Coffee Concentrate For Iced Coffee
Homemade coffee concentrate for iced coffee is a simple process to brew. Once you make your own concentrate you will be less tempted to purchase those cold coffee drinks from a coffee shop!
Coffee Concentrate
Ahhhh, delicious iced coffee right at your finger tips. Do you add soy, coconut milk or delicious sweetened condensed milk to your iced coffee?
Not if you buy it from a coffee shop like Starbucks!
With this DIY recipe you can add any combination you want to your cold coffee brew!
But wait, there are some other perks as well! There is no line to wait in, the barista won’t butcher your name, even after repeating it and spelling it for them (check out these misspelled names).
And you’re not going to spend money for a cup of ice with a splash of coffee!
I suggest you freeze some of the coffee concentrate in ice cube trays, so if you want your drink to be a little chillier, the cubes will freshen up your iced coffee not water it down!
Ok, let’s get down to business and save you some bucks!
How simple is that??! VERY!
Coffee Concentrate for Iced Coffee
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound medium roast coffee beans ground fine
- 4 quarts filtered water at room temperature I used tap water filtered in my PUR container
Instructions
- Place grounds in a clean 6 quart container. Pour water over the grounds.
- Stir ensuring all the grounds are moist.
- Cover container and let sit for 24 hours.
- Using a small sieved strainer and cheese cloth or coffee filter, strain coffee into a clean container. Refrigerate concentrate until ready to make iced coffee. Pour concentrate in ice cube trays.
- To make iced coffee, fill glass half full with concentrate. Add Milk and sweetener of your choice. Enjoy. Repeat.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
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This recipe was adapted from America’s Test Kitchen.
You are going to love having iced coffee waiting for you in your refrigerator, indulging whenever you want.
I like to pour some concentrate in a thermos and take it with me to work.
While the rest of the work world is standing in a line long enough to make you imagine you are waiting for a popular movie at the theatre, I am sipping my iced coffee – fat free half and half with some stevia.
Go make yourself some coffee concentrate. Your morning and afternoons will have an extra caffine bounce in them.
Note: The coffee I used for this coffee concentrate was given to me from ONEHOPE Coffee, but not with the intent to advertise their product.
I liked it as a hot cup of coffee, and I wanted to see how a cold brew would taste.
Delicious! Half of their profits are donated to make a social impact. Click here to learn more about ONEHOPE Coffee.
How about trying Bunny’s Warm Oven, Iced Chocolate Latte using he concentrate you just made?!
If you are a regular coffee drinker you’ll love having cold coffee brew available at your convenience.
What a great idea, Sandra!
You know I am a COFFEE ADDICT.
I have an “iced” setting on my coffee maker, but basically it’s just a strong brew and the heater doesn’t come on, which IS NOT great for making it sweet! This is super 🙂
It’s so nice to have your own concentrate. Next time I think I’ll make a whole pound because my son is liking it too 🙂 Make it!!