Disclosed is a frozen additive for use with a heated beverage including a frozen liquid made from substantially the same ingredients as the heated beverage. Further disclosed is a system for cooling a heated beverage including a container holding a heated beverage with a first concentration of ingredients and a frozen additive with a second concentration of ingredients. In the system the second concentration of ingredients is substantially the same as the first concentration of ingredients. Also disclosed is a method of cooling a heated beverage including the steps of: providing a heated beverage having a first concentration of ingredients; providing a frozen additive having a second concentration of ingredients; and combining the heated beverage and the frozen additive to form a beverage having a third concentration of ingredients, wherein the third concentration of ingredients is substantially the same as the first concentration of materials.