Feasibility Study
Feasibility Study
WORK IMMERSION
GRADE 12-ABM
2021-2022
Numerous cold coffee drinks named "café frappé" go back to the 19th
century. Some were similar to slushes, others more like iced coffee.
The Greek version of café frappé, using instant coffee, was invented in 1957
at the International Trade Fair in Thessaloniki. A worker with the Nestlé
company was showing off a new product for children; a chocolate beverage
produced instantly by mixing it with milk and shaking it in a shaker.
Another worker was looking for a way to drink his usual instant coffee
during his break, but he could not find any hot water, so he mixed the
coffee with cold water and ice cubes in a shaker. This improvisation
established this popular Greek beverage. Frappé has been marketed chiefly
by Nestlé and is among the most popular drinks in Greece and is available
at virtually all Greek cafés.
Although a café frappé today mostly is associated with the Greek instant
coffee version, the rest of the world has during the last two decades
embraced the espresso version, simply shaking a double espresso with
some white sugar (shaker 2/3 full of ice) and pouring directly into a glass.
How does a frappé differ from a smoothie, iced coffee, or iced cappuccino?
A frappé is blended longer, til a substantial foam has been created, and the
ice is well-blended. If a frappé is shaken in a cocktail shaker, crushed ice
can be added with the coffee or whole ice after shaking. Smoothies or iced
cappuccinos are blended to the preferred ice consistency, regardless of
foam. Iced coffee is often not beaten, but served as strong coffee served on
ice. Since the blending process is similar for an iced cappuccino or frappé
cappuccino, it's often difficult to see or know the difference.