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Perfect Iced Coffee

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Gorgeous coffee “concentrate” to keep in your fridge: iced coffee whenever you’d like!

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Ground Coffee (good, Rich Roast)
  • 8 quarts Cold Water
  • Half-and-half (healthy Splash Per Serving)
  • Sweetened Condensed Milk (2-3 Tablespoons Per Serving)
  • Note: Can Use Skim Milk, 2% Milk, Whole Milk, Sugar, Artificial Sweeteners, Syrups...adapt To Your Liking!

Preparation

In a large container, mix ground coffee with water. Cover and allow to sit at room temperature twelve hours or overnight.

Line a fine mesh strainer with cheesecloth and set over a pitcher or other container. Pour coffee/water mixture through the strainer, allowing all liquid to run through. Discard grounds.

Place coffee liquid in the fridge and allow to cool. Use as needed.

To make iced coffee, pack a glass full of ice cubes. Fill glass 2/3 full with coffee liquid. Add healthy splash of half-and-half. Add 2-3 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk (can use plain sugar instead) and stir to combine. Taste and adjust half-and-half and/or sweetened condensed milk as needed.

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tastylips on 8.25.2015

Awesome!
I don’t drink much coffee because of the caffeine – however this recipe will fit like a glove on my favorite coffee substitute Date Seed Coffee :-)
It’s actually prepared similarly to coffee so I literally have to follow the recipe to the dot …. pour coffee and water mixture through the strainer, allowing all liquid to run through in order to discard grounds. :-)
There are a few interesting date seed coffee makers on-line: http://dateseedcoffee.com

Would be interesting to try with other coffee alternatives.

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risacooks on 3.8.2015

I love your cold brew process. Yesterday I made 1-3/4 gallons of concentrate. That will last me a long time. After housework is done 4 the day, I sit down for a glass of ice coffee. So good. Easy to make & you can flavor it any way you want.

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Arleen O'Briant on 4.20.2014

Just made this. Love it with the fat free condensed milk and fat free half and half. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe. What a money saver for me!

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Angela on 8.31.2013

This is just fabulous! I am a coffee junkie and have tried making my own for years. Thank you Ree, I am thrilled to finally be able to make an iced coffee that is hands down better than Starbucks!!

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Dancing Dierdre on 8.17.2012

So awesome! I am the mother of a 5 month old and sometimes things get too crazy for me to even have time to make my coffee. This is going to be in my fridge always… I pinned it on Pinterest too!

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Kelly on 7.4.2018

The perfect solution to spending too much on coffee drinks!

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hglaze on 10.15.2016

So delicious! And adding the sweetened condensed milk is amazing!

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LaurenL on 1.28.2013

We made this several times this summer, and my husband loves it as an alternative to iced tea. it’s so great to just keep in a pitcher in our refridgerator and offer up to guests, or as a cool afternoon drink!

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Megan (NutMegan) on 10.8.2012

Perfect to start my day!

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sdmom4 on 9.24.2012

I love iced coffee and could only get it once in a blue moon because we live to far from anyplace you can get it. So glad I found this! So good. Thanks.

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