Iced Coffee & Matcha Latte: cold drinks done right

When temperatures rise, the craving for a hot cup of coffee naturally shifts toward something cooler. At Pan Pan, that means two drinks that keep coming back onto our summer menu: Iced Coffee and Matcha Latte.

Iced Coffee isn’t just espresso poured over ice — it’s its own drink with its own rhythm of preparation. The goal is for the coffee to stay strong in flavour even once diluted with ice and, if you like, milk, without turning into a weak, watery cup. That takes attention to proportion: enough coffee to hold up to the dilution, but not so much that it turns harsh. The result is refreshing yet still recognisably coffee — perfect for a long summer day when a hot cup would cool down before you finished it.

Matcha Latte goes in a completely different direction. Its base is matcha — finely ground green tea powder, mixed with milk instead of coffee. The taste is different from coffee — fresh and grassy, a little earthy, smoother on the palate. For anyone who wants a change from the everyday coffee but still craves something creamy and satisfying, Matcha Latte is a natural pick. Its colour alone makes it stand out visually behind the counter.

Despite the difference in ingredients, the two drinks share something: both are prepared carefully, not just poured over ice in a rush. The right milk temperature, the correct coffee-to-ice or matcha-to-milk ratio — these are the details that separate a drink that merely cools you down from one you actually enjoy drinking to the last sip.

If you want your iced coffee to be even more refreshing, pay attention to how you drink it: slowly, while the ice hasn’t melted yet, so that each sip tastes the same. Matcha Latte has its own rhythm — it’s worth stirring it gently, so the powder doesn’t settle at the bottom of the cup.

Summer at Pan Pan doesn’t mean a compromise on quality just because the drink is cold. The same attention we apply to espresso or Specialty Coffee stands behind Iced Coffee and Matcha Latte too — just adapted to a season when you want something refreshing without giving up on flavour.

Next time the sun is pressing down, stop by Pan Pan in Aerodrom or Kapistec Petit and try one of the two — Iced Coffee if you want a familiar taste in a cold version, or Matcha Latte if you want something new on the menu. Each one is made to be enjoyed slowly, seated, not on the run.