You’re pushing your way through a hot day, feeling sweaty, tired and parched … sometimes the only caffeine hit you can take is an ice-cold coffee. We’ve all been there, but did you know that as far back as 1840, others were jones-ing for the same thing? Before the cold brew, there was the iced coffee…
The first iced coffee we know about with reasonable certainty cropped up in Algeria and was called mazagran (or masagran). It was a cold, sweetened coffee drink, reportedly invented by the French military during the Battle of Mazagran – hence the name. The French were busy battling Arab and Berber forces as part of their 17-year-long conquest of Algeria, and when they ran out of milk, they added water to their coffee, and also decided to drink it cold to combat the heat. Other soldiers near Mazagran were also served a type of coffee made from coffee syrup mixed with water.
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The first versions of iced coffee made their appearance in Algeria around the year 1840 during the battle of Mazagran. During this battle, the French were fighting the Arab and Berber military over Algeria. The battle lasted for 17 years! Because of the battle's length, the French soldiers ran out of milk.
