How to make Iced Coffee

Updated: 28/4/2026

It’s a hot day, you still need your caffeine, but a hot drink just isn’t going to cut it. Sound familiar?

Or perhaps you run an awesome business and serve coffee to customers.

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This Iced Coffee is a great alternative to hot coffee on a warm day, and the best bit is you already have all of the ingredients!

How to make an iced coffee

To make your favourite drink, only cold, you will need:

• A glass
• Sugar
• Espresso (or a double shot of strong hot coffee)
• Milk
• Ice

What coffee roast style is best for iced coffee?

The obvious answer is whatever coffee you like is going to be best, because you already like the flavour.

However, we believe that a medium/dark roast gives your iced coffee a bold, smooth taste that doesn’t go sour as it cools.

If you need a medium/dark roast, our orange and blue label single origin specialty coffees fit the bill.

Let’s get cracking!

First add 2 teaspoons of sugar into your glass. We used demerara sugar when we made ours.

Next you need to add your coffee.

If you are using an espresso machine, pour a double shot straight from the machine into your glass. As the coffee is hot, it will dissolve your sugar into the coffee.

If you don’t have an espresso machine, brew a shot of very strong, hot coffee, using your chosen device then follow the same steps as above.

Give your coffee and sugar a stir to combine

Now add your milk. Pour it into your glass and stop with around 1 inch spare at the top.

Now all you need is your ice.

Add this to your glass (with or without the splash).

Top Tip – it’s important to add the ice last.

If the ice is in the glass when you add your coffee, the coffee will instantly cool before melting the sugar.

Voila – a delicious cold Iced Coffee to enjoy on a hot day.

Loved it? Find more summer drinks here:

Dalgona Coffee 

Cold Brew

Espresso Martini

Ice cubes melting and diluting the flavour before you get time to enjoy your iced coffee? Try making your iced coffee with coffee ice cubes.

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