Chilling the espresso even for a few minutes in the refrigerator will greatly reduce the amount of ice you need. Some people feel that the flavor of shots deteriorates if they are kept for too long but with the flavorings and milk in most iced drinks it may not be that noticeable. You can also place a fresh shot in the freezer for a few minutes to cool it partially and then use ice cubes. You can extract your espresso shots in advance, even the previous day and chill them in your refrigerator. This is a very popular device here on r/nespresso. It will not chill it all the way to iced temperature so you will still need to add a few ice cubes (or coffee ice cubes) but the cubes will not melt so much. When you pour hot espresso into it, it will cool it significantly without any dilution. It contains a collar of water that freezes. You can greatly reduce your use of ice and melting by purchasing a HyperChiller (from Amazon or other online stores). Then when the cubes melt, they are not diluting the iced drink. This is a good way to use up pod varieties that you ended up not liking. A way to combat the dilution is to make ice cubes (in the silicone trays) with cooled espresso or coffee. You can also buy silicone ice cube molds online or in stores.Ĭoffee ice cubes. Nespresso sells or gives away on promotion silicone ice cube trays with large cubes that work very well. Larger ice cubes melt less (because the center portion continues to cool the drink with less surface melting). This may be just the flavor you are looking for, in which case this technique works for you. The ice will melt and water down the espresso. The simplest approach is to fill your glass with ice cubes and extract the espresso(s) over the ice. ![]() These techniques will apply to almost all of the recipes below. This is the heart of making an iced espresso drink. ![]() The iced pods are designed to be chilled and keep some flavor and many people like them but the normal pods work just as well. For the less diluted drinks, you can really use any pod you like. For the drinks with milk or a lot of dilution, I think the stronger pods are best. In Vertuo, you can use the double espresso pods. If the drink is larger or has more dilution, you will likely need to extract more than one pod: use 2, 3, or 4 Original pods depending on the drink and your taste. So we use espresso shots (40 ml) for all of these drinks. You need a concentrated punch of coffee flavor, which can easily get diluted as we add ice, milk, and syrup. ![]() Your comments are welcome and I’ll edit this with any good suggestions or tips I receive. After the warm reception to my Basic guide to making milk drinks on Nespresso (cortado, flat white, cappuccino, latte, latte macchiato) I’m following up with a guide to iced espresso drinks.
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