Until about 10 years ago, it was difficult to find a store in the United States where you could drink iced coffee. For them, coffee should be hot. It's like "Xiaolongbao" for Japanese people, and it seems that it was unimaginable to have them chilled.

But this year, I was surprised to visit the United States for the first time in a long time. Iced coffee was sold as a matter of course. Not only was it on the cafe menu, it was also sold at fast food restaurants such as McDonald's. Apparently, the iced coffee boom has (finally) arrived in the United States.

Following the iced coffee boom (?), The iced coffee maker "Zoku Iced Coffee Maker" was recently launched in the United States. This is an item that makes it easy to make iced coffee at home.


To make iced coffee with "Zoku Iced Coffee Maker", put a special mug in the refrigerator and let it cool. If you pour freshly brewed hot coffee into the cold mug, you can make iced coffee.

Made of stainless steel with the same low thermal conductivity as used in mugs, water bottles and thermos bottles. However, its thickness is different from ordinary water bottles and thermos bottles. It is several times thicker, which keeps the refrigerator cool. It acts like ice and cools the poured hot coffee for a moment. The coffee stays cold after that, so you can cover it and take it outside.


At night, put a mug in the fridge before going to bed and pour freshly brewed coffee in the morning. If you take this to the office, you can drink delicious iced coffee in the office. This is a wonderful life, isn't it?

It is sold on the Williams-Sonoma mail order site, and the price is displayed as 3,595 yen. But unfortunately, it doesn't seem to support delivery to Japan.