I have worked as a barista brewing coffee, mixing coffee drinks for 8 years. And from that experience, I can tell you absolutely that the best iced coffee drinks are made with cold brewed coffee which is also called toddy. Instead of brewing hot coffee, and putting in the refrigerator to cool it down, or putting it over ice to make it cold, toddy is never hot. Hot coffee that is iced has a bitterness to it that toddy does not have. Toddy brewed coffee is always smooth tasting.
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