For what’s left of the UK Summer, we really want to make the most out of it.

This means lazy days sunbathing, reading our favourite page-turner, and treating ourselves to the ice cold drinks that you can only really enjoy at this time of year.

For us, it’s indisputable - the perfect partner to a sunny day is a few iced coffees.

Although it’s definitely had its ups and downs, lockdown has taught us a lot. Namely, it’s made us appreciate the little things in life a whole lot more. After two Summers of no international holidays, we’ve become far more adept at being appreciative of what we have at home.

So, rather than needing a big all-out Summer holiday, we’re just as happy with a lazy afternoon at home and getting creative with the Smarter Coffee machine.

Admittedly, we’re a little biased here, but you’ve got to admit - chilled, fresh summer drinks are what the season is made for. And few drinks hit the spot quite like an iced coffee.

But, what if you don’t have much experience making drinks?

Don’t worry, drinks pro or not, these recipes provide the perfect, easy-to-make Summer drinks. In fact, with the Smarter Coffee machine on hand, they’re an absolute doddle.

Below, we’ve listed our favourite easy iced coffee recipes. Each one can be made in just a few easy steps.

What’s more, they’re designed to be super versatile. Once you’ve got to grips with the basic recipe, you can go completely off-script, and make changes to create your own personalised brew recipes.

You’ll have a drink idea for every day of the Summer.

1. Easy peasy iced coffee

Ingredients

• Ground coffee, 2 tsp
• Milk, 50ml
• Ice cubes, a handful
• Vanilla syrup, 1 tsp

Method

1. Using your Smarter Coffee machine, prepare 200ml of medium-strength coffee.
2. Pour your coffee into a glass. Chill in the fridge for at least an hour.
3. Add the ice cubes into your glass, followed by the milk and vanilla syrup. Stir well and serve.

2. Classic coffee ice cubes

Ingredients
Iced coffee, 600ml

Method

1. Using your Smarter Coffee machine, prepare 600ml of medium-strength coffee.
2. Pour your coffee into an ice cube tray. Chill in the freezer until frozen solid.
3. Use the coffee ice cube in your Iced Coffee recipes 

3. Mocha ice cubes

Ingredients

• Iced coffee, 300ml
• Milk, 300ml
• Chocolate milk powder, 6 tbsp

Method

1. Using your Smarter Coffee machine, prepare 300ml of medium-strength coffee.
2. Add the milk and chocolate powder to the coffee (while hot) and stir well.
3. Pour your coffee into an ice cube tray. Chill in the freezer until frozen solid.

4. Caramel Macchiato ice cubes

Ingredients

• Iced coffee, 300ml
• Milk, 300ml
• Caramel syrup, 80ml

Method

1. Using your Smarter Coffee machine, prepare 300ml of medium-strength coffee.
2. Add the milk and caramel syrup to the coffee (while hot) and stir well.
3. Pour your coffee into an ice cube tray. Chill in the freezer until frozen solid.

5. Vietnamese coffee ice cubes

Ingredients

• Iced coffee, 300ml
• Condensed milk, 300ml

Method

1. Using your Smarter Coffee machine, prepare 300ml of medium-strength coffee.
2. Add the condensed milk to the coffee (once it has cooled slightly) and stir well.
3. Pour your coffee into an ice cube tray. Chill in the freezer until frozen solid.

6. Coffee ice pops

Ingredients

• Iced coffee, 600 ml
• Heavy cream, 100 ml (plus 2 tbsp extra)
• Sugar, 2 tbsp

Method

1. Mix together the cream and half of the sugar. Split the mixture equally between six ice pop moulds. Leave to set in the freezer for around 2 hours.
2. Using your Smarter Coffee machine, prepare 600ml of strong coffee.
3. Add the rest of the cream and sugar to the coffee (once it has cooled slightly) and stir well.
4. Pour your coffee mixture into the ice pop moulds, on top of the cream mixture. Position an ice pop stick into the centre of each. Chill in the freezer until frozen solid.
   
   
   

7. Espresso coffee tonic

Ingredients

• Espresso, 1 strong shot
• Tonic water, 300 ml
• Ice, a handful

Method

1. Use your Smarter Coffee machine to prepare the espresso.
2. Add ice to a glass, then pour over the tonic water.
3. Pour over the espresso, and gently stir until fully combined.

And there you have it - seven refreshing iced coffee recipes to shake up your Summer.

What’s great about these drinks is that you can easily adapt these original recipes. By adding in different syrups, using different coffee strengths, flavourings or types of milk, you can devise an entirely new recipe.

With a Smarter Coffee machine, even absolute novices can create their own chic iced drinks.

To create the coffee element of the drink (which is easily the main ingredient) all you need to do is tap a few buttons on your phone. Then pop it in the freezer, and that’s your iced coffee base done.

They're the perfect deceptively easy drinks to serve during Summer get-togethers, or as an after dinner final showstopper to treat your loved ones.

So, if you want to wrap up the Summer in style, head over to the Smarter website to find out more about the Smarter Coffee machine.