Frappé Not Just Ice Coffee

Ok, I'm willing to say I don't know everything about coffee. I just like coffee.

I appreciate all of you who let me know the correct name for ice coffee that is shaken not stirred. It's frappé when you use instant or soluble coffee. When you use brewed coffee it's called espresso freddo or cappuccino freddo where cold frothed milk is poured in the glass.

Seems frappé started in Greece (at least according to Wikipedia) Nestle was marketing a new product and an employee on break, Dimitris Vakondios mixed instant coffee with cold water and a shaker. Frappé's taste can be altered by the amount of sugar or other ingredients such as Kaluha or ice cream added to the shaker. The key to this frappé is using spray dried instant coffee.

Again according to Wikipedia, there are fewer oils so the frothy top layer which comes with the shaking stays together. In regular coffee there are too many oils to keep a frothy top layer together (the description in Wikipedia reminds me too much of chemistry section which I have tried to never ever remember).

I headed out to get some instant coffee ( or soluble coffee as it is called in the trade).  I got some Nescafe Classico as I like a stronger, fuller tasting coffee. Hey, I do read labels.

 So I mixed, I shook and I drank. Though the resulting mix was a chemistry lab marvel, it did provide a refreshing cold drink. You will have to make one to understand it. The top layer forms in a few minutes, unlike crema which is made in the pouring.

I called Simon to come over and try the frappé. He added sugar to his mixture. 

More proportions/ recipes from Wikipedia:  Adding sugar, in case you ever go to Greece (or maybe a Greek restaurant) These include: glykós , sweet, 2 teaspoons of coffee and 4 teaspoons of sugar); métrios , medium, 2 teaspoons of coffee and 2 teaspoons of sugar); and a skétos , 2 teaspoons of coffee and no sugar). All varieties may be served with milk (με γ?λα, in which case they may be called φραπ?γαλο frapógalo ([fra?po?alo]), or without.

 It looks like a long hot summer in Texas.  I'm looking forward to coffee that  keeps me cool so keep those comments and contacts coming in.

Not the usual grind,

Tip of the mug to DJWebby2002GR for use of the frappé photo.