Orange Sea Coffee | Iced Orange Coffee with a Rock Sugar Syrup Cream Top

Coffee and orange sound like an odd pair until you taste them together.

This drink keeps them in layers. Fresh orange juice sits over ice, and a soft coffee cream floats on top, sweetened with our Rock Sugar Syrup. Each sip brings bright citrus up through smooth coffee.

The sugar

Rock Sugar Syrup (冰糖漿) is made from traditional Chinese rock sugar and comes ready to pour. Its sweetness is clean and light.

Granulated sugar struggles in cold cream. It takes time to dissolve and can leave grit behind. A syrup blends in at once. Rock sugar syrup is also gentle, so it rounds off the espresso without competing with the orange. Start with 10g and adjust to taste.

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What makes it work

Whisk the cream only until it thickens slightly and still flows. Whipped too stiff, it will not pour into a smooth layer. Fill the glass with ice before the juice goes in, so the orange stays cold and fresh and the cream has something to rest on. Pour the coffee cream slowly over the back of a spoon so it spreads across the surface instead of sinking.

Recipe

Orange Sea Coffee

Ingredients

• Whipping cream 30g
• Ship Brand Rock Sugar Syrup 10g
• Espresso 30g
• Orange juice 300g
• Ice
• Orange 1, sliced for garnish

Method

1. Add the whipping cream and rock sugar syrup to a glass. Whisk until slightly thickened but still flowing.
2. Pour in the espresso and stir until smooth.
3. Fill a serving glass with ice and pour in the orange juice until it is about seven-tenths full.
4. Pour the coffee cream slowly over the back of a spoon so it settles on top of the juice.
5. Garnish with a slice of fresh orange.

Closing

Sip it in layers or stir it through. Either way, it is an easy afternoon drink to make at home.

Ship Brand (帆船牌) is the retail line of Yuen Tung Sugar Factory Industrial Company Limited. Sugar refined in Hong Kong since 1987. Shop the collection.