iLatte time
Rainy out so the usual place is full of students
― calstars, Saturday, 13 September 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
number of coffee shops in manchester that understand the concept of iced black coffee so far: 0 out of 4. STOP PUTTING SUGAR IN IT UGH
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 13:23 (ten years ago) link
Have you tried politesly asking for no sugar?
― online hardman, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
cold brew or no brew
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:32 (ten years ago) link
xp tbh if you ask for "black coffee" it is insane to put sugar in it imo
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
like by asking for black coffee he is already asking for no sugar
I think every single time I've gotten iced coffee in this country it's just served black by default and if you want cream or sugar you put it in yourself at the cream and sugar station
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, September 23, 2014 2:38 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes this is what i'm SAYING. i have politely asked for no sugar after taking a sip and realising it's disgustingly sickly
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
The tricky thing is that sugar doesn't change the color of the coffee.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
Black coffee just means no milk not no sugar but they shouldn't be putting any sweetener in it unless you ask for it anyway.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
I love ordering "dirty chai"s. Is that what you called it?
― the dickering of salm on race (Treeship), Thursday, August 28, 2014 9:03 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I got a drink somewhere in AZ that was horchata with two shots of espresso in it and it was called the dirty hor.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
Also I am totally getting a dirty chair with THREE SHOTS tonight because i agree that the default amount used in latte type things is not enough. I like my coffee really strong tho. Also, I would like to praise the delicious nectar that is Grady's (no relation) Cold Brew. So fucking good.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
horchata with two shots of espresso
WHOA
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
^^^ this is beyond amazing tbh
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
It really was. I've been dreaming about it ever since.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
need
― houston nutt (anky), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 05:39 (ten years ago) link
Why hasn't this combo been jumped on by the coffee corps of the world? Or even your usual 3rd wave shops?
― calstars, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 07:22 (ten years ago) link
Also, I would like to praise the delicious nectar that is Grady's (no relation) Cold Brew. So fucking good.
i had this in nyc and really liked it! enjoyed it over ice with half a packet of splenda, no milk.
― syro gyra (get bent), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 07:35 (ten years ago) link
― calstars, Wednesday, September 24, 2014 3:22 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
GOOD QUESTION.
I had to settle for a dirty chai after work yesterday but it was still pretty damn good.
JBR - :D It's $$ but really tasty.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 12:43 (ten years ago) link
Fantasizing about the horchata with espresso. Sounds like the best drink ever.
― Treeship, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 12:45 (ten years ago) link
I am currently googling to find any place in this entire city that will make it. It's not looking v promising.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 12:47 (ten years ago) link
You gotta DIY
― 龜, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 12:48 (ten years ago) link
I know. I'm totally gonna. Except I don't have an espresso machine but I will figure something out.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 12:52 (ten years ago) link
Just bring a horchata into a coffee shop and tell em you want a double
― 龜, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 12:54 (ten years ago) link
SMAHT
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:02 (ten years ago) link
Chicago is a magical place http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2014/Horchata/
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:26 (ten years ago) link
Treesh, I wd make you some but I don't have a blender but if you want to get ~fancy~ some time I will come over and make horchata w/ yr Vitamix and then we can drink it w/ coffee from my Aeropress because we are young and white.
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:34 (ten years ago) link
ENBB GET AN AEROPRESS!!!! It makes espresso-strength coffee that is not *technically* espresso but is v close, is v v delicious, is $30; I bought it solely for making iced americanos and it's what I used to make spresschata
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:35 (ten years ago) link
I have an aeropress! I can do that!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:35 (ten years ago) link
I completely forgot that it's basically espresso. YAY!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:36 (ten years ago) link
The prob abt this drink is that to do it right you have to make the horchata and you should really do it well (i.e. use a good rice like jasmine or basmati! go to the mexican grocer and get the flaky cinnamon! add almonds or whatever!), and it really is an enormous pain the ass to strain it, like SERIOUSLY a pain, but when you are done, oh! it is so worth it.
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:36 (ten years ago) link
Chicago IS a magical place. I want everything listed there especially THAT PIE.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:38 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I'm thinking I should go on a Chicago Fall Horchata Tour.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:40 (ten years ago) link
Any recs for good horchata in NYC?
― calstars, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
i'm definitely scheming on the dirty horchata, probably via aeropress...is good store-bought horchata a thing?
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
tbh the Rice Dream horchata is p tasty and the packaging looks like a game show which is v nice to see when you open yr fridge, I bet this wd absolutely do in a pinch, but it does not compare to yr local taqueria in terms of that fresh and floral flavor that you get w/ homemade horchat
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 14:09 (ten years ago) link
http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/03/06/84/82/0003068482467_500X500.jpg
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
whatever you do don't call it an horchatté bcz that's stupid
― EMA Sumac (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
"and the packaging looks like a game show which is v nice to see when you open yr fridge" + the pic made me lol
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
weird! stevie is coming back to chicago four years later and i am here with an unrelated question
my question: i would like to make the sort of iced coffee concentrate that you let drip through something overnight -- maybe in a glass or plastic container? This is all the information I have about the type of iced coffee I am attempting to make because it can't be that hard -- i just don't have the proper apparatus or vocab required to search for it. i want to google it but i don't know the correct search terms.
ideas?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
nmi got it bc my mr looked it up -- it's the "toddy cold brew system"
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
it's a cold toddy.
I only drink ice coffee all year round and just recently learned that this is a gay male "thing" (according to buzzfeed). I am really confused by that premise. Do gay men like cold drinks?
― Yerac, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
xpost. If you get a cold toddy just make sure you have everything really sealed up before you leave it overnight. I used to use one a lot and it's very annoying to wake up to a spill of half brewed coffee.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
Thank you!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
I looked it up and it is the toddy cold brew system that I have. It's fine. It uses a lot of coffee though. And it has a rubber plug in the bottom that you pull the morning after the grounds have been soaking. That plug is the thing you have to make sure is jammed in right or else it leaks. I think we just stopped using it because having a carafe of ice coffee around meant we were drinking that carafe in one go.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
good to knowi guess you can make a larger amount by just repeating the process until you have enough to fill the vessel you wish to fill?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
if it is indeed this one https://www.amazon.com/Toddy-THM-Cold-Brew-System/dp/B0006H0JVW
it comes with that carafe that fits the same amount as in the toddy and supposedly it makes a concentrate that you are supposed to dilute with water but we never really diluted it and drank it straight.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
ah. another valuable fact! spouse received a large bottle of this stuff (as a concentrate) as a gift and from the size of the bottle it must have taken several batches. now i do not need to rely on anyone else to make it, i can do it myself. i was trying various cold brew ideas and wasting a bunch of coffee NOT making this specific type and now that i have the vital information of [thing used to make it] i can proceed.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
I am sure you could rig up a similar contraption on your own. This is the filter that fits into the bottom if you could figure out a similar vessel, it's kind of all you really need.
https://toddycafe.com/shop-product/15/Toddy-Filters
― Yerac, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link