There are a lot of cafes and bakeries in my area, and I love that. They’ve got fresh food, unique selections and best of all, an abundance of coffee. Each Spring when the weather begins to get warm and then stays warm throughout the summer, one of my favorite things to order is iced coffee. I almost always choose iced over hot, at least until I see snow.
However, one thing I have learned from these many coffee shops is that they don’t always give the same care and attention to their iced coffee as they do their hot. At a place where you can order specialty coffees from around the world, you will also find the most hastily thrown together, watered down cup of iced coffee that tastes no better than what you can find at a gas station.
This drives me crazy.
On a rare occasion though, I do come across a place that does put as much effort and time, and heart, into their iced coffee as they do their hot. This past weekend, that place was Hi Rise Bread Company in Cambridge.
While I found their prices to be a little out of my league, if you know what I mean, I couldn’t deny that it was for a very good reason. Their food was fresh and delicious. Look at this little egg sandwich with spinach and some sort of healthy version of bacon.
And this brilliant idea for a sandwich, oozing with nutella and goodness, was amazing.
The best part was that their iced coffee was strong and flavorful. I can honestly say that it was probably brewed that day instead of thrown into a big plastic container with all the other leftover coffee, awaiting an order for iced. Isn’t that the way it should be?
Oh my god, I don’t even know what’s in the nutella sandwich but I WANT IT NOW. I need to locate this place ASAP. They better be T accessible!
That nutella sandwich looks so yummy I feel like my tummy is kicking me for one. I always choose iced coffee over hot ones, it’s always acceptable here since it never gets below 72-73 degrees when it’s cold, and usually weather is 85 degrees and sunny. I always love a frozen caramel frappucino for an afternoon treat.
I just had my first hot morning coffee. It kind of bums me out, but it’s pumpkin. (also known as I will survive!)
those sandwiches look yummy!
I’ve driven past Hi-Rise Bread Company so many times and have yet to stop! That nutella sandwich looks AAAAAHHHHH-mazing though. Wow.
I love when iced coffee season rolls around. But, I agree with you that the pickings are slim when looking for a strong, tasty cup o’ iced joe. A cafe I used to frequent in Washington, DC put iced coffee cubes—yes, you read that right, iced coffee cubes rather than ice (i.e., water) cubes—in with their nice, cold, brewed-that-morning coffee. Soooo, obviously when the cubes melted, they didn’t water down the coffee. Such a brilliant idea. I miss that place…
Yum, I definitely need to check out Cambridge more!
That sandwich looks so yummy and healthy. I like ice coffee too but rarely order it out, choosing to make it myself at home for the same reasons- it never tastes good at most coffee shops!
Both of those sandwiches look absolutely AMAZING. I’m not even hungry right now, but they make me want to eat.
And I’m with you. I’m a big fan of iced coffee, and it needs to be done right. I think it’s easier down here, though, because the weather’s generally hot throughout the year. There’s no need for hot coffee until the coldest winter days, which don’t even get below freezing most of the time…
HOLY MOLY those sandwiches look divine. And ditto on the iced coffee. Come summer, that’s I all I crave is a perfectly brewed iced coffee and there is nothing worse than sipping on one that tastes stale.
Seriously that 2nd sandwich looks DIVINE!!!!!!!!
Dear God, I am starving.