Surely on a hot summer day you have many times been faced with a choice: to refresh yourself with a cool drink or still drink invigorating coffee. As an alternative to iced coffee. Original and delicious drink It will be appropriate not only in hot weather, but also as simply an interesting treat for guests. And it’s not at all difficult to prepare.
Coffee "Fredo"
This drink combines your favorite natural coffee, cooled with ice, and the subtle taste of caramel syrup. Drink it in the evening as a refreshing cocktail, or at the end of dinner instead of dessert. To prepare you will need:- natural coffe;
- about 75 ml milk;
- 10 ml caramel syrup;
- ice cubes.
Step-by-step preparation: We brew natural coffee - in a Turkish coffee pot or in a coffee maker. You can cook for two people at once - just make a double portion accordingly. 
Let the coffee cool slightly and pour it into a shaker. If you don’t have such utensils, then a blender will do. 
Add milk and syrup (to taste) to the container. Caramel syrup You can replace it with something else, for example, amaretto or Irish cream (just not fruit). 
Grind the ice in a blender and add it to the resulting mass. 
Shake everything in a shaker. 
It is best to serve Fredo in transparent glasses, such as Irish glasses. You can also add ice to the cups if you wish. 
Thai coffee recipe
It is not surprising that this recipe came to us from the hot tropical country– he is incredibly popular there. A traditional cool, invigorating, moderately sweet drink that the Thais enjoy, you will definitely like it too. Ingredients:- natural coffe;
- liquid cream;
- 1 tablespoon of condensed milk;
- cinnamon to taste.
Cooking steps: You need to brew coffee, preferably stronger, so that the resulting cocktail is not too diluted. Still, we need an invigorating and toning coffee drink! Therefore, increase the strength of the coffee in the coffee maker before preparing it, or pour two spoons into the Turkish cup instead of one. 
Add cream 10-15% fat - approximately 2 tablespoons. 
Put condensed milk there (a spoon or two). 
To add an original spicy taste, add cinnamon on the tip of a knife. 
If you like cardamom or coriander, feel free to use them too. Just mix these spices with ground coffee during the brewing stage. Pour ice cubes into a shaker and pour the resulting mixture into it. 
Mix all the ingredients. You can beat it in a blender, but I prefer it when the ice in the drink is in the form of cubes. How more ice you put it, the thicker the drink will be and, accordingly, the cooler it will be. 
Pour the coffee shake into tall glasses. 
If you have whipped cream at home, decorate your cocktail with it. Add bright straws and umbrellas to the wine glasses, and you can invite friends to a fun coffee party. Take your time to prepare yourself a cup of your favorite drink. By reading this short article about coffee in Thailand, you will broaden your horizons and diversify your gastronomic preferences. You will probably even want to try a drink prepared according to the suggested recipes.
Arabica fruits in the northern mountainous region of Thailand
In the 70s of the 20th century, in the north of Thailand, a state program to eliminate the opium business and develop promising agricultural areas gained momentum. In the mountainous regions of the country, poppy plantations gave way to coffee plantations. Thanks to these changes, residents of the surrounding area now have encouraged work, and funds from new activities begin to flow into the state treasury.
In the northern regions of the country, a favorable climate allows for the cultivation of first-class Arabica beans. One of its popular cultivated subspecies is Typica. This variety is characterized by natural sweetness with a slight hint of vanilla and chocolate and a balanced taste.
After the country began to grow its own coffee, local traditions and recipes emerged. For example, Thai coffee “in bags”. Its simple method of preparation is as follows: ground coffee is poured onto a cloth, tied like a sachet bag, and boiled.
Another feature of the country's coffee culture is the Thai preference for cold, sweet coffee with condensed milk.
To create a traditional Thai drink, coffee beans are often mixed with wheat, corn, sesame or rice. Thanks to these additives, coffee acquires a dense, thick consistency and a nutty aroma.
Successful experiment
Human imagination has no limits, and Mother Nature's abilities are amazing. Particularly enterprising Thai farmers came up with the idea to experiment with coffee and repeat the experience of their Vietnamese neighbors in production. We are talking about a special method of fermenting grains. In Vietnam, coffee is “ennobled” in the digestive system of musangs, and in Thailand - in elephants.
The experiment was a success and another one appeared in the world elite variety Arabica - Black Ivory. The name translates as “Black Tusk”, “Black Ivory”. The drink is characterized by pleasant softness, lack of bitterness, sweet fruity notes and a fabulous price - from $1,100 per 1 kg. This coffee is served only in five-star hotels around the world and in prestigious coffee shops in Thailand. A cup of exclusive black ivory costs about $50.
The price of this drink is influenced by the peculiarities of the production method and its volume. Elephants are fed ripe Arabica fruits, adding them to the animals' main diet. To obtain 1 kg of product, you need to feed 33 kg of berries. Some of the grains are destroyed when eaten, others are digested, and only a small amount comes out without deformation.
But during the digestion process, which lasts about 15-30 hours, the beans become saturated with a fruity and earthy aroma, and stomach acid dissolves the coffee protein, so even the most strongly brewed Black Ivory will not taste bitter.
2 cold Thai drink recipes
The most popular is a coffee cocktail with the addition of ice, condensed milk, chocolate chips and whipped cream. We invite you to try making a cup of Thai coffee at home.
