If you think that today is so hot and want some fresh drink than having an iced caffe Americano is one good beverage that you can consider.
When I open a home coffee shop back in 2019, I was serving couple of people who passing by my house for a simple drinks both cold and hot. Even this small cafe is focusing on serving breakfast for my airbnb guest but having another person who come and spend few minutes for drinks is awesome experience that I always dreaming for. Dear lovely reader my name is Bima and thank you for visiting my blog.
I’m a professional wedding photographer who shoot wedding since 2009 and I choose investing part of my income on hospitality business. I love to meet new people and serving simple drinks and food for someone who come to my house is an honour that I always dreaming for since I’m in a high school.
Here in this blog you can read my photography business story and in the same time you also can read how I open a home coffee shop for my future investment.
Let’s Talk a Bit More About Coffee
By the way I hate drinking coffee at the first time!
Yes you read it right, I don’t ever love coffee back few years ago till my photographer give a bottle of cold brew while I shoot wedding in a hot sunny day. It’s bitter by the way but when I taste it in my mouth than there is something interesting that belong to new experience and I seriously love about it.
Following that day I used to buy fresh medium roast ground coffee no matter where I go and start to make a coffee at home and yes it’s fantastic. I try both, make it as a hot drink or modify it into fresh iced caffe Americano which come in a classic taste. In fact I start to love this bitter beverage as same as I love for drinking a juice every day.
Time goes by till I develop 3 hospitality properties which using my family houses than I always wondering that I could serve a nice coffee in the morning to my guest. I start to buy some simple coffee gears like Moka Pot and French Press to serve a coffee to my guest, everything is goes so well till I decide to modify my home terrace as a small coffee shop where all my guest can sit for little while before they sightseeing around my city and serving coffee to all people who come to my house.
It’s totally a simple idea of serving better coffee…
Let’s Start to Make a Coffee Through Your Heart
Making an iced caffe Americano, cappuccino, or any variety of coffee drinks is not about how expensive your espresso machine is but it’s all about your heart. In fact, coffee is a common and universal drinks for everyone in this planet and million of people love it so much till bring this beans into billon dollar business.
As a guest house owner I can see through my eyes about how happy my guest is when they saw me serving a simple coffee for their breakfast. I know that everyone need a caffeine to boost their mood and having a coffee in the morning is one good solution for everyone.
All the smell that spread out on your house when you start to brew it till the great taste when you drink it than it belongs to the power of coffee. Till now I always believe that most of people in this globe are able to make a coffee by their own.
As Same as in Photography, Gears are Just a Tools
If you stumble upon on my wedding photography equipment page than you will see couple of my gears that cost from hundred to thousand of dollars. Even I could say that photography gears like cameras and lenses are important but the most important thing that will make you able to capturing the moment is your heart.
As same as in photography, here in coffee business I could telling your one more time than gears are just a tools so even if you only have such $30 of French Press on your kitchen than you will still able to serve a great coffee to your guest, friend, or family member.
When you grind your fresh bean in a coarse size, put it into the French Press and start to pouring the hot water than be surprise that you will start to smell the coffee flavour and it’s wonderful. Look at the picture below, I brew a coffee with French Press and did it almost every time when I have a guest who coming to my airbnb house than I will start to see smiling face from my guest.
Everyone Can Make a Good Coffee
If you think that making a classic iced caffe Americano or cappuccino is difficult than let me tell you all that you seriously able to make a good coffee at your home.
I know that a lot of amazing cafe which provide a cozy place, nice back-sound music, thousand dollars of espresso machine, and surely come with talented barista but trust me that all of them are no more than a business. Here in my home coffee shop I also put a lot of energy, time, and money to create one good place where people can sit for a while after sightseeing around my city. But you know what that I still making a coffee at home simply by using $30 of French Press?
French press and classic moka pot is the cheapest coffee gears that you can use for making a good coffee at home!
Simple Steps to Make a Fresh Iced Caffe Americano at Home
What the hell is Americano?
Americano is sumper simple coffee that I sure that most people can do, including you! Trust me, when you want to have a fast coffee than you can bet on this menu for sure because you can make it for less than 5 minutes.
Basically, when you have a water no matter it is hot or cold and you pouring your espresso in it than you just making an Americano.
Let me directly show you how easy to make an iced caffe Americano at home with 2 variety below,
1 – Classic Iced Caffe Americano
On this first variety than I will make a classic iced caffe Americano, here I will simply pouring the espresso right on my glass that consist of water and few of ice cubes.
Steps to Make a Classic Iced Caffe Americano
- Open your fresh coffee bean and grind it in a fine size
- Brew it by using a Moka Pot, I will suggest you to prepare around 10 to 13 gram for two cups which is produce around 100ml of espresso
- Prepare your favourite glass for cold drink
- Put 3 to 4 ice cube on the glass
- Get some water
- Than pouring your fresh espresso right into the glass that already containing ice cube and water
Let see how I make this classic ice caffe Americano with super simple steps,
2 – Foamy Iced Caffe Americano
On this second variety, I will modify the Americano to be more attractive and have a fresh looking while you serve on the table. Almost same with the first one but here in this second way I will make a lovely foam that I will put right on the top of my drink.
Steps to Make a Foamy Iced Caffe Americano
- Open your fresh coffee bean and grind it in a fine size
- Brew it by using a Moka Pot, I will suggest you to prepare around 10 to 13 gram for two cups which is produce around 100ml of espresso
- Pour the hot espresso on French Press
- Pour the water following the espresso
- Shake it…shake it….shaaaaaaake it till you got a lovely foam
- Prepare your favourite glass for cold drink
- Put 3 to 4 ice cube on the glass
- Pour your foamy iced caffe Americano
- Enjoy your drink
Now take a look for short video below while I make a foamy iced caffe Americano at home,
Few Coffee Ingredients and Gears That You Have to Consider for Making an Iced Caffe Americano at Home
I don’t wanna ask you to buy an expensive coffee gears because I want to make this home ice caffe Americano creation become more attractive and joyful. So down here I will show you some suggestion of cheap coffee gears that you can buy on Amazon or in your nearest store.
1 – The Beans
For making a home coffee creation than I only suggest you to buy medium roasted beans, through this roasting profile than you will get medium taste of coffee which is not too strong for making a daily coffee at home. In fact you are still have an option to buy dark roasted bean if you feeling good with super strong taste.
2 – Moka Pot
If you don’t want to buy home espresso machine and want to brew your beans manually than I highly suggest you to buy Moka Pot, this is the most classic coffee gears that most people have to make a great espresso for any coffee needs.
There are various type of Moka Pot which depend on the size and if you simply use it for daily home basis than small Moka Pot that will produce 2 to 3 cups of espresso is enough for your own.
3 – French Press
If you want to make a foamy ice caffe Americano as sama as my second option than you definitely need a french press to make a foam on your coffee. In other day, you also can use this gear to make a manual brew coffee by grind the bean on coarse size too.
