it’s national iced coffee day!
so obviously we had to taste test the best.
If there's one thing you need to successfully run a magazine--you know, other than a totally awesome and hardworking staff--it's coffee. So obviously we planned to celebrate National Iced Coffee Day, which is today, real big.
In honor of the day, we conducted a highly scientific, and very caffeinated taste test of the most delicious cold brew coffees out there. Because any coffee afficiando will tell you that the ultimated in iced coffee is a cold brew.
So check out our findings in the slideshow at right while you pour yourself a cold one. Cheers!
SECRET SQUIRREL COLD BREW CONCENTRATE and COLD BREW COFFEE
"It tastes a little bit like there's maple syrup in it. It's really thick." -- Josh Madden, NYLON Guys Content and Marketing Director
"It wasn't too bitter which I like and I like that I can drink it without adding any sugar and milk in it. It's refreshing." -- Estefanie Duque, Web Programmer
SLINGSHOT COLD BREW READY-TO-DRINK and CONCENTRATE
"It's a full bodied coffee. It really tastes like a cold-brewed coffee, not like coffee made in a hot and then iced. There's some fruity top notes, too, maybe like a dusty cherry." Blair Waters, NYLON TV Producer
"It's a light roast, not bitter, not sweet...it just tastes like fresh iced coffee." -- Jannah Berkley, Online Editorial Intern
LA COLOMBE PURE BLACK COLD BREWED COFFEE
"It's pretty bitter, It tastes like when there's coffee grinds at the end of the cup and then you eat then." -- Jackie Yaeger, Newsletter Editor
"I always drink coffee with half and half in it and I could definitely drink this black." -- Liz Riccardi, Digital Design Director
"I'm the type of person who puts a lot of milk in their coffee, but this I can drink black. I really like it." -- Liza Darwin, Senior Web Editor
"It's so dangerously drinkable. It's too good. I've had five cups already." -- Steff Yotka, Associate Web Editor
Cappucino Coconut Water Iced Coffee: "It tastes like coffee ice cream." -- Jackie Yaeger
Mocha Iced Coffee: "If a Yoohoo and an iced coffee had a baby, it'd be this." -- SY
Dark Roast Coconut Water: "If you are the coconut water type of person, you're going to like this. It's really sweet." -- Liza Darwin
Caramel Iced Coffee: "This tastes like drinking your dessert." -- LD
Vanilla Coffee Concentrate: "Generally I don't like flavored coffees, but this one tastes less like dessert and more like a delicious coffee with the tiniest hint of vanilla--AKA delicious. That explains why the bottle on my desk is basically empty." -- SY
Mocha Coffee: "I like the combination; it's slighty mocha-flavored, not too crazy. It tastes delicious with a little cream." -- ED
