Regular iced coffee is just hot coffee poured over ice. It’s simple, fast, and a little desperate on a sweltering day. The NCA calls this “brewed coffee chilled.”
But here’s the quirky fact: that hot coffee gets watered down as the ice melts. Your caffeine stays the same, but the flavor takes a bath. It’s a betrayal of taste.
Cold brew, on the other hand, never saw a hot day. It’s steeped in cold water for 12 to 24 hours. No heat, no rush, just patience.