Ingredients:
- ground coffee 1 – 2 tsp;
- cream or milk ½ cup;
- condensed milk 1 - 2 tbsp;
- sugar, cardamom, almonds to taste;
Cooking method:
- Bring the cream with sugar and cardamom to a boil. Leave for about 15 minutes.
- During this time, brew coffee in a convenient way.
- After 15 minutes, remove the cardamom pieces from the spiced cream and add the ground almonds.
- Put ice in pieces or crumbs into a glass, first pour condensed milk, cream with spices, then coffee.
You can replace almonds with coriander or skip the spices altogether, especially if you’re not a fan of them.
The second way to make Thai coffee– it is rather an adaptation of a traditional recipe to the fast urban rhythm of life.
Add condensed milk to a glass with ice to taste and then pour in the prepared instant or brewed sweet coffee. If desired and to taste, add ground spices (almonds, coriander, cardamom), syrup (almond, caramel) and decorate with whipped cream.
When treating your guests to a cold Thai-inspired drink, tell them, in passing, about black ivory. Watch their faces, because the most impressionable ones may suspect that they are drinking exactly what you said!
If you're already tired of drinking the same coffee every morning, then take a look at these original ideas preparations coffee drink. And lovers of hot coffee, cold coffee, and even coffee milkshake, will find a suitable recipe for themselves. And every coffee lover will have everything in his house necessary ingredients. If you are just getting acquainted with coffee, then these recipes will definitely be a pleasant discovery for you!
- Cold coffee in Thai
Ingredients:
crushed ice
1 tsp almond syrup
2 tsp ground cardamom
4 tbsp. heavy cream
4 tbsp. Sahara
Preparation:
Mix ground cardamom and ground coffee and then brew the mixture. Add sugar and almond syrup. Stir the mixture well and let the coffee cool slightly.
Fill 4 highball glasses halfway with crushed ice, then fill 2/3 full with coffee. Add 1 teaspoon of cream to each glass.
- Black magic
Ingredients:
300 ml freshly brewed coffee
¼ tsp. chocolate extract
¼ tsp. extract hazelnut
¼ tsp. rum extract
Sugar to taste
Preparation:
Pour freshly brewed coffee into a mug. Add chocolate, hazelnut and rum extracts. Sweeten, stir, and enjoy!
- Shot Cortissimo
Ideal base for many drinks
Ingredients:
20 g good ground coffee for each shot
Preparation:
Brew strong coffee. Pour 20 ml of drink into each shot, and then add a little frothed milk.
- Cold vanilla-caramel coffee
Ingredients:
4 cups cold brewed coffee, at room temperature
1 cup milk
1/3 cup vanilla cream
¼ cup caramel sauce
3 cups crushed ice
Whipped cream (optional)
Preparation:
Pour coffee, milk, cream into a blender, caramel sauce, add crushed ice. Grind at high speed. Pour the drink into 4 glasses and top with whipped cream.
- Gingerbread coffee
Ingredients:
Hot milk and water
3 tbsp. l. coarse coffee beans
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ground allspice
½ tsp. ground ginger
1 tbsp. l. molasses
Preparation:
Add all ingredients (except milk) to the French press and let the mixture sit for 4 minutes. Then lower the plunger, pour the drink into cups and add milk to taste.
- Imperial coffee
Ingredients:
6 cups of freshly brewed strong coffee
4 cinnamon sticks
½ cup heavy cream
Sugar to taste
crushed ice
Whipped cream
Preparation:
Add cinnamon sticks to your coffee and let it brew for an hour. Remove the cinnamon, add sugar to taste, and then heavy cream. Then pour the drink into a glass with ice. Garnish your coffee with whipped cream and a pinch of cinnamon.
« »Cold but spicy, which means scaldingly invigorating Thai coffee traditional recipe. , as everyone knows, goes well with cream and all kinds of spices and other flavorings. And very popular in the summer heat. But iced coffee Thai style with cardamom and cream - this is something completely different, an incomparable pleasure!
To ensure that your iced coffee does not seem watered down, but remains a strong and energizing drink, brew very strong coffee, use twice the amount of coffee beans or already ground coffee than you usually use to make coffee. If you care about your figure and you think that a large amount of cream will harm it, mix 1 cup. cream and 1 cup. skim milk, and use to make iced coffee. Can you substitute whole cardamom pods? tsp ground cardamom.
Making Thai iced coffee
For Thai iced coffee you will need:
- 4 stacks brewed strong coffee
- 2 stacks cream
- 3 tbsp. sugar (more according to your taste)
- 3 cardamom pods
- ? tsp finely ground almonds
- Crushed ice or frozen in small cubes
Making Thai iced coffee:
Start by crushing the cardamom pods. Use a mortar and pestle for this. Or place the pods on a wooden board and roll them out well with a rolling pin, or crush them with the handle of a knife. This is necessary in order to release all the taste and aroma of cardamom.
Then place the pan on medium heat, pour the cream into it, add sugar and cardamom. Wait until the cream just starts to boil and turn off the heat. Let it brew for 15 minutes covered. Then, if possible, remove the cardamom from the pan and add the ground almonds.
Before serving cold coffee Fill 4 glasses with ice and add equal amounts of flavored cream. Carefully pour coffee into glasses from above.
