing more coffee than the other products thanks to its larger bottle size. Jimmy's comes in a range of flavours, from gimmicky "iced coffee donut" flavour to the usual mocha, caramel and extra-protein options. You can buy Jimmy's in slightly smaller 250ml cans, starting at £1/25 at Iceland. 4/5 Starbucks Caffè Latte Iced Coffee 220ml £2.20 from Tesco As you'd expect from one of the kings of high street coffee, Starbucks has put a lot of thought into its iced latte. It came in the easiest to drink packaging: a cup with a recyclable lid and straw which is perfect to sip on the go. The Starbucks latte - espresso plus creamy milk - is a flavoursome brew, sweeter than others and very moreish. But the calorie content showed the sweetness too, coming in at a hefty 165kcal per cup. Price-wise, I'd avoid it for £2.20. 3/5 M&S classic latte 250ml £2 8 There's a double shot of espresso and semi-skimmed milk in this generous-sized can. It's not too sweet, but it also doesn't have a particularly strong coffee flavour: the overriding flavour is creaminess. Despite that, there's only 100kcal in each 250ml can, and it was a refreshing caffeine hit: I definitely felt extra alert after this double shot of espresso. Anyone who likes their coffee to taste like milk with a dash of Arabica will love this can - but hard-core bean fans may find it too creamy. 3/5 Nescafé Iced Coffee Latte 750ml £3 (£2.50 on Tesco Clubcard deal) 8 This is a larger bottle, perfect for keeping in the fridge at home. The bulk discount means it works out at a cheap 83p per 250ml portion - but it's too big to cart around so minus points for the convenience factor. As it has UHT milk inside, though, it doesn't need to be stored in the fridge until after it's opened. Nescafé's latte tastes like a sweeter drink than Ueshima and Jimmy's- it comes in at 93kcal per 250ml portion - but lacks the chocolatey taste of some others. It's a mild, creamy latte that's a good value option if you like to have an iced coffee to grab at home, but I prefer the convenience of cans and cups to multitask as an on-the-go refreshing treat. 3/5 Lidl Latte Macchiato 250ml 55p The cheapest iced coffee by miles - and it tastes great too. Lidl's latte has a mild coffee taste, with a creamy, slightly thicker texture - which might be why it packs a stonking 200kcal in per portion. The packaging is a bit of a drawback, too: it has a thin foil covering the plastic cup at the top. I'd be too nervous to chuck this iced latte into my bag as any jostling during the commute would see it burst, unlike Starbucks' cup design which has a plastic lid for security. Other can designs are more robust too. Still, overall this macchiato slips down really easily and is a refreshing, sweet coffee that tastes even better when you know how much of a bargain it is. 4/5 How to save money on your supermarket shop THERE are plenty of ways to save on your grocery shop. You can look out for yellow or red stickers on products, which show when they've been reduced. If the food is fresh, you'll have to eat it quickly or freeze it for another time. Making a list should also save you money, as you'll be less likely to make any rash purchases when you get to the supermarket. Going own brand can be one easy way to save hundreds of pounds a year on your food bills too. This means ditching "finest" or "luxury" products and instead going for "own" or value" type of lines. Plenty of supermarkets run wonky veg and fruit schemes where you can get cheap prices if they're misshapen or imperfect. For example, Lidl runs its Waste Not scheme, offering boxes of 5kg of fruit and vegetables for just £1.50. If you're on a low income and a parent, you may be able to get up to £442 a year in Healthy Start vouchers to use at the supermarket too. Plus, many councils offer supermarket vouchers as part of the Household Support Fund.
National Post
09-07-2025
- Business
- National Post
Mad Coffee Unveils a Groundbreaking Approach to Premium Iced Coffee
Article content Genecis Bioindustries debuts a sleek, new consumer brand that is redefining the instant coffee experience Article content TORONTO — Pioneering biotech company, Genecis Bioindustries, announces today the launch of its newest consumer brand, Mad Coffee, delivering a bold, first-of-its-kind take on iced coffee. Mad Coffee offers a convenient and premium alternative for modern coffee lovers, creating barista-quality coffee that dissolves completely in water or milk in only three seconds. Article content Mad Coffee's sleek approach to cold brew melds the innovation of its groundbreaking LyoExtract™ technology with artisanal coffee, packaged in individual compostable MadCups—with no machines, filters, or additional equipment required. Made from 100% Arabica Coffee and sourced directly from family farms all around the world, including Colombia, Ethiopia, and Yunnan, Mad Coffee currently offers four signature blends: Classic Cold Brew, Americano, Vanilla Caramel, and Single Origin Espresso. Article content Each MadCup can be simply poured and stirred into eight ounces of a cold or hot liquid of the drinker's choice (water or milk), dissolving effortlessly without clumping or a bitter aftertaste. Designed for convenience and portability, Mad Coffee requires no preparation or refrigeration and is ideal for busy professionals, travelers, parents, or wellness-conscious individuals seeking great coffee and efficiency in their everyday lives—without any compromise on quality or taste. Article content 'With Mad Coffee, we're able to blend the core needs of our customers—those seeking bold flavor and aroma, convenience, and affordability—with advancements in technology in the coffee space,' shared Luna Yu, CEO & Founder of Mad Coffee. 