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Put away that steamed milk and hot coffee – it’s iced coffee season!

Every year as the weather begins to turn from winter to spring, coffee drinkers and makers eagerly welcome the switch from hot to cold drinks. And with the debate about cold brew vs. ice brew as hot as ever, iced coffee has never been more exciting.

In this audio feature, Kristen Aiken, Executive Editor of HuffPost Taste, speaks with coffee experts – Diane Aylsworth, Emily Rosenberg, and David Chou of Stumptown Coffee Roasters, and journalist Oliver Strand – to lay out the spectrum of cold coffee drinks, and to find out which is the best way to take your iced coffee.

To read and see more, check out Kristen's article on The Huffington Post: http://huff.to/1VJW3Ox

Photography by Ji Sub Jeong

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