Perfectly Brewed Iced Coffee - Tip of the Day

by Adeena Sussman, Posted Apr 8th 2010 @ 9:00AM

With warmer weather comes a craving for cold drinks. One of our favorites? Iced coffee. The secret is cold-brewing.

Take one cup of coffee (ground for French press or other coarse grind) and combine with about 5 cups cold water in a large glass jar or plastic container. Brew on counter overnight or up to 12 hours, then chill. Strain twice through a paper or metal coffee filter to remove any coffee grinds or particles. Pour over ice for a very strong version, or dilute with some water, then sweeten and add milk as desired.

Filed Under: Tip of the Day, Recipes
Tags: brewed coffee, brewing, coffee, french press coffee, iced coffee

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4-12-2010 @9:26AM Leslie Ross said... The REAL SECRET to iced coffee is to pour over ice cubes made of coffee. The problem with iced coffee is that the flavor diminishes as the liquid melts and dilutes the beverage itself. Make a tray of coffee ice cubes and VIOLA....consistent flavor!

And as a party favorite.........Bailey's poured over coffee ice cubes. Try it......you won't be disappointed.
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4-12-2010 @10:14AM Rita said... This applies to food, drinks.. and iced coffee...My husband and I decided to stop going out to eat during the week. We found it helped us cut the calories.. the problem was that I was doing all the cooking, while he sat on his butt. then i found this beginner's cookbook for him.. it was perfect.. hilarious, and very politically incorrect. I can't tell you the name of the book on here.. cause some of the more conservative readers will jump down my throat, but if you have a good sense of humor and are not easily offended.. google "Whipped & Beaten Culinary Works".. but seriously. .don't go if you can't take a good joke!

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4-12-2010 @11:28AM Linda said... I'm glad to hear that someone other than myself does this, and for the same reason you mentioned...the melting of ice and your drinking getting watered down. I've been doing this for years. I do the same thing with making cubes with tea, for iced tea as well. My daughter always tells me I do such a thing, as I "have nothing better to do". It was funny one day when she and her husband were over and he was helping himself to ice tea. When he got in the freezer for ice cubes, he went and whispered to my daughter, "your mom's ice cubes are brown."!!! I always make more coffee than I would drink in the morning and keep it in the frig. (Never tastes old). On most days, I will just drink it black and have chocolate covered caramels or some other chocolate to go with it. What a treat....such a wonderful combination of the 2 flavors.

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4-12-2010 @1:51PM DL said... Bailey's in the perfectly brewed iced coffee is great too. Adding chocolate doesn't hurt either. Iced Coffee drinks are the best. try other flavors also.

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4-12-2010 @11:33AM cruella said... WRONG. Ever wonder what to do with the coffee that is left over in the morning?
Get a blender, but a few crushed Ice cubes, add flavor/sweetner and blend. Then pour over Ice.
I use flavored creamers for the flavor/sweet. FANTASTIC
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4-12-2010 @11:38AM Leslie Ross said... Linda,

Your daughter will remember the little details such as "coff/tea ice cubes" as perfection once you are gone.......how special you made everything for everyone. Knowledge of such things are wasted on the young. Too bad young folks are moving so fast (not their fault....today's world demands it), that they can't appreciate the little things.

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4-12-2010 @1:44PM DL said... Cold brewed coffee is concentrated so when the ice melts it is actually at perfect strength. My fave is actually espresso over ice [with a shot of chocolate] -- the hot espresso melts the ice to make a perfectly smooth yet strong iced coffee. If it's still too strong, you can add a touch of water or milk as desired.

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