'Building on the success of Mad Tea, Mad Coffee reflects our continued commitment to elevating moments in our daily routines, making it easier than ever to enjoy premium, café-quality coffee on the go.' Article content Unlike traditional cold brew methods that require hours of steeping or bulky brewing equipment, Mad Coffee delivers a perfectly-brewed iced coffee experience in a matter of seconds. Behind this is Mad Coffee's proprietary LyoExtract™ technology, which allows freshly-brewed coffee to be immediately flash-frozen at -45°C to create dissolvable crystals–all while maintaining its integrity and optimal flavor profile. This original extraction process ensures that the flash-frozen coffee, carefully sublimated over a 30-hour time period, retains its fresh flavor and robust aroma through a shelf-stable, crystalized concentrate. Article content The Mad Coffee formulations were developed by the Genecis Bioindustries team in collaboration with André Eiermann and Dr. Alina Alexeenko. Based in Switzerland, Eiermann is a world-renowned coffee innovator, author, and the 2017 Swiss Barista Champion, whose skill set and passion for the art of coffee making provided each individual Mad Coffee blend with its distinct and complex flavor profiles. As an advisor on the breakthrough technology behind LyoExtract™, Dr. Alexeenko is a leading voice in medical-grade lyophilization, or the process of freeze-drying, and a longtime NASA partner in the field. Article content 'Instant coffee has come a long way — from a quick caffeine fix to a new generation of barista-style beverages you can prepare in seconds,' said Eiermann. 'I loved seeing how Mad Coffee approached this shift with small batch roasting, community lot sourcing, and fun cold brew options like their Vanilla & Caramel, which brings one of America's favorite flavor profiles to life in an instant.' Article content As cafe culture continues to grow globally, approximately 500 million single-use beverage cups are used annually and an estimated 10 million metric tons of plastic waste and microplastics pollute the oceans each year. The team behind Mad Coffee, Genecis Bioindustries, is at the forefront of creating sustainable, innovative products to address these challenges, having launched its first brand of compostable tea pods, Mad Tea, to wide success last year. Article content Genecis remains a leader in the research and development of biodegradable plastics by creating an advanced solution to turn engineered bacteria and organic biomass into PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoates) bioplastics. Natural and non-toxic to both humans and wildlife, Genecis' PHA-based bioplastic material can also be industrially composted and produces less microplastics than conventional plastic waste. Article content Shoppers can purchase Mad Coffee on currently offered in packs of 12 MadCups. Beginning in mid-July, packs of Mad Coffee's Classic Cold Brew and Americano Iced Coffee packs will be sold in packs of 8 MadCups for $14.99 at over 400 stores operated by Sprouts Farmers Market —marking the first time it will be available nationwide in brick-and-mortar retail outlets. Article content Follow Mad Coffee ( @drinkmadcoffee) on social media for more information. Article content About Mad Coffee Article content Mad Coffee is a premium coffee brand that is revolutionizing the coffee experience with the world's first LyoExtracted™ iced coffee. A convenient and mess-free alternative to traditional instant coffee, Mad Coffee's 100% compostable cups deliver flash-frozen, barista-quality coffee in seconds. Mad Coffee is a division of Genecis Bioindustries, a global leader in sustainable materials innovations, transforming organic waste into PHA bioplastics. Article content More information: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn About Genecis Bioindustries Inc. Founded in 2017, Genecis Bioindustries is a Canadian biotechnology company with a mission to reduce the harmful effects of organic waste and plastic pollution on the planet's climate crisis through one circular economy solution: bioplastic made from food waste. Genecis' biological processes convert food waste and carbon sources destined for landfill into valuable materials. Backed by investors including Amazon, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator, Genecis partners with major brands to utilize eco-friendly PHA plastics in packaging, food services, agriculture, textiles and many other areas to reduce the 18 billion pounds of plastic polluting oceans every year. Article content Article content
South China Morning Post
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
5 new coffee shops in Hong Kong to visit in July 2025, from Dozy to NOC to Doppio
As we enter the height of summer, remember to stay hydrated and out of the sun – and what better way to replenish your energy than with an iced coffee or two at one of these new cafes around town? From Hong Kong Island to the New Territories, coffee lovers have plenty of new spots to discover. Read on to find out more. 1. No Title No Title is located on Gough Street in Central. Photo: Instagram/tomytong A new independent coffee bar with a unique point of view, No Title has taken over the space that used to be Hakawa Chocolate on Gough Street in Central. One of its menus acts as a kind of mood survey, with questions such as 'What's your ideal state of mind right now?' and 'What's the scene where a cup of coffee awakens you best?' so that the barista can make a bespoke cup of coffee to suit your situation. 49-51A, Gough Street, Central 2. Doppio Iced chocolate and hot chocolate drinks are also on the menu at Doppio. Photo: Doppio This coffee spot, located on the corner of First Street and Western Street in Sai Ying Pun, is prime for a quick takeaway brew – just look for the welcoming, light wood facade.
