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dij314
03-18-2009, 06:31 PM
Yesterday I made some iced coffee by putting 2 cups of coffee, 2 tablespoons evap milk, 2 sweet and lows, and 1 cup ice into the blender. After I blended and poured it into the cup, it separated into a foamy layer on the top, light coffee below that, and dark coffee at the bottom. Why did this happen? Why didn't it just all blend together and stay together? and if I did think with a drink besides coffee, leaving the other ingredients unchanged, would it still happen?
The English Gentleman
03-18-2009, 06:47 PM
This is blended ice coffee not ice coffee.

If you are making iced coffee, I normally brew up a superstrong expresso or two, add 4 heaped tea spoons of sugar and then top it up with 200 ml of milk and refrigerate/add ice cubes.

I suspect you could just add ice cubes to that and blend though...
dij314
03-18-2009, 06:52 PM
People actually make a distinction between iced coffee and blended iced coffee? wtf. Also thanks for the recipe but you didn't answer my question.
ObsidianZ
03-18-2009, 07:41 PM
What do you know about density and emulsions?

The milk frothed up to make the foam, granulated ice particles and suspended milk fats in some coffee made up the middle layer, and pure coffee separated to the bottom layer.

To make iced coffee just stir hot coffee with sweetened condensed milk then pour it into a glass full of ice cubes.


*ObZ
dij314
03-18-2009, 07:48 PM
^Thanks for the info dude, I know nothing density and emulsions. Also I tried this with green tea and it was a somewhat similar result, but less foam and way less distinction between the middle and bottom layer.
xxombie
03-18-2009, 07:51 PM
I'm pretty sure for it to work you have to make it like a snow cone.

Make some really sweet, really strong coffee. Blend up some ice on it's own. Put the blended ice in a glass and pour the syrupy coffee over top. Top with whipped cream ftw.
dij314
03-18-2009, 08:01 PM
I'm pretty sure for it to work you have to make it like a snow cone.

Make some really sweet, really strong coffee. Blend up some ice on it's own. Put the blended ice in a glass and pour the syrupy coffee over top. Top with whipped cream ftw.
When I make the iced coffee I just throw everything I listed in the blender and blend, it's consistently the same. The foam can sometimes be a tiny tiny bit bitter but the darker coffee part is AMAZING.