A frappé hits perfectly for a Charlotte summer and costs under a dollar to make at home versus $6 at a coffee shop. Every ingredient is a staple at every major chain in town—instant coffee, sugar, evaporated milk, and ice are nonnegotiable pantry items. The five minutes is honest: instant coffee dissolves in seconds, the milk foams in a blender in under a minute, and there's no real prep. It's a single-serve drink that reheats poorly but doesn't need to, since you drink it cold and fast; the only catch is if your blender is loud enough to annoy housemates at breakfast, and the foam collapses within an hour if you're not drinking it right away.