Water-based coffee cream: Have you ever heard about it? It’s a smooth, amazing iced coffee that’s almost like magic. We all know grandfather’s coffee: enveloping, creamy, delicious. Are you among those who give it up because it is cream-based and you can’t digest it or are intolerant to lactose? We have good news for you: from today you will no longer have to give up the pleasure of grandfather’s coffee.

Well yes: you know that to obtain the same consistency as your grandfather’s coffee, that’s enough blend the ice with the coffee? In a few turns of the mixer you will have a cold, soft and delicious coffee cream, which promises to refresh you on the hottest days.

Two versions: with instant coffee or coffee in a cup

Water-based coffee cream can be prepared both with instant coffee and with coffee in a cup. In the first case the ingredients will be ice, water and instant coffee, in the second case only ice and cold coffee in a cup from the fridge. This is because to froth the ice you need a small percentage of water which, however, in the absence of instant coffee, can easily be replaced with a cup of good ground coffee.

Sugar? Only if you like it

Sugar it is not necessary at all. If you are used to drinking bitter coffee, you can make water cream by simply mixing ice, water and instant coffee in a blender (or ice and a cup of coffee left to cool in the refrigerator). Do you like it sweetened but not much? Follow our recipe. Prefer the sweetener? You can also use that to obtain a sweet water coffee cream, but still light: if you like stevia, try using it instead of sugar.

Is the classic or immersion blender better?

It can be done with both tools, but remember that ice could compromise the seal of your blender blades. The classic blender usually has larger and more resistant blades, immersion blender blades are smaller and more delicate. If you decide to use the immersion blender to prepare your water-based coffee cream, perhaps try breaking the ice into smaller fragments first.

My recipe for water-based coffee cream

Ingredients (for 2 cups)

• Approximately 10 ice cubes
• 1 cup of water (approximately 50 ml)
• 1 teaspoon of instant coffee
• 2 level teaspoons of sugar (variable portion depending on taste)

Method

1. Place the ice cubes, a teaspoon of instant coffee, two level teaspoons of sugar and a cup of water in the blender. The equivalent of a cup of water is approximately 50 ml, but a lot also depends on the size of the ice used. If you notice that the mixture is struggling to whip, add water little at a time.
2. Turn on the blender and continue at maximum speed until the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Place in cups and serve immediately.

The extra touch: to make it even tastier, sprinkle it with a little cocoa or cinnamon.