Drink Design: Portable Caffeine Delivery System – With Chocolate

I’ve been working on the idea of an iced drink for the Ride Studio Cafe’s Sul Posto – portable cafe – that doesn’t require an espresso machine.  The drink parameters are:

• A good compliment to the Studio’s bottled cold brew
• An iced summer drink
• Sweet
• Espresso based
• Portable, bottled
• Tastes good even after a week in a cooler
• Works well with iced milk, soy milk, or almond milk

Project Updates:

August 31:  I think we have it.  It’s a modified version of a Studio iced mocha.  More dark chocolate taste, equal caffeine, smaller portion.

• With milk, about 130 calories
• With almond milk about 35 calories

August 29:  I worked last night with Sal on the first edible version of the drink.  Highlights:

• Sal is awesome!
• It tastes like melted ice cream – a good way.
• We bottled some and will try it in a week to see how it stays.
• We initially worked with cold brew concentrate as the caffeine base but decided the taste wasn’t right; I’d like something that has a bit more of an espresso flavor.
• Along with a milk version we’re also working on a version that works well with almond milk.

August 12:  Worked out the caffeine ratio so an 8 ounce bottle will have about 25% more caffeine than a

August 2, 2013:  It’s become clear to me that we want a portable sweet iced caffeine drink for long rides.