Iced Cappuccino

Iced coffee, in the broadest sense, is any coffee drink served cold over ice. In the narrow sense — the way the term is used on a menu — it means brewed coffee chilled and served over ice, distinct from the iced espresso drinks (iced latte, iced americano, iced mocha, iced cappuccino, iced macchiato, iced flat white, iced caramel macchiato) that share the cold-coffee category but use espresso instead of drip as the base. There is also cold brew, which is brewed cold from the start (12–24 hours of room-temperature steeping) rather than brewed hot and chilled, and a sprawling family of blended and regional iced drinks (Frappuccino, Greek frappé, Thai iced coffee, Vietnamese cà phê sữa đá) that all sit under the same umbrella. They are not the same drink — the milk ratio, the base coffee, the brewing temperature, the serving order, and the cultural origin all differ — and the goal of this guide is to make every distinction clear in one place. ...

An iced cappuccino is a cold version of the classic cappuccino — espresso, cold milk, and cold milk foam, served over ice. Done well, it tastes like a refreshed cappuccino: the same espresso forward flavor, but with a cool creamy mouthfeel and a foam cap that sits on top of the ice instead of melting into the drink. (For the broader definitional context — what a cappuccino actually is, the Capuchin-monk origin of the name, and how it differs from a latte, flat white, and macchiato — see our What Is a Cappuccino? guide.) ...