Manchester has been blessed with some absolutely scorching days of sun, which means we’re after as many ways as possible to cool down. One method that won’t go amiss this summer is sipping (or downing) an iced coffee. Offering refreshment and a caffeine fix, it’s a great drink to minimise us melting into the ground on a boiling hot day, so without further ado here are the best spots in Manchester for an iced coffee to keep you cool.
1. Idle Hands
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Serving fry ups, drool-worthy pies and coffee, Idle Hands is a great Northern Quarter spot to relax at. Chilling with a slice of pie (choose from everything from cherry to cookie dough) and an iced coffee looking out at Mancs enjoying the sun is one way to spend a hot day in Manchester. Cool down with an iced latte (alternative milks available) or grab a freshly brewed bottle of cold brew for a chilled caffeine hit on the go.
📍Idle Hands, 35 Dale St, Manchester M1 2HF.
2. Factory Coffee
A go-to of Molly-Mae Hague’s, the former Love Island contestant is not wrong that this Manchester spot serves refreshing iced coffee. Factory Coffee sets itself apart from other Manchester spots for iced coffee by being tucked away in tailors Dooley & Rostron. As well as coffee, the spot serves an eye-catching green iced matcha latte and sweet treats from their very own micro bakery Factory Bake, to brighten your day.
📍Factory Coffee, 38 King St W, Manchester M3 2WZ.
3. Foundation Coffee House
Foundation Coffee House are always shaking up their food and drinks menu and summer is no different as you’ll find the likes of coffee slush. This is possibly the caffeinated drink of the summer as it combines our love for icy slushies and coffee. Other chilled drinks on the Manchester coffee shop’s menu include iced americanos, lattes, mochas, matcha and chai lattes plus cold brew coffee and intriguing combination of coffee and tonic.
📍Foundation Coffee House, Lever Street, M1 1JB | 48-50 Whitworth Street, M1 6LS | 11 Portland Street, M1 3HU | 21 Aspin Ln, M4 4GU | 125 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BY.
4. Bold Street Coffee
The coffee shop from Liverpool has not only introduced us to beautiful breakfast buoys but also really good coffee, both hot and iced. Serving a whole range of iced drinks from mochas to matcha, chai to chocolate. Bold Street Coffee also serves up cold brew coffee which varies day to day, a selection of iced teas and a cooling drink named ‘Arnold Palmer’ which consists of fruit iced tea topped with Fritz lemonade.
📍Bold Street Coffee, 53 Cross Street, M2 4JN | Unit 5 140 Oxford Road, M13 9GP | 2 Hardman St, Manchester M3 3HF.
5. DITTO Coffee
Stay both cool and caffeinated by ordering an iced americano, latte or mocha from DITTO Coffee. The coffee shop located on Oxford Street and Albert Square offers an array of syrup to sweeten up your iced drink varying from caramel to hazelnut, pistachio to vanilla. DITTO Coffee has even created a Kinder Bueno flavoured ice coffee and serves up creamy frappés to cool you down too.
📍DITTO Coffee, Oxford Place, 61 Oxford St, Manchester M1 6EQ | Union, Albert Square, M2 6LW.
6. Just Between Friends
One of the coolest spots for coffee in Manchester is Just Between Friends, and of course they do an immense iced coffee, too. The industrial-inspired coffee shops occupy very small spaces, but function really well on a local level, serving the people of Manchester day in, day out. Grab an iced mocha, latte, Americano or whatever your favourite, and enjoy the top quality taste in every sip.
📍 Just Between Friends, 56 Tib St, M4 1LG | Beehive Mill, Jersey St, Ancoats, M4 6JG | 54 Grove St, Wilmslow SK9 1DS.
7. Federal
Extremely popular every day in Manchester, Federal‘s three stores are always packed with queues out of the door, but if you manage to sneak in at a good time, there are iced drinks aplenty waiting for you. Not only does Federal offer all the usual iced coffee, but is one of very few spots in Manchester to offer the ‘milo‘ – a chocolatey, malt drink from Federal’s ancestral home Australia – which you can get cold, alongside amazing iced blueberry matcha.
📍 Federal Cafe & Bar, 9 Nicholas Croft, M4 1EY | 194 Deansgate, M3 3ND | Unit B2 – 2, Circle Square, Oxford Rd, Manchester M1 7FS.
8. Feel Good Club
The place that makes everyone feel a bit better, Feel Good Club, of course offers some amazing iced coffee. Alongside all the usual suspects, this Manchester institution serves an ice cold shaken espresso and several flavours of iced matcha, plus their entire delicious food menu. What’s more, you can sit outside and soak up the sun, and this place is particularly dog friendly so there’ll always be a pup to fawn over.
📍 Feel Good Club, 26-28 Hilton St, Manchester M1 2EH.