I judge a cafe by it’s iced coffee.

I mean, atmosphere, service, food quality is all important but the real test is the iced coffee… You make a good iced coffee Ill be coming back for more. What I mean by good is good strong coffee flavour (real coffee not syrup, yuk!), and a cold tempreture, I think that’s not too much to ask, yet so many cafes pour luke warm milk into a glass with some whipped cream and call it iced coffee - $4.50… I don’t think so.

Often at college I crave an iced coffee. There are some cafes kinda near by (like 5 minute drive) but I ride a motor bike and don’t have any cup holders… so I have managed to create the perfect iced coffee with what’s available to me at college, and here it is (works at home too):

Get a tall glass and add about 2 teaspoons of instant (you know blend 43 or something - not industrial roast).
Add half a teaspoon of sugar. Pour in a small amount of boiling water (like 1/10 of the glass size). Stir the coffee and sugar til disolved.
Add a couple of generous scoops of vanilla ice cream to the hot coffee mix. Let the ice cream cool down the coffee.
Add milk and give a light stir.
Hey Presto!! Ice coffee in an instant that’s not too bad.

It’ll most definately be better than half of the luke warm cups of crap that you get for $4.50 from some Sydney cafes.