Iced coffee. Like avocado toast, do we really need a recipe? Brew coffee. Add ice. Maybe sugar. Drink.
True enough, but much like the toast, there can be so many other ways of putting it together. Here are just a few takes on the cool cup of Joe from other parts of the world.
The Portuguese took the name “mazagran” and turned it into an iced mix of espresso, lemon, mint, and perhaps a bit of rum. (Ekrem Yigit/Shutterstock)
The Original?
The first iced coffee was said to be mazagran, a blend of coffee syrup and water served to French troops in colonized Algeria and named for a fortress or battle there. It’s not really so common in either France or Algeria now, but the Portuguese took the name and turned it into an iced mix of espresso, lemon, mint, and perhaps a bit of rum….