August 16, 2007
The Fortress of Solitude, Caffeinated
Summertime is iced coffee time, and for some, it's when finding good iced coffee takes on the form of a quest. Cold brewed iced coffee (recipe here), with coffee iced cubes thrown in, seems to be the culmination of all the perennial "perfect cup" stories. A handful of spots along Flatbush Avenue in Midwood serve coffee that has been strained from a mixture of cold water and ground beans, and iced coffees aren't offered with coffee iced cubes. Red Horse Cafe in Park Slope uses Barrington Coffee's Vienna Blend, diluted with a little water, to make their cubes. A bucket of coffee ice on hand in a small freezer behind the counter for drinks looks like something out of Superman's bedazzled secret hideaway, matching the laptop-weaned, meditative vibe of the place. The resulting coffee is a flavorful, sharp cup, but one that's not bitter. The ingenuity of coffee ice cubes is that as they melt, they fortify the drink with additional, nonstop flavor. Medium iced coffee is $2.50 for a 16 oz. cup at Red Horse, a moderately good deal considering the epic prices even the crummiest corner delis charge for the stuff these days.
Chicken and tuna salad sandwiches are served, and Red Horse has 2 for 1 wine and beer specials. A wireframe ferris wheel near the register dispenses snack time hard boiled eggs, and the variety of baked goods, quiche, and sandwiches sold are provided by an array of small, local producers like Red Hook's Baked, and San Antonio in Astoria.
Red Horse Cafe
497 6th Avenue
Brooklyn
(718) 499-4973
photo: a tray of cylindrical coffee ice cubes at Red Horse Cafe
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Does anyone edit these stories? The text makes me dizzy, nearly unreadable.
caffe capri on graham ave and withers has the best iced coffee anywhere! and while you're there, why not have a cannoli?
The best iced coffee is at Baiurs (sp?) on Queens Boulevard at 45th Street in New York.
They mostly sell whole bean coffee. But if you ask for an iced, they'll pour you a lovely cup of cold caffinated de-lite, complete with iced frozen coffee cubes.
They are AWESOME. And the best whole-bean coffee you'll ever buy, too.
Plus, they have kinder-eggs. Chocolate with a surprise inside!
I agree, this guy can't write. All the weirdly structured sentences gave me a headache.
Gotta throw out that One Girl Cookies at Dean & Smith has iced coffee--with coffee ice cubes-- for two bucks even. Another 1.25, you get a whoopie pie. I'm perhaps a bit pissy because I forgot my wallet when I went to work today, and I can't go over and get my daily buzz. Le sigh.
the gramstand (on ave. a, 13/14) in the east village does the same thing but with one of their teas... the citrus berry is a berry tea that has this cool fruit honey in it and they make the cubes out of the tea and honey. ever since i found it i can't get enough!
Guests #1 and 4: they are called compound sentences. You're right, intelligent phrasing is "weird." You should see a doctor if reading words that have more than two syllables makes you dizzy/ gives you headaches, or just stick to your John Grisham novels.
I make coffee ice cubes at home and think they give the coffee a chalky consistency. I prefer to just brew the coffee stronger for iced coffee.
no, his sentence structure is unnecessarily convoluted. i've stayed away from the grammar police comments in the past, but this is really not a friendly read.