viral trends and tested methods

If you know us here at Hot Cold Brew, you know we tend to stick to the traditional. Nothing like a cup of hot cold brew in the morning, eh? Well, the kids over at TikTok have done another viral, once again. Coca-cola pour over cold brew. To the untrained connoisseur, this may seem like a new idea. Cola and coffee??? But, just like lots of things, it’s been done before. In May of 1896, 10 years after Dr. Pemberton invented Coca-cola, a woman named Elizabeth Bachenroot accidentally spilled her coffee into her husband’s Coca-cola. Taking the extra caffeine as a blessing in the moment, Mr. Bachenroot took a sip, and well, the rest is history. Elizabeth’s legacy is well-known among brown bean historians like us, and now she can be well-known to you, too. So before you believe the next trend as something new, look to the past, and you’ll be surprised by what you find.