Cloudy with a chance of coffee

The previous week’s sudden onset of rain left students scrambling for shelter and warmth. While some remedied this by officially having their first pumpkin spice latte of the season, there were others who made miserable trips back home with an ice-cold drink in hand and no umbrella in the other. Why is this the case? It is understandable that when it is cold, you would want to drink something hot and vice versa, yet despite this sound logic, baristas are continually serving up every iced beverage on their menus to the loving arms of the masses year round. As a certified iced beverage lover, I can think of a wide range of reasons: some prefer the taste while others are too impatient to wait for their drink to cool. Since I habitually sip on my drinks, it is my opinion that a drink retains its flavor best when going from iced to room temperature, as opposed to starting hot and then cooling down. Recently, my drink of choice has been the simple iced Americano.

